{"id":8981,"date":"2016-02-02T12:45:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/?p=8981"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:00:43","slug":"artfeminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2016\/02\/02\/artfeminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2016\/02\/calltoedit2016-web.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8983\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8983 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2016\/02\/calltoedit2016-web-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"calltoedit2016-web\" width=\"368\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/76\/Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> 2011 survey<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikimediafoundation.org\/wiki\/Home\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia Foundation<\/a> found that less than 10% of its contributors are female. As a result, many entries on notable women in history are absent from this repository of shared knowledge.\u00a0In honor of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_History_Month\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s History Month<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Meetup\/ArtAndFeminism\" target=\"_blank\">Art+Feminism Wikipedia Project<\/a>, the Weinberg Memorial Library is hosting a Wikipedia workshop and edit-a-thon on Saturday, March 5th from 12PM-4PM. Please join us for a day of communal editing to create and improve Wikipedia articles on women! Snacks and refreshments will be provided!<\/p>\n<p>PJ Tabit &#8217;10, a member of the Board of Directors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wiki Education Foundation<\/a>, will be stopping by the edit-a-thon to share some of the\u00a0innovative uses of Wikipedia that are supported by the foundation.<\/p>\n<p>This event is aimed at addressing Wikipedia\u2019s gender gap and encouraging female editorship. New editors will learn how Wikipedia articles are created, shared and audited. The event will include Wikipedia training for new editors. \u00a0No previous experience or advanced technical skills required! \u00a0To RSVP, email <a href=\"mailto:archives@scranton.edu\" target=\"_blank\">archives@scranton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have suggestions of local women\u00a0absent from Wikipedia, please share your ideas! And, check out our meet-up page for more event details\u00a0and updates:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Meetup\/Scranton\/ArtAndFeminism_2016\/University_of_Scranton\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia:Meetup\/Scranton\/ArtAndFeminism 2016\/University of Scranton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, over 1,500 participants at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, along with more than 75 node events around the world, created nearly 400 new pages and improved 500 articles on Wikipedia.\u00a0To learn more about the outcomes of previous edit-a-thons, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Meetup\/ArtAndFeminism\/Outcomes\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia:Meetup\/ArtAndFeminism\/Outcomes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2016\/02\/AF_LogoMark.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8982 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2016\/02\/AF_LogoMark-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"AF_Logo+Mark\" width=\"330\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors are female. 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