Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies/Editathons/Bishopsgate Library, London
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Wikimedia LGBT+ editathon and digitization workshop at Bishopsgate Library · Saturday 18 October 2014
Introduction
Date and location
- 18 October 2014 · Bishopsgate Library · 51°31′07″N 0°04′46″W / 51.518724°N 0.079350°W · Google Map
- 12:30 pm through to 5 pm (building closes at 5.30)
- The Library is part of the Bishopsgate Institute, which is literally just around the corner from Liverpool Street Station.
Format
- 12:30 Introduction to LGBT+ at Bishopsgate, including the Hall-Carpenter Archives, Stonewall and OutRage!—Stefan Dickers, Library and Archives Manager
- 12:55 What is Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons and what can we achieve in an afternoon?—Fæ, co-founder of Wikimedia LGBT+
- 13:15 Split into interest groups and coaching session for newbies.
- 16:30 Group discussion and review (including ideas for LGBT History Month in February 2015)
- 17:00 Close
Registration
Please sign up, here, so we can plan for numbers attending:-
- Fæ (talk) 14:47, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
- Tim riley - this is going to be cosy unless there's a last minute rush!
- Gordo (talk) Here to help....
- CT Cooper · talk
- viagege Happy to assist but new to Wikipedia.... 18:04, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- Tom Morris
Suggested topics to work on
- LGBT slang lacks slang from lesbian or trans specific communities.
- Lisa Power (Stonewall founder, MBE and author of No Bath, But Plenty of Bubbles) has no article.
- AARGH_(Artists_Against_Rampant_Government_Homophobia) article stub
- Releases for AIDS education posters at c:Category:Files_from_Wellcome_Images_(copyright_check_needed)
- Finding photographs for LGBT biographies—try using the automated analysis at /LGBT BLP images
Work done
- Lisa Power started.
- Cultural depictions of Matthew Shepard expanded. Ground work laid for starting the Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine film article.
Uploads
Contacts
This event is supported by the Bishopsgate Library and the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group. Please contact Fæ for more information.
Experienced helpers/trainers for the editathon will be: Fæ, Gordo, CT Cooper