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What to work on?


Historical Biographies of Notable Albertans / Canadians

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The article for Lillian Foster is a great example of a biography page written with archives from a library collection.

Page Status/Work Required Sources
John Ware (cowboy) Clean up and expand article. Diversify sources?
Dorothy Livesay Expand the page and update page with more sources https://bpsc.library.ualberta.ca/collections/dorothy-livesay-archive
Mattie Rutherford Article to be created * [1]
  • Marriage to Alexander Rutherford [2]
  • Photo of her grave stone [3]

Local Edmonton History

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Page Status/Work Required Sources
Indigenous Art Park Article created
Edmonton Queer History Articles to be created and improved
Various community league pages Update statistics [8]
Community League Movement in Edmonton Article to be created [9]
Ukranian History in Edmonton Article to be created [10]

Local Edmonton Artists

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When writing about living people, consider reaching out to the person to let them know and be sure to read up on Wikipedia policies on Biographies of living persons. To start an article using a preloaded artist template (very handy) enter the name of the artist below


Page Status/Work Required Sources
Lauren Crazybull Article created
Elizabeth Beliveau Create new article
Lana Whiskeyjack Article created
  1. Featured in Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre’s inaugural exhibition http://www.ociciwan.ca/project-16 ||
Looking for more ideas!

Alberta History

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Page Status/Work Required Sources
Amber_Valley,_Alberta, Breton, Alberta
  • expand history section with more information on the black settlement
Review Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Alberta for pages to work on Add photos from Peel Postcard collection or from Wikicommons Peel Postcard collection
Review pages related to Alberta history and tag them if they need media


University of Alberta Library

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Page (EN) Page (FR) Status/Work Required Sources
University of Alberta Library Article created, more history to be added
Bibliothèque_Saint-Jean Bibliothèque Saint-Jean Citations needed, add in a photo All true things : a history of the University of Alberta, 1908-2008 [14]
Rutherford Library Additional citations needed. Expand the history section and add in information about the Glyde and Janvier mural.
Cameron Science & Technology Library Article to be created
Bruce Peel Special Collections Article to be created
University of Alberta Archives Article to be created

University of Alberta

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Page (EN) Page (FR) Status/Work Required Sources
University of Alberta Campus Saint-Jean Campus Saint-Jean
  • Add section about the library
  • Add photos from Wikicommons ||
Wuaneita_Society Article created
Georges Durocher Article to be created Dictionnaire des artistes et des auteurs francophones de l'Ouest canadien

Completed work

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Page Work Completed
Miriam Green Ellis Article created
Violet Archer Section added re Musical Career.
Treaty 6, 7, 8 from Bruce Peel Added images of treaties to Treaty_rights#Historic_Treaties, Numbered_Treaties, and each treaty's own article

Sources

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