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When and Where
Next dateSaturday, April 13, 2024
Time12:00 noon – 2.00 pm (Philadelphia EDT/EST)
LocationZoom!
RepeatsThe second Saturday of each month. Click on the Zoom link. If you are asked for an ID or password, use

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Password: 12345

Philadelphia WikiSalon, April 13, 2024 on Zoom

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If something is wrong on Wikipedia, you can report it and help us fix it!

WikiSalon is skills-oriented, and monthly sessions alternate between demonstrations of new skills and work sessions to practice skills. Demonstrations are 5-10 minutes long (with an accompanying tutorial video and pdf) and target a specific skill related to Wikipedia, Wikidata, or Wikimedia Commons. Attendees share what they are working on, ask Questions, and get feedback and support.

Many of our regulars are librarians, archivists, professors or people interested in digital humanities and the sciences, but you don't need to be a scientist or librarian to attend or to work on the tasks or articles that we suggest. You can always work on topics that interest you.

Attendees[edit]

List your name by adding the following line. * ~~~~

Demonstration[edit]

There will not be a demonstration this month. For previous demonstrations, see:

Special mentions[edit]

If you want to talk about something that you're working on, or you've created a new article or had a "Did You Know" featured lately, add that here!

Did You Know's[edit]

Articles (new and updated)[edit]

Images[edit]

You can release your own photos on Wikimedia Commoms if they are not of a copyrighted work.

  • Lafayette house at Brandywine Battlefield
    Lafayette house at Brandywine Battlefield
  • Windy Point at Pikes Peak, Colorado
    Windy Point at Pikes Peak, Colorado

You can release images that were published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, if that publication did not contain a copyright notice. Art exhibition catalogs like American Metal Work, 1976, often did not claim copyright and are sometimes the only usable source for images of an artist or their work.[1]

  • Metalwork necklace by Dorothy Benrimo, ca. 1952
    Metalwork necklace by Dorothy Benrimo, ca. 1952
  • 'Pin', by Chunghi Choo
    'Pin', by Chunghi Choo
  • 'Entomology Pin No. 1', by Jan Brooks Loyd
    'Entomology Pin No. 1', by Jan Brooks Loyd
  • 'Executive Toy Box' by Eleanor Caldwell
    'Executive Toy Box' by Eleanor Caldwell
  • Eleanor June Caldwell, metalworker, 1971
    Eleanor June Caldwell, metalworker, 1971

You can release images of works created in the United States up to or including 1928, or if they were published from 1929 to 1963 and failed to properly renew their copyright. (Renewal gets tricky.)

  • Victor Justice Evans, from How to Obtain A Patent
    Victor Justice Evans, from How to Obtain A Patent
  • The specifications department, Victor J. Evans Co., 1910
    The specifications department, Victor J. Evans Co., 1910
  • Victor Building, 9th street and Grant, Washington, D.C., ca. 1910
    Victor Building, 9th street and Grant, Washington, D.C., ca. 1910
  • Victor Building, between 1910 and 1925
    Victor Building, between 1910 and 1925
  • Victor Evans, What to Invent, 1914
    Victor Evans, What to Invent, 1914
  • Joseph Henry Sharp, 'Chief Flat Iron', 1905, gift of Victor J. Evans to the Smithsonian
    Joseph Henry Sharp, 'Chief Flat Iron', 1905, gift of Victor J. Evans to the Smithsonian

For anyone interested in downloading images, early Popular Mechanics published a truly astounding array of public domain photographs, including how to build a Malay Tiger Trap and photos from air shows. [2]

Wikimedia Project and Tool Updates[edit]

  • Agenda item: New draft report on a North American coalition ("hub") of user groups: [1] -- econterms invites input for next weeks Wikimedia Summit of WMF affiliates; and on Movement Charter

Events[edit]

Group editing suggestion[edit]

I've worked on these two and would benefit from support to improve them and/or work up the courage to put them in mainspace. -- econterms / Peter M

Projects[edit]

Resources[edit]

  • Gibson, Connor (2022). Journalist Field Guide: Navigating Climate Misinformation (PDF). Climate Action Against Disinformation.

Questions[edit]

Add questions that you have about Wikipedia or Wikipedia projects (Encyclopedia articles, Wikimedia Commons images, Wikidata) either here or in the Chat. Answers to previous questions can be found in our Question archive.

  • How should we go about using the pronunciation tag in Wikipedia articles? This seems like a tricky thing for those of us unfamiliar with linguistics, yet it is important in many circumstances.
I believe that there are "online IPA translators" that do this. Do any of you have experience with these?
  • What is Meta-Wiki? How should we be using it, if we should be using it at all?
  • Is there a new quality assessment protocol? I've noticed lots of quality assessment banner shells being applied to the talk pages of articles on my watch list recently, evidently from bots.

Suggested topics[edit]

If you are interested in hearing about a particular project, or can talk about one, sign here to let us know!

  • Let's return someday to the Anne Hill project, meaning to find wikilinks to Anne Hill and delink or fix those which treat it as an article about a person. Similarly there may be other articles of the form "-- Hill" to be fixed. -- econterms (talk) 00:53, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Work To Do![edit]

You can use some of the following lists to identify articles to work on, or look at our suggested articles below. We note what needs to be done for each article. Please add your signature with 4 tildes ~~~~ under any article that you work on. Thank you!

Finding articles that need work[edit]

Suggestions[edit]

Gas lighting[edit]

Gas lighting needs reorganization and citations to make it comprehensible.

Sheila Minor[edit]

Sheila Minor had a 35-year-long career at various federal agencies and was responsible for assessing environmental impact statements. The article is a bit messy and doesn't follow Wikipedia style in formatting.

Ruth Miriam Siems[edit]

Ruth Miriam Siems invented Stove Top Stuffing, getting the crumb size just right so it would be neither hard nor soggy. This article needs more sources and expansion.

Corning Museum of Glass[edit]

Glass pumpkins

In the Corning Museum of Glass art and science meet as equals. The museum is absolutely stunning, but the Wikipedia page about it needs a bit of help -- and lots of citations.

The Southside Writers' Group[edit]

The South Side Writers Group is an important part of the black renaissance and the Great Migration. Founded in part by Richard Wright, I discovered in my previous editing that this page is merely a "stub" and there is so much that can be said on the group! *NMcNinney (talk) 18:19, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have been keeping my eyes open for books and articles on this group and have yet to find any. I will contine to keep my eye out for anything on the subject. NMcNinney (talk) 15:09, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Have you tried JSTOR and also Google Scholar? A quick search showed lots of hits, but I don't know if they are suitable references or not. Another idea is to ask the staff at the Amistad Research Center if they can help. Nolabob (talk) 22:13, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested articles[edit]

Wrap Up: Thanks and praise[edit]

What did you work on today?

References mentioned[edit]

  1. ^ Geske, Norman (1976). American Metal Work, 1976. Lincoln, NE: Sheldon Museum of Art Catalogues and Publications #95. No copyright statement in original publication.
  2. ^ "Malay Tiger Trap". Popular Mechanics. Vol. 3, no. 3. Hearst Magazines. March 1910. p. 324.
  3. ^ Calarco, Tom (2008). People of the Underground Railroad: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 120-122. ISBN 978-0313339240.
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