Join us for the 2016 Art + Feminism Edit-a-Thon at Whittier College on Saturday, March 5! |
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When and Where | |
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Date: | Saturday, March 5, 2016 |
Time: | 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Address: |
Wardman Library Whittier College 7031 Founders Hill Rd. |
City/State: | Whittier, CA 90602 |
Please join us for a fun, inclusive event that brings together diverse communities to create and improve Wikipedia articles related to women in the arts--art, architecture, design, landscape architecture, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) and related fields. Despite its wide reach, Wikipedia suffers from a severe gender imbalance: since most editors are men, articles conform to men's interests and perspectives. In an effort to change this, we are gathering diverse group together to celebrate women's cultural achievements. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.
If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2010 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. [1] The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation.
In February 2014, Siân Evans ( Art Libraries Society of North America's Women and Art Special Interest Group), Jacqueline Mabey ( The office of failed projects), Michael Mandiberg, Laurel Ptak, and Richard Knipel and Dorothy Howard ( Metropolitan New York Library Council) of Wikimedia NYC, organized an ArtAndFeminism edit-athon at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York City. More than 30 satellite events were organized in Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The campaign attracted an estimated 600 participants, resulting in more than 100 new Wikipedia articles focused on women and the arts.
Last year, over the weekend of International Women's Day, March 6-8, 2015, approximately 1500 participants from around the world created almost 400 new articles and significantly improved over 500. Following up on the success of last the last two years, Art + Feminism edit-a-thons will again take place around the world on International Women's Day weekend, March 4-6, 2016. LACMA will host the official Los Angeles event, co-organized by the online magazine East of Borneo, on Sunday, March 6.
Resources for select artists can be found in this collaborative Google Doc.
You are welcome to choose something from this list or work on anything you like. You may consider cleaning up articles on more well-known women artists. Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.
For more ideas, see the
Art + Feminism tasks list and
WikiProject: Women Artists.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!
Prior to the event:
Join us for the 2016 Art + Feminism Edit-a-Thon at Whittier College on Saturday, March 5! |
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|
![]() | |
When and Where | |
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Date: | Saturday, March 5, 2016 |
Time: | 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Address: |
Wardman Library Whittier College 7031 Founders Hill Rd. |
City/State: | Whittier, CA 90602 |
Please join us for a fun, inclusive event that brings together diverse communities to create and improve Wikipedia articles related to women in the arts--art, architecture, design, landscape architecture, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) and related fields. Despite its wide reach, Wikipedia suffers from a severe gender imbalance: since most editors are men, articles conform to men's interests and perspectives. In an effort to change this, we are gathering diverse group together to celebrate women's cultural achievements. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.
If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2010 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. [1] The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation.
In February 2014, Siân Evans ( Art Libraries Society of North America's Women and Art Special Interest Group), Jacqueline Mabey ( The office of failed projects), Michael Mandiberg, Laurel Ptak, and Richard Knipel and Dorothy Howard ( Metropolitan New York Library Council) of Wikimedia NYC, organized an ArtAndFeminism edit-athon at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York City. More than 30 satellite events were organized in Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The campaign attracted an estimated 600 participants, resulting in more than 100 new Wikipedia articles focused on women and the arts.
Last year, over the weekend of International Women's Day, March 6-8, 2015, approximately 1500 participants from around the world created almost 400 new articles and significantly improved over 500. Following up on the success of last the last two years, Art + Feminism edit-a-thons will again take place around the world on International Women's Day weekend, March 4-6, 2016. LACMA will host the official Los Angeles event, co-organized by the online magazine East of Borneo, on Sunday, March 6.
Resources for select artists can be found in this collaborative Google Doc.
You are welcome to choose something from this list or work on anything you like. You may consider cleaning up articles on more well-known women artists. Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.
For more ideas, see the
Art + Feminism tasks list and
WikiProject: Women Artists.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!
Prior to the event: