Hi everyone!
I was told that I should write to this list with questions about finding a
scholarship for funding to attend the Wikimedia Diversity conference.
I'm a PhD student at MIT and have been designing ways to use gender data to
crowdsource greater participation in expanding Wikipedia's coverage of
women. This early prototype <http://passingon.followbias.com>, for example,
uses data about women in 20 years of New York Times obituaries. Users can
read about those women and check to see if they're in Wikipedia. As readers
explore, their micro-actions are pooled into a dataset of resources that
can be used to create stub articles for notable people.
In the long term, it should be possible to connect with other data sources
in archives and newspapers in ways that bring new editors into Wikipedia.
Think of it as a precursor to a Wiki Loves Monuments for diversity. I have
applied to the conference in hopes that my work on data could support such
an initiative.
1. What's the process for getting funding?
2. Who should I try to team up with on this effort
Thanks!
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Hi All,
Just wanted to pass on some details/ press releases about a few Wikipedia
Edit-a-Thons coming up in the New York/New England area.
Please forward these to anyone that you might think would be interested.
Thanks!
Dorothy
1. Harlem Library
Edit-a-Thon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC>-
Harlem History: Saturday March 1st (NYPL Mount Morris Park Library, Harlem)
2. *7Sisters Colleges Wikipedia Women's History
Edit-a-Thons*<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/SevenSisters/March2014SevenS…>
:* Tuesday March 4* (Smith College, Barnard College in NYC, Mount Holyoke
College); *Wednesday March 12* (Radcliffe College); and *Tuesday March
25 *(Bryn
Mawr College)
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Dorothy Howard, Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
<http://metro.org/>
Join the 'Wikipedia Harlem History Edit-a-thon' on Saturday March 1 -
Together, we'll work to improve Wikipedia articles on Harlem history,
landmarks and biographies - new contributors and voices are especially
encouraged to join!
We'll also have one-on-one tutorial help for those new to wiki.
Location: Harlem Branch Library / NYPL, 3rd floor (9 West 124th Street)
Time: Saturday March 1, 10am - 2pm (drop-in anytime)
Wikipedia event page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
Optional RSVP:
http://harlemwiki.eventbrite.comhttp://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Thanks,
Richard (User:Pharos),
Wikimedia NYC
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