Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/WLL/2012/todo
To Do List[edit]
Science[edit]
- Devra Kleiman - Conservation Biologist with a specialty in panda behavior and reproduction! [1][2][3]Please take Public Domain Image!
- Roxie Collie Laybourne - Forensic ornithologist[4][5][6][7][8]Image on Commons
- Lucile Quarry Mann - Zoologist[9][10][11][12][13][14]Image on Commons
- Biologia Centrali-Americana Information in Cullman vertical file
- Joachim Johann Nepomuk Spalowsky Information in Cullman vertical file
- Robert Ridgway Information in Cullman vertical file (currently insufficiently sourced)
- Encyclopédie Méthodique Information in Cullman vertical file
- Prideaux John Selby Information in Cullman vertical file
- Mary Vaux Walcott Information in Cullman vertical file
- Wilkes Expedition Information in Cullman vertical file
- Global Volcanism Program info on website Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program
- Guiana Shield info on website Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield (BDG) program
- Margaret Harwood (1885-1979), astronomer
- Johann Bartholomeus Adam Beringer link to existing article Beringer's Lying Stones (Information in Cullman vertical file)
- François-Nicolas Martinet naturalist
- George Edwards naturalist
- Eleazar Albin naturalist
- Priscilla Susan Bury naturalist
- Illustrations of the Nest and Eggs of Birds of Ohio. Information at: http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/nestsandeggs/essay.htm
- Joachim Jungius - 2 Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Resources:
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- George Shaw - 2 BHL Resources:
- Timothy Abbott Conrad - 2 BHL Resources:
- Edward Wesley Janson - 2 BHL Resources:
- Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei - 2 Resources:
- John Gould - 2 BHL Resources:
- Frederic Augustus Lucus - 2 BHL Resources:
History, Art, and Culture[edit]
Art
- Continue adding Archives of American Art's Commons images to relevant Wikipedia articles.
- Adopt an American artist from our list of "stubby" artist bio pages!
- Emma Amos (painter) - the Archives of American Art has an oral history interview with Amos
- Oscar Florianus Bluemner - has a detailed online finding aid, and his papers have been digitized
- Charles Henry Caffin - has a detailed online finding aid, and his papers have been digitized
- Dorothy Dehner - has a detailed online finding aid and an oral history interview in the Archives of American Art
- Viola Frey - the Archives of American Art has an extensive oral history interview with Frey (126 pages long)
- Palmer Hayden - has a detailed online finding aid, and his papers have been digitized
- Leon Kroll - has a detailed online finding aid, and his papers have been digitized
- Doris Lee - the Archives of American Art has an oral history interview with Lee
- Fairfield Porter - has a detailed online finding aid, and his papers have been digitized
- Jose de Rivera has a detailed online finding aid, and oral history interview with the Archives of American Art
- Leon Polk Smith - has a detailed online finding aid, and his papers have been digitized
- Prentiss Taylor - has a detailed online finding aid, and his papers have been digitized
- Adja Yunkers - the Archives of American Art has an extensive oral history interview with Yunkers (50 pages long)
- Add images from the Smithsonian Libraries' cartes de visite to articles on American artists.
History
- Add images from the Smithsonian Libraries online exhibition Shedding Light on New York to the article the lighting manufacturer Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
- Add images to articles on specific companies from Smithsonian Libraries trade literature.
- Example: Expand the article on Lyon & Healy, a musical instruments manufacturer, using images from a trade catalog.
- Samuel Pierpont Langley - Astrophysicist & third Smithsonian secretary[15]
- Charles Doolittle Walcott - Paleontologist & fourth Smithsonian secretary[16]
- Alexander Wetmore - Ornithologist & sixth Smithsonian secretary[17]
Smithsonian Gardens[edit]
- Smithsonian Gardens - There is no overview article that brings all the gardens across Smithsonian together in one place. There are bits and pieces here and there, in articles like National Mall, Enid A. Haupt Garden, etc.
- Perry Hunt Wheeler - A notable mid-20th century garden designer. Profiled in this book and this web page.
- J. Horace McFarland - Landscape architect. There is an collection of his slides and photographs in the Archives of American Gardens
- Thomas Sears - Landscape architect. A collection of his negatives, slides, and architectural drawings is held by the Archives of American Gardens
Results[edit]
Please visit the Results page
Etherpad notes: http://notes.wikimediadc.org/p/Smithsonian
Resources[edit]
Editing Wikipedia[edit]
- Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
- Five Pillars of Wikipedia
- Tutorial
- How to Edit a Page
- Article Development
- Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
- Manual of Style
- Bookshelf
Research Resources and Data and at the Smithsonian Libraries[edit]
The Smithsonian Libraries holds over 1.5 million volumes in 20 branches serving the museum and research centers of the Smithsonian Institution. The main focus is science, art, history and culture, and museology. The digital collection of the Smithsonian Libraries includes (link to resource):
- Digital Repository
- Taxonomic Literature
- Smithsonian Contributions series (managed by the Libraries)
- The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)
- Expeditions and Explorations
- Trade Literature
- Galaxy of Images
- Scientific Portraits from the Dibner Collection
- Cartes de visite portraits of 19th century artists
In addition, the Libraries provides onsite access to dozens of subscription databases, online journals, and more through its Tools for the Researcher page.
The Smithsonian Libraries has a Wikimedia Commons Page as well.