Octavia E. Butler's Patternist Series Editathon at Spelman College
Please join the members of the The Octavia E. Butler Society at Spelman College for an upcoming editathon of Octavia E. Butler's Patternist novels (Patternmaster, Mind of My Mind, Survivor, Wild Seed, and Clay's Ark). This editathon is part of the LaGuardia WikiProject Octavia E. Butler and the Octavia E. Butler Conference 2016: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy at Spelman College.
When and Where | |
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Date: | Saturday, February 27, 2016 |
Time: | 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm |
Address: | Spelman College 350 Spelman Ln SW |
City/State: | Atlanta, GA 30314 |
Event information
edit- Host: The Octavia E. Butler Society and Spelman College
- Date: Saturday, February 27, 2016
- Time: 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Location: Spelman College, 350 Spelman Ln SW, Atlanta, GA 30314
- Registration: To register, please sign up by adding your Wikipedia username to the Participants sign-up below
- Participants: The event is open to anyone who wishes to help expand on the entries for Octavia E. Butler's work. As needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.
- Organizers: Dr. Ximena Gallardo C. - DrX (talk) / Ann Matsuuchi - Mozucat (talk)
- What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.
- Hashtags: #octaviabutlerwiki #OEBSC #OctaviaButler
- Twitter: @SpelmanMedia, @wikimedianyc
Etherpad link - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
Tasks
editCreate articles
edit- Patternmaster
- Lead
- Plot
- Characters
- Reception
- Further reading
- Themes
- Quotes
- Categories
- Mind of My Mind
- Lead
- Plot
- Characters
- Reception
- Further reading
- Themes
- Quotes
- Categories
- Clay’s Ark
- Lead
- Plot
- Characters
- Reception
- Further reading
- Themes
- Quotes
- Categories
Improve articles
edit- Patternist series
Note: Summaries can be found/copied from Butler’s biography under the "Writing career" section of Butler's Wikipedia entry
- Brief summary of Patternmaster
- Brief summary of Mind of My Mind
- Brief summary of Survivor
- Brief summary of Wild Seed
- Move “Reception” comment to the article on Patternmaster
- Revise the language of the lead to reflect that this is an article on the series, not Patternmaster
- Survivor
Revision of this article may require some discussion and suggestions on the article’s Talk page located here
- Revise language/copyedit
- If anyone has a copy of the book, maybe add some quotes
- Wild Seed
- Move unreferenced sections to the article’s talk page or tag them with the Citation Needed template {{cn}}
- Revise language/copyedit
- Edits needed outside the Patternist Series
- Revise language/copyedit Fledgling (especially the Characters section)
Resources
edit- Bibliography and secondary sources for the Patternist series. A compilation of materials needed to edit article content.
- Basic editing steps for a successful Wikipedia article. General instructions for the day's work.
- WikiProject Novels Manual of Style. The MoS contains the suggested format for articles on novels.
- Wikipedia tutorial for beginners
- The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
- Editing Wikipedia booklet
- Basic Wiki markup language cheat sheet [PDF]
- Wikipedia:Notable person survival kit
Outcomes
editNew pages
editAlpha order
- Clay’s Ark -- BollinLa (talk)
- Mind of My Mind -- Highlytexturedlibrarian (talk), AJSutto98 (talk)
- Patternmaster -- kkey3 (talk)
Improved pages
editAlpha order
- Clay’s Ark -- Baxtes (talk), Swarren19 (talk), Blythwood (talk), Doctorxgc (talk)
- Fledgling -- Satw97 (talk), Treblemaker19 (talk), Amcdon13 (talk)
- Mind of My Mind -- AJSutto98 (talk), Hunter900 (talk), Mmulli-edit (talk), Aminahanderson (talk)
- Patternmaster -- Bonadea (talk), BollinLa (talk), Doctorxgc (talk), Tee22 (talk),
- Wild Seed -- Mozucat (talk), BollinLa (talk), Ajoseph9 (talk), Choxie1 (talk), Jrobin67 (talk), Joecharl12 (talk)
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Octavia Butler editathon.
- The Octavia E. Butler Society
- Spelman College Library
- La Guardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College
- LaGuardia WikiProject Octavia E. Butler
- Octavia E. Butler Conference 2016: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy at Spelman College
Participants - Sign Up Here!
edit- Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
- No? Create a Wikipedia account
- Yes? Go to Step #2
- Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this' section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions).
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.
- Mozucat (talk) 14:40, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
- BrillLyle (talk) 18:53, 27 February 2016 (UTC) -- remote support
- TheGreySpark (talk) 21:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Highlytexturedlibrarian (talk) 21:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- ChristinaLNeal (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Amcdon13 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Achaza21 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Kkey3 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- AJSutto98 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Joecharl12 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Choxie1 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Aminahanderson (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Ajoseph9 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Swarren19 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Treblemaker19 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Satw97 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- CastorRadiance (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Baxtes (talk) 21:24, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Tee22 (talk) 21:25, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Beautyisilliyah (talk) 21:27, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hunter900 (talk) 21:37, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- ParisM.Stewart (talk) 21:41, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- 12.13.176.132 (talk) 21:43, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Mmulli-edit (talk) 22:19, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- BollinLa (talk) 22:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Jrobin67 (talk)