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When: | September 2015 |
Where: | United States (multiple cities) Parallel campaign in Asia |
A national edit-a-thon for cultural presence, to expand Asian American topics on Wikipedia. |
This Meetup page is for the New York City event at MoMA held Wednesday, September 2, 2015, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Main Event Page is here
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center invites you to attend the 2nd annual Wikipedia APA, an editathon for cultural presence, which will be held during the month of September 2015.
We are thrilled to invite you to Wikipedia APA, an editing event for improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to Asian Pacific American ("APA") experiences. The second Wikipedia editathon dedicated to APA content, this project will occur as physical events during September 2015 in New York City, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, as well as remotely, with participants taking part from all throughout the world.
(Parallel to this campaign, a number of Wikimedia Asia Project countries are participating in editathons covering national heritage topics, including as an extension of the photo contest Wiki Loves Mounuments.)
While there is a respectable amount of information currently in the encyclopedia for commonly-known APA topics such as the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Japanese American Internment, and the Model Minority Myth, less information exists online about communities and experiences that have been historically marginalized. As presence on resources like Wikipedia becomes not only a tool for learning, but also a signal of cultural significance, the time is right for us to advocate for a more complete APA narrative.
With the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s recent exhibitions, the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971, and SAAM's exhibition The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, we are underlining a commitment to explore stories that have traditionally been left untold—particularly around Americans whose identities include South Asian, Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, multi-heritage, women, and LGBTQ. Incidentally, these vital APA narratives are dispersed and incomplete on Wikipedia.
Let’s change that.
Event information
edit- Main campaign page: Smithsonian APA Wiki
- Who should attend: Everyone of all ages is welcome to attend, regardless of experience. We are happy to teach you the basics of editing Wikipedia! The public is welcome to this event
- Hashtag: #WikiAPA
2015 Nodes
editNovember 2024 +/- | |
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London 210 | November 10, 2024 |
US Mountain West online | November 12, 2024 |
Wiki Uff da! - Event 2 | November 14, 2024 |
Oxford 106 | November 17, 2024 |
San Diego 116 | November 18, 2024 |
Seattle meetup | November 19, 2024 |
Wiki Uff da! - Event 3 | November 20, 2024 |
CCA Montreal Editathon | November 20, 2024 |
WikiCon Australia 2024 | November 23, 2024 |
Brighton 3 | November 23, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | November 24, 2024 |
Brixton 5 | November 26, 2024 |
December 2024 +/- | |
Christchurch 34 | December 1, 2024 |
BLT Antenna New Orleans | December 7, 2024 |
London 211 | December 8, 2024 |
San Diego 117 | December 16, 2024 |
Seattle meetup | December 17, 2024 |
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Events are being held during the month of September 2015 in various locations, with the main events in Washington DC, New York, and Los Angeles.
Smithsonian Campaign: United States
editNew York
editJoin us for #WikiAPA, a social evening of Wikipedia editing, dedicated to creating, updating, and improving articles about Asian Pacific American art and artists. Hosted at The Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Wikimedia NYC, this meetup will focus on unearthing information about a creatively-rich community that has historically been overlooked.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have provide research resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand. Come early to see Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971 during its final week.
The event kicks off a month-long series of #WikiAPA meetups across the U.S. For more information about the #WikiAPA series, please visit Smithsonian APA - Wiki or follow #WikiAPA on Twitter.
Admission to the edit-a-thon is free, but please RSVP.
