Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/AmericanArt COMM535

American University student Bailey Edelstein and professor Andrew Lih (l to r) at the first edit-a-thon for the class "Wikipedia and Public Knowledge" (COMM535) class.

American Art Editathon, February 11, 2014

Smithsonian American Art Museum exterior

You can earn the Smithsonian American Art Museum Barnstar!

Work with students, curators, Wikipedia editors and newbies to improve articles related to American art. This is the first edit-a-thon for the class "Wikipedia and Public Knowledge" class [1] and the general public is invited.

When

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Who

Students from Wikipedia & Public Knowledge (COMM 535), American University (professor Andrew Lih User:Fuzheado)

Wikimedia DC Community and the general public

What to bring

Laptop computer

Where

Smithsonian American Art Museum, McMillan Education Center

(1st Floor, east end of the building, near F Street entrance)

9th & F Street NW, Washington, DC

Etherpad notes: http://notes.wikimediadc.org/p/AAM-editathon-2014

Time	Activity	Location
2:00 - 2:30	Meet & set up	McMillan Education Center (1st floor)
2:30 - 3:00	Tour	Luce Foundation Center (3rd floor)
3:00 - 5:00	Editing	McMillan Education Center (1st floor) Introduction - Bridget Callahan, head of the Luce Center Tasks Guests: Dominic McDevitt-Parks, US National Archives and Records Administration Mark Christal and Holly Stewart from National Museum of the American Indian Liz Cheng and Courtney O'Callaghan, chief digital officer, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Wrapup

QUESTIONS? Contact snyders (@) si.edu or check out WikiProject Smithsonian

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Attendees

Students, curators, Wikipedia editors and newbies on a special tour of American art. This is the first edit-a-thon for the class "Wikipedia and Public Knowledge" (AmericanArt COMM535) class.

Students, curators, and Wikipedia editors improving articles related to American art. This is the first edit-a-thon for the class "Wikipedia and Public Knowledge" (AmericanArt COMM535) class.

A student, walking up hill, striving mightily to improve articles related to American art during the first edit-a-thon for the class "Wikipedia and Public Knowledge" (AmericanArt COMM535) class.

Students, curators, and Wikipedia editors crafting Wikipedia articles related to American art for the class "Wikipedia and Public Knowledge" (AmericanArt COMM535) class.

Students and Wikipedia editors at the first edit-a-thon for the class "Wikipedia and Public Knowledge" (AmericanArt COMM535) class.

1. Fuzheado | Talk 21:45, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
2. Callahanb (talk) 18:06, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
3. 19 students from American University class
4. Mark Christal and Holly Stewart from NMAI
5. Dena Levitz, American University MAME
6. Mackenzie Hill, American University Mlhill23
7. Bailey Edelstein, American University Bailey614
8. Duckduckstop (talk) 18:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
9. chandler wiland
10. Courtney O'Callaghan and Liz Cheng from Freer | Sackler

Maybe

1. Geraldshields11 (talk) 23:22, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

List of articles we will be working on

Women Artists

• Women artists need your help! See "To Do" list from a prior meetup: Women in the Arts - To Do List
• User:Gobonobo/Gender Gap red list "To Do" list addressing gender gap

Additional articles that needs fixes or expansion

• Nancy Grossman - needs infobox, [2]
• John Valentine Haidt - orphan, needs expansion and wikilinks - [3]
• Ferdinand Pettrich - stub, needs expansion and citations - [4]
• Paul Cadmus - bio needs expansion - mostly just list of works - [5]
• José Campeche - needs better citations, stylistic cleanup, [6], [7]
• Arline Fisch - needs cleanup, expansion
• John William "Uncle Jack" Dey - orphan
• Beverly Pepper - needs additional sources, more information in info box [8]
• Bessie Callender - orphan [9]
• Will Barnet - needs infobox [10]

Additional articles to be created

• Robert Sperry - Sperry, Robert H. , b. 1927 d. 1998 Ceramicist, Active in Seattle, Wash. [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16]
• Nicholas Herrera - [17], [18], [19]
• Bruce Moore - [20], a.k.a. E. Bruce Moore
• John R. Grabach - [21], [22], [23]
• Natalie Smith Henry - [24], [25]
• Felipe Archuleta - [26] Miamiller (talk) 03:06, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Research resources

Excellent examples

• Romaine Brooks

Reference generators

Can help you save time!

• NY Times reference generator
• Google Books reference generator
• DOI reference generator (for journals)

Smithsonian databases and websites

• Smithsonian Libraries Tools for the Researcher - links to resources, both free and subscription only
• Smithsonian Collections Search Center - database of Smithsonian collection holdings
• Archives of American Art collection descriptions, oral history interviews, & Journal articles: use the search box at aaa.si.edu

Artist infoboxes

The template for artist infoboxes is here: Template:Infobox artist

Artist stub templates

• Template:US-artist-stub
• American artist stub templates

Results / Outcomes

Articles created

• Natalie Smith Henry, Ctufarolo (talk) 16:44, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
• Felipe Archuleta - [27] Miamiller (talk) 03:06, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Articles improved

• Will Barnet, added infobox, by Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:10, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
• Bessie Callender , no longer an orphan and removed tag, by Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:15, 11 February 2014 (UTC), added information about early career in painting and sculpting and added field to information box, by CMSnow14 (talk)
• Beverly Pepper, added cite and removed tag, by Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:28, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
• José Campeche, reordered cites, Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:33, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
• Paul Cadmus expanded biography- education & early career, 11 February 2014
• Nancy Grossman completed infobox, expanded biography and added citation, Llljoyce (talk) 20:50, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
• Pamela Shields created page/ added citations- not a lot of info on her though. Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie added educational info/ links to universities/added citation Hufsakamal (talk) 17:15, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
• Felipe Archuleta created page, added references, picture of his exhibit at the American Art museum, added background information. Miamiller (talk) 03:10, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
• John William "Uncle Jack" Dey, no longer an orphan and removed tag, by C meindl (talk) 04:05, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
• Bessie Callender, no longer an orphan (linked to from Wichita, Kansas page), added dates in bio, added citations by ArielEBarry (talk) 19:38, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
• Uploaded photos using the Wikimedia commons app. Contribution page can be seen here by Bailey614 (talk)
• Joseph Mozier added photo of II Penseroso sculpture, by Mlhill23 (talk)Mlhill23Mlhill23 (talk)
• Elaine de Kooning added photo of Merce Cunningham, by Mlhill23 (talk)Mlhill23Mlhill23 (talk)
• Laura Wheeler Waring added photo of Marian Anderson, by Mlhill23 (talk)Mlhill23Mlhill23 (talk)
• Louis Briel added photo of Arthur Ashe, by Mlhill23 (talk)Mlhill23Mlhill23 (talk)
• José Campeche added sources, a gallery, and list of Campeche's artwork housed in the American Art Museum, Merimoocoww (talk)
• Arline Fisch added birthdate to information box and information about schooling, by CMSnow14 (talk)
• Arline Fisch added info box, added reflist, added citations, fixed references, added links to page in other articles BillOldham (talk) 01:33, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
• Arline Fisch, added info box, by wl3517a (talk)