Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DC Preservation League WHM 2025

WP:DCPL25

DC Preservation League's Women's History Month Wikipedia edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

March 31, 2025 - 6pm – 9pm EDT

Where

Virtual

Description

Do you love Wikipedia? This is the event for you! In this special event, you can learn how to edit and correct Wikipedia pages to improve public information. Join the DC Preservation League and Wikimedia DC to help correct Wikipedia pages focused on women’s historic sites in Washington, DC. The session will include both training and time for individual editing.

This event is free and open to the public. Please register to receive the Zoom link in your inbox to join the event.

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Presentation/training

START HERE

Step 1:

Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right) and log-in
Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.

Step 2:

Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.

1) Select 'Check in'

2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.

Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Articles to create or edit

Instructions

Go to this Google sheet and add your username next to the article you would like to edit or create
Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red=New draft articles for creation, Blue=Existing articles
Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for existing articles
For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing. Publish as you go to avoid losing your work.
Use the sources below each article name to find information and build your article/s. Be sure to cite your sources.

Tip: Open this event page in multiple tabs. You will need it quite often (mostly for sourcing) and it's easy to close inadvertently.

Whittemore House (Washington, DC)[1]
Mary Church Terrell House [2][3] - Add more about restoration. Add sources about restoration (there currently are none)
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens [4][5][6]
Draft:Helen Shaw Fowler [7][8]
Jane Delano - To do: Add information about DC memorial. There doesn't seem to be any. Add pictures of memorial to article if some exist in Commons. [9][10][11]
Draft:Jane Delano Memorial [12][13]- Create
Draft:Eleanor Roosevelt Statue (Washington DC)[14][15][16]- Create
M Street High School - Add Ionia Rollin Whipper to notable alumni Make it a hyperlink to wiki. She has an article Ionia Rollin Whipper
Ionia Rollin Whipper - Find reference to attending M Street School. Add statement and source to article
Ionia Rollin Whipper Home [17][18]
Draft:Georgia Douglas Johnson's Halfway House [19] [20]
Frederick Douglass House [21] [22][23]
Gertrude Sawyer [24] [25][26]
Polly Shackleton [27][28][29][30]
Slowe-Burrill House [31][32][33]
Draft:Sofia Reyes de Veyra Residence [34][35], See Sofia Reyes de Veyra
House of Mercy DC or Rosemount Center [36] - Let's discuss which makes the most sense, problably Rosemount with a section for House of Mercy
Georgetown_Female_Seminary [37][38] [39][40]
Draft:Tabard Inn (Washington, D.C.),[41][42] - Create and include section about Marie Willoughby Rogers.
Draft:Louise Burrell Miller [43][44][45]

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Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 23:02, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 23:03, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ultimate mom (talk) 23:03, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]