Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/WLL/2012/2

As part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries, George Washington University and Wikimedia DC present two editathon events in two very special libraries held by GWU. The first (October 20) is the Global Resources Center, a major multi-lingual research collection in Washington, DC devoted exclusively to the study of global issues and international affairs. The second (October 27) is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Labor History Research Center. The Labor History Research Center has a rich set of secondary as well as primary resources on the history of organized labor in the United States. These editathons will both comprise of a new editor training section in the morning and an editathon in the afternoon. If you already know how to edit and want to get straight to business, you can do that, too! If you would like to volunteer to help teach please email an organizer! Also, please don't forget to bring a photo id so you can get into the library! When 1)Global Resources Center Editathon on October 20, 2012 2)Labor History Research Center Editathon on October 27, 2012 Where 1)George Washington University Global Resources Center (2)George Washington University International Brotherhood of Teamsters Labor History Research Center, 7th floor, 2130 H Street Northwest Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-6455 Organizers Wikimedia DC's Lisa_N_Marrs (lisa.marrs@wikimediadc.org),Slowking4 Hashtag #WikiGWU Gelman Library at George Washington University. Photo courtesy of pjn1990

Focus

This editathon offers a panoply of different topics editors can choose to work on, from United States labor history to the inner workings of United States' foreign policy and the intricacies of diplomacy in the Middle East.

Schedule

Global Resources Center editathon on October 20, 2012 Schedule (please remember to bring a photo id to get into the library):

Time	Activity	Location
9:30-10:00	Arrival & wireless account setup	Gelman Library 7th Floor
10:00-12:00	New editor instruction and tutorials; experienced editors can dive right into the collections!	Gelman Library 7th Floor
12:00-1:00	Lunch(provided)	Gelman Library 7th Floor
1:00-4:00	Editathon-GRC subject specialists will provide orientations to the GRC collections upon request	Gelman Library 7th Floor

Labor Library Editathon on October 27, 2012 schedule (please remember to bring a photo id to get into the library):

Time	Activity	Location
9:30-10:00	Arrival & wireless account setup	Gelman Library 7th Floor
10:00-12:00	New editor instruction and tutorials; experienced editors can dive right into the collections	Gelman Library 7th Floor
12:00-1:00	Lunch (provided)	Gelman Library 7th Floor
1:00-1:45	Behind the scenes tour of Special Collections led by Jenny Kinniff, Public Services & Outreach Librarian for Special Collections	Gelman Library 7th Floor
1:45-4:00	Editathon led by Archivist Thomas Connors	Gelman Library 7th Floor

FAQ

this is the place

Do I have to register to attend, or can I just arrive on the day?

Anyone who wants to attend can do so with or without rsvp, although rsvp is desirable so we know how many to get food for :)

Do I have to be a member of Wikimedia DC?

No, this event is open to everyone.

Can I bring my camera?

Yes, please do, you can take photos of the collections!

Do I have to own/bring a laptop?

You should bring your laptop as the library does not rent them out.

Add your own questions here

Sign Up

Absolutely everyone is welcome to attend!

Attending Oct. 20

• (your name here--JUST CLICK ON EDIT, ADD YOUR NAME AND THEN CLICK "SAVE" AT THE BOTTOM)

1. Nate Jones (From the National Security Archive) Natebjones (talk) 17:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
2. Gerald Shields Geraldshields11 (talk) 17:38, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
3. Oksana Prokhvacheva (Global Resources Center)
4. Mark Yoffe (Global Resources Center)
5. Jing Zhong (Global Resources Center)
6. groupuscule (talk) 04:14, 11 October 2012 (UTC) (Baltimore) -- with two more Baltimoreans if everything goes according to plan
7. Jack Dale (CUA MSLIS Graduate Student)
8. S. Chambers (National Security Archive)
9. Cathy Zeljak (Global Resources Center)
10. Aria Varasteh (Gelman Library Student Liaison)
11. Kristin Williams (GRC)
12. Uncommon_fritillary (talk · contribs)
13. Katherine Dow (Recent MSLIS grad)
14. Djembayz (talk) 13:08, 20 October 2012 (UTC) (afternoon only)

Larry Williams Jr. (Teamsters Union)

Maybe

• (maybe your name here)

Apologies

• (We hope to see you next time!)

