[sudoroom] [Oakland Wiki] Sunday History Edit-a-thons

[Ryan Bethencourt]

This sounds really cool! I'd love to learn more and contribute to the local
history editing sometime in the future :)


On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all!
>
> Marina and I have decided to put on a regular local history edit-a-thon
> for the Oakland Wiki starting Sundays in 2013. I've copypasted the info
> below. Please forward the announcement to your contacts!
>
> ;],
> Vicky
> *
>
>
> Did you know that West Oakland was once considered the “Harlem of the
> West”? After WWII, this bustling music scene attracted performances from
> such artists as **Billie Holiday, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Big Mama
> Thornton and T-Bone Walker. *
>
>
> *[Oakland Wiki] Sunday History Edit-a-thons*
> *Sundays, starting January 13th, 2013!*
>
> Bring a computer or note-taking materials to the Oakland History Room and
> hang with your fellow local history nuts as we research and add historical
> content to the Oakland Wiki. The Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org/>,
> based on the wildly popular Davis Wiki <http://daviswiki.org/>, is a
> community-created effort that aims to compile into one place everything and
> anything about our unique and fascinating city. Come be a part of this
> historic event and help write the story of Oakland!
>
> *12-1p:* Brown Couch Cafe<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=brown+couch+cafe&ll=37.804461,-122.268562&spn=0.008731,0.016737&fb=1&gl=us&hq=brown+couch+cafe&hnear=0x80857d8b28aaed03:0x71b415d535759367,Oakland,+CA&cid=0,0,9455118117352290592&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A> meet-n-greet
> and intro to editing (340 14th St.)
> *1-5p:* Oakland History Room<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=oakland+history+room&hl=en&sll=37.804461,-122.268562&sspn=0.008731,0.016737&gl=us&hq=oakland+history+room&t=m&z=14> (Oakland
> Public Library, 14th and Oak)
>
> Updates can be found in the Oakland Wiki on the project page here<http://oaklandwiki.org/History_Editathon>
> .
>
> *Questions?* Contact Vicky:
> vknoxsironi [at] gmail [dot] com
> *
> PLEASE FORWARD WILDLY!*
>
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