Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labour/Online edit-a-thon February 2023
Event(s) | |
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Scope | Asynchronously online (with some in-person and specific Zoom events) |
When | February 1-28, 2023 |
Zoom call | 18 February, 15:00 CET - 18:00 CET (registration required) |
Who | Geared towards new editors, including but not limited to labour scholars, activists and trade unionists but all interested in edit-a-thon welcome. |
Berlin event | Berlin de:WikiBär in-person, date to be announced |
A one month long edit-a-thon during entire month of February 2023 on all labour related projects across English Wikipedia and sister projects. Register here to track your edits and sign up below as a participant.
Two years ago we hosted an edit-a-thon over the weekend on tech and labour. This year's edit-a-thon will be one month long
Participants
[edit]- Solidarity ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 01:15, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- --Goldsztajn (talk) 21:01, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
- NyanThousand (talk) 06:10, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- Myotus (talk) 22:06, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- wwklnd (talk) 13:49, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- Joeyvandernaald (talk) 16:53, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- Warofdreams talk 01:27, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- --Meanderingbartender (talk) 12:55, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- Solidarity Pokerplayer513 (talk) 22:30, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- Vipz (talk) 04:34, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
- --Tgmod (talk) --Tgmod (talk) 18:34, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
- Grnrchst (talk) 11:47, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- **** it, I'm in - IronBattalion (talk) 13:33, 31 January 2023 (UTC) ... Wait, no no no MY TIME.. what have I done?
- CactiStaccingCrane 15:35, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
- TheTranarchist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 02:48, 3 February 2023 (UTC)TheTranarchist
- Gazamp (talk) 23:06, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- ときさき くるみ not because they are easy, but because they are hard 23:25, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
- Krisgabwoosh (talk) 07:24, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- saw the Signpost article. Δπ (talk) 22:57, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Mtjpg (talk) 17:55, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
Guidelines
[edit]New editors may find Help:Introduction helpful for editing on Wikipedia. Additionally the following essays are worthwhile reading: WP:ADVOCACY, Wikipedia:Relationships with academic editors and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
Small tasks
[edit]- Finding Articles to work on by importance and quality is only possible because people update them regularly. Find further instructions in Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labour/Assessment.
- We have over 2,000 unassessed articles are marked as WP:STUBs but could easily be reassessed or improved.
- Upload images to Commons project with appropriate licensing.
Articles to create
[edit]Organizers/trade unionists
[edit]Robert Schilling (labor)[1] - Fred Biedenkapp - Walter H. Westman - J.B. McLachlan - Len Guy - Mary Burke (labor) - Daniel W. Tracy - Julius Emspak - William Turnbull - Albert Coulthard - Ernest DeMaio - William Sentner - James P. Frey - Richard Davis - David Arian - Peter Winkels[2] - Boris Reinstein - E.F. Doree - Joann Castle (activist) - Charles A. Doyle - C. S. Jackson - Gérard Fortin - John F. Tobin (unionist) - Reid Robinson - Rosendo Dorame - Maurice Travis - John Arthur Robinson - Pat Conroy (trade unionist) - Andy Andras - Lev Bandes - Women in Red list of trade unionists - George Estes - W. L. Hall - Charles O. Sherman - Ben Hurwitz (Saloonkeepers Union) - Anita Andrade Castro[3] - Felixberto Olalia - Rolando Olalia (currently a redirect)
Strikes
[edit]1933 Toronto garment strike - 1933 Stratford furniture strike - Clifton-Morenci Strike - All the red links in List of strikes § Chronological list of general strikes
Organizations
[edit]Home Club - Illinois Woman's Alliance - Filipino Labor Union - Hawaiian Laborers' Association - Canadian Seamen's Union - Louisiana Farmers' Union - Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. Mitchell - Bill Posters and Billers of United States and Canada International Alliance - International Union of Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers of America - International Broom and Whisk Makers' Union - Amalgamated Association of Carpenters and Joiners of America - Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers' International Union - National Federation of Labor Unions - Philippine Association of Free Labor Unions - Center for Trade Union and Human Rights - Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura - Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights - BPO Industry Employees Network
Labor historians
[edit]Joe W. Trotter, Jr. - Shelton Stromquist - Elizabeth Faue - Julie Greene - Nathan Godfried - Elizabeth McKillen - Joan Sangster - Camille Guerin-Gonzalez - Ana Raquel Minian[4] - Lane Windham[4] - Ryan Patrick Murphy[4] - Elizabeth Fones-Wolf[4] - Ken Fones-Wolf[4] - Chantal Norrgard[4] - Stacey L. Smith[4] - Vincent Digirolamo[4]
Articles to improve
[edit]- Trade union
- Amazon worker organization
- 1973 Durban strikes
- Ryanair and unions
- Amazon worker organization
- Anarcho-syndicalism
- Direct action
- General strike
- Industrial unionism
- May 68
- Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
- National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
- Taft-Hartley Act
- Wildcat strike action (include recent spontaneous informal strikes e.g. 2018 Google walkouts)
- Solidarity action
- Bella Hall Gauld
Legislation
[edit]Photos and videos
[edit]- Existing photos can be found at Commons:Category:Trade unionism
Physical events
[edit]- Berlin Tech Workers Coalition is looking to host an-in person meetup. Detailed TBA
Planning
[edit]Outreach
[edit]- WP:SIGNPOST Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-02-04/WikiProject report is published
- Done Emailed Global Labour University community
- On hold email Labor Notes and other labor/research communities
- Done Fone an online-time for intro to Wiki editing for labor academic/activist audience and add it to Infobox of this event
- On hold Find a time for a physical event at de:Wikipedia:WikiBaer
February 2023 Labour Edit-a-thon
[edit]2023 WikiProject Organized Labour/Online Edit-A-Thon | |
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Hello, WikiProject Organized Labour/Online edit-a-thon February 2023! During the entire month of February there will be an ongoing edit-a-thon on all labour related projects across English Wikipedia and sister projects. Register to track your edits and sign up on the edit-a-thon's project page as a participant. To invite other participants paste {{subst:WPLABOR/2023}} on their talk page! This event is organized by WP:WikiProject Organized Labour |
References
[edit]- ^ "Schilling, Robert 1843 - 1922". Wisconsin Historical Society.
- ^ Green, Hardy (May 2017). "Peter Winkels, a Hormel Strike Leader, 1948-2017". Labor Notes. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The Los Angeles Dressmakers Strike of 1933: Anita Andrade Castro Becomes a Union Activist". historymatters.gmu.edu.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Grants & Prizes – LAWCHA".