1. L. Butera

Attending Oct. 27

• (your name here)

1. Nate Jones (From the National Security Archive) Natebjones (talk) 17:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
2. Gerald Shields Geraldshields11 (talk) 17:38, 4 October 2012 (UTC) telecommuted from home Geraldshields11 (talk) 23:40, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
3. Jenny Kinniff (GWU Libraries Special Collections) Flappable (talk)
4. groupuscule (talk) 04:14, 11 October 2012 (UTC) (cyberspace/Baltimore)
5. Steven Mandeville-Gamble (GW Libraries)
6. David White (Teamsters Union)
7. L. Butera
8. Larry Williams (Teamsters Union)
9. Jim Carlile (Teamsters Union)
10. Lisa Thompson (National Security Archive)
11. E. Villa (graduate student)
12. Djembayz (talk) 14:15, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
13. S. Petersen (Information Science grad school alumnus)
14. A. Christian Douglass (Elliott School of International Affairs)
15. J. Cleveland (Teamsters Union)
16. Hashim El-Tinay, Visitor, founder, International Peace Quest Institute (IPQI)

Maybe

• (maybe your name here)

1. Uncommon_fritillary (talk · contribs)
2. Akuchling (talk · contribs)

Participating remotely

• (your name here)

Apologies

• (We hope to see you next time!)

Suggested Articles

List of articles you think can benefit from the special collections libraries at GWU.

Articles to work on

• Frantz Fanon
• Xinhai Revolution Revolution of 1911
• Yelena Bonner
• Andrei Sakharov
• Moscow Helsinki Group
• Counterculture
• Dischord Records
• Washington, D.C. hardcore
• Samizdat
• Chronicle of Current Events (samizdat)
• Zine
• Russian rock
• Pussy Riot
• Punk rock
• Punk subculture
• Hippie
• Do it yourself
• Scholarly communication
• People's Liberation Army
• Second Artillery Corps (China)
• 1972 Nixon visit to China
• Cultural Revolution
• Anti-Rightist Movement
• History of the Soviet Union and myriad related subtopics
• Film censorship (by country)

Labor Articles to Work on

• Labor history (discipline)
• Labor history of the United_States
• Labor unions in the United_States
• Timeline of labor issues and events
• Philip Vera Cruz
• Bay View Massacre
• Great Railroad Strike of 1877
• Lawrence textile strike
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, relatively good
• Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914
• Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934
• 1934 West Coast waterfront strike
• Auto-Lite strike
• Haymarket affair, contentious one, needs infobox fix, consensus
• Baltimore municipal strike of 1974, Baltimore police strike
• AFL–CIO,
• AFSCME
• Teachers' Union (NYC Local 5 before expulsion from AFT in 1943)
• Jerry Wurf
• American Institute for Free Labor Development, Irving Brown, Free Trade Union Committee, etc.
• Public-sector trade union
• UNITE HERE
• all things Detroit
• North Adams strike; Order of the Knights of St. Crispin; [1]; [2]; [3]; [4]
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labour/open tasks
• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering Systemic Bias Open Tasks#Labor issues
• Template:American Labor Conflicts

Labor & civil rights

• Congress of Industrial Organizations
• social unionism vs. business unionism
• Memphis Sanitation Strike

Labor History Resources at Gelman

• Library Catalog All Labor History Research Center books and any books on labor history in the library can be found by searching the catalog.
• Databases: Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, and many more organized by subject.
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters digitized collections, 1904-1964
• Radical Left Wing Pamphlets Collection (will be onsite and available for use during the editathon)

Outcomes

--Gyanigwright (talk) 19:55, 20 April 2013 (UTC)gyanigwright I edited Concordia Church wikipedia

Global Issues and International Relations

• added education info for Ivan_Aksakov Uncommon fritillary (talk) 17:28, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
• added references and categories for Nina_Andreyeva Uncommon fritillary (talk) 17:56, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
• added war info and obit ref for Nikolay_Gumilev Uncommon fritillary (talk) 19:01, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
• added Slavonic Review reference for James David Bourchier Uncommon fritillary (talk) 19:31, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
• added two novels by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to the Samizdat page - groupuscule (talk) 02:51, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Labor Issues

• changed infobox Haymarket affair to civil unrest; added Haymarket Martyrs' Monument NRHP infobox Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 01:48, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
• discussed related improvements to the definitions of Counterculture and Centrism - groupuscule (talk) 02:51, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
• added biographical data and to Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca article and linked to Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America article Flappable (talk) 19:01, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
• added data to A. T. Stewart article (talk) 18:27, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
• added data and citations to the Timeline_of_labor_issues_and_events Stevenmg (talk) 19:24, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
• uploaded image of 1970s Black Panthers flyer

  

  1970s Black Panthers flyer

  Djembayz (talk) 20:30, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
• add infobox Bay View Massacre; Great Railroad Strike of 1877; Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914; 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike; Auto-Lite strike; 1934 West Coast waterfront strike; Baltimore police strike; Baltimore municipal strike of 1974; created stub North Adams strike. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 22:55, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
• created Industry on Parade (1950–1960); watch this space for Americans at Work (1958–1961), a rival program created by the AFL–CIO. groupuscule (talk) 11:22, 28 October 2012 (UTC)