Hi, all,
I've been working with folks in the UC Berkeley Libraries (specifically the Bancroft Library) trying to get them to think about hosting an editathon. We thought we might do something for Women's History Month, but there's already quite a bit scheduled both on March 7th and March 8th.
We were thinking about doing something on Thursday March 19th from 4-7 - so this would be a little different in that it's a weeknight, and also East Bay based, as well as being hosted by a library (and an awesome special collections library, at that. Part of doing this on a weeknight is to get some of the library staff to come - they are unlikely to show up on a weekend, but I recognize that you all may not want to show up at the end of a work day or on a week night! I'm just testing the waters here to see people think this is a great idea, of if we'd be better pushing it into April. Would you come? Help? Thanks for your feedback!
Merrilee
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th in many countries, and
there are edit-a-thons planned around the world on this day. If you're
going to be in the SF Bay Area, please join us from 1p-5p at the
International Women's Day edit-a-thon at the Wikimedia Foundation. If you
don't know anything about how to edit Wikipedia, other editors will teach
you, and we will all learn more together. Light snacks will be provided, as
well as fun and great camaraderie. Remote participants are also welcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/International_…
Please also consider attending the San Francisco ArtandFeminism edit-a-thon
at the Kadist Art Foundation on Saturday, March 7th, which is part of the
global Art+Feminism editing weekend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/ArtandFeminism…
Hope to see you there!
Rosie
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosiestep
@rosiestepgood
Hello,
My name is Morehshin Allahyari and I'm an artist/art activist based in SF.
I am working on organizing an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon event in
SF at Kadist Art Foundation <http://www.kadist.org/> on March 7th (12-6PM)
and am looking for experienced Wikipedia editors. If you are interested in
helping with this event, please get in touch. My email is:
morehshin(a)gmail.com
See below for more information.
Thank you!
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This year Kadist Art Foundation is participating in the Art+Feminism
Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon! Please join us in addressing Wikipedia’s gender gap
by attending our SF satellite edit-a-thon on March 7th, 2015 from 12-6PM.
We will spend the afternoon participating in a communal update session as
we work together to improve and add Wikipedia entries on subjects related
to art and feminism.
You can check out our frequently-updated wiki as we plan the event:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/ArtandFeminism…
*More on the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon:*
Art+Feminism is a campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on
Wikipedia. Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2011 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. Many articles on notable women in history and art are absent
on Wikipedia. This represents an alarming aporia in an increasingly
important repository of shared knowledge.
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Morehshin Allahyari
www.morehshin.com