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Eleanor Raymond Recent Scholarship[edit]

The vernacular moment: Eleanor Raymond, Walter Gropius, and New England Modernism between the Wars Murphy, Kevin D. in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2011 Sept., v.70, n.3, p.308-329, photographs, elevations, axonometric drawings, plans

Stable URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/jsah.2011.70.3.308

DOI: 10.1525/jsah.2011.70.3.308

Sarah Allaback, The First American Women Architects. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780252033216 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Ways to Improve Wikipedia for ART+FEMINISM 2018[edit]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/African American History Month 2018[edit]

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< Wikipedia:Meetup‎ | Nashville

2018 African American History Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date: Wednesday February 28, 2018
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm CST
Address: Vanderbilt University Libraries 419 21st Ave South
City/State: Nashville, TN 37203

Vanderbilt Libraries are hosting an Edit-A-Thon. Join us for a communal lunch editing Wikipedia. No prior experience required. Wikipedians of all experience levels and members of the general public are encouraged to participate!

Contents[edit]

Event details[edit]

  • Who: We invite Vanderbilt students, faculty, staff, and all Wikipedians in the Nashville area.
  • What: This Edit-A-Thon will focus on creating articles, improving citations, and adding details about African Americans in Nashville, Tennessee and beyond. University librarians will be on hand to assist in research and proper citation style. This event is FREE and lunch will be provided.
  • When: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
  • Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm CST
  • Where: Special Collections, Vanderbilt Central Library 419 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203
  • Other: Please bring your own laptop, if possible. Wifi and electrical outlets will be provided. There will also be a limited number of laptops available for checkout. It is recommended that you create a Wikipedia account beforehand since Wikipedia has a limit on the number of accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period (currently 6). Please send a message to CatonMA if you have any questions regarding creating an account.
  • Twitter: @VandyLibraries
  • Important: Please RSVP by adding your name at the bottom of the page. Potential participants are also strongly encouraged to create an account prior to the event.

How-to's[edit]

Resources[edit]

  • Note: Please add resources as you find them!

By the numbers[edit]

  • Total attendees: []
  • Usernames created: []
  • Citations provided: []
  • Articles created: []
  • Articles edited: []

Articles created[edit]

Articles improved[edit]

Alphabetical by first letter

Participants - Sign Up Here![edit]

Sign here to help us learn more about how users interact with Wikipedia! If you sign up, we can observe how your username uses the Wikimedia projects during and after this event. This will help us to better measure the effectiveness of this event and similar programs. This means that your publicly available activity and the information you share with us during this event may be processed by the Wikimedia Foundation and the organizers of the local event, and may be transferred to or from the US and other countries that may not have the same level of privacy regulation that your country does. However, we will not share your information with third parties or publicly unless it's in aggregated or anonymized form.

Prior to the event:

  1. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
    No? Create a Wikipedia account
    Yes? Go to Step #2
  2. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!

Attending[edit]

Categories : (+)

  1. ^ a b "Programs & Events Dashboard". outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

PSCI Decolonize the Internet October 24-25, 2018[edit]

The template takes 5 parameters: 

{{Simple biography|article|yob|yod|text|name (optional)}}

|article= Wikipedia page name of person

|yob= year of birth

|yod= year of death

|text= information about the person

|name= name to be displayed if the article name is disambiguated

Examples[edit source][edit]

{{Simple biography|Hugh Owen Thomas|1834|1891|considered the father of orthopaedic surgery in Britain}} creates Hugh Owen Thomas, b. 1834, d. 1891 (aged 56), considered the father of orthopaedic surgery in Britain

{{Simple biography|John Hunter (surgeon)|1728|1793|Scottish surgeon|John Hunter}} creates John Hunter, b. 1728, d. 1793 (aged 64), Scottish surgeon


Vanderbilt University Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-Thon[edit]

Wikipedia:Meetup | Nashville


Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon at Vanderbilt University[edit]

When and Where
Time 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Address Vanderbilt University

Fine Arts Gallery | Cohen Hall 2nd floor 1220 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203

Join us in Nashville as we participate in Wikipedia Asian Month by creating articles on Asian-related topics!

Planning on attending? Please take a few seconds and register here.

On November 14, Vanderbilt University Libraries will be hosting a Wikipedia Asian Month edit-a-thon. Wikipedia Asian Month is a global month-long event, where hundreds of Wikipedians from all around the world create thousands of articles on Asian topics. We plan to participate in this event through our edit-a-thon at Ohio State.

Food, refreshments, and swag will be available. Anyone with an interest in the cause and editing is welcome to join - no prior editing experience is required!

