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AfroCROWD / Americorps VISTA PAVE
New Haven Juneteenth Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When & Where
DateFriday, June 17, 2016
Time10:00 am – 2:00 pm
AddressThe Happiness Lab at the Grove
756 Chapel Street
City, StateNew Haven, CT 06510

AfroCROWD / Americorps VISTA PAVE New Haven Juneteenth Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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Please join us for the next gathering of AfroCROWD / Americorps VISTA PAVE New Haven Juneteenth Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Event information

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  • Date: Friday, June 17, 2016
  • Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • RSVP: Eventbrite
  • Location: The Happiness Lab at the Grove, 756 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510
  • Address: 756 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510 41°18′17″N 72°55′24″W / 41.304796°N 72.923422°W / 41.304796; -72.923422
  • Hashtag: #AfroCROWD
  • Twitter: #AfroCROWD
  • Details:
    • Help write her digital history!
    • Join AfroCROWD to receive free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor.
    • The event will encourage editing entries about notable black women writers, including black women in the African Diaspora dedicated to African affairs.
    • Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent actively editing Wikipedia. Become a part of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements and help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.
    • We have held monthly editathons in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens since February 2015.
    • Beginners welcome.
    • All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba, Twi, Woloff and other languages spoken in the African Diaspora. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
    • Please contact alice@afrocrowd.org if you need a babysitter on premises
    • Light Refreshments will be available.

Attendees

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Please RSVP at Eventbrite
Please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed

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  1. Jeremyb (talk) 14:43, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Gjone1 (talk) 14:55, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Aliceba (talk) 14:56, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. SFVISTA (talk) 14:58, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Jfortuna92 (talk) 14:59, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Elanzot (talk) 14:59, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. ScarrfaceKillah (talk) 15:00, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. BrittanyR2016 (talk) 15:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Slmyfly (talk) 15:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Curly1903 (talk) 15:47, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Yooj89 (talk) 15:49, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Outcomes

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New page creations

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Contributions

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Alphabetical by first letter

  1. African Civilization Society -- Slmyfly (talk)
  2. Brooklyn -- Slmyfly (talk)
  3. Citadelle Laferrière -- BrittanyR2016 (talk)
  4. Double V campaign -- SFVISTA (talk)
  5. Errol Louis -- Slmyfly (talk)
  6. Gordon Granger -- ScarrfaceKillah (talk)
  7. Hamden, Connecticut -- Jfortuna92 (talk)
  8. Music of Puerto Rico -- Elanzot (talk)
  9. Otto Neals -- Slmyfly (talk)
  10. Rosa Clemente -- Jfortuna92 (talk)
  11. Sandy Ground Historical Museum -- Curly1903 (talk)
  12. Weeksville, Brooklyn -- Gjone1 (talk)
  13. Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro -- Elanzot (talk)

Possible articles to edit

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List of articles

Resources

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See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.

Editing Wikipedia resources

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N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

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