University of Nevada, Reno Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2015

What's it about

In Celebration of Archives Month and Nevada Day, participants will gather at the Knowledge Center of the University of Nevada Reno to create and enhance articles related to Nevada long three main themes:

Nevada Women
The University of Nevada
Nevada's Natural Resources

When and where

DATE:October 15, 2015 from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm (participants may arrive and leave any time during the edit-a-thon, but two formal instruction sessions for new Wikipedia editors will occur at 3:00 pm and again at 6:00 pm)

WHERE: Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada Reno. Computer Instruction Lab, Room 114

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What you need to bring

Projected schedule:

Goals

To teach people the technical and stylistic skills to successfully contribute to Wikipedia
To enrich articles within our Nevada Specific focus
To tie those articles back to specific high quality resources held (or created) by our university

Suggested articles to edit

Nevada Women

Existing Articles to expand

Ann O'Connell
Anne Henrietta Martin
Barbara Buckley
Barbara Vucanovich
Bernice Mathews
Carrie Dann
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine S. Fowler
Dat So La Lee
Dawn Gibbons
Effie Mona Mack
Eliza Cook (physician)
Emma Nevada
Frankie Sue Del Papa
Hannah Keziah Clapp
Hazel Bell Wines
Helen J. Stewart
Idah Meacham Strobridge
Jill Derby
Julia Bulette
Kate Marshall
Kathy Augustine
LaVerne Jeanne
Lorraine Hunt
Marguerite Gosse
Mary Dann
Mary Hill Fulstone
Mary McNair Mathews
Maude Frazier
Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis
Patricia Dillon Cafferata
Sadie Hurst
Sarah Winnemucca
Shelley Berkley
Sue Wagner
Velma Bronn Johnston
Eva Adams
Georgie Sicking
Bertha Eaton Raffetto, (1885-1952)
Helen J. Stewart, (1854-1926)
Helen Rulison Shipley, (1870-1955)
Idah Meacham Strobridge, (1855-1932)
Mary Hill Fulstone, (1892-1987)
May Bradford Shockley, (18?-1977)
Mila Tupper Maynard, (1864-1926)
Velma Bronn Johnston, (1912-1977) Washoe Co. (Reno) Secretary, rancher, wild horse advocate, and activist

