Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Textile Museum Edit-a-thon

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Textiles Edit-a-thon

Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for visitors who want to learn more about a variety of topics. With the help of experienced Wikipedians, attendees will learn to edit and contribute to textile-related Wikipedia articles. Librarians and staff from The George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum will be on hand to provide access to source material.

When

Thursday, August 10, 2017 10AM–1PM

Where

The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

701 21st Street NW

Washington, DC 20052

Articles to work on

Worklists

Special requests

Categories-Each category contains multiple articles (Taken from Wikiproject Textile Arts)

Stubs to expand

Textile arts stubs

Resources

Basics on editing Wikipedia

References

Outcomes

Articles created

Balanced plain weave

Articles improved

Embroidery ‎ (Checked for spelling and grammar errors.)
Glossary of dyeing terms (spelling)
Ikat (added wiki-link; Added additional information and additional footnote)
Plying ‎ (Added citations in introduction for definitions. Rewrote section on Navajo plying to make it more factual, less instructive. Removed tags that no longer apply)
Prayer rug ‎ (added citation)
Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) ‎ (Added accurate website; Added former location; Added photo of new location; updated image caption)
Silk waste ‎ (Add book to further reading)
Textile ‎ (Removed cn tag where ref was already present in "Production methods" section; Added Looping; added cite)
Plain weave ‎ (Added reference)
Looping ‎ (Linked to Textile page)
Warp and weft ‎ (Added the definition of "Warp" from The Textile Museum & cited it)

Attendees

DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 12:38, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
AdriannaScibor (talk) 14:19, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Sarandib2 (talk) 14:19, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
NancyLane (talk) 14:19, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 14:19, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Peggyhgreenwood (talk) 14:33, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Loriak41 (talk) 14:41, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Magstar887 (talk) 15:05, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
MZMcBride (talk)

Jofirzli (talk) 16:03, 10 August 2017 (UTC)