Wikipedia:Know my name/2021

Know My Name International Women's Day Edit-a-thon 2021
Just 18 per cent of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. When it comes to female artists and creators, that number is even lower.

Wikimedia Australia is partnering with the National Gallery of Australia again in 2021 on its Know My Name project, to enhance the understanding and appreciation of work by Australian artists who identify as women.

In March 2021, we are hosting an edit-a-thon ahead of International Women's day. Our goal is to ensure all artists of the Know My Name exhibition and catalogue are represented online. This effort is also part of the Art+Feminism movement.

See the campaign dashboard for this project

Event details
Saturday 6 March 2021

12.30pm – 4.30pm Research Library, Level 3, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Free Registration: https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/wikipedia-edit-thon/

Before attending event

 * Create an account in Wikipedia
 * Bring your own laptop to the gallery (not iPad)

What should I work on during the edit-a-thon?
There are many different ways for you to contribute today. Wikipedia is the product of millions of individual contributions and every change that is made, no matter how small, makes a difference!

We’ve prepared a list of suggested artists and assembled some preliminary sources to get you started. Keep in mind Wikipedia’s Conflict of Interest guidelines when selecting your subject to make sure it is appropriate for you to make the edits. Once you’ve decided which task you’d like to tackle, add your username to the table.

Instructions

 * Choose an artist from the artist list. Write your username in the last column so different people don't work on the same page during the edit-a-thon. After the edit-a-thon anyone is able to edit any page. If you need to find more artists, choose one from the artist list at WikiProject Australia/To-do List of Australian women artists
 * If you are a first-time editor, it may be easier for you to edit an existing page rather than create a new one.
 * If the artist is living, please read and follow the guidelines in Biographies of living persons (shortcut WP:BLP), for both new pages and editing existing ones.
 * If there is already a page for that artist, check its Talk page for any comments or suggested edits and check the Article page for any templates with suggestions for improvements.
 * Use Australian English and spelling. If you are editing a page about an Indigenous artist, you may use words in the appropriate Indigenous language if you are confident the word is correct.
 * See also the Helpful links under the artist list for more guidance.

Artist list
Check also Know My Name artist list

Helpful links
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Introductory
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Visual arts guides
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Guides to writing biographies
Notability policy for people !
 * A simplified guide for contributing to Wikipedia
 * Wikipedia:Manual of style/Visual arts (shortcut WP:VAMOS)
 * MOS, Biography, Lead section (shortcut MOS:OPENPARABIO)
 * MOS, Biography, Lead section (shortcut MOS:OPENPARABIO)
 * Tips for writing your first article
 * Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/Lead section
 * What Wikipedia is not (shortcut WP:NOT)
 * Detailed editing tutorial
 * Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/References are essential
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Cheat sheets: cheat sheets here!
 * Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/Lists of artworks
 * Conflict of Interest guidelines
 * Cheat sheets: cheat sheets here!
 * Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/Lists of artworks
 * Conflict of Interest guidelines

Using images
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Style, language
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Sources of help and online information about artists
Wikipedia: Manual of style/Spelling (shortcut WP:MOSS)
 * Adding pictures to an article
 * National varieties of English (shortcut MOS:ENGVAR)
 * National varieties of English (shortcut MOS:ENGVAR)
 * WikiProject Women in Red - Wikipedians who create and edit articles about women, a good place to get help and inspiration.
 * Wikipedia:Guidelines for images and other media files
 * Wikipedia Manual of Style
 * WikiProject help Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women artists.
 * Image use policy
 * Indigenous languages, examples of use of appropriate words: Mabel Juli, Lena Nyadbi.
 * Trove Find Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives etc. See the people and organisations search option.
 * Images
 * For users of source editing: List of Wiki markups
 * Australian Women's Register
 * Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts/Using images of art
 * ABC style guide
 * National Gallery of Australia
 * Commons:Simple media reuse guide
 * Macquarie Dictionary
 * Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO