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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.

Register

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Safe Space Policy

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Presentation

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Respect Her Crank Go-Go Edit-a-thon August 27, 2020

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Wikipedia Policies

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Wikimedia Affiliates

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Wikimedia movement affiliates model
Chapters
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
Wikimedia thematic organizations
Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
User groups
Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

Sample conflict of interest statement for GLAM professionals

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GLAM professionals and WIkipedians-in-residence may improve Wikipedia using their organizations' resources while still complying with Wikipedia's policy on paid editing. COI-GLAM states that,

Museum curators, librarians, archivists, and similar are encouraged to help improve Wikipedia, or to share their information in the form of links to their resources. If a link cannot be used as a reliable source, it may be placed under further reading or external links if it complies with the external links guideline.

You must include a conflict of interest statement on your user page if planning to edit as part of your professional duties

Sample statement

About Me

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.

Conflict of interest statement

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.

WikiProjects

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Quick Editing Tips

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Tools, Resources

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For Wikimedia DC Use

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User rights management
Special username creation

Etherpad

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Please use this Etherpad to share what you are currently editing. This will help to avoid cross editing (two or more editors working on the same article simultaneously). Cross editing will cause you to lose your edits.

Remember to remove the article from the Etherpad list when you are finished.

Goals and tasks

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Improve 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

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This 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
Mambo Sauce’s Black Boo on creativity and sustainability in go-go music
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
A Suttle Segue by Eric Brace, Washington Post, 2001
#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.

Brief bio
The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. by Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson Jr. Page 252 and others.

Categories

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Potential Sources

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Attendees

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