Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Edinburgh Award/Afro-Latin Diaspora & Wiki-Illustration

Researching Afro-Latin Diaspora and adding images to Wikipedia pages!

About

This project aims to improve the Wikipedia coverage of Afro-Latin Diaspora as well as adding images to Wikipedia pages.

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• Afro-Latin Diaspora and adding images to Wikipedia pages

Helpful Editing Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_the_Manual_of_Style/2
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout --> very helpful; explains the "references and notes" section at bottom of French Da Costa article

*For the Argentine Tango

• https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=argentine+tango&so=rel

*Whiny Ruffians and Rebellious Broads: Tango as a Spectacle of Eroticized Social Tension - read later, not helpful for article

• BLACKNESS IN ARGENTINA: JAZZ, TANGO AND RACE BEFORE PERÓN -Matthew B. Karush

- use this to corroborate the Collier article

• Review: Revealing the African Roots of Argentine Tango

Reviewed Work: Tango: The Art History of Love by Robert Farris Thompson - https://www.jstor.org/stable/25598145 also v. helpful
Review by: Elizabeth M. Seyler

* The Tango Metaphor: The Essence of Argentina's National Identity --cites Collier's article. mentions the African roots, and breaks down the origins into chunks 24th May update: perhaps look at first few pages but, not helpful

• Globalization and the Tango by Chris Goertzen and María Susana Azzi

• The Popular Roots of the Argentine Tango BY Simon Collier - https://www.jstor.org/stable/4289184?searchText=argentine+tango&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dargentine%2Btango%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A9b78c156e6a89e231399ee5fd9419b05&seq=1 - very helpful

24 May - use the Collier and Karush articles

Search for all of these on JSTOR

for images

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions

improved articles

Arthur da Costa! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tim%C3%B3theo_da_Costa Escola Nacional de Belas Artes - Wikipedia- note to add Arthur to this page- DONE

List of Brazilians - Wikipedia- add Arthur to this page: DONE:

Category:Brazilian artists - Wikipedia- add him to this page

List of Latin American artists - Wikipedia: add him to this page

Articles to improve

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merengue_(dance) - Mon 28 Feb 6-9pm - Y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Afro-Brazilian_people : go through this list to look for more possible articles to translate etc.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tim%C3%B3theo_da_Costa
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_tango

https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Expositions_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rales_des_Beaux-Arts&veaction=edit - add translation badge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chica_da_Silva - Y, added a citation

People

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkos_Bioh%C3%B3
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adassa

interesting reads

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Marcela_Moreno_Zapata
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Cuero

=Helpful and Handy Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Scotland/Assessment#Importance_scale --> Look here: this page gives a good idea of the rating of topics of importance etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents

--> ARCHITECTURE

articles that need editing :  https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Architecture.html#Translation%20cleanup%20needed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Building_and_structure_stubs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Ireland

Lighthouses in Canada needing images

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpeque_Harbour_Approach_Range_Lights ( no image available)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Island_Light ( no image available)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langara_Light ( no image available)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leards_Range_Lights ( no image available)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Channel_Range_Lights Y
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Landing_Lower_Range_Lights ( no image available)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrights_Range_Lights ( no image available)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Landing_Upper_Range_Lights ( no image available)

and just general lighthouse stub: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lighthouse_stubs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora/Assessment#Importance_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora

NOTES

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Scotland
• The Scottish Castles for Highland and Renfrewshire are covered.... might have to take a look at the list I typed up and re-evaluate. the places I have may bee too "popular." try looking at other areas

Wiki-Illustrated Articles!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmylne_Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branxholme_Castle -- added 2011 photo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_the_Scottish_Borders#List

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbat_House

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alva,_Clackmannanshire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Margaret_of_Scotland,_Aberdeen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryburgh_Abbey --> Also added a hyperlink to "Calfectory" caption

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryhope_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsbie_Castle

IRISH CASTLES

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrigrohane_Castle

Skyscrapers

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_Tower - 13 April 2022

List of completed illustrated pages

Page title	Page link	Image	Done
Denmylne Castle	Denmylne Castle	100px|Denmylne Castle]]	Y
St Margaret of Scotland, Aberdeen	St Margaret's of Scotland, Aberdeen	St Margaret of Scotland, Chapel and Convent Wing, Aberdeen	Y
Dryburgh Abbey	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryburgh_Abbey	Dryburgh Abbey spring	Y
Dryburgh Abbey	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryburgh_Abbey	DRYBURGH ABBEY THE WARMING HOUSE	Y
Dryburgh Abbey	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryburgh_Abbey	DRYBURGH ABBEY NORTH TRANSEPT CHAPEL	Y
Dryburgh Abbey	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryburgh_Abbey	DRYBURGH ABBEY VIEW FROM THE NOVICES DAY ROOM	Y

Sources

• DiscoverEd

More useful links

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  A speedy guide on where to find the different buttons on Wikipedia, and explaining what they do - useful for complete beginners!
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  Very straightforward step-by-step instructions on how to add a piece of information to an existing Wikipedia page - useful for complete beginners!
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  A guide to elements to include in a wiki-biography, with a checklist to ensure you include as many as you can when editing.
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  A guide to adding infoboxes (those handy things on the right side of a page with a summary of key info).
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  A complete beginner's introduction to adding information onto Wikidata. If in doubt, take a look at someone else's Wikidata entry for inspiration!
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  Steps to adding a photograph to Wikimedia Commons so you can use it in a Wikipedia article - the picture has to be your own for you to add it.
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  Guide to creating your Wikipedia userpage to introduce yourself to other editors.
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  Using talk pages
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  Citing your sources
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  Avoiding plagiarism
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  Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
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  Polishing your articles

• You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:

• You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
• The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

After today

Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. As a first step you may like to check out what What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.

• The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page - a fun tutorial introducing new editors to Wikipedia
• Visual Editor user guide
• Questions – a guide on where to ask questions
• The Teahouse new editor help space
• Wikipedia Help pages
• The simplified ruleset – a summary of Wikipedia's most important rules
• Is your topic notable enough for an article?
• Be Bold!
• Don't let grumpy users scare you off.
• Learn from others
• How to write a great article
• A simplified manual of style

• Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The or button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
• If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.
• Check out upcoming Wikimedia in Scotland editing events.
• Check out upcoming Wikimedia UK editing events.

Video guides to editing Wikipedia

• Wikipedia - It's main policies & guidelines
• Navigating Wikipedia's front page
• How to structure an article on Wikipedia: the Featured Article
• Wikipedia editing in 30 mins
• How to edit an existing article the right way
• How easy is Wikipedia's Visual Editor? 5 min walkthrough
• How to edit using with Visual Editor Part 1: Creating an Account
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.1 Adding Headings
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.2 Adding bold & italics
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.3 Adding bullet points
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.4 Adding links
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.1 Adding citations and references
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.2 Further practice with citations (DOI and Pubmed IDs)
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor:Part 2.3 Adding an image
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.4 Adding categories
• Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 3 Creating a new article in the Sandbox
• Editing Wikipedia: Communicating with others using the Talk page and Help Desk
• Moving a drafted article into Wikipedia's live space.
• Create visually dynamic timelines in minutes with Histropedia
• Use the 'Find Link' tool to add links BACK to your page from other pages that SHOULD link to your page.