Wikipedia:Edit-a-thon/SHE MUST BE WIKI: Feminist Film Wiki-a-thon

About the event
Imagine if you looked up your favourite film online and found… nothing. That's the case for far too many classics of feminist film.

The first ICA wiki-a-thon features a Salon with academics, filmmakers and curators. Chaired by moving image artist Sarah Turner, speakers include Elinor Cleghorn, Elizabeth Cowie, Sophie Mayer, and Lucy Reynolds.

This is a chance to further and exchange knowledge of feminist film and film theory. Bring a laptop and determination to shape history. A closed workshop will take place before the Friday Salon to post entries on Wikipedia.

Followed by a 5pm screening of She Must Be Seeing Things (Sheila McLaughlin, 1987).

After the event, one of the organisers told us:

''I wanted to write to thank you so much for Wikimedia’s support on our Feminist Wiki-thon workshop last Friday. We feel it went very well and was extremely productive and thought-provoking. Thank you to the Wikimedia team for providing such great support, and advice on how to create the entries on Wikipedia.''


 * How do I prepare?
 * Sign up for the event
 * Create a Wikipedia account - en:Special:UserLogin/signup
 * Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
 * Learn about editing if you like: w:en:Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
 * Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
 * Refreshments will be provided

Gallery
Feminist film editathon, ICA London, 25 July 2014

Programme
The event will start with an informal editing session:
 * 12-3pm for the editathon
 * 3-5pm for a discussion
 * 5-7pm for a film screening

Attendees
We anticipated up to 12 editathon participants, and were pleasantly surprised to have 18:
 * 59set (talk)
 * Afkuhn (talk)
 * Aga5431 (talk)
 * Alex Thiele (talk)
 * Alphabettylondon (talk)
 * DoctorPucill (talk)
 * Drpomplamousse (talk)
 * Ieditfilm (talk)
 * Lisagornick (talk)
 * Lucy Reynolds (talk)
 * Ostrutka (talk)
 * Quinbon (talk)
 * Rachelgarf (talk)
 * Selina robertson (talk)
 * Shemustbewiki (talk)
 * Shiningroad (talk)
 * Sophiemayer (talk)
 * WikiBlaker (talk)

Trainers
Below is the list of trainers that will be present on the day.
 * 1) Edwardx (talk) (all day)
 * 2) The Land (talk) 14:52, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) LoopZilla (talk)
 * 4) Drcchutch (talk)

People

 * Cecilia Barriga, filmmaker [Sarah Staniforth]
 * Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz, filmmakers
 * Elizabeth Cowie, film theorist
 * Sheila Dabney, actor
 * Pelin Esmer, filmmaker [Elhum Shaferikar]
 * Lisa Gornick, filmmaker [Alex Thiele]
 * Tessa Hughes-Freeland, filmmaker [Selina Robertson]
 * Annette Kuhn, film theorist
 * Sheila McLaughlin, film director (Selina Robertson)
 * Annabel Nicolson, filmmaker [Lucy Reynolds – will go live soon!]
 * Jayne Parker, filmmaker [Helena Blaker]
 * Michelle Parkerson, filmmaker Sophiemayer
 * Sarah Pucill, filmmaker [Anna Coatman]
 * Lis Rhodes, filmmaker [Annette Kuhn]
 * Dana Rotberg, filmmaker [Aga]
 * Sarah Turner (filmmaker), filmmaker
 * Kanchi Wichmann, filmmaker [Alex Thiele]
 * Campbell X, filmmaker [Sam McBean]

Others

 * Arnait Video Productions, filmmaking collective [Sophie Mayer]
 * Circles (film distributor), film distributor (Sarah Turner)
 * Club des Femmes, curator (Sophie Mayer)
 * Electra (arts organisation) (Sarah Pucill)
 * Riddles of the Sphinx [Shelagh Rowna-Legg]
 * She Must Be Seeing Things, 1987 film
 * Women Make Waves film festival, Taiwan (Lisa Gornick)
 * Wu Tsang, filmmaking collective [Sam McBean]

