Social media archive: American Indians in North Carolina Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

April 1, 2015

Make History: American Indians in North Carolina Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at #UNCLibrary

On April 1, 2015, the North Carolina Collection @ UNC’s Wilson Library hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon with the Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists. The goal: Add and improve information in the online encyclopedia about American Indians in North Carolina. Great work, Wikipedians!

First of four WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THONS takes place TONIGHT–April 1–in Wilson Library starting at 5. Topic is American…

Posted by UNC-Chapel Hill Library on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Gearing up for #WikiNC

Danny Bell, Program Assistant for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at UNC CH, speaks about the importance of augmenting the documentation of these tribes on Wikipedia. #wikiNC

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Frank Jones, Wikipedia guru, gives a tutorial to the editors about engaging with Wikipedia editing. #wikiNC

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Getting down to work!

Emily Jack shows Quentin the difference between an internal link (to another Wikipedia page) and the link to an external…

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Meet Wikipedia user @Djembayz, whose brother had an exchange student from Kyrzygstan living with him, so she started…

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Maddie helps Malinda strategize her work on the Willie French Lowery page – a new page about a Lumbee…

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Reilly graduated last year (Religious Studies/Geography) and came back for this edit-a-thon. He's editing the page "…

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Kathleen helps Ashlyn strategize her edits to census data about the Waccamaw Siouan peoples. Ashlyn works here in…

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Holly is reviewing the page about the Coharie peoples – attempting to match the sources listed on the bottom of the page…

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Danny and Matt discuss the way to incorporate sensitive information about the Coharie people. What if the quote you'd…

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Lessons Learned…

Wrapping up the edit-a-thon; thanks so much to all participants! So many great conversations tonight about the history…

Posted by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Ready for more? Join one of our remaining #WikiNC edit-a-thons: Art + Feminism (April 7), African American Soldiers in US Wars (April 8), and Women in Science (April 16). Learn more here.