{"id":6417,"date":"2014-05-20T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=6417"},"modified":"2014-05-20T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T15:09:39","slug":"wadewitz-edit-a-thon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wadewitz-edit-a-thon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at the Brown Library in Tribute of Digital Humanities Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6418\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Wadewitz_Tribute_Edit-a-thons\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6418 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2014\/05\/Wikimania_2012_portrait_102_by_ragesoss_2012-07-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/05\/Wikimania_2012_portrait_102_by_ragesoss_2012-07-13.jpg 220w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/05\/Wikimania_2012_portrait_102_by_ragesoss_2012-07-13-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/05\/Wikimania_2012_portrait_102_by_ragesoss_2012-07-13-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/05\/Wikimania_2012_portrait_102_by_ragesoss_2012-07-13-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrianne Wadewitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Brown University Library invites local Wikipedians to an Edit-a-Thon in memory of Adrianne Wadewitz on<strong> Thursday, May 22 from 1:30 \u2013 6 p.m. in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab<\/strong>, 10 Prospect Street.<\/p>\n<p>Co-organized by the Brown University Library, Northeastern University, and others, this multi-day <em>Wadewitz Tribute Edit-a-Thon<\/em> is part of a worldwide Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon in remembrance of Adrianne Wadewitz, a HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) fellow and the Mellon Digital Scholarship Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Digital Learning + Research at Occidental College. The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Meetup\/Boston\/Wadewitz_Memorial_2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edit-a-Thon at Northeastern<\/a> is taking place on May 21 from 4 \u2013 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Wadewitz died tragically this past April in a rock climbing accident. She was an energetic and inspiring teacher who focused on Wikipedia, feminism, and teaching pedagogy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastac.org\/blogs\/cathy-davidson\/2014\/04\/10\/remembering-adrianne-wadewitz-scholar-communicator-teacher-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to read a message in remembrance of Wadewitz by Cathy Davidson, co-founder of HASTAC, including a link to Wadewitz\u2019s blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>People interested in participating in the Edit-a-Thon should bring their laptops to the Digital Scholarship Lab on the 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. All are welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Meetup\/Providence\/Brown_Wadewitz_Memorial_2014\">Click here to learn more and sign up on Wikipedia.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Brown University Library is seeking additional organizers and helpers to be on staff during the event on May 22. If you would like to help out, contact Elli Mylonas, Senior Digital Humanities Librarian, at <a href=\"mailto:Elli_Mylonas@brown.edu\">Elli_Mylonas@brown.edu<\/a>, or Fiona Barnett, Adjunct Lecturer in Modern Culture and Media, at <a href=\"mailto:Fiona_M_Barnett@brown.edu\">Fiona_M_Barnett@brown.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brown University Library invites local Wikipedians to an Edit-a-Thon in memory of Adrianne Wadewitz on Thursday, May 22 from 1:30 \u2013 6 p.m. in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab, 10 Prospect Street. Co-organized by the Brown University Library, Northeastern University, and others, this multi-day Wadewitz Tribute Edit-a-Thon is <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wadewitz-edit-a-thon\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at the Brown Library in Tribute of Digital Humanities Scholar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}