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Only 18.9% of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. Let's improve that by focusing on creating and developing articles about New Zealand women artists. Come to
Christchurch Art Gallery
, where you can help tell the stories of New Zealand women who have remained article-free for far too long. This event is for all editing levels ? learn about how you can help by editing Wikipedia articles, or feel free to use our resources to get started right away.
The Dashboard for the event can be found
here
This editathon is
free and open to all
. You don't need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor to take part. Wikipedians will be present to help newcomers make edits.
Please use this link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/art-feminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-154651327283
In person
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Virtually
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For those attending remotely User:Ambrosia10 and User:DrThneed will be meeting on
this jitsi link
to have a discussion at 1pm if you'd like to join us.
- Laptop
and
power cord
. The venue has free wifi.
- Resources
that can be cited in Wikipedia will be accessible in the Art Gallery Library, however feel free to bring any relevant material.
- If you're coming, try to create a
Wikipedia account
beforehand
: don't wait until the day to do it! Here's a
form you can use
if you like. Creating an account makes editing much easier (
here's more info on why you should
). You'll need to pick a "handle" for your username; you could use your real name, but it's nice to have the option to be a bit anonymous if you want.
Here's some advice on picking a username.
- Read up on Wikipedia: there are lots of tutorials, like the
Wikipedia Adventure
, and useful guides, like the
Editing Wikipedia brochure
.
- If you add photos to Commons so they can be used Wikipedia, they'll need to be free of any copyright or released under a Creative Commons license that lets anyone use them. If you're not familiar with Creative Commons, see Useful Links below. If you've taken photos and are happy to donate them, great! Bring them along. If you know of anyone who has good photos, approach them and ask them if they'd like their work to be seen and used by people all over the world (with them credited, of course).
Specific to Christchurch Art Gallery
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This link is to a list of NZ artists (men and women) whose work is held in the Christchurch Art Gallery permanent collection:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V8GxiTeN_KmivFtA2aoK8h-m3MOe_pHFTJWMaQUctGA/edit?usp=sharing
Ratso has used the above list to create a table showing more details of the artists and whether there is a WD item or WP article about them:
Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/21/Artists
Women artists in general
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Before writing a new article, check your understanding of Wikipedia's notability standards (more info here:
WP:BIO
), which typically mean the person is well-known enough to be discussed by multiple sources in the news, or for artists, that their work is held in the permanent collection of a significant institution.
Or, feel free to browse
Category:New Zealand women artists
to find a page that already exists, and see if there's any missing information that you could add.
West Coast Artists project
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Mike is working on a
West Coast Artists project
which includes women in need of better coverage; examples include
New articles and items
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Improved articles and items
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