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AfroCROWD and Women in Red
Black Women Writers
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

When & Where
DateSunday, April 17, 2016
Time1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
AddressBrooklyn Public Library
Central Library
Info Commons Room
10 Grand Army Plaza
City, StateBrooklyn, NY 11238
AfroCROWD at the Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Harlem, New York City, on February 6, 2016

AfroCROWD and Women in Red @ Brooklyn Public Library

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Please join us for the next gathering of AfroCROWD and Women in Red @ Brooklyn Public Library!

Event information

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  • Date: Sunday, April 17, 2016
  • Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • RSVP: Eventbrite
  • Location: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Info Commons Room
  • Address: 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 40°40′20″N 73°58′05″W / 40.672359°N 73.968146°W / 40.672359; -73.968146
  • Subway:
  • Bus: B41, B69 buses
  • Hashtag: #AfroCROWD, #WomenInRed
  • Twitter: #AfroCROWD
  • Details:
    • Help write her digital history!
    • Join AfroCROWD and Women in Red to receive free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor.
    • The event will encourage editing entries about notable black women writers, including black women in the African Diaspora dedicated to African affairs.
    • Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent actively editing Wikipedia. Become a part of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements and help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.
    • We have held monthly editathons in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens since February 2015.
    • Beginners welcome.
    • All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba, Twi, Woloff and other languages spoken in the African Diaspora. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
    • Please contact alice@afrocrowd.org if you need a babysitter on premises
    • Light Refreshments will be available.

Attendees

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Please RSVP at Eventbrite!
Please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed

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  1. Jim.henderson (talk) 01:07, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. DGG ( talk ) 18:42, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Pharos (talk) 01:55, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. BKDancer (talk) 18:07, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. One bird (talk) 18:10, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Aliceba (talk) 18:12, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Bettyd (talk) 18:35, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Gjone1 (talk) 18:55, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Tönya (talk) 19:25, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Shanluan (talk)
  11. Adjajo
  12. SeoMac (drop-in)

Outcomes

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Contributions

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Alphabetical by first letter

  1. Dori Sanders -- BKDancer (talk)
  2. Otto Neals -- Bettyd (talk)

New page creations

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Alphabetical by first letter

  1. Martha Cassell Thompson -- Gjone1 (talk)
  2. The Chronicles of the New Jack Era -- Adjoajo (talk) -- flagged AfD

Possible articles to edit

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Resources

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See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
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.

Editing Wikipedia resources

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Listed here for quick reference.
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

Tools and templates

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