Wikipedia:Meetup/St.Cloud/SocialActivism/St. Cloud State University 2017

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Wikipedia as Social Activism
University Library, James W. Miller Resources Center, St. Cloud State University
When and Where
DateSaturday, April 15, 2017
Time12–4 pm CT
Address720 Fourth Avenue South
City, StateSt. Cloud, MN 56301
WebsiteUniversity Library Website
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Join us for a Wikipedia Meetup on activism and social justice! Not only will we be editing and creating articles about activists, activism, and social justice, but the doing of Wikipedia work itself is an act of social justice--providing free, authoritative, well-researched, and updated information to the world, every day.

Event information[edit]

Details[edit]

Join us for a Wikipedia Meetup on activism and social justice! Put your editing skills to work and make edits that make a difference. Please bring a laptop with you as we will only have a limited number available for use.

No Wikipedia experience necessary; training session at 12:00 p.m. for newcomers on the day of the event. At least one librarian will be on hand to help with research, and there will be volunteers to help with editing and creating articles. We will also be providing light refreshments as well as Wikipedia swag (buttons, stickers, and pencils).

Guest Parking[edit]

For non-SCSU affiliated participants, free parking will be available in V-lots (near the Education Building between 4th and 5th Avenues, across the street from Barden Park) and L-Lot (adjacent to Garvey Commons off of 6th St.). For more information, please consult the SCSU campus map.

Register[edit]

Free! We also need experienced Wikipedians to assist others who are new at editing. Please email Rachel Wexelbaum at rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu or John Wild at jwild91@gmail.com if you would be willing to help or let us know on the day of the event or on the Participants section below.

If you haven't edited in Wikipedia before, we will help you register for an account. Please contact Rachel Wexelbaum at rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu or John Wild at jwild91@gmail.com if you need assistance setting up an account. Our librarians can also help you with research in preparation for editing Wikipedia during library hours or through 24/7 chat. You can search our library's book and Ebook collection at . St. Cloud State University students, employees, and community patrons with accounts will have access to all online resources; visitors will require a guest login and password to use the research databases on the day of the event.

Participants[edit]

If you already have a Wikipedia account, please add your Wikipedia username to this section (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row, add your username and talk page by using three tildes):

List of articles[edit]

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits or expansion, as well as topics that require articles. While the theme of this edit-a-thon is social activism, you are welcome to work on any topic you like. Topics appearing in red need to have articles created in Wikipedia.


Article name Notes User(s) working on it
Activism Start-class article, add images
Petition Start-class article
Protest C-class article
Boycott Start-class article
Lockout Start-class article
Strike action C-class article
Teach-in Start-class article
Revolution C-class article
Social justice C-class article, add images
Civil and political rights Start-class article
Human rights C-class article
Women's rights B-class article
LGBT rights C-class article
Animal rights Needs updating and editing to remove Eurocentric bias Shaded0
Environmentalism C-class article
2017 Women's March C-class article
Template:Discrimination All forms of discrimination--Lots of work to do here
Privilege (social inequality) Stub-class article Shaded0
Anti-discrimination law Start-class article
Class discrimination C-class article
Reasonable accommodation Start-class article; needs lots. of. work.
Public accommodations Stub-class article; needs lots. of. work.
Racism Lots of work to do here
Xenophobia Start-class article
Homophobia Start-class article
Transphobia Start-class article
Bisexual erasure Start-class article
Anti-Semitism in the United States Start-class article
Islamophobia in the United States Needs. Lots. of. work. Shaded0
Alien (law) Start-class article
Ableism Start-class article
Lists of activists Lots of opportunities here
List of civil rights leaders
List of African American activists User:RachelWex
List of American Indian activists
List of Asian American activists
List of Jewish American activists
List of Latino and Latina activists
List of LGBT rights activists
List of disability rights activists Lots of people and organizations that need articles
List of AIDS activists User:RachelWex
List of environmental activists
List of peace activists
List of environmental organizations
Dakota Access Pipeline protests C-class article
Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2016 Start-class article
Minnesota Senate election, 2016 Start-class article
Minnesota elections, 2016 Stub-class article
90th Minnesota Legislature Start-class article
United States Department of Justice Start-class article
Minnesota Department of Human Rights
OutFront Minnesota Stub-class article
Ilhan Omar Start-class article

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Results[edit]

After the Wikipedia edit-a-thon, share results of your work here

New articles
Improved articles
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