Wikipedia's
Women in Red co-founders are joining forces with a variety of UCI organisations to host a wiki event to talk about and improve gender equity and diversity on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an openly-editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for many individuals looking about you name it! During this training, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating articles related to American women in
STEAM fields,
humanities, as well as areas of
diversity.
The main goals of the event are:
to have fun and learn something
to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women, women's works, and women's issues
to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter).
Any research resources you would like to refer to.
You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures.
At the event
No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary, as training will be provided.
No background in STEAM, humanities, diversity, or women's history is required, as we will have resources on hand to cite.
UCI welcomes visitors of all abilities. Request for accessibility services can be made by contacting Adriana Briscoe via email ([email protected]).
Public WiFi, lunch, snacks, and beverages will be provided.
Photos will be taken during the event; please notify us at check-in if you do not wish to be photographed.
If you can't attend the event in person, you can participate virtually. Edit along with us on the day of the event and help us improve articles from our worklists.
Articles and images
Workbench
Lists of notable women who don't have an article on Wikipedia
A two-page review of
Susan Hillmore's The Greenhouse from the September 1988 issue of Literary Review was delivered to a Wikipedian who has been waiting 11 weeks for any other Wikipedian to locate a copy, to improve the article on the novel and keep it from being merged into the article about the author.
A one-page review of
Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings from a 1983 issue of The Advocate was scanned from microfilm and delivered to a Wikipedian improving the article on the novel.
The abstract of a conference paper was delivered to a Wikipedian improving
Lamont seamount chain.