Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/WikiSalon 2020-05-09

Philadelphia WikiSalon, May 9, 2020

This page archives a past event. Do not edit the contents of this page.

Given the need for physical distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are hosting an online WikiSalon in place of the monthly event at the Science History Institute.

Agenda for WikiSalon, May 9, 2020: The following Contents list is also the proposed agenda for the online meeting. Feel free to add to sections before and during the meeting. We will archive each agenda once it has occurred.

Expectations

If you are new to Wikipedia, we hope you will create an account and make at least one edit during this session. If you have experience already, we hope you will share what you're doing or learn something new. Let us know in the Chat or during introductions what your goals are.

Attendees

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Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 14:16, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dorevabelfiore (talk) 15:32, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Jim.henderson (talk) 16:03, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
JohnMarkOckerbloom (talk) 16:04, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Kathy Shaginaw
Bob Burch

Special mentions

If you've created a new article lately, or had a "Did You Know" featured, add that too!

Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans Comments and edits are most welcome (and desired). Nolabob (talk) 15:22, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Oven Crypts of New Orleans - potential for external video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A6KX2w-dss Dorevabelfiore (talk) 16:20, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Demonstration

Demonstration to occur in real-time: Using the Library resources box template
Link to Demonstration Video in Commons:

Wikisalon Wikipedia Library Resources Templates.webm

Link to PDF tutorial in Commons:[1]
You can apply the library resources box template to articles in subcategories of Category:Writers.
You can find VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) identifiers at: [2]
You can look up LOC (Library of Congress) authorized forms at: [3]
What other demonstrations would you be interested in seeing?

Questions

Add questions that you have about Wikipedia or Wikipedia projects (Encyclopedia articles, Wikimedia Commons images, Wikidata) either here or in the Chat. Also feel free to suggest resources in response, and discuss during WikiSalon.

1. “Can the Wikiedu program be publicized to get more college instructors implementing Wikipedia in their classes?”
- Wikiedu educators are doing a great job of developing a usable interface and teaching Wikipedia-related skills.

2. “I'd like to better understand the various types of licenses governing use of photographs and other images.”
- Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Licenses summarizes types of licenses and whether they are accepted on Wikimedia Commons, but doesn't go into detail.
- Wikimedia Commons will generally ask for a standard license such as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International which allows free distribution, modification, and reuse, as long as the creator is credited.

3. This is not my photo. So, how do I handle the licensure when I upload it?
- Example: Chalmette National cemetery (Grand Army of the Republic Memorial), New Orleans, La.. Dates to 1910, Rights statement: "No known restrictions on publication" (photographer unknown, Detroit Publishing Co. bankrupt as of 1924, all photographs predate 1925); Use the Upload Wizard, "not my work", url and date, I would be bold and say "The copyright has definitely expired in the USA".

4. “Information about how to find public domain jpeg files ... would be of help to some of my students.”
- Finding Public Domain & Creative Commons Media, Harvard Law School Library

5. “Information about how to ... get permission to use a non-public-domain jpeg would be of help to some of my students.”
- The creator of a work must agree to release an image under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International or another acceptable license. They will need to go through this online release generator and also send an email with an id generated from the form to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, to give permission.

6. “What is the difference between the different projects? And what is the easiest for someone who is still learning to become a Wikipedian?”
- I gave a talk about this to PACSCL (Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries) on April 30, 2020. You can find the video recording of the talk along with slides and handouts here. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:09, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Collaboration

Add articles that you want help with here.

Some articles that need help

The following articles could use work: feel free to edit any that catch your interest.

You can also find articles to work on at these projects: Women in Red's Articles and Drafts needing improvement; ArtAndFeminism's Tasks (outdated but many articles still need work); Category:Women scientists; Category:Women scientists articles needing infoboxes; Category:Women's history stubs; Category:Scientist stubs and Category:Science stubs.

Arts

Barbara Chase-Riboud

Barbara Chase-Riboud is an African-American visual artist, sculptor (The Malcolm X Steles), novelist (Sally Hemings: A Novel), and poet. There's a lot of unsourced information on the page about her, and a long list of further readings that are potential sources.

Iole de Freitas

Iole de Freitas is a Brazilian sculptor, engraver, and installation artist. The page about her has quite a lot of information but desperately needs sources. There do seem to be online sources available, but most are in Spanish.

Maria Martinez

Maria Martinez was a Native American artist who was known internationally for her pottery. There's a lot of unsourced information on her page, and a lot of quotations need to be checked against their sources if anyone has access to print copies.

Ealy Mays

Ealy Mays is an African-American artist based in Paris. The article about him has a lot of information and some good sources but lots of paragraphs need citations.

Ada "Bricktop" Smith

Ada "Bricktop" Smith was an American dancer, jazz singer, and vaudevillian, who owned the nightclub Chez Bricktop in Paris. Lots of interesting material and possible sources, but it needs a good cleaning up and solid citations (as so many do...)

Sylvia Snowden

Sylvia Snowden is an African American abstract painter. The page about is written too much like a resume; it lists a lot of possible resources but doesn't say much. Searching google with the "Books" option suggests quite a few published sources that mention her.

Richard Wright

American author Richard Wright (author) has an extensive article but it is missing a lot of citations. Plenty of material is available, someone just needs to do some searching for sources.

Sciences

Margarita Colmenares

Margarita Colmenares is an American environmental engineer and activist and the first woman to serve as President of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, More could be said about her and her work using the sources currently cited on the Wikipedia page. Newer sources would also be helpful.

Nancy Hopkins

Nancy Hopkins is a molecular biologist at MIT who has worked on gene expression, viruses, and zebrafish. The article has a lot of unsourced sections and there are materials available.

Antonia Maury

Antonia Maury was an American astronomer who published an important early catalog of stellar spectra, and one of the Harvard Computers, a group of female astronomers and Human Computers at the Harvard College Observatory. The Wikipedia article about her could be expanded and sourced by adding additional citations from the list of "Further reading" at the end of the article.

Ynes Mexia

Mexican-American botanist Ynes Mexia collected at least 145,000 plant specimens during her career, 500 of which were new species. Most were from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. Her Wikipedia article needs a lot of help, both organizationally and due to copyright issues. You can see possible copyright violations needing rephrasing at this Copyvio detection report.

Jan Nolta

Jan Nolta works on stem cell-related regenerative medicine. The page about her needs a careful review and better sourcing.

Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. The article could use a general re-read and update. Searching google with the "Books" options shows a number of published books about her. Searching google with options "Ellen Ochoa" -COVID-19 shows more recent news coverage about her.

Friedrich Wöhler

Friedrich Wöhler was a German chemist in the 1800s, who helped to identify a number of chemical elements. The article about him was originally based on encyclopedia entries from the 1880s and 1910s. It needs to be updated. A good source to use would be "the first detailed scientific biography" of the scientist, The Life and Work of Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882) (2005) by Robin Keen. It is available as a pdf and linked to in the reference list.

Thanks and praise

What did you work on today?

Thank you everyone!