Articles to Start

First Ladies and Gentlemen of Nevada
Alice Allegra Dove List, (1910-1997) Carson City Washoe County (Washoe Valley) Homemaker, Bookkeeper, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Gardener, Artist, Spiritual leader, Community leader
Alice Gottschalk Downer, (1913 - 2008) Washoe Co. (Reno), Carson Co. (Carson City), Douglas Co.(Carson Valley) teacher, mother, community volunteer
Alice Lucretia Smith, (1902-1990) Washoe Co. (Reno) political activist
Anna B. Mudd Warren, (1863-1944) Washoe (Reno), Storey (Virginia City) attorney
Anna Frances Elleser Rechel, (1884-1967) Mineral Co. (Rawhide) mining (prospector)
Anna Neddenriep Dressler, (1898-1987) Douglas Co. (Carson Valley) rancher, woman's club leader, wife, mother
Anne H. Martin, (1875-1951)Washoe Co. (Reno) author, education (university instructor), political activist, woman's club leader
Beda Brennecke Cornwall, (1907-1994) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) library founder, wife, mother, education (teacher), woman's club leader, government (elected to Las Vegas School Board)
Bertha Bishop Ronzone, (1885-1969) Nye/Clark Co. (Manhattan/Tonopah/Las Vegas) business (mercantile store owner), wife, mother
Bertha Knemeyer, (1885-19?) Elko Co. (Elko) education (teacher), government (appointed Deputy State Supt.)
Bette Norene (Hoge) Sawyer, (1923-2002) Elko Co. (Elko), Carson Co. (Carson City), Clark Co. (Las Vegas) First Lady of Nevada, mother, wife, civic activist
Bird Wilson, (1865-1946) Goldfield (Esmeralda), Manhattan (Nye) court reporter, secretary, stock broker, mine owner, lobbyist, women's rights advocate, suffragist, woman's club leader
Blanche Sprague Esmeralda Co. (Goldfield) woman's club leader, wife, mother
Carol Lu Ella Bullis-Echeverria, (1909-1988) Humboldt Co. (Winnemucca) & Washoe Co. (Reno) Wife, mother, teacher, realtor
Caroline Elizabeth Aufdermaur , (1910-1991) Pershing Co. (Lovelock) Caregiver, church club member, Farm Bureau, 4-H, Pink Ladies, Fairview Homemakers, American Association of Retired Persons, housewife, mother, and farm partner
Carolyn J. (Randall) O'Callaghan, (1935 - 2004) Carson City, Clark Co. (Las Vegas) First Lady, wife, mother
Carrie Choate Bullis, (1878-1964) Humboldt Co. (Winnemucca, Paradise Valley, Denio) Teacher, mother, wife
Carrie Ellen Willis Wilson, (1868-1925) Pine Grove, Nordyke, Mason Valley, Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada Teacher, wife, mother, civic volunteer
Charlotte Hunter Arley, (1912-2006) Washoe Co. (Reno) Attorney Champion of the underdog
Charlotte Rowberry Ellsworth, (1912-1998) (Henderson, Las Vegas) Clark Co. (Reno) Washoe Co. Room Reservation Manager and Assistant Hotel Manager, wife, mother, secretary
Delphine Squires, (1868-1961) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) journalist, wife, political activist, woman's club leader
Dessie Lola Bailey, (1918-1999) Clark Co. (Llas Vegas) Volunteer work with mentally handicapped children, wife
Dixie Olean Karr Westergard, (1935-2007) Carson County (Carson) teacher, historian, author, mother
Edith Naomi (Bremenkampf) Bernard, (1914 - 2005) Carson City Wife, mother, civic activist
Edith West Lyon (Yerington) women's club leader, wife, mother
Edna Catlin Baker, (1875-1957) Washoe Co. (Sparks) education (teacher), government (elected to Sparks School Board and University of Nevada Board of Regents), political activist, wife
Edna Covert Plummer, (1877-1972) Eureka Co. (Eureka) attorney, business (banking), woman's club leader, wife
Edna Crauch Trunnell Eddy, (1876-1962) Humboldt (Winnemucca), and Pershing (Lovelock) Counties embalmer; mortuary owner; elected public administrator
Edna Idelle (Sinnamon) Balzar, (1881-1943) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
Eilley Oram Bowers (1826-1903) Washoe/Storey Co. business (boarding house, laundry, parties), psycho- spiritual (seeress), wife, mother
Eliza Cook, (1856-1947) Douglas Co. (Carson Valley) medicine (physician), political activist, woman's club leader
Elizabeth (Fall) Kinkead, (1837-1907) Lyon Co. (Virginia City), Sitak - AK, Carson City, NV First Lady, wife, mother
Elizabeth (Weyburn) Jones-Sifford, (1861-1925) Churchill Co. (Stillwater), Lassen, CA First Lady, wife, mother
Elizabeth Marie Rasmussen Sundberg, (1874-1962) White Pine County (Cherry Creek) homemaker, community supporter, housekeeper, cook
Ellen G. Oddie, (1841-1914) Carson City First Lady, wife, mother
Ellen M. Frame Stevenson, (1845-1892) Carson City, Oakland - CA First Lady, wife
Emma (Lee) Adams, (1851-1941) Carson City, San Francisco, CAFirst Lady, wife, mother
Emma Lou Montgomery Brandt (1917-2006) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) teacher, drugstore owner/manager, housewife, Girl Scout leader, community volunteer
Emma Wixom Nevada, (1859-1940) Lander Co. (Austin) fine arts (opera singer), wife, mother
Fannie Gore Hazlett, (1838-1933) Lyon Co. (Dayton) wife, political activist
Felice Cohn, (1878-1961) Carson City attorney, political activist, woman's club leader
Ferminia Sarras, (1840-1915) Mineral County (Candelaria & Luning), Esmeralda County (Silver Peak) Mining (prospector), wife, mother
Florence Anker Young, 1890-1976 Pershing Co. (Lovelock) rancher, woman's club leader, journalist, political activist (woman's suffrage)
