Wikipedia:Meetup/East Lansing/MSU Libraries Edit-a-thon: Superfund sites in Michigan

In support of Endangered Data Week, MSU Libraries hosted a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in the Main Library on Friday, February 22, 2019, from 1 to 4 pm. Our main focus was the creation and improvement of articles about Superfund environmental cleanup sites in Michigan.

Contents

Resources

• List of Superfund sites in Michigan
• US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site search
• MSU Libraries guide to editing and contributing content to Wikipedia
• Additional editing info

Event information

• Date: Friday, February 22, 2019
• Time: 1:00-4:00pm EDT
• Location: MSU Main Library, Beaumont West Instruction Room (2-West)
  • Address and parking information

Outcomes

Attendance: 11 (5 students, 5 faculty, 1 community member)

Articles created

• Adams Plating
• Barrels, Inc.
• Forest Waste Products
• G&H Landfill
• K & L Avenue Landfill
• Michigan Disposal (Cork Street Landfill)
• Thermo-Chem, Inc.
• Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River and Bay Superfund site

Article expanded

• Kent City, Michigan