Lindsay Joy at work, writing Wikipedia entries and changing the world, March 2016
- Thursday, July 7, 2016
- 6:00pm – 8:30pm
- MAWA, 611 Main Street
In celebration of International Women’s Day, women and men met at MAWA for a highly successful Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, to write online content about women in the visual arts. In one afternoon the team helped to redress gender imbalance by creating new pages documenting the careers and contributions of Sheila Butler, Lita Fontaine, Divya Mehra, Bev Pike, Jeanne Randolph, Diana Thorneycroft and Diane Whitehouse. They also added content to existing pages about Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Barb Hunt, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art and the Wendy Wersch Memorial Lecture Committee.
Don’t worry if you missed it. You can still participate in changing who is represented on this global encyclopedia. We will show you how Wiki editing is done. It is remarkably easy… and fun! Bring your laptop and we will provide a tutorial on how to post on Wikipedia to help get you started. No experience required!
Note: Wikipedia has a limit on the number of accounts that can be created in a day at one IP address, so please register on Wikipedia prior to coming. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration
Free! All are welcome