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Are you an experienced Wikipedia editor wanting to make a local connection? Want to learn how to edit Wikipedia? Do you treasure the San Francisco Public Library's LGBTQIA collection and looking for opportunities that makes a real impact on the way in which information is created? Please join the San Francisco Public Library to encourage diverse editorship and improve coverage of local LGBTQIA topics on Wikipedia. Together we can work towards a goal of creating one new entry and expanding at least five existing entries to share with the world!
Date and venue
Date Saturday June 11 2016
Time 1 pm - 5 pm
Location San Francisco Public Library Learning Studio - 5th Floor, 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, 94102
Event An editathon focusing on improving articles related to San Francisco's LGBT history in honor of Pride month with an emphasis on where library related collections can make a difference.
Consider writing an article on a notable bathhouse.
Lawrence Berner — the homosexual school teacher who brought the legal suit for defamation of character against California State Senator John Briggs (politician). Briggs had sponsored Proposition 6 / Briggs Initiative which would have prevented gay and lesbian teachers from teaching in California. Potential references to use (edit this page to copy-and-paste): [5][6][7][8][9][10] (Consider whether to start this as a separate article or to start by adding material about him to Briggs Initiative.)
Transgender Law Center - Add references, and move potential references from list at the end of the article into the body of the article as prose with citations.
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