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Respect Her Crank: A Go-Go Herstory Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Join the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Libraries, and Wikimedia DC as we host a Respect Her Crank: A Go-Go Herstory Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. Wikimedia DC will provide training for new editors during the first hour. Experienced editors can start editing right away. Anyone and everyone interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia, regardless of experience, gender, or background, is welcome to virtually attend.
Use the hashtags #RespectHerCrank and # to share about the event on social media!
Learn to edit Wikipedia. No experience necessary. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited.
Event Schedule
10 AM: Welcome and Intro
10:15 AM: Wikipedia Training
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM: Assisted editing
This program is a part of ARTLAB’s Respect Her Crank! series. The series includes a set of public programs and a final virtual exhibit, celebrating women in Go-go. ARTLAB is a digital art studio for teens, but this program is open to art- and Go-go-lovers of all ages.
When
- Thursday, August 27, 2020 10am-12:30pm EDT
Where
- Remote. You will receive the link needed to participate after registration.
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Wikipedia Policies
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I am a paid employee of XYZ Museum. We are working to make our resources more accessible to the public by working directly with Wikipedia.
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I am editing Wikipedia as part of my official duties at the XYZ Museum. I will abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. Because the mission of XYZ Museum/Organization is in line with Wikipedia's mission to disseminate knowledge, I will not make edits that I do not believe are in accordance with Wikipedia's practices and procedures. If you believe I have made an error or violated Wikipedia’s norms, please let me know.
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Quick Editing Tips
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Goals and tasks
editImprove Wikipedia's coverage of women who contribute/d to the Go-go genre by
- Adding women band members to existing band articles
- Creating new articles for bands with women members and notable individuals including musicians, managers, etc.
- Uploading photos of shows, people, etc.
Suggested Article Work List
editThis list is not at all complete. You may edit or create other Go-go related articles not included here.
Feel free to cite the content shared here via the external links included under these articles, the links in the 'Potential Sources' section, and any references in existing articles. You are also welcome to use any verifiable sources found on your own.
Draft articles have been started to allow new editors to contribute without being autoconfirmed. User accounts are autoconfirmed after four days or ten published edits. Confirmed used are permitted to start new articles.
- Queen of Go-Go Maiesha Rashad Takes Her Groove to Heaven
- See more 'Potential References' and exiting references in article
- Article has a number of issues and lacks mention of female members including current lead singer Tabria Dixon.
- Bio, National Folk Festival
- D.C.’s Rare Essence becomes the first go-go band to play at SXSW
- Fans flock to reunion show of go-go legends Rare Essence
- Rare Essence leader still go-going strong after three decades
- Article doesn't name female members, past or present
- Salt N Pepa Spoke Up for Go-Go 30 Years Ago
- The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. by Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson Jr. Page 120 and others.
- Meet All-Female Go-Go Band Be'la Dona
- Bela Dona Always Puts on a show But This is a Big One
- Photo from Flickr. Can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons with attribution (CC 2.0)
- Bela Dona Band (for use as external link only)
- Black Alley: D.C. Band Battles to Victory at Prince’s Paisley Park
- Black Alley headlines Neo-Soul Night at Carter Barron Amphitheatre
- #DontMuteDC: An Oral History
- DC's-free-annual-funk-parade-returns-saturday-with-new-dontmutedc-conference
- #DontMuteDC goes national again as the BET Awards turns into a tribute to Washington
Biographies of living people are highly scrutinized. For that reason, you are encouraged to locate at least three high-quality sources that address an individual's notability before starting a biographical article. In some cases, especially with women, the source material has not been published and therefore cannot be cited to support one's notability. If you cannot establish stand-alone notability, be sure to at least include individuals in band articles where appropriate.
Categories
editPotential Sources
edit- The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. by Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson Jr. See pages 121 and beyond for 'Women and Go-go'
- Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City by Natalie Hopkinson. Full text not available online. Check Overdrive through your local library for a digital copy.
- TMOTTGOGO Magazine
- On Their New Single, Rare Essence Won't Mute D.C.
- Washington Informer
- And Now, Let's Hear From the Ladies: FAB Disk to Include Stylings of 2 Fans by Natalie Hopkinson, Washington Post 2002
- Meet All-Female Go-Go Band Be'la Dona
- Being a Woman in The Go-Go Scene Is An Uphill Battle
- Michelle Blackwell Looks Back on 15 Years as Go-Go's "Leading Lady"
- Shooting Back: A Conversation with Go-Go Photo Laureate Thomas Sayers Ellis by Stacey Palmer, Washington Informer, 2011
- Go-Go Lives to Fight Another Day
- Make Go-Go D.C.’s Official Music
- Go-go music is the soul of Washington, but it's slipping away
- How Go-Go Music Became Kryptonite for Gentrification in D.C.
- What does go-go being made D.C.’s official music actually mean?
- Black Alley headlines Neo-Soul Night at Carter Barron Amphitheatre
- The Music District. Directed by Susan Levitas. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1996
- Michelle Blackwell Interview Session
- LOC resources
- Team Familiar knows go-go inside and out
- Go-go is signed into law as the official music of D.C.
- D.C. go-go bounces back
- How long can go-go keep going?
- Go-go is making headlines again. Now it’s time for a history lesson.
- Go-go, the funky, percussive music invented in Washington, D.C.
- How Washington, D.C., Turned Its Back on Go-Go, the Music It Invented
- Meet the activists and musicians keeping go-go alive in a rapidly-changing D.C.
- On Facebook Live, an uneasy look at the past, present and future of go-go, an art form that has always spoken to the moment.
- GO-GO Forever: The rise, fall, and afterlife of Washington, D.C.'s ultimate rhythm
- Can the Go-Go Go On?
- Make Go-Go D.C.’s Official Music
- How Two Distinct Go-Go Movements Are Changing D.C. Culture
- Go-Go Awareness Week is almost over, but go-go culture is here to stay
- ‘Go Go Live’: An oral history of the genre’s biggest night
- How go-go, the music of the nation’s capital, is trying to go mainstream
- Go-go is D.C.’s official soundtrack. It deserves equitable funding
- Go-go scene memorializes Chuck Brown with new music
- Mother’s Day offers little rest for On Stage Divas Off Stage mothers
- Where's Go-Go Going?
- D.C.’s Local “Go-Go” Music Gets Its Due
- SpeakeasyDC's Crank & Groove: A Go Go Love Story - Sept 2013
- Go-go bands make their way back into city, but D.C.’s music is still a neglected treasure
- Going For Go-Go
- the beat go-go's fusion of funk and hip-hop
- Here’s how Suttle keeps the longest residency in go-go going
- What’s your favorite go-go song? Northeast Groovers have an answer.
- Trying to Make a Go-Go of It: The Band Mambo Sauce Hopes Genre Will Cross the D.C. Line