Wikipedia:Meetup/Berkeley Edit-a-thon

Wikipedia takes Berkeley! You are invited!

An edit-a-thon for Berkeley - as a part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2013! The event will be held at the Berkeley Public Library in downtown Berkeley on Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 1:00pm-5pm. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! There will be an intro to editing for beginners session from 1:00–1:30pm. We will focus on topics related to Berkeley, but you are welcome to work on any wiki articles you like. Come one, come all!

Event Details

Date: Saturday September 21, 2013
Time: Intro to Wikipedia Editing for beginners: 1pm-1:30pm, Edit-a-thon: 1:30pm-5pm
Location: Central Community Meeting Room, Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, CA

Transit Info

BART:Downtown Berkeley

AC Transit:Shattuck at Kittredge

Event: An Edit-a-thon! Get together with Wikipedians from Berkeley and around the Bay Area and learn to contibute to Wikipedia in whatever you find interesting.

(Details being worked out - feel free to add any ideas)

What to bring

a laptop/tablet/smartphone (laptops preferred as you will be doing a lot of typing!)
ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (see below)
any relevant reference materials you might have
a friend – we love to meet new would-be-editors! (you can also bring your spouse, kids, family, etc.)
any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia.
or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)
If you don't have a laptop to bring, please make a note when you sign up, and we will try to arrange a loaner!

To-do list

Plenty of Berkeley-related articles that need creation/improvement

Campbell Hall (home of the UC Berkeley Astronomy Department)
Etcheverry Hall (home of Nuclear Engineering Department, that once housed a complete nuclear reactor)
Henry Durant (first president of the University of California)
Chancellor Edward Strong and Dean Katherine Towle (key university figures during the Free Speech Movement of 1964-65)
Nalanda Hostel on Center Street (home of Indian revolutionary Har Dayal while he stayed in Berkeley around 1913)
How Berkeley Can You Be Parade (this was a thing between 1996 and 2008)
See this list of notable Berkeleyeans, with accompanying works in the library
University of California Botanical Garden and Blake Garden (Kensington, California) could both probably use some more info. Walter Alvarez's article is pretty barebones for how accomplished he is.
You could always write about missing women philosophers.
Lead contamination in Oakland doesn't cover stuff regarding urban gardening yet.
Many of Berkeley's neighborhoods are only sparsely covered.
Many prominent figures involved with the Peralta Land Grant that once covered most of the East Bay, including Vicente Peralta, are covered poorly or not at all
The Berkeley Student Cooperative's article is disorganized, and few houses have their own pages, although most could warrant one.
your suggestions here...

Other non-Berkeley specific (but library-related) tasks

The BPL has a particularly good music reference department; try adding references to an article about an album, artist or genre. There is also a good art reference department. Visit the Art & Music room on the 5th floor for more!
online resources at the BPL -- could be good resources for sourcing biographies, art & music articles, and local/california history (with full text access to newspapers)

If you really don't know what to do, try a random Berkeley article or one of the three Getting Started tasks.

Outcomes

New user accounts

Articles created

Sarangadhar Das (Indian revolutionary, Berkeley alum)
Edward Strong (Former Chancellor of UC Berkeley)
Jiřina Šiklová, Czech feminist sociologist
Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto, A landmark Berkeley restaurant
Campbell_Hall_(UC_Berkeley), a building on the UC Berkeley campus

Articles improved

James Furman -- references added with the International Dictionary of Black Composers (taking advantage of the art & music collection); also Bob Cole (composer), Margaret Bonds, Ayo Bankole
Cota, Colombia and Colegio San Carlos -- added images
Ohlone people added note on the talk page about population using bay area history book
Claire Austin
Jerome C. Davis

Other things

Lots of small tutorials were offered and given over the course of the afternoon

Wikidata tutorial
Wikivoyage tutorial
Image uploading & fair use
Visual editor reference-adding
Searching & using BPL databases
STiki was demonstrated

Sign up

Simply click the edit button, add your name and hit save page. Or have a friend or Wikipedian sign you up!

You can also RSVP at the public Facebook event for the edit-a-thon.

Attendees

SPat ^talk (find me on Facebook)
Ijon (talk) 17:38, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll be there. Let me know if you need any help with planning stuff beforehand. Kevin Gorman (talk) 01:58, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
CELINE LIELLE
Steven Walling • talk 00:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Accedie^{talk to me} 00:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
マイキ (talk)
Evelyn Hammid
Erhan Berber
ChesPal and Cullen328 (Debra & Jim Heaphy) will attend. Alas our delightful canine friend Dexter will stay at home.ChesPal (talk) 06:10, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Karen Coyle - I'll bring copies of editing cheat sheets and as many extension cords as I can muster.
Saehrimnir (talk) 15:09, 14 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
JVargas (WMF) (talk) 00:22, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Gnom (talk) 17:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
phoebe / (talk to me) 15:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC) I'll be there for the first part; I need to leave early. Will probably get to the library a little early to explore. I can help with new editors etc.[reply]
Kaitymh (talk) 21:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Kenanwang (talk) 18:43, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe

→ozhu量 (talk·contribs) 18:14, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
malcolm
Lesser Cartographies (talk)
~~King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:56, 5 September 2013 (UTC)~~[reply]
Wikfr (talk) 17:33, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merrilee (talk) 23:03, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hispalois (talk) 07:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
your name here

Not this time

Travel there is going to be a massive pain due to BART delays and the rain. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:00, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notes

This event is not officially sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library.