Wikipedia:Meetup/All Things Magic Edit-a-thon 2013

Event details

Wiki-kadabra: All Things Magic Edit-a-thon

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2013
Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm EDT and PDT (There will be a short Kickoff/Introduction at both 11:00am EDT and 11:00am PDT)
Location: All over the world
- We plan to use Google Hangouts and Skype
  - Google Hangout Event: https://plus.google.com/events/c9pot7ghkc6cjptfkdigrggmgt8
- Grand Illusions magic shop in Carmichael, California will host a local hangout. The store will be open from 10am to 6pm. They have a large library of Magic, Genii, Linking Ring and Mum magazines, some dating into the 30s, available.
Event: An edit-a-thon! Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and collaborate with others to write about topics related to magic history.
Hashtag: #Wikikadabra
Info also at http://www.geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/MagicPedia:All_Things_Magic_Edit-a-thon_2013

We plan to participate mostly virtually – use the hashtag #Wikikadabra to let us know you’re out there and to ask questions during the event.

Contribute to the world's most popular encyclopedia! In conjunction with MagicPedia (the wiki for magicians by magicians), Genii Magazine, the Conjuring Arts Research Center and Grand Illusions magic store, we will be hosting a virtual Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve a range of topics around magic history.

Join us! No experience needed. Anyone with an interest in editing collaboratively and having a great time is encouraged to attend. Even if you just have a favorite magician you would like the volunteers to research, join in and provide ideas.

What to bring

Ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (but suggestions will also be provided).
Any relevant reference materials you might have.
Any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia.
and yourself!

Preparation

Please become familiar with wikipedia editing before the event. Some helpful material:

Wikipedia:REFB - Referencing for beginners
Wikipedia:PRIMER - A great guide for new users, particularly on building articles and moving pages from user sandboxes, which is where some may want to start.
Wikipedia:TEAHOUSE - This is The Teahouse, where hosts help new users out with questions about a variety of how-to type questions. Turnaround time on questions is pretty fast because there are a lot of eyes on the page these days.
photosubmission (at) wikimedia.org - The e-mail that editors should contact if they want to contribute images or photographs of magic-related subjects for use on Wikipedia under a free license.

Sign up

Attending

Jpecore (talk)
I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!)
Lee Aser ^{hit me up}

Might attend

Suggested tasks

Flesh out Category:Magic_(illusion)_stubs
See if all the Genii covers on MagicPedia can be used on Wikipedia. It has lots of images of magicians we can use.
Synchronize all the current Wikipedia articles being used in MagicPedia and vice versaSearch wikipedia for magicpedia
try improving an existing article -- most of them need copyediting, references added or other work! This is often a better place to start than writing a new article from scratch.
Check for other topics requested on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Magic
Improve and help organize the magic related categories Category:Magic_(illusion)
Review the current Category:WikiProject_Magic_articles
Review current article by quality Category:Magic_articles_by_quality
Add Nationality to all MagicPedia biographies.
Add Category "Professional Magicians" to all full time performing MagicPedia biograhpies.
Move articles about notable magicians on MagicPedia to Wikipedia.
List of notable magicians missing from Wikipedia: (You are welcome to place your initials to the right of topic/article that you plan to work on.)
- Stewart James [1] User:I Rigonally
- Ross Bertram [2] - Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Ross_Bertram
- Sid Lorraine [3]
- John Booth (magician) [4] I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line}
- Faucett Ross [5]
- Eddie Fields (magician) [6]
- Professor Hoffmann [7] - Submitted for review: Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Professor_Hoffmann
- Al Mann [8]
- Bill Amac [9]
- Compars Herrmann [10]
- Harold Rice [11] - Submitted for review; Harold_Rice
- Jimmy Grippo [12]
- Isaac Fawkes [13]
- The Great Lafayette [14]
- U.F. Grant [15]
- C. Lang Neil [16]
- Tenkai (magician) [17]
- Dr. Jacob Daily [18]
- Percy Abbott (magician) [19] - Submitted for review:Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Percy_Abbott_(magician)
- Samuel Hooker [20]
- Eddy Taytelbaum [21]
Add Justin Flom to the Sorcerers Safari Magic Camp wiki Special guest Section FINISHED
Add Erin Thomas quote to Sorcerers Safari Magic Camp wiki FINISHED

Outcomes

I think everyone had a good time. Magic related articles created or updated were:

I thought the use of screensharing in Google hangouts was very helpful.