We will get together to improved content about the history of people of color at the University of Virginia. Beginners are welcome! Wikipedia editing training will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

Organized by The Common Good and sponsored by UVa Libraries with help from Wikimedia DC

To get back here, search for WP:Meetup/DC and click on this event.

When

Wednesday, November 4, 2015
9am – 4 pm EDT

Where

Harrison Small Auditorium on the lower level of the Harrison Institute / Small Building. The Harrison/Small Building is inside the Special Collections Library which is behind Newcomb Hall and next to Alderman Library. Parking is available at the bookstore garage called Central Grounds Parking at 400 Emmet Street between McCormick Road and University Avenue for $2/hour.

What to bring

A laptop
Any resources you would like to refer to (and UVa has archives of its own to review )
You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
Preferably, a registered Wikipedia user account (but we can also create one on the spot)

Schedule (completely tentative)

Come in the morning, afternoon, or both!

9AM - Breakfast, overview of Edit-a-Thon goals, Wikipedia "How Tos"
10AM onward - editing workshops and direct editing pages of interest
Noon - Lunch, repeat overview of Edit-a-Thon goals, Wikipedia "How Tos"
1-4PM - editing workshops and direct editing pages of interest

Sign up![edit]

This event is open to people of all experience levels. Sign up below by editing the page and adding your username or by signing up on the Facebook event.

Or REGISTER HERE for breakfast, lunch or a time to edit.

I'll be attending!

I'll be there in person!

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--Adhonus
--Margo&Gladys

I'll be attending virtually!

Regrets

Userboxes

If you are committed to improving African American content or Virginia content on Wikipedia in the long run, add some of the following Wikitext to your user page. You can also sign up at WikiProject African Diaspora.

Wikitext

Userbox

((User WikiProject Afro))

This user participates in
WikiProject African Diaspora.

((User WikiProject Virginia))

This user is a proud member of
WikiProject Virginia.

To-do list[edit]

Please add suggestions below by editing the page! This list includes categories and lists to correct and build from.

Or fill out this Online Form and we will add your topic to the page.

Articles to expand

Alice Jackson Stuart
Julian Bond
National Pan-Hellenic Council (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
University of Virginia with attention to the construction of the University.
Articles about African-American history of Virginia

Articles to create

Note: These articles will need a secondary source to appear on Wikipedia.
If no secondary source(s) is/are available, consider creating your article on cvillpedia instead.

Anatomical Lewis (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Black Alumni Weekend (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Black Students at UVa, 1955-1970s (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Black Students for Freedom (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Black Voices Gospel Choir (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Canada/Venable Lane (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Carter G. Woodson Institute (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Confederate presence on Grounds
Construction of U.Va. (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Commodore, Lewis (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Early student and Jefferson mentalities (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Farmington incident (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Foster, Catherine (Kitty)
Gibbons, Isabella and William
Hern, Thrimston (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Howard, Linda (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Lovelace, Daisy (Lundy) (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Luther Porter Jackson Center (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Martin, Henry
Office of African American Affairs (OAAA) (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
OAAA Peer Advisor Program (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Ridley, Walter
Roebuck, James (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Swanson, Gregory
Temple, David (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Trice, James (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
U.Va. Employees (historic)
U.Va. Hospital and slaves
U.Va. resistance to integration (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
University of Virginia African American Cemetery (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Vinegar Hill neighborhoods (razing)
Visit of Martin Luther King, Jr. (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
Willis, Leroy (see presentation from the University Guide Service)

Stub class African diaspora articles

Articles to maintain[edit]

WikiProject African diaspora articles, sort by importance, quality, or score
Cleanup listing for WikiProject African diaspora
Unassessed African diaspora articles
Orphaned Articles by WikiProject
Suggestions for how to de-orphan

Add wikilinks

Resources[edit]

Primary sources for cvillpedia local wiki[edit]

cvillpedia - The Charlottesville-Albemarle collaborative encyclopedia, local wiki, currently 3,515 articles

Presentation from the University Guide Service

Free databases with secondary sources[edit]

Paid databases with secondary sources[edit]

The following University of Virginia databases will be available to those onsite or who have E-Services credentials.

Books online[edit]

All print and online books are available through the UVa Library catalog, Virgo

Below are a selection of searches from Virgo:

Archival and manuscript collections[edit]

Available through the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Other[edit]

Document Bank of Virginia at Library of Virginia

Basics on editing Wikipedia[edit]

Steering Committee

The following people at UVa are super excited about this event and have volunteered their time to make it happen.

Maggie Nunley
Matthew Vest
Ruth Dillon
Purdom Lindblad
Jeremy Boggs
Winston Barham
Paula Roy
Francesca Tripodi

We are also thankful for the support of Peter Meyer from WikiDC who is helping us get this event on the ground!

Outcomes[edit]

improve content about the history of people of color at UVA.

Articles created

Bloody Monday (Danville)
Sally Hemings (in Spanish)
Sally Hemings (in Catalan)
Gregory Swanson
The Colored American (Washington, D.C.) -- 19th century African-American newspaper
Edward Elder Cooper -- publisher of The Colored American

Articles improved

Julian Bond
Atlah Worldwide Church -- Cleanup for Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora
Clarence Benjamin Jones -- Cleanup for Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora
The Colored American (New York City) -- a different 19th century African-American newspaper
Template:African American press
Defense Acquisition University