LGBT Archive:Community portal
Welcome to the community portal. This is the place to find out what is happening on the LGBT History Project Wiki. Learn what tasks need to be done and what groups there are to join, and share news about recent events or current activities taking place on Wikipedia.
LGBT History Project has currently been sent to London 2018, selected LGBT sports clubs, LGBT Voluntary Sector organiations and London Gay Bikers to be beta-tested. This is to see if people can enter articles, and if the installation of the Wiki is stable.
Please start entering any articles you feel able you can write or start, or go to WantedPages where there are links to articles that need writing. Please report any problems to: jonathan@lgbthistoryuk.org.
Extensions
Cite Extension: the extension for adding refences (footnotes/citations) has been added. See example of use on the page "Capital Gay".
TitleBlackList: to help combat spam and vandalism, the extension for blocking titles has not been added.
Please email me to let me know what extensions you would like installed. And also any ideas to prevent spam.
Events
This is an email I sent to Lesbian and Gay News Archives and Hall Carpenter, with LGNA’s reply.
Dear Bishopsgate Institute
I am involved with several LGBT initiatives, including the LGBT Volunteers Network, the National LGBT Sports Network, I am chair of the London 2018 Gay Games bid (an Olympic Park legacy project), founder of the London Raiders (the largest softball team in the world) and co-chair of my company’s LGBT staff affinity network.
I have recently started to put together the LGBT History Project:
an LGBT wikipedia specialising in British LGBT history. I am planning to launch this web site during LGBT history month next year.
I would like to ask you if you would consider hosting an event as part of LGBT History Month (February 2012), and in conjunction with the Hall Carpenter Archives.
The idea would be to hold a ‘research day’ where you could invite members of the public to come together to review your primary sources, and then write articles for the LGBT History Project wikipedia. You may want to invite a university lecturer to guide the research projects, or to give a talk on research or plagiarism.
Let me know what you think
many thanks Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
Good to hear from you and I hope you are well.
We would be very happy to host such an event. Perhaps it could begin with a talk and tour about LAGNA and then attendees could request cuttings and items that they were interested in to enable to put something together for the LGBT History Project Wikipedia. Perhaps a similar day could also be held at the Hall Carpenter Archives at LSE. Attendees could do one day there and one day with us. Let me know what you think.
All the best and I look forward to hearing from you,
Stefan
Stefan Dickers Library and Archives Manager Bishopsgate Institute 230 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4QH
T 020 7392 9270 E stefan.dickers@bishopsgate.org.uk
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