Event information

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Diana Krall

As trusted knowledge mediators, libraries have a responsibility to help improve the presence of Canadian culture on Wikimedia platforms. In this edit-a-thon, participants will work on ensuring that the 2019 Juno nominees are represented on Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia. This event is free and open to everyone.

When: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location: The D.B. Weldon Library Atrium (main floor by the entrance)


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Participants

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If you would like your edits to be counted in the JUNOAwards2019 Meetup statistics:

  • Add your username to the list of participants
  • Sign up as a participant on the Program Dashboard
  • Add the hashtag #JUNOSLdn to your Wikipedia edit summary

List of participants

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What can I work on?

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Contribute to artists' pages

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Consider adding factual information such as:

  • Personal Life
  • Career
  • Honours
  • Discography
  • Awards

Remember to keep a neutral tone to your writing.

List of 2019 JUNO Award Nominees

Infobox template for musical artists

Update information on JUNO Award article

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  • JUNO Award article on Wikipedia.
  • The end of the article includes a list of nominees and winners. Most lists do not include all genres.
Donating data to Wikidata

Wikidata is a free, collaborative, multilingual, secondary database, collecting structured data to provide support for Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, the other wikis of the Wikimedia movement, and to anyone in the world.

Editing is the best way to learn about Wikidata and concepts of structured data, so go ahead and start editing!

Add the albums of JUNO Award nominees to Wikidata

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Before adding an album to Wikidata, first search the database to see if the item already exists.

  • If the item does not exist, go ahead and create it.
  • If the album already has a Wikidata item, consider adding more statements to it.

Here are some pages that can help:

  • Wikidata - An introduction to Wikidata
  • WikiProject Music - An overview of properties, identifiers, and qualifiers for music in Wikidata

Wikipedia Commons is a repository of digital material. It is primarily made up of images. If you want to illustrate your Wikipedia article, you need to add it to Commons first. A point to remember:

  • You must have permission of the rights holder to upload, or the content must be in the public domain or freely licensed.

Wikimedia Commons Categories

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Resources for editing

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Music Resources

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For Authority Data

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Western's Resources - Databases (requires login from off campus)

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  • Music Index Music citation index, begun in 1949; online version indexes 1974-2008, with link-outs to JSTOR, where available. Valuable starting-point for all music disciplines, primarily English-language, the Music Index provides comprehensive coverage of the music field and every aspect of the classical and popular worlds of music. With cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for hundreds of periodicals, this resource is an invaluable resource for both the novice and scholar. (credit: Lisa Philpott)
  • CBCA Reference & Current Events CBCA Reference is a key source for Canadian information. It provides in depth access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines, including those with a focus on lifestyles, arts and culture. (credit: Lisa Philpott)
  • Rock's Backpages Rock reviews, articles and interviews from the late 1950s to the present day. (credit: Lisa Philpott)
  • Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Offers full-text access to major music periodicals such as New Music Express as well as trade publications from other sectors of the entertainment industry (credit: Lisa Philpott)
  • Music Industry Data Formerly known as Academic Charts Online, Music Industry Data is a growing repository of historical and current data which facilitates research into recorded music by offering chart data for international pop music albums and singles

Western's Resources - News sources (requires login from off campus)

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  • Alt-PressWatch This is a full-text database of more than 170 interdisciplinary newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent press. (credit: Erin Johnson)
  • Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies Full text access to articles, columns, editorials and articles from leading Canadian news sources. The content is updated daily after a two-day embargo period. (credit: Erin Johnson)
  • CPIQ This fully-electronic reference tool provides material from Canadian and international periodicals dealing with Canada. (credit: Erin Johnson))
  • LexisNexis A comprehensive resource providing full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical and reference publications. (credit: Erin Johnson)
  • London Free Press Online Archives This database allows you to limit your results by date, use a variety of complex searching techniques, and print the text of the London Free Press. (credit: Erin Johnson)

London Ontario Music Websites

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  • LondonFuse LondonFuse is a not-for-profit organization that promotes art, lifestyle and culture in London, Ontario and beyond.


Asking for help and resolving disputes

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