Wikipedia:Meetup/Phillips Academy 2016

The Phillips Academy Brace Center for Gender Studies and Archives and Special Collections are excited to welcome new and experienced Wikipedians, students, and alumni/ae to join us for our Abbot Academy writers Edit-a-thon, taking place Sunday, November 6, 2016, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm in Andover. This Wikipedia editing initiative aims to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of alumnae of Abbot Academy who were writers.

Event information

Date: Sunday, November 6, 2016
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Second Floor, Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, Phillips Academy, 180 Main St, Andover, MA 01810
Registration for Alumnae/i:

What to expect

No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you can get started by watching these great Beginner Training Videos or with this this training module. Friendly volunteers will be on hand to help answer your editing questions. Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome.

Please set up an account before the event if at all possible. Very few details are needed: a Username, password, and I'd recommend giving your email, if only to be reminded of your password when you forget it.

Don't have a Wikipedia User Name?

Create a Wikipedia account here

Please bring a laptop with you!

Bring your laptop, power cord (and ideas for entries that need updating or creation). We'll also have a few laptops and iPads on hand for participants to use during the live event.

We'll have a selection of print materials and sources on hand at the event.

We're going to get copies of some printed reference materials to have on hand at the event for participants to use during the live event.

Attendees

Please note: Registration is required.

Confirmed

Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day of the session.

PAarchives 30 September 2016
Tony Tan · talk 14:06, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Gkuriger (talk) 16:06, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ethomsen (talk) 22:09, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
IPBiographer (talk) 12:33, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Leisurely historian (talk) 4 November 2016

Tentative

List of articles to create/edit

Wiki pages on Abbot Academy alumnae writers

Women Writers Project

Suggestions for Wiki pages to create on Abbot alumnae writers

Sarah Stuart Robbins
Abby Stuart Anthony
Julia Fletcher (Miss)
Anna Fuller
Lily McDougall

Outcomes

New articles created

Alphabetical order

Articles improved