- RSVP on Eventbrite: Eventbrite
- RSVP on Wikipedia: Wikipedia APA Editathon
- Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015
- Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
- Location: 4 West 54th Street, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Research Building at the Museum of Modern Art 40°45′41″N 73°58′40″W / 40.761484°N 73.977664°W
- Please note that this entrance is 1 block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue
- Subway: or to Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street
- Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M10, M20, M50, M104 buses
- What to bring: A laptop. We will help you access the museum's wireless network
- RSVP: Eventbrite
- Etherpad: Smithsonian APA 2015 NYC
Virtual Campaign
editWomen in Red
edit- Dates: Friday-Sunday, September 4-6, 2015
- Location: Worldwide
- Host: WikiProject Women in Red
- Please RSVP: APA Women edit-athon
2014 Inaugural event
edit- May 2014 inaugural event: Wikipedia:Meetup/Wikipedia APA/2014
Attendees
editPlease add your name. If you are registered, type four tildes
- Pharos (talk) 12:56, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- Mozucat (talk) 13:35, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- Lange.lea (talk) 18:37, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- DGG ( talk ) 04:04, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
- Jim.henderson (talk) 13:07, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
- Jonas Siregar
- Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 22:30, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Kcleon1 (talk) 22:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Napplicable (talk) 22:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Lia Chang (talk) 22:50, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Mightysimon (talk) 23:05, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Topazartsinc (talk) 22:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Huahelenchen (talk) 23:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Margotellen (talk) 23:05, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Cinetron (talk) 23:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- DEBwiki (talk) 23:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Egwikinatobk (talk) 23:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Henry1800 (talk)
- Liam galley (talk)
- Csunon (talk)
- Lori Nodes (talk)
- Wooster1388 (talk)
- Ramos.Monica (talk)
- Domingodaelba (talk)
- Kclcool (talk)
- DesignNewYork (talk)
- Albert.shen2 (talk)
- As9271 (talk)
- Jcmadison1 (talk)
- Rleewong (talk)
Remote participants
editList of articles to edit
editWiki APA Tumblr
Check out the WikiAPA: stARTer kit!
- Wikipedia statuses:
- Looking good = examples of artists who have Wikipedia articles that are thorough and updated
- Needs update/expansion = have articles that lack information or sources, or are outdated
- Needs article created = lacks presence on Wikipedia
To Do
editList of articles to create
editList of new articles created
edit- Madokoro Akutagawa Saori -- Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Lisa Park -- Lange.lea (talk) 23:38, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Tatsuo Ikeda -- Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 00:18, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
- Basement workshop -- Rleewong (talk)
- Filipino American Museum -- Mozucat (talk)
- Chu F. Hing (draft) -- Napplicable (talk)
- Yumi Sakugawa (draft) -- Cinetron (talk)
- Kenjiro Sano (draft) -- DEBwiki (talk)
- Louie Cordero (draft) -- Ramos.Monica (talk)
List of articles improved
edit- Mai Neng Moua -- BrillLyle (talk)
- Who Killed Vincent Chin? -- Huahelenchen (talk) + Mightysimon (talk)
- Lia Chang -- Margotellen (talk)
- Michael Kang -- Egwikinatobk (talk)
- Yoko Ono -- Jcmadison1 (talk)
- Godzilla Asian American Arts Network -- Rleewong (talk)
Information resources
editWebsites, library catalogs, databases
- Smithsonian Institution at Flickr Commons
- Chinese Railroad Workers at Stanford University
- Archives at Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
- JARDA: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives
MoMA
edit- MoMA Library
- DADABASE - online catalog
- MoMA/Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection
- Political Art Documentation and Distribution (PAD/D) Archive
- The Library Council
- Library and Museum Archives Exhibitions
- MoMA Press Release Archives 1929–97
- MoMA Press Release Archives 1996–Present
- Survey of Archives of Latino and Latin American Art
- Latin American Bibliography
- MoMA Collection
- MoMA Archives
MoMA external link templates
edit- GLAM external link templates
- MoMA artist - template for MoMA artists
- MoMA object - template for MoMA objects
Editing Wikipedia resources
editListed here for quick reference.
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources
See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
- Tutorial: Getting Started Guide (Presentation in DC)
- Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
- Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
- Tutorial
- How to Edit a Page
- Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
- Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
- Article Development
- Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
- Manual of Style
- Citation templates
- Infobox templates
- Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
Tools and templates
edit- Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
- Infobox template - person
- Biographies of living persons
- Writing an article
- About the Sandbox
- N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
- Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help
- #wikipedia-en-help connect
Press
edit- Chang, Lia. "Photos: Creating an Asian American presence on Wikipedia, one WikiAPA Edit-a-thon at a time." Backstage Pass with Lia Chang 2015 Sept. 04.
- Flickr