Florence Humphrey Church, (1869-1922) Washoe Co. (Reno) political activist, woman's club leader, wife, mother
Florence Sanford Burge, (1912-1986) Washoe Co. (Reno) Journalist
Florentina Nostrossa, (1835-1922) Eureka Co. (Eureka) medicine (nurse/midwife), wife, mother
Frances Gertrude Friedhoff, (1895-1958) Lyon Co. (Yerington) government (appointed to Nevada Senate), women's club leader
Frances Slaven Williamson, (1842-1919) Lander Co. (Austin), Washoe Co. (Reno) author, educator (teacher), journalist, newspaper publisher, political activist, woman's club leader, wife, mother
Geneva Douglas, (1932-1993) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) science (health physicist), woman's club leader, wife
Grace A. Bordewich, (1910-1999) Carson City daughter, teacher, educator
Gue Gim Wah, (1900-1988) Lincoln Co. (Castleton/Pioche) business (boarding house/restaurant), wife
Hazel Baker Denton, (1887-1962) Lincoln Co. (Caliente) author, education (teacher), woman's club leader, government (elected to Nevada Assembly), wife, mother
Ida Browder Mountford, (1889-1961) Clark Co. (Boulder City) business (restaurant), government (elected to School Board)
Ida Louise (Liz) Pittman, (1893-1984) Nye Co. (Tonopah), White Pine Co. (Ely), Ormsby Co. (Carson City), Clark Co. (Las Vegas) First Lady, music teacher, newspaper owner and publisher, wife, world traveler
Imogene (Jean) Evelyn Young Ford, (1929-1998) Clark Co., Washoe Co., Carson City (Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City) citizen activist, government (elected to State Senate and Assembly), business (tour travel), education, research & preservation (Nevada Women's History Project founder), mentor, role model.
Irma Marie (Callahan) Carville, (1890-1973) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
Jackalyn (Ross) Laxalt, (1927- 2004) Carson City, Scotsdale - AZ, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, Drug and Alcoholism Counselor, wife, mother
Jean Sybil McElrath, (1917-1967) Elko Co. (Wells) author, journalist
Jeanne Weir, (1870-1950) Washoe Co. (Reno) education (university professor), administrator, historian
Jennie O'Hare Riordan, (1874-1965) Carson City, White Pine (White River Valley) education (teacher), rancher, wife, mother
Jessie Callahan Mahoney, (1877-1956) Eureka Co. (Dunphy, Beowawe) rancher, wife, mother, education (teacher), government (elected to Eureka Co. Commission)
Jesusa Saval, (1890-1982) Lander Co. (Battle Mountain) ranch owner/operator
Joanne De Longchamps, (1923-1983) Washoe Co. (Reno) author (poet)
Josephine (Josie) Reed Pearl, (1873-1962) Humboldt Co., White Pine Co. (Minerva, Ward) mining (prospector), wife
Josie Alma Woods, (1889-1983) Eureka Co. (Eureka) government (elected to Nevada Assembly), rancher
Julia (McCann) Scrugham, ( - 1954) Carson City, Washington D.C., Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
Julia Viani Mineral Co. community service
Katharine (Kay) Norrid Mergen, (1910-1997) Lyon Co. (Wabuska) Washoe Co. (Reno) Journalism, education, soil and water conservation
Kathleen Sandoval Washoe Co. (Reno), Carson City First Lady, wife, mother, Non-Profit Family & Youth Intervention Program Director
Kathryn L. Marbaker Tubb, (1886-1957) Nye County (Ash Meadows) rancher, proprietor of boarding house/brothel
Katie Christy Frazier, (1890-1991) Washoe Co. (Nixon) folk arts, (Paiute storyteller), wife, mother
Kittie Wells Bonner, (1901-1985) Smith Creek Valley & Austin, Lander Co. community activist and volunteer, deputy sheriff, newspaper correspondent
Laura May Tilden (1872-1928) Storey County (Virginia City) lawyer, notary public, suffragist
Laura Mills, (1893-1973) Churchill Co. (Fallon) education (teacher)
Leona Addie Daoust Munk , (1911-2003) Pershing County (Lovelock) Ranching partner, bookkeeper, owner and operator of Kay-Lee's Drive-In
Libbie Conover Booth, (1856-1948) Washoe Co. (Reno) Educator - Teacher and Principal
Lillian Malcolm, (1868-19?) Nye/Esmeralda Co. (Rhyolite/Silver Peak) prospector
Lilly Hing Fong (1925-2002) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) Education (teacher), University Regent, UNLV and Community College of Southern Nevada benefactor, wife, mother, public service
Louise (Zadow) Sadler, (1851 - 1923) Eureka Co. (Eureka), Carson City First Lady, wife, mother
Louise Aloys Smith, (1917-1999) Pershing Co. (Lovelock) Military service, operatic soprano, assemblywoman, county library board member
Lubertha Miller Johnson, (1906-1989) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) education (teacher), civil rights and social welfare activist
Lucille Elizabeth Emmert Petty, (1913-2006) Carson City wife, mother, grandmother, civic leader
Lucy Van DeVenter, (1848-1928) Washoe Co. (Reno) political activist, woman's club leader, wife
Luella Kirkbride Drumm, (1872-1962) Fallon, Churchill Co. Homemaker, Civic Activist, State Legislature
Mabelle Jean Kirman, (1878-1947) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
Maianne (Williamson) Griswold, (1892-1965) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
Marcia de Braga, (1937-2010) Churchill County (Fallon) and Carson City Rancher, District 35 Nevada Assemblywoman, Newspaper Columnist, wife, mother, grandmother, civic leader, political activist, political poet, Silver State International Association Rodeo co-founder, Nevada State High School Association Rodeo secretary, author and bird watcher.
