Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Art+Feminism February 2018

Despite its wide reach, content on Wikipedia suffers from the bias of its editors: white, technically inclined, English-speaking men that live in developed, majority-Christian countries. This represents an Wikipedia is one of the most wide-reaching repositories of shared knowledge, yet a 2011 survey found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female, suggesting an alarming absence of voices. What and how information is shared is skewed by this gender disparity. To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is organizing a quarterly series of Edit-a-Thons to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of womxn artists.

This Edit-a-thon will focus on creating, editing, updating, and expanding pages for queer and womxn artists of color.

Snacks from POC owned local businesses, childcare, reference materials, and editing tutorials and assistance will be provided.

All you need to bring is your laptop, powercord and ideas for entries that need editing, updating, and/or creating. No previous Wikipedia experience required!

Check the Facebook event page for updates.

When: Saturday, February 24th, 1-5pm
Where: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Building #132, 1915 NE Chelan Ln, Seattle, Washington 98105
Who: Everyone is welcome.
What to bring: A laptop and power cord. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affliated participants.