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meetup page is an archive of a past event. Please do not edit the contents of this page. |
![]() | Suspension of Public Programs In accordance with the most recent recommendations from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and Steuben County public health officials, all public programs at the Corning Museum of Glass have been canceled through April 1, 2020. As a result, the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon scheduled for this Saturday, March 14th from 12pm-4pm is canceled. We encourage all those interested in improving Wikipedia entries for women artists to the Rakow Library’s
Ask a Glass Question service for assistance discovering reference materials about the artists. For assistance in editing Wikipedia, links to tutorials are available below. |
'Corning Art+Feminism 2020
' is an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon hosted by The Rakow Research Library ( CMoG) on Saturday, March 14, 2020, focused on improving articles related to women working in glass.
Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women. Let’s change that!
We invite people of all gender identities and expressions to participate, particularly transgender and cisgender women.
TBD.
The Corning Art+Feminism 2020 edit-a-thon aims to:
Remember, a new Wikipedia article should be backed up by at least 5 reliable sources. Please also consider notability when creating new articles.
WikiProject: Women in Red has created a guide, Simple Rules for Creating Women's Biographies, that may be useful when starting a new article. The biographies for living persons policy and Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing (applicable to any biography) are two other guides with good advice.
Alphabetical by last name
Look for more artists working with glass in the following categories: artists, glass artists, stained glass artists and manufacturers, engravers, and sculptors.
This referencing for beginners guide may be useful, as well as Wikipedia's guidelines on citing sources.
The following people have pages in Wikipedia, but could be improved by adding Infoboxes. Usually the infobox you add follows a template based on the reasons the person is notable, e.g. the Artists Inforbox Template
If you don't know where to start, ask one of the event organizers!
Look for more articles to edit on the Women working with glass list.
Participants can connect to the "Rakow Guest" or "GlassApp+ Free WiFi" networks while on the museum campus. Please bring your own laptop or mobile device, if possible. A limited number of laptops and tablets will be available.
Use this guide to find editing tips and tutorials.
If you have a question about editing, ask one of the museum editors for help! We will be wearing the Art+Feminism logo (image to the right). The Teahouse is also a great place to ask for help from expert editors. If you are new to Wikipedia editing, try the VisualEditor. If you like using markup languages, here is a cheatsheet for Wiki markup.
Editing tips
Tutorials
Free
Subscription (available at the Rakow Library)
For a full list of databases available through the Rakow Research Library and NOVEL NY, visit this page.
Please add your username below before you get to the edit-a-thon!
Users who are unable to attend in person but are interested in contemporary glass art are welcome to edit articles remotely.
Please add yourself to the Corning Wikipedians list to be informed of future Corning-area meetups.
![]() | This
meetup page is an archive of a past event. Please do not edit the contents of this page. |
![]() | Suspension of Public Programs In accordance with the most recent recommendations from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and Steuben County public health officials, all public programs at the Corning Museum of Glass have been canceled through April 1, 2020. As a result, the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon scheduled for this Saturday, March 14th from 12pm-4pm is canceled. We encourage all those interested in improving Wikipedia entries for women artists to the Rakow Library’s
Ask a Glass Question service for assistance discovering reference materials about the artists. For assistance in editing Wikipedia, links to tutorials are available below. |
'Corning Art+Feminism 2020
' is an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon hosted by The Rakow Research Library ( CMoG) on Saturday, March 14, 2020, focused on improving articles related to women working in glass.
Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women. Let’s change that!
We invite people of all gender identities and expressions to participate, particularly transgender and cisgender women.
TBD.
The Corning Art+Feminism 2020 edit-a-thon aims to:
Remember, a new Wikipedia article should be backed up by at least 5 reliable sources. Please also consider notability when creating new articles.
WikiProject: Women in Red has created a guide, Simple Rules for Creating Women's Biographies, that may be useful when starting a new article. The biographies for living persons policy and Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing (applicable to any biography) are two other guides with good advice.
Alphabetical by last name
Look for more artists working with glass in the following categories: artists, glass artists, stained glass artists and manufacturers, engravers, and sculptors.
This referencing for beginners guide may be useful, as well as Wikipedia's guidelines on citing sources.
The following people have pages in Wikipedia, but could be improved by adding Infoboxes. Usually the infobox you add follows a template based on the reasons the person is notable, e.g. the Artists Inforbox Template
If you don't know where to start, ask one of the event organizers!
Look for more articles to edit on the Women working with glass list.
Participants can connect to the "Rakow Guest" or "GlassApp+ Free WiFi" networks while on the museum campus. Please bring your own laptop or mobile device, if possible. A limited number of laptops and tablets will be available.
Use this guide to find editing tips and tutorials.
If you have a question about editing, ask one of the museum editors for help! We will be wearing the Art+Feminism logo (image to the right). The Teahouse is also a great place to ask for help from expert editors. If you are new to Wikipedia editing, try the VisualEditor. If you like using markup languages, here is a cheatsheet for Wiki markup.
Editing tips
Tutorials
Free
Subscription (available at the Rakow Library)
For a full list of databases available through the Rakow Research Library and NOVEL NY, visit this page.
Please add your username below before you get to the edit-a-thon!
Users who are unable to attend in person but are interested in contemporary glass art are welcome to edit articles remotely.
Please add yourself to the Corning Wikipedians list to be informed of future Corning-area meetups.