Margaret (Peg) Marean Wheat, (1908-1988) Churchill Co. (Fallon) author, science (anthropologist), wife
Maria Garifalou Pavlakis, (1912 - 1982) White Pine Co. (Ely) Baker, pastry shop owner, wife, mother, hotel manager
Marjorie Ann (Guild) Russell, (1916-1997) Carson City First Lady, Nevada State Museum Board of Trustees, wife, mother, teacher
Martha Barlow, (1920-1993) Mineral Co. (Hawthorne) government (elected County Clerk)
Martha Letcher Gottschalk, (1881-1973) Pershing Co (Lovelock) and Washoe (Reno) Counties nurses aid, care giver, wife, mother, orphan
Martha Patricia (Herz) Cooke, (1923-2012) Washoe County (Reno) Mother, wife, grandmother, great grandmother, civic activist, artist, friend and neighbor
Marvel Ranson Guisti, (1912-1979) Washoe Co. Educator, counselor, scholarship coordinator, wife, mother, grandmother
Mary (Poor) Bell, (1850-1925) Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
Mary Aileen Norton Evans, (1899-1993) (Eureka Co. (Dunphy), Humboldt Co. (Winnemucca) telegrapher, The Western Pacific Railroad Company
Mary Eldridge White Pine Co. education (teacher), rancher
Mary Frances (Hopkins) Colcord, (1847-1923) Carson City First Lady, wife, mother
Mary Grace O'Donnell Rose, (1875-1935) Humboldt (Winnemucca) government (elected to NV Assembly)
Mary Hall, (187?-194?) Eureka/Lander Co. (Grass and Denay Valleys) folk arts (Shoshone basketmaker)
Mary Leitch Oxborrow, (1852-1935) White Pine Co. (Lund) medicine (midwife), wife, mother
Mary Louise Grantz (originally Grenz), (1879-1970) Humboldt Co. mining (prospector)
Mary Stoddard Doten, (1845-1914) Washoe Co. (Reno), Storey Co. (Gold Hill & Virginia City), Lander Co. (Austin) wife, mother, writer (journalist and poet), suffragist
Mayme Stocker, (1875-1972) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) business (gaming licensee), wife, mother
Mildred Bray, (1892-1975) Carson City government (elected State Supt. of Education)
Mildred Matthews Breedlove Clark Co. (Las Vegas) author, poet
Mildred Sebbas Smith, (1910-1999) Pershing Co. (Lovelock) hospital administrator, mother, wife
Minnie Nichols Blair, (1886-1972) Churchill Co. (Fallon) business (Spudnut shop), ranching/agriculture (turkey farmer)
Molly Flagg Knudtsen, (1915-2001) Lander County (Grass Valley) Washoe County (Reno) Board of Regents member, enviromentalist, historic preservation advocate, wife, mother
Myrtle Beatrice Talcott Anker, (1894-1973) Ranch owner & manager Pershing Co. Farm Bureau leader Mother, wife, sister, daughter, grandmother and great-grandmother, friend, and homemaker.
Nancy Elnora (Knight) Sparks, (1857-1947) First Lady Washoe Co. (Reno) Ormsby Co. (Carson City)
Nellie Mighels Davis, (1844-1945) Carson City journalist, newspaper publisher, woman's club leader, wife, mother
Olga A. Wuertz Reifschnieder, (1900-1978) Washoe Co. (Reno) science (botanist)
Olga Constatina Lord Kipanidze (1897-1976) Washoe County. (Reno) Doctor
Ruth C. Ruddell , (1893- 1970) Pershing County (Pershing) Ranching
Ruth Davis Sullivan, (1896-1991) Pershing Co. (Lovelock) teacher of piano, practical nurse
Sadie Dotson Hurst, (1857-1952) Washoe Co. (Reno) government (elected to Nevada Assembly), political activist, woman's club leader, wife, mother
Sallie Maria Ruperti Springmeyer, (1903-2007) Washoe Co. (Reno) / Douglas Co. (Minden/Gardnerville) attorney and public service activist
Sarah Jane (Cox) Blasdel, (1826-1904) Carson City, San Francisco, CA First Lady, wife, mother, philanthropist
Sister Fredericka McGrath Storey Co. (Virginia City) social welfare (administrator, Daughters of Charity)
Teresa D'Alosio Knight, (1891-1987) Eureka Co. (Eureka) Lincoln Co. (Delamar) White Pine Co. (Lane City, Steptoe Valley, Ely) cowgirl, housewife
Thelma Davis Calhoun, (1913-1998) Carson City civic leader, painter, wife, mother, grandmother, politics, Distinguished Nevadan, Nevada Woman of the Year
Theresa Smokey Jackson, (1916-1999) Douglas Co. (Dresslerville) Educator, basket weaver,mother, wife, speaker for Washoe Tribe, interpreter, consultant
Therése Alpetche Laxalt, (1891-1978) Carson City business (boarding house/restaurant), wife, mother
Ting Soo Hoo Ong, (1907-1925) White Pine Co. (Ruth, McGill) cook, restaurant owner, wife, mother
Una Reilly Dickerson, (1881-1959) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
Verna "June" Bradbury Broili Washoe Co. (Reno) author, buyer for family-owned business, food columnist, historian
Vida Margaret (McClure) Boyle, (1880 - 1972) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, newspaper publisher, world traveler
Viola Annie West Goldsworthy, (1896-1975) Lyon Co. (Yerington), Washoe County (Reno) Wife, mother, organizer of education and children
Virginia Hode (Bradley) Belknap, (1847-1925) Carson City, San Francisco, CA Governor's Official Hostess, wife, mother
Virginia Moreira Moura , (1910-1994) Pershing County (Lovelock) Housewife, mother, ranch partner, Deputy County Recorder, secretary/bookkeeper
Wilhelmine Heidtman Springmeyer, (1847-1928) Douglas Co. (Carson Valley) Mother, wife, ranch owner
Wuzzie Dick George, (1879?-1984) Churchill Co. (Fallon/Stillwater) folk arts (Paiute crafts), wife
Yolande Jacobsen Sheppard, (19?-19?) Washoe Co. (Reno) fine arts (sculptor), wife, mother

