MyWiki:WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies/Editathons/Institute of Technology, Bradford

Wikimedia LGBT+ editathon and digitization workshop at Bradford College · Saturday 25th February 2017 · Add your name here and Register here

Introduction

Would you like to help to ensure that Wikipedia has great articles about LGBT+ history, is illustrated with photographs of LGBT related events, people and places, is up to date on LGBT rights and current events and really is neutral and accurate on articles about sexual orientation? When the world searches the internet for LGBT information, Wikipedia is always the top match, so come along and find out how we can keep Wikipedia neutral and improve it.

We can provide help in starting editing if you have never tried (though we recommend setting up a Wikipedia account in advance). If you have a collection you would like to bring along to be digitized, such as photographs or video of LGBT related events, please drop a note to Katherine or click here to send an email so that we can aim to have the right facilities available.

Getting ready

1. You can bring a laptop but computers are provided.
2. There will be guest access for wifi in the centre.
3. Please have a go at setting up your account.
4. If you're feeling confident try some simple edits before coming along.

Date and location

• 25th February 2017 · Bradford College Group Institute of Technology · · Google Map
• 12:00 pm through to 3.00pm
• The Institute is part of Bradford College, and is a two minute walk from Bradford Interchange or a ten minute walk from Bradford Forster Square
• The building is wheelchair accessible. Please contact us in advance if you have specific needs so we can accommodate these.

Format

• 12:00 Introduction to LGBT+ history month (speaker tbd)
• 12:10 What is Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons and what can we achieve in an afternoon?
• 12.30 Split into interest groups and coaching session for newbies.
• 14.30 Group discussion and review (including ideas for future work)
• 15.00 Close

Registration

Please add your username below by writing ~~~~ so we can plan for numbers attending.

• User:Leela0808 (talk) Leela0808 (talk) 16:53, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
• User:Victuallers Victuallers (talk) 15:36, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Suggested topics to work on

File:A pink triangle against a black backdrop with the words 'Silence=Death' representing an advertisement for The Silence = Death Project used by permission by ACT-UP, The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power. Wellcome L0052822.jpg

Example poster

Create

• No Bath, But Plenty of Bubbles – oral history of the Gay Liberation Front by Lisa Power (Stonewall founder
• Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine film article – use Cultural depictions of Matthew Shepard as basis
• Pride Arts - Bradford arts organisation aiming to support LGBTQ themes, actors and subjects in theater.
• Bradford Pride

Expand

• AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) article stub
• Terry George (entrepreneur) article stub
• Joy Brook article stub
• Leeds Pride article stub
• Bradford City A.F.C. - Add section on new LGBT+ supporters group

Amend

• Anne Lister - expand content about the challenges she faced as a gay woman.

• BBC link
• Jstor link

• Nicola Adams - add recent news

Add images

• John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden
• Tony Richardson
• AIDS education posters on Wikimedia Commons can be added to Wikipedia articles

Contacts

This event is supported by Bradford College and Wikimedia UK. Please contact Leela0808 for more information You can click here to send an email

Experienced helpers/trainers for the editathon will be: TBD

Links

• A huge report of LGBT+ related articles on Wikipedia needing clean-up.
• LGBT@lists.wikimedia.org email discussion list, join here!
• Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies
• UK_LGBT_Archive - archive content is CC-BY-SA 3.0 so can be copied if relevant - check sources meet WP standards
• Bradford LGBT History month - tweet @lgbtbd and use #LGBTHM17