Dear Bay Area Wikipedians,
We hope this finds you well!
We are writing from the UC Berkeley Library to warmly invite you and your community to the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon we're holding again this year, as part of the UC Love Data Week program. Full details are below (created for a new-user audience, feel free to share). We very much hope you will join us on February 11!
All the best, Ann, Bee, and Nadia
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*Edit For Change Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon*
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
1:00 - 2:00 pm workshop; 2:00 - 2:30 Open editing
Online (Zoom)
More info: https://bit.ly/wiki-berkeley
Registration link: https://berkeley.libcal.com/event/16182783
Who (or what?) deserves a Wikipedia page? You can read about our thoughts on the subject in our January 9, 2025 blog post about “The Bias of Notability in Wikipedia https://update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/01/09/the-bias-of-notability-in-wikipedia/ .”
Whether you’re a Wikiphiliac or a Wikipedia skeptic, there’s no denying it: Wikipedia is among the most visited websites in the world; it is routinely cited in scholarly articles, the news, and congressional hearings. Wikipedia is often the first stop in the research journey.
Yet, fewer than 20 percent of biographical articles in Wikipedia are about women. Wikipedia does acknowledge that its content reflects its editorship (75.6% of US editors are white; 90% are male). These editors decide which topics are "notable" and therefore worthy of inclusion, which often excludes genderqueer and female individuals and topics from the global South.
*You can be part of the solution! Join us on February 11 on Zoom for a tutorial for the beginner Wikipedian, then edit some Wikipedia entries yourself. *
Sign up for a free Wikipedia account in advance https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Main+Page (optional). You may bring topic ideas or articles you’d like to edit, or we’ll help you find a way to make a difference in an area of interest to you. *Editing experience is not needed*, we will teach you!
This event is part of UC Love Data Week https://uc-love-data-week.github.io/ (February 9-13, 2026)
*If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Amber Lawrence at libraryevents@berkeley.edu libraryevents@berkeley.edu or 510-459-9108 at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.*
Hope to see you there!
*Library Edit-a-thon Planning Committee:*
Bee Lehman, Digital Humanities Librarian
Ann Glusker, Social Sciences Librarian
Nadia Winters, Business Librarian
editathon@lists.berkeley.edu
*Ann Glusker* *Liaison Librarian for **Sociology, Demography**, Psychology, **& School of Social Welfare; **Librarian for Research Methods*
University of California, Berkeley; Social Research Library, 227 Haviland Hall 94720-6000
*Email:* glusker@berkeley.edu (she/her); *ORCID*: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2852-5293
*Appointments*: tinyurl.com/glusker (or email me) *Research guides*: Sociology https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/soc, Demography https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/dem, Psychology https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/psychology, Social Welfare https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/subject-guide/10-Social-Welfare-Research-Toolkit , Research Methods https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/researchmethods
Dear Ann,
Thank you for sharing this with us. I'll be attending on behalf of the user group's organizing committee. Please let us know how we can best support the editathon.
Best wishes, @e_mln_e On Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 at 7:11 PM, Ann Glusker glusker@berkeley.edu wrote:
Dear Bay Area Wikipedians,
We hope this finds you well!
We are writing from the UC Berkeley Library to warmly invite you and your community to the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon we're holding again this year, as part of the UC Love Data Week program. Full details are below (created for a new-user audience, feel free to share). We very much hope you will join us on February 11!
All the best, Ann, Bee, and Nadia
[wikipedia-editathon-banner-2026.jpg]
Edit For Change Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
1:00 - 2:00 pm workshop; 2:00 - 2:30 Open editing
Online (Zoom)
More info: https://bit.ly/wiki-berkeley
Registration link: https://berkeley.libcal.com/event/16182783
Who (or what?) deserves a Wikipedia page? You can read about our thoughts on the subject in our January 9, 2025 blog post about “[The Bias of Notability in Wikipedia](https://update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/01/09/the-bias-of-notability-in-wikiped...
Whether you’re a Wikiphiliac or a Wikipedia skeptic, there’s no denying it: Wikipedia is among the most visited websites in the world; it is routinely cited in scholarly articles, the news, and congressional hearings. Wikipedia is often the first stop in the research journey.
Yet, fewer than 20 percent of biographical articles in Wikipedia are about women. Wikipedia does acknowledge that its content reflects its editorship (75.6% of US editors are white; 90% are male). These editors decide which topics are "notable" and therefore worthy of inclusion, which often excludes genderqueer and female individuals and topics from the global South.
You can be part of the solution! Join us on February 11 on Zoom for a tutorial for the beginner Wikipedian, then edit some Wikipedia entries yourself.
[Sign up for a free Wikipedia account in advance](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnt...) (optional). You may bring topic ideas or articles you’d like to edit, or we’ll help you find a way to make a difference in an area of interest to you. Editing experience is not needed, we will teach you!
This event is part of [UC Love Data Week](https://uc-love-data-week.github.io/)(February 9-13, 2026)
If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Amber Lawrence at libraryevents@berkeley.edu or 510-459-9108 at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.
Hope to see you there!
Library Edit-a-thon Planning Committee:
Bee Lehman, Digital Humanities Librarian
Ann Glusker, Social Sciences Librarian
Nadia Winters, Business Librarian
editathon@lists.berkeley.edu
Ann Glusker Liaison Librarian for Sociology, Demography, Psychology, & School of Social Welfare; Librarian for Research Methods
University of California, Berkeley; Social Research Library, 227 Haviland Hall 94720-6000
Email: glusker@berkeley.edu (she/her); ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2852-5293
Appointments: tinyurl.com/glusker (or email me)
Research guides: [Sociology](https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/soc), [Demography](https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/dem), [Psychology](https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/psychology), [Social Welfare](https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/subject-guide/10-Social-Welfare-Research-Too...), [Research Methods](https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/researchmethods)
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