University of Nevada Reno

Existing Articles to expand

Administrative Units and Buildings
University of Nevada, Reno Arboretum
University of Nevada Press
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
Black Rock Press – University of Nevada, Reno
College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada
Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism
Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center

Articles to Start

National Judicial College
Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics
Candida Adherence Mycology Research Unit
Center for Basque Studies – University of Nevada, Reno
Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies
Institute for Innovation and Informatics
Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming
Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Nevada Center for Ethics & Health Policy
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Nevada Terawatt Facility
Sanford Center for Aging
People associated with UNR
Ron Einstoss, 1955 – Pulitzer Prize awarded in 1966 for coverage of the Watts Riot
Susan Forrest, 1982 – Pulitzer Prize awarded for general news reporting in 1988
Kristen Go, 1998 – Pulitzer Prize awarded in 1998 for her coverage of the Columbine High School shootings
Warren Lerude, 1961 – Pulitzer Prize awarded in 1977
Edward S. Montgomery, 1934 – Pulitzer Prize awarded for distinguished local reporting in 1952
Howard Sheerin, 1931 – Pulitzer Prize awarded for public service in 1956
Bernie Anderson – current member of the Nevada State Assembly representing AD 31- Washoe County
Robert Jackson, 2008 – current Mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona
Steven R. Kosach – current Washoe County District Court Judge; former member of the university's championship 1965 baseball team for University of Nevada; earned two silver stars in Vietnam (Alpha Tau Omega)
Ken Tedford – current Mayor of the City of Fallon, Nevada (Alpha Tau Omega)
JaVale Mcgee, 2008 – professional basketball player, Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers
Mike Schellin, 1966-68 - boxer; University of Nevada Hall of Fame; two-time winner of the Julius LaRowe Memorial Trophy; runner-up at the 1968 Western Regional Olympic Trials (Alpha Tau Omega)
John W. Nunn – CEO and owner of WWW (World Wild Wrestling) corporation

Nevada Natural Resources

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Help:Cheatsheet - quick guide to Wiki markup
Wikipedia Loves Libraries - brief overview of effort to foster collaborations between Wikipedia and libraries
Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
Five Pillars of Wikipedia
Tutorial
How to Edit a Page
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Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Manual of Style
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