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Join us for the next Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon at the California African American Museum on December 14!

California African American Museum in Los Angeles, CA

Who writes the history of art in Los Angeles? You do! Meetup with online magazine East of Borneo for a Wikipedia training workshop and edit-a-thon to build a better online history of Southern California art. This next meetup in the Unforgetting L.A. series is hosted by the California African American Museum (in partnership with L.A. as Subject) and will focus on the African American art community in Los Angeles, past and present.

As always, beginners welcome! We'll provide training for new editors with orientations offered every hour on the hour.



What: Unforgetting L.A. #7

When: Sunday, December 14, 2014, 11am-4pm.

Where: California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037 (map + parking info)

What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share.

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1546429142240345/

Website: eastofborneo.org/unforgetting

Twitter: @unforgettingLA@eastofborneo

Background

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June 2014 meetup at 356 S. Mission

Unforgetting LA is a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons started in July 2013 by the online art magazine East of Borneo. We meet throughout the year at local museums and art spaces to train new editors and build a better online history of art in Southern California. Previous hosts include the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, and USC Libraries.

RSVP

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If you are new to Wikipedia and don't yet have an account, you can RSVP here instead!

That's great! See you soon. StaceyEOB (talk) 02:05, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Regrets

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Thank you! StaceyEOB (talk) 21:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To-Do

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Here are a few suggested articles to create or improve during this edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!

To create:

To improve:

Results

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For a full list of project outcomes to date: Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/EOB#Outcomes


Resources

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Citing sources video tutorial -- part one
Citing sources video tutorial -- part two


Please start here:

Create a New Article / Templates:

When in doubt:

Additional Tutorials: