Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/Quatrefoil/Wiki Loves Pride 2018

Wiki Loves Pride 2018
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Organized by Wikimedia LGBT+
When and Where
Date	Saturday, July 28, 2018
Time	12 pm – 4 pm CST
Address	Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake Street
City, State	Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407

The Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, July 28, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm at the Quatrefoil Library.

• Date: Saturday, July 28, 2018
• Time: 12 pm – 4 pm
• Location: Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Mpls MN 55407
• Directions and map
• Train:
• Bus:
• Twitter: [1] and [2]
• Hashtag #WikiLovesPride / #WikimediaLGBT
• Wikimedia Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Quatrefoil_Library/Wiki_Loves_Pride_2018_(July_2018)?enroll=hvbzrxou

Please bring your laptop, power cord, ideas, and enthusiasm! We will provide refreshments, tutorials, and lots of help. The library has a few laptops to loan; please indicate on the sign up sheet if you will need one.

The Quatrefoil Library is an independent lending library and community space for the LGBTIQ+ community. It is committed to providing safe space for LGBTIQ+ individuals. Gender neutral bathrooms are available on site.

• RachelWex
• paul2520: not sure if our librarian will be there, but I can give a tour of the library / help find resources & do a demo of our EBSCO LGBT Life database
• Ben the Bos
• L235 (...like, 90% chance I'll be there )
• RyanL791 (talk)
• --Kymburrlay (talk) 18:26, 28 July 2018 (UTC)Kymburrlay[reply]
• Cajenkin (talk) 19:11, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Claudeboyd (talk) 20:11, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Jonathunder (talk)

Can't be there in person? Participate remotely!

• Sorry to miss..am on the road this day. Sjacobsen1
• Ringbang (talk), just learned I'm going to be out of town. Wish I could be there!

• Please see this page for ideas about articles to edit or add to Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/Tasks.
• See this page for more information about how to participate in the photography aspect of Wiki Loves Pride, and upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons: Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/HowTo

Here are some LGBTIQ+ topics that need articles or edits:

Minnesota-specific topics:

other LGBTIQ topics:

In addition to the list below, some other pages that list articles in need of help are the cleanup listing for WikiProject LGBT Studies, Women in Red's LBT Women redlist, and List of LGBT Jews.

• Quatrefoil's collection has over 30,000 items, including reference books and archived periodicals. Quatrefoil also subscribes to the EBSCO LGBT Life with Full Text database (coverage). There will likely be a demo on how to use; otherwise, sign-in details will be provided.
• New York Public Library Gay and Lesbian Collections – AIDS/HIV Collections
• Rainbow History Project
• Washington Post Historical Database
• OutHistory founded by Jonathan Ned Katz and John D'Emilio

N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

• St Cloud State University Wikipedia Subject Guide (created by RachelWex)
• 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)

• Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
• Infobox template - person
• Biographies of living persons
• Writing an article
• About the Sandbox

See the dashboard.

As part of the global Wiki Loves Pride campaign, the Quatrefoil Library is hosting a Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon, located in Minneapolis. Space is limited so please RSVP on this page. All others are encouraged to participate remotely through this wiki-page.

Wiki Loves Pride aims to increase the number of people and perspectives contributing to LGBT information on Wikipedia, as well as encouraging institutions to add their authority information, research and images to the public domain. Contributions to information about LGBT topics in politics and policy, medicine, topics in identity sexuality, and society, rights and attitudes, history, culture, and institutions will vastly affect the ways in which these topics are researched and understood internationally. In the past, Wikipedia articles on these topics have been riddled with a lack of scholarly sources and lack of perspectives, skewing public perceptions and affecting research and decisions in public policy, science and medical practice, and community acceptance.