Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Earth Day 2025
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Join us for the Earth Day 2025 Edit-a-thon at Ujamaa Community Bookstore! |
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 What: Earth Day 2025 Edit-a-thon When: April 22, 4:00 – 7:00 pm Where: Ujamaa Community Bookstore, 2424 Doctor M.L.K. Jr St, Indianapolis, IN 46208 (located in/near Flanner House) Suggested Focus: Earth Day History and information/legislation related to the environment, food and environmental justice, local food initiatives, natural resources, climate and climate change, etc. What to bring: You preferred editing device (personal computer, tablet) and necessary charging cables. Parking: Free lot parking is available in front of the bookstore. More information: See the IU Indianapolis project page here. |
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- Work permitting —Compassionate727 (T·C) 18:49, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
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To-Do
[edit]Here are a few suggested articles to create or improve during this edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!
Indianapolis Entries
[edit]| Topic | Related Current Entries | Some Sources | Notes |
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| Indianapolis Brownfield Redevelopment Program | Brownfield land | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | May not meet WP:N. For a more general approach to the topic of brownfields in Indianapolis, maybe it would be easier to add a new section to the entry for Indianapolis. The entry for Brownfield land also needs edits. |
| Site 0153 Riverside, Indianapolis | IDEM; Indiana Central Canal; Riverside, Indianapolis | 1 2 3 4, 5, 6 | Useful, but not a "reliable" source, overview 1. This topic may not meet WP:N, but could be written as a new entry or as a section in another entry, such as Kheprw Institute; Riverside, Indianapolis; or IDEM. |
| DigIndy | Combined sewer; Fall Creek (Indiana); White River (Indiana); IDEM | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6789 | Create entry for DigIndy. Or, if reliable sources are available, add the work on this project to the related entries. |
| Hoosier Environmental Council | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | Co-founder Charlotte Read is probably notable as well. 1 | |
| Martindale-Brightwood Environmental Justice Collaborative | Martindale–Brightwood, Indianapolis | 1 (chapt 13) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | Although widely mentioned, sources do not focus on MBEJC; the subject does not meet the standard for WP:N. It would be easier to include in a section on environmental justice in the entry for Martindale–Brightwood, Indianapolis. |
| IDEM --Kacey49ers (talk) 22:11, 22 April 2025 (UTC)Added infobox | formed in 1985?, pg 331 1,2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, | Needs improvement. Look for reliable, secondary sources. Create an infobox. Include formation of Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Compare to Alabama Department of Environmental Management or Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. | |
| Indianapolis Superfund Sites | Superfund | 1 2 3 4 | The List of Superfund sites in Indiana includes four sites in Marion county. Are these listings up to date? Are any missing? The entry for Superfund does not mention Indianapolis or Indiana--if there is an important case in Indiana, it could be added here. |
| American Lead Corporation | NL Industries; Martindale–Brightwood, Indianapolis | 1 2 3 4 | The defunct company may not be notable by WP:N. "The American Lead site is an area surrounding the former American Lead Facility, located at 2102 Hillside Ave. in Indianapolis. The property was used for industrial purposes dating back to at least the late 1800s. National Lead Industries conducted secondary lead smelting at the property from 1946 to 1965. Historic operations at the smelter contaminated the surrounding community with lead."5 |
| National Lead Industries | 1 2 3 | Also see above, American Lead Corporation on this list. | |
| Chrysler Plant | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Stub. Also known as the Indianapolis Foundry site, this article needs improvement. | |
| GM Stamping Plant | 1, 2, 3 | The GM Plant may not be notable, the neighborhood where it was located might be: West Indianapolis 1, (also known as "The Valley") needs an entry. | |
| Harding Street Generating Station | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Stub class. Could be expanded, no history. Needs to also cover coal ash ponds. Needs a photograph. Needs citations. | |
| Indianapolis Urban League | 1234567pg 166, 9 | Indianapolis Urban League needs an entry. Notable organization that works on environmental justice issues. Include the IUL's Environmental Coalition in the entry. | |
