Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/NYBG June2016

New York Botanical Garden
Wikipedia Editathon

When and Where
Date:	Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Time:	1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Address:	LuEsther T. Mertz Library New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Blvd Bronx, NY 10458

The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden welcomed Wikipedia editors to participate in this Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Editathon focused on creating and enhancing pages for Botanists who have made significant collections in New York State.

Editors used the vast historic collections of the Mertz Library in order to create and edit existing pages. Training was provided for those who have no prior experience editing Wikipedia. A training session will be offered during the first hour of this event. New editors are encouraged to attend this training. Experienced editors may arrive at any point during the event's duration.

Index Herbariorum and KE EMu, the herbarium collections database at NYBG, were used as starting points to determine significant plant collectors in New York State. Historically, this has largely been a male-dominated field, so there has been intentional effort by library staff to promote representation of female botanists, as much as possible.

Please register through our EventBrite page, in addition to registering through this Wikipedia page.

The participants affiliated with this initiative will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia. We will modify our editing behavior if any edits conflict with Wikipedia guidelines. Please contact the Project Coordinator, emjackson42 (talk) if any activities appear to go against this statement.

• Hosts: The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden
• Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
• Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Location: New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458 40°51′59.5″N 73°52′44.5″W / 40.866528°N 73.879028°W / 40.866528; -73.879028
• Directions: Directions @ NYBG
• Subway:
  • ​ to Bedford Park Blvd. From the station exit:
    • Take the Bx26 bus east to the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance.
    • OR walk eight blocks down the hill on Bedford Park Blvd. (approximately 20 minutes). Turn left onto Southern Blvd. and walk one block to Mosholu Gate entrance.
• Metro-North Railroad:
  • Harlem local line to Botanical Garden Station (approximately 20 minutes from Grand Central). Walk across Southern Boulevard to the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance
  • Station link
• Hashtag: #TBD
• Cost: Free
• RSVP: Eventbrite
• What to bring: Please bring your laptop!
• Participants: Open to all!

The following numbers are provided by a Program Global Metrics report and may conflict with actual values:

• 26 attendees
• 10 accounts created
• 3 pages created (The actual looks like 5 pages Emjackson42 (talk) 21:28, 22 June 2016 (UTC))[reply]
• 14 pages edited
• 20,727 bytes added

This list is very much a work in progress. Please feel free to add additional names, and keep an eye on this space for changes.

This list is very much a work in progress. Please feel free to add additional names, and keep an eye on this space for changes.

How to Cite Vertical Files

• Much of the content provided for this edit-a-thon comes from the Library's vertical file collection. Here is an example of how these materials should be cited.
• Format:
  • Title of item. (date) Folder name, Vertical File collection, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. Date that items were accessed.
• Example:
  • Photograph of Bronx River Waterfall. (1909). Folder Bronx River, NYBG Vertical File, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. June 14, 2016.

Editing Wikipedia

• Wiki Markup Cheatsheet
• Wikipedia Manual of Style (WP:MOS)
• WP:Notability (people)
• WP:Notability (academics) -- an alternative to Notability (people)

Wikipedia's Principles

• Wikipedia:Five Pillars
• Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith
• Wikipedia:Be Bold

Wikimedia Commons has media related to NYBG Editathon 2016.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to New York Botanical Garden.

• New York Botanical Gardens
• LuEsther T. Mertz Library at New York Botanical Gardens
• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Wikimedia New York City
• Slides from Intro to Wikipedia Workshop