People

 * Ursula Biemann, video artist
 * Ximena Cuevas, video artist
 * Gill Eatherley, filmmaker [Lucy Reynolds]
 * Lina Gopaul, filmmaker and producer
 * Bette Gordon, filmmaker
 * Marion Grierson [Helen Jack]
 * Julia Lesage, videomaker and theorist
 * Rose Lowder, filmmaker
 * O. Funmilayo Makarah, filmmaker
 * Salem Mekuria, filmmaker
 * Katherine Meynell, filmmaker
 * Beatrice Wanjiku Mukora, filmmaker
 * Ruth Novaczek, filmmaker
 * Jan Oxenberg, filmmaker
 * Jennifer Reeves, filmmaker
 * Barbara Rubin, filmmaker
 * Guita Schyfter, filmmaker
 * Tejal Shah, filmmaker
 * Ingrid Sinclair, filmmaker
 * Marysa Sistach, filmmaker (or Marisa Sistach)

Others

 * International Women’s Film Festival, South Korea
 * Colectivo Cine-Mujer, Mexico, filmmaking collective
 * Women’s Independent Cinema House (WITCH) Liverpool, film distributor
 * Sankofa Film and Video Collective

Articles to be translated into English

 * Mati Diop: French article
 * Ula Stöckl: German article
 * Marcela Fernández Violante: Spanish article
 * Mia Engberg, filmmaker: Swedish article

Expanded on the day (but most need more work)

 * Mania Akbari: needs clean-up, references and separate pages for films [Ania Ostrowska]
 * Vivienne Dick
 * Feminale, German film festival: stub
 * Sara Gómez: stub
 * Sonali Gulati: stub
 * Sara Ishaq: stub [Elhum Shaferikar]
 * Annemarie Jacir: brief, needs filmography and separate pages for films [Elhum Shaferikar]
 * Carol Morley: needs additional citation + pages/details for short films. her career section should be split into paragraphs
 * Laura Mulvey: needs filmography and pages for films
 * Rosalind Nashashibi: brief bio, no filmography
 * Martha Rosler: added videography [Ania Ostrowska]

Please expand

 * Chantal Akerman: not very detailed; most film pages are stubs
 * Camille Billops: v brief + no filmography
 * Zero Chou: VERY brief bio but no separate pages for films
 * Assia Djebar: needs details + pages for films
 * VALIE EXPORT: bio but no filmography
 * Safi Faye: brief, with brief pages for some films
 * Lynne Fernie: brief bio + needs filmography
 * Su Friedrich: needs clean-up and wiki-links
 * Vanalyne Green: needs clean-up and filmography
 * Barbara Hammer: brief bio, no separate pages for films
 * Nelly Kaplan: brief bio and most films are stubs
 * Sarah Maldoror: brief bio, few films have pages
 * Tracey Moffatt: good bio, but no separate pages for films
 * Yvonne Rainer: detailed bio; all films in need of pages [Helena Blaker]
 * Hito Steyerl: stub
 * Sabiha Sumar: stub
 * Margaret Tait: very brief, no separate pages for films
 * Leslie Thornton: needs clean-up

Model filmmaker pages
These Wikipedia articles show what a good filmmaker page can look like. Study them for ideas on how to start and improve other pages, and click on "Edit" if you need to see how anything is done:
 * Gillian Armstrong
 * Sadie Benning
 * Lizzie Borden
 * Catherine Breillat
 * Jane Campion
 * Shu Lea Cheang
 * Shirley Clarke
 * Nandita Das
 * Julie Dash
 * Claire Denis
 * Maya Deren
 * Germaine Dulac
 * Alice Guy-Blaché
 * Lynn Hershman Leeson
 * Jennie Livingston
 * Samira Makhmalbaf
 * Márta Mészáros
 * Shirin Neshat
 * Maria Novaro
 * Alanis Obomsawin
 * Lotte Reiniger
 * Stephanie Rothman
 * Aparna Sen
 * Nell Shipman
 * Agnes Varda

Press coverage

 * The F Word

Some tools to help with citations

 * Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books Type in a filmmaker's name into Google Books, and if a particular extract is useful, copy and paste the URL into the Tool and it will generate a full reference for you to copy and paste into your article.
 * DOI Wikipedia reference generator Exactly the same procedure, but for journal DOI numbers.