Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/USHMM-2016

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US Holocaust Memorial and Museum Edit-a-thon

Join us for training related to topics related to the US Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Washington, DC

When

December 9, 2016 at 2 pm to 5 pm

Where

US Holocaust Memorial and Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024

Your hosts Wikimedia DC and US Holocaust Memorial and Museum

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US Holocaust Memorial Museum edit-a-thon

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Can't make it to the event? You can participate online! Here's how it works:

1

On the day of the event, check in with your Wikipedia username.
Don't have a username yet? It's easy to create one.

2

Choose an article to edit from the list on this page.
Want to work on an article that's not on the list? You're welcome to choose any topic you like!

3

Have questions during the event? Chat with us!
Some events also include a video or audio conference. You can find more details on this page.

Content to work on

Some interesting stats, observations, tasks on USHMM-related material:

Current account on Commons for USHMM commons:User:USHMM
GLAMorgan report on how much USHMM content is being used now in Wikimedia Commons [1]
- Commons category commons:Category:United_States_Holocaust_Memorial_Museum

335 files in category tree.
171 files were viewed, out of 171 used.
868 pages on 92 wikis use those files.
7,707,679 file views in 2016-11.

1. Buchenwald Corpses 60623.jpg	2,373,887
2. Adolf Hitler meets Ante Pavelić.1941.jpg	535,536
3. Buchenwald Disabled Jews 13132 crop.jpg	405,523

Wikidata query on all the instances of genocides "claim[31:41397]" which are incomplete and only return 10 entries [2]while the Wikipedia category in English has many more Category:Genocides. One task is to add the "instance of genocide" to the Wikidata entries.

Questions for engagement
- Ready to use material for Commons uploading? Public domain, expired copyright, or freely licensed photos?
- Key documents?
- Expertise and current exhibitions?

Worklists

The Holocaust in France has some french articles to translate
The Holocaust in Germany currently redirects to History of the Jews in Germany#Jews under the Nazis needs build out.
Add yours here

Basics on editing Wikipedia

Research resources

TBD