Wikipedia:GLAM/Amnesty International: Human Rights Defenders/Glasgow 19.05.18

Booking
Please sign up through the official event page on Eventbrite.

About the event
With 47 million articles in 229 different languages, Wikipedia is now both a well-established force for the democratisation of knowledge, and a key outreach tool, with one recent study showing that the encyclopedia shapes, as well as reflects, scientific thought. However, Wikipedia has a gender problem: the encyclopedia and its content is weighted toward men. In a, the Foundation found that only around 9% of contributors identified as female, and less than 1% as trans*. This imbalance in demographic leads to a content gap - as of 1 January 2018, just 17.37% of biographies on English Wikipedia were about women. It’s a form of systemic bias that both the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikipedia community are working to fix, with projects like Wikiproject Women in Red and the Gender Gap Task Force. But we need more people to help.

No prior experience of editing Wikipedia is necessary, as full training will be given on the day, but participants should create a Wikipedia account in advance (see below).



How do I prepare?

 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Bring a laptop, WiFi will be provided.
 * Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
 * Think about what you would like to edit - if there's a person or topic on the worklist that particularly catches your eye, feel free to do some research in advance & bring materials with you on the day.
 * Learn about creating women's biographies: Primer for creating women’s biographies
 * Learn more about good practice for writing about women on Wikipedia: Writing about women

Link to Wikiproject: Women in Red

 * This Wikiproject links to some great resources. WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00

Where

 * The event will be held in the Events Space at Glasgow Women's Library

Programme

 * 10:00 - 12:00 - Introduction, welcome, and Wikipedia training
 * 12:00 - 12:30 - Lunch
 * 12:30 - 16:00 - EDIT!

Trainers

 * Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Library and Information Council

Hit list of articles to be created or improved
Helpful updates could be as simple as:
 * Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional
 * Adding new inline citations/references
 * Adding a photo
 * Adding an infobox
 * Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox
 * Creating headings
 * Adding categories; etc.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Articles to be created

 * Christine Loudes
 * Tep Vanny
 * Roza Salih (currently redirects to Glasgow Girls]]
 * Mridul Wadha
 * Kerry Wright
 * Jen Stewart
 * Shackelia Jackson
 * Claudia Samayoa
 * Dina Meza
 * MUDHA
 * Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama
 * Cattrachas: Indyra Mendoza, Alejandra Hernandez, Seydi Irias, Katherin Zerón
 * CEDEHM

Articles to be improved

 * Amal Azzudin
 * Mary Barbour
 * Ruth Adler

General Sources

 * Wikipedia is a tertiary resource, which relies upon good quality secondary sources and some primary sources. Wikipedia is not a place for fringe theories, untested hypotheses, or personal interpretation.
 * For more guidance on the use of sources, see this guide here.
 * We will provide a variety of reference materials on the day.
 * Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
 * Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search).
 * Scottish Bibliographies Online
 * Histories of Scottish Families
 * Spartacus Educational is used as a source for history teachers
 * Women's History Scotland Suffrage Learning resource

After the event
You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:
 * Video tutorials
 * Instructional videos on using Wikipedia