Contents[edit]

Event information[edit][edit]

  • Date: Wednesday, November 14
  • Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
  • Location: Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Cohen Hall, 1220 21st Avenue South, Nashville TN 37202
  • Who should participate:
    • Everyone is welcome! While this event takes place on campus and is run by a university student organization, you do not have to be affiliated with Vanderbilt University to attend. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and Wikipedians from all around the area to join us, regardless of skill level.
  • What to expect:
    • The goal of this event is to edit and create articles related to Asian topics, whether it be people, art, companies, geography, technology, plants, animals, and so on.
    • The event will begin with a presentation of Wikipedia a quick guide to editing - previous editing experience not required!
    • You don't have to attend the whole time - if you've got somewhere to be or will arrive late, no problem!
    • Food and caffeine will be provided.
  • Twitter: @VandyLibraries
  • Please bring a laptop with you!

List of articles to create or improve[edit][edit]

Improve[edit][edit]

Resources for editing[edit][edit]

Editing resources[edit][edit]


Participants - Sign Up Here![edit source][edit]

Sign here to help us learn more about how users interact with Wikipedia! If you sign up, we can observe how your username uses the Wikimedia projects during and after this event. This will help us to better measure the effectiveness of this event and similar programs. This means that your publicly available activity and the information you share with us during this event may be processed by the Wikimedia Foundation and the organizers of the local event, and may be transferred to or from the US and other countries that may not have the same level of privacy regulation that your country does. However, we will not share your information with third parties or publicly unless it's in aggregated or anonymized form.

Prior to the event:

  1. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
    No? Create a Wikipedia account
    Yes? Go to Step #2
  2. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!

Attendees

  1. CatonMA2 (talk) 20:23, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Outcomes[edit][edit]

Articles Improved Articles Created Attendees

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Template Header for WP:MEET/Nashville[edit]

Citation Needed! An Edit-A-Thon at Vanderbilt University[edit][edit]

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University is hosting an Edit-A-Thon titled, "CITATION NEEDED!"We hope to increase the authority of Wikipedia one citation at a time. Join the university librarians for a day of rigor, research, and refreshments at Vanderbilt University's historic Peabody Library.

Come practice your research and editing skills with us.

  • 12 noon - Orientation and catered lunch
  • 12:45 PM - Professor Carwil Bjork-James will address edit-a-thon participants on bringing citable sources to bear on undercovered topics on Wikipedia, with examples from his Indigenous Rights class, as well as his editing work on African Americans in Tennessee, The Personal is Political, and more.
  • 1:15 to 5 PM - Edit Wikipedia with a focus on researching and citing sources where content is flagged with citation needed.

Event Details[edit][edit]

Vanderbilt University Central Library

WHO: We invite Vanderbilt students, faculty, staff, and all Wikipedians in the Nashville area.

WHAT: This Edit-a-thon will focus on replacing 'citation needed' flags with citations to authoritative sources. University librarians will be on hand to assist in research and proper citation style. This event is FREE. Lunch and a snack will be provided.

WHEN: Friday, October 23, 2015, 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM central time

WHERE: The edit-a-thon will be held at Vanderbilt University's Peabody Library in the third floor computer lab:Maps, Directions, and Parking

OTHER: Computers, Wifi and electrical outlets will be provided at Peabody Library, but feel free to bring your own laptop for use. It is recommended that you create a Wikipedia account beforehand since Wikipedia has a limit on the number of accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period (currently 6).

IMPORTANT: Please RSVP by adding your name to the list below. Potential participants are also strongly encouraged to create an account prior to the event.

Resources[edit][edit]

  • Identifying Reliable Sources
  • DiscoverLibrary
  • Databases A-Z
  • TV News Archive
  • Google Scholar
  • Google Advance Search (to limit by domain or format type)

How-To's[edit][edit]

Sign up[edit][edit]

Attending[edit][edit]

Possible[edit][edit]

Regrets[edit][edit]

Outcomes[edit][edit]

By the Numbers[edit][edit]

  • Total attendees: 13
  • Usernames created: 1
  • Citations provided: 26
  • Articles edited: 16

Categories (++):

OA Week 2019[edit]

On John Lautner page, these are red:

The American Architect (journal)

Lautner 2008 Hammer exhibit curators architect Franks Escher and historian Nicolaus Olsberg

The Wolff House (West L.A)

Chemseal Corporation of America

architect Ravi Gunawardena (restoed Chemosphere wirh Escher c 2000s)

I'll Take You There notes[edit]

MTSU image -- business card Fannie Mai's Beauty Parlor 1814 Underwood Street Nashville n.d.

R.H. Boyd Building, site of The Nashville Globe, see R.H. Boyd Co history Rev Richard H. Boyd, founded 1896.

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