| Guide Corp. Fish Kill | 123456789see references-10 | Could be notable entry and/or written as a section of White River (Indiana). Guide Corp may need also need an entry. | |
| Fall Creek (Indiana) | Entry needs an infobox. Also, with sources, the entry could mention the sewage overflow or other pollution problems related to the creek in Indianapolis. | ||
| Transportation in Indianapolis | Article is flagged as needing citations. Read article and add citations if needed--if not, remove tag. | ||
| RecycleForce | 1 2 3 4 5 | An Indy-based nonprofit that combines sustainability and offender workforce reentry. | |
| Keep Indianapolis Beautiful | Indianapolis beautification community organization. | ||
| Marion County Public Health Department | |||
| Friends of the White River | |||
| BlueIndy |
Indiana Entries
[edit]| Topic | Related Current Entries | Sources | Notes |
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| Indiana Citizens Mining Council | ICMC is mentioned1 as member of the Citizens Coal Council, but given that this larger, national organization does not have a Wikipedia entry, it would be easier to start there. | ||
| Denise Abdul-Rahman | 1 2 34567 | Well-known environmental justice activist from Indiana. Currently working for The Chisholm Legacy Project (a national organization in need of a Wikipedia entry); the founder of The Chisholm Legacy Project, Jacqueline "Jacqui" Patterson also needs an entry. (Note: Although well-known for their work in Indiana, it may be difficult to establish notability--see: WP:N) | |
| Indiana Climate Coalition | 1 234 | Indiana Climate Coalition appears to be a sub-group of Confront the Climate Crisis, maybe be easier to write an entry about the latter. | |
| Lead contamination in Indiana | 1234567891011 | Compare to Lead contamination in Oakland. | |
| List of Superfund sites in Indiana | Are these up to date? Compare to EPA Superfund Site Information 1 | ||
| Gary Works | 1 23456 | Very short entry, that needs expansion. Easy task: include sources for the "Notes" in the "References" list. | |
| J-Pit, Gary, Indiana | Thesis, should not serve as main source, but may be a good source for sources 123456 | A former sand mine that became a toxic dumping ground. | |
| History of coal mining in the United States | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Add a section for Indiana. | |
| Climate change in Indiana | Needs more sources and restructuring. | ||
| Shirley Heinze Land Trust | Needs article. Since 1981, Shirley Heinze Land Trust has preserved and restored natural lands and waters in northwestern Indiana, including some of the rarest landscapes in the state. More than 3,500 acres in Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, Starke, and Marshall Counties have been protected. | ||
| Indiana Forest Alliance | 1, 2, 3, 4, | Start class. Needs more sources and could be built out further. | |
| Conservation Technology Information Center | Stub class. Needs more sources. Also needs more information about its operation. | ||
| Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana | Needs article. Might be notable. They have a case against FERC over their natural gas pipeline practices. |
General Environmental Justice Entries
[edit]| Topic | Related Current Entries | Sources | Notes |
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| Environmental Justice | Long entry that needs some careful reorganization, see talk page | ||
| Environmental racism | Entry may be too U.S. focused, also needs some citations and cleanup. | ||
| Environmental racism in the United States | Strong entry, but the case studies section is short-winded. Perhaps add a case from Indiana? | ||
| Empire and environmental justice | Environmental justice; Toxic colonialism | Topic addressed, partly, in the Environmental justice entry, but this entry is a bit of a mess. The Toxic colonialism entry also needs work. | |
| Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations | National Environmental Policy Act, Pollution in the United States | 1, 2, 3, 4, | This Ex. Order is named but not well-described on a number of Wikipedia entries. Expanding the section of Pollution in the United States might be a good place to start. |
| United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice, Toxic Waste and Race in the United States | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | ||
| Brownfield land | Needs citations, U.S. section is too brief | ||
| Superfund | Needs more sources for the Native American Communities case studies. | ||
| Indigenous Environmental Network | 1 | 1 | Needs tone to be more encyclopedic. |
| Cheyenne River Indian Reservation | Needs citations. | ||
| Jessica Reznicek | add infobox | ||
| Ruby Montoya |