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
Saddletree, Wakulla, Elrod, Hawkeye. All on our list of suggested Wikipedia edit-a-thon topics. http://t.co/lReGOXYQL4 #wikiNC
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 1, 2015
Food is out, the lemonade is fresh, spring is in the air. All the necessary ingredients for wikipedia editing. #wikiNC
— UNC-CH SCOSAA (@UNCSCOSAA) April 1, 2015
Gearing up for #WikiNC
#wikinc: the terrific Emily Jack, our team mentor from @unc for the #Lumbeehistory #wikipediatakeover… https://t.co/f8rCGUSKqy
— Malinda Maynor Lowery (@malindalowery) April 1, 2015
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
Video conferencing with fellow #Wikipedia editors @uncpembroke #wikiNC
— UNC-CH SCOSAA (@UNCSCOSAA) April 1, 2015
Frank Jones, our #wikinc consultant, gives us an overview and @uncpembroke is with us in the… https://t.co/Qvd9gvilvo
— Malinda Maynor Lowery (@malindalowery) April 1, 2015
#wikiNC edit-a-thon members can contact me on @Wikipedia at https://t.co/J3xgmfsydz
— FrankCJones (@FrankCJones) April 1, 2015
Did you know you can direct message other #Wikipedia editors who've worked on a page? @werrthe has been showing people how here at #wikiNC
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 1, 2015
Our friends at @LEARNNC wrote a great resource on presenting information about NC American Indians: http://t.co/N4heDIUwvd #wikiNC
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 1, 2015
Getting down to work!
It's a hive of activity here at the edit-a-thon! #wikiNC pic.twitter.com/DoxUKclPUn
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 1, 2015
Why isn't there a #wikipedia page on the Hawkeye Indian School? One of our editors is working on it #wikiNC
— UNC-CH SCOSAA (@UNCSCOSAA) April 1, 2015
Lorraine gets help from @frankcjones on the way to format her #Wikipedia edits. #wikiNC pic.twitter.com/HULtXQWVsX
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 1, 2015
Hats off to @Your_LoveHero who is creating a new #Wikipedia page about the Lumbee Regional Development Association! #wikiNC
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 1, 2015
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
The census data on the Waccamaww Siouan needs to be updated on #Wikipedia – the editors here at the edit-a-thon are ON IT. #wikiNC
— UNC-CH SCOSAA (@UNCSCOSAA) 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
Interesting dilemma: How to incorporate useful info from a source that presents that info using offensive language? The ethics of #wikiNC
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) 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
Gearing up to change the TITLE of the "Saponi" #wikipedia page to the endonymous spelling "Sappony" #wikiNC
— UNC-CH SCOSAA (@UNCSCOSAA) April 2, 2015
Gearing up to change the TITLE of the "Saponi" #wikipedia page to the endonymous spelling "Sappony" #wikiNC
— UNC-CH SCOSAA (@UNCSCOSAA) April 2, 2015
Lessons Learned…
Citations are not the most fun thing about editing #wikipedia, but they are necessary! #wikiNC
— UNC-CH SCOSAA (@UNCSCOSAA) April 1, 2015
"It will replace television for you" – an experienced editor talking about the addictive nature of tagging/categorizing images. #wikiNC
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 2, 2015
Just learned how to send "WikiLove" to editors whose work you appreciate. #awwww #kittens #wikiNC
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 2, 2015
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
Participants already talking about how empowering the #wikiNC experience has been – they'll continue editing pages, now they know how.
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 1, 2015
Overheard at the edit-a-thon: "Why didn't I find [Wilson] in my first year? Why did it take until I was a senior?" #wevebeenwaiting #wikiNC
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) April 2, 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.
So you want to be a Wikipedian… FOUR edit-a-thons in April @ #UNCLibrary. 1st is Wed: http://t.co/Nmi2yV47vY pic.twitter.com/0y6GucRJ1w
— UNC Library (@UNCLibrary) March 30, 2015