The project seeks to create new encyclopedia entries and improve existing coverage of notable LGBT events, people,[1] and places,[2] and
edit-a-thons have been organized to facilitate collaboration by interested editors.[3] In addition to content creation, participants have worked to translate articles into other languages and photograph
pride parades and other events.[2] The "celebration of pride" is focused around June and October, "traditionally the months when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities around the world celebrate LGBT culture and history."[3]
History
Wikipedia editors organized the campaign beginning in 2014 with events registered in at least a dozen cities in the United States as well as
Bangalore and
New Delhi in India.[3] The founder of the LGBT organization
Queerala hosted an edit-a-thon in
Kochi in 2015,[4] with support from the
Wikimedia chapter for India; attendees created more than a dozen new entries for
Malayalam Wikipedia.[5] By 2019, 80 events had been organized in 18 countries; a dozen of the Wiki Loves Pride event were hosted at libraries, mostly within the U.S and including
Bucknell University's library[6] and the
Minneapolis Central Library. Host librarians "helped to set up the space, locate resources to improve Wikipedia articles, helped with citations, and sometimes just came to edit themselves and mentor newbies".[2]