Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DCPL February 2016

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Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the DC Public Library

Join us as we work with DC Public Library to improve accessibility on Wikipedia! The first of a new series of monthly events, February's edit-a-thon will focus on improving image descriptions.

when

February 27, 2016 at 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

where

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

901 G Street NW, Washington, DC

Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red / Green / Yellow Lines)

your hosts

DC Public Library
Wikimedia DC

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For reference

Alt Text Caption Tool
Altviewer tool for reviewing alternative text description or "alt text" from thumbnails, images, and videos
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility -- for all readers, notably those with disabilities
Wikipedia article on alternative text for images

Outcomes

We had our editathon with five people in the digital commons space. It turned out there were some presentations about accessibility upstairs in the library; tragically the five of us simply missed them.
But: Room 215 has Braille books and magazines. That's the place to go for Accessibility events in the future.

Braille magazine - new article
Category:Braille publications - new category on en.wp and on commons, which has the new photos below too
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - removed warning banner
Braille e-book - added alt-tag, which ABSURDLY was not already there
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library -- added section on Center for Accessibility
Boeing, Kelly Johnson (engineer), many others (42 pages total) - added alt-text for photos
two bug reports in nice AltEdit program