Wikipedia:Meetup/Chicago/ArtAndFeminism 2015
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- Date: Saturday, March 7, 12noon - 5pm (CST). Can’t be there the whole time? No problem. Join us for as little or as long as you like.
- Venue: Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 37 S Wabash Ave, 6th floor, Chicago, IL
- Cost: Free
- Participants: The event is open to anyone who wishes to attend. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend.
- RSVP by signing your username below! If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
- What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops & power cords; a state-issued photo ID is needed for a visitor's badge to gain access to the library.
- Twitter Hashtag: #ArtAndFeminism
Women artists who worked in Chicago
Here are a few names of women who worked in Chicago for inspiration:
- Perry, Maeble Claire (b1902)
- Gere, Nellie Huntington (1859-1949)
- Gorska, Dorothea M. (active 1900)
- Spero, Nancy (1926-2009)
- Rosse, Maryvonne (b1917)
- O'Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986)
- Mitchell, Joan (1925-1992)
- Anderson, Anne (active 1810)
- Cameron, Mary Gelon (active 1880)
- Pougialis, Constantine (b1894)
- Reid, Mary M. (active 1900)
- Malagrino, Silvia (b1950)
- Applebroog, Ida (b1929)
- Letinsky, Laura L. (b1962)
- Ahuja, Mequitta (b1976)
- Pobre, Marie
- Bertucci, Lina (b1955)
- Sullivan, Catherine (b1968)
- Errell, Lotte (1903-1991)
- Zeisler, Claire (b1903)
- Duckworth, Ruth (1919-2009)
- Carl, Malla (b1926)
- Hall Gurley, Leonora (1831-1903)
- Kay Smith (artist)
List of articles to edit
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.
- See Also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks
Lesson Plans and Tutorials for in person Trainings
- Art + Feminism Beginner Training Video Series - Watch the Beginner Wikipedia training videos for a quick overview to get started
- Art + Feminism Intermediate & Advanced Training Video Series - Scroll down past the Beginner section to view very brief training videos on notability guidelines, creating new pages, adding images to Wikimedia Commons, and talk pages, among other things.
- Advanced Wikimedia Training curricula - Includes "Adding Images," "Adding Infoboxes," "Notability Guidelines for Artists," "New Page Creation," "What do I do if my article is flagged for deletion?" and "Articles for Deletion."
- ArtandFeminism Training Lesson Plan - Organizers may use this to help lead or structure Beginner Wikipedia trainings
Tools and templates
- Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
- Wikipedia template for adding people Template:Infobox person
- Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
- Writing an article
- About the Sandbox
- Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard tool
- Wikipedia:Picture tutorial
- Help:Introduction to uploading images/1
- ArtAndFeminism/Resources Use these sources to research your artist
Confirmed Chicago attendees
21 individuals participated in person on March 7, 2015.
- hsd606
- Twothrasherave
- JessicaParrisWestbrook
- Lindsaydonahue
- auloma
- PhDilettante
- Gregory Stall
- Marissa Neuman
- Jennifer Chan
- Tomburtonwood
- kmhinkle
- Carronlittle
- Adanbe
- Delargyc
- mhk246
- Ryanhageman
- Witchypedia7
- Ignotus_Mago
- Sarah_Harling
- Literal e
List of new articles created
alpha by last name
- Candida Alvarez -- Midwestediting (talk)
- Gail Anderson -- Ryanhageman (talk)
- Collette Bangert -- in progress User:Ignotus Mago/sandbox/Collette Bangert Ignotus Mago (talk)
- Kathleen Blackshear -- in progress (still in draft sandbox) Auloma (talk)
- Sheela Gowda -- Carronlittle (talk)
- Amee Kamdar -- deleted by Wikipedia reviewer
- Eunjung Lee -- deleted by Wikipedia reviewer
- Sara Ludy -- deleted by Wikipedia reviewer
- Deborah Stratman -- Literal e (talk)
- Emily Wardill -- Auloma (talk)
List of articles improved
alpha by last name