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AfroCROWD HipHop Wikipedia Edit-a-thon with SUNY Albany

Break Dancer Fanuil Hall
When and Where
Date:	Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Time:	1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Address:	Online hybrid with Students at SUNY Albany with Prof. Kyra Gaunt!

AfroCROWD Hip Hop 50 Wikipedia Editathon with SUNY at Albany

All are welcome. Come as you are.

Don't forget to bring your laptop. Bring a friend. All languages and levels of Wikipedia exposure welcome.

We also invite guests to write on any subject of interest.

Get a head start, register for your own Wikipedia account by clicking "create account" at the top of this page or by clicking here.

Social Media

• Facebook:
• Twitter: #AfroCROWD]
• Instagram

Ideas to whet your editing appetite

Please feel free to add to the list

Task list

✓ Please check with a WikiCoach before starting new pages – recommend beginners start editing existing pages vs. starting new pages

add linkages to an article!

Improve an existing stub article!

Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors

• Activist stubs
• Political people stubs

Add citations to articles that have none!

• Biographies of Living People (BLP) without sources – January 2017

Other easy ideas

Obituaries are a useful starting point, have tons of biographical info!

• Chicago Tribune obituaries
• Los Angeles Times obituaries
• The Guardian obituaries
• The New York Times obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries

Are you into more tech-based data? Are you a librarian? Add Authority Control info to Wikidata!

Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org)

1. Go to VIAF.org
2. Search for person (last name, first name)
3. At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example
4. Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata
5. Add {{Authority control}} after External links section above Categories
6. Refresh Wikipedia page

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