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| Date | Friday, February 17, 2017 |
| Time | 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm |
| Address | Accenture New York Office 1345 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor Room 6058 |
| City, State | New York City, New York 10105 |
Event information
- Date: Friday, February 17, 2017
- Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Location: Accenture New York
- Address: Accenture New York Office, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, Room 6058, New York, NY 10105
- Subway: B, D, E, M, 7th Ave
- Hashtag: #AfroCROWD, #BlacksInSTEMWiki
- Twitter: #AfroCROWD
- Details:
- Help write her digital history!
- Join AfroCROWD and Accenture New York City and its New York Metro African American Employee Resource Group (AAERG) to make history and celebrate the "Hidden Figures" of Black history. Learn how to create and edit Wikipedia entries as we improve the bios and histories for African Americans in S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. You will learn the markup and research skills needed to make creditable Wikipedia entries while making a difference to Black history. Come join us this Black History Month, bring your enthusiasm and your laptop, and literally #MakeHistory! Refreshments will be served.
- The event will encourage editing entries about notable African descended scientists, technology innovators, engineers, and mathematicians.
- Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is an 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 with an array of organizations and institutions 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.
- Light refreshments will be offered.
- Who should attend: Everyone with an interest in Black history and expanding the diversity of knowledge on Wikipedia, and regardless of experience. We are happy to teach you the basics of editing Wikipedia. The public is welcome to this event.
- RSVP: Eventbrite
If you have a laptop, please bring it with you!
Task lists
✓ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages
General task list |
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Alphabetical by first letter
"Stubs" - very short articles in need of expansion: |
Quick + easy! Infoboxes, stubs, obits with tons of biographical info, Wikidata, etc. |
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It's fun, not super hard, and improves Google search results! Plus you don't need citations for infoboxes!
Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors
Obituaries are a great starting point, have tons of biographical info!
Are you into more tech-based data? Are you a librarian? Add Authority Control info to Wikidata! 
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Accenture Blacks in STEM task list |
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Editing resources
Wikipedia editing resources |
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NYPL editing resources |
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Outcomes
Alphabetical by first letter
- Pages improved
- Bayano -- Advise2017 (talk)
- Lilia Ann Abron -- Wikireflection (talk)
- Lonnie Johnson (inventor) -- Wikigal001 (talk)
- Rosalind Brewer -- Wikireflection (talk)
- Sylvester James Gates -- Aok16 (talk)
- Wikidata items improved
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2017 AfroCROWD STEM @ Accenture.
- AfroCROWD
- Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
- Wikimedia New York City
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Attendees
- Pharos (talk) 21:47, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
- Aok16 (talk) 21:50, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
- Wikireflection (talk) 21:51, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
- Momoblue (talk) 21:52, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
- Wikigal001 (talk) 21:52, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
- Advise2017 (talk) 21:53, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
- Ddione (talk) 22:18, 17 February 2017 (UTC) (some edits in Wolof)
- Aliceba (talk) 23:10, 17 February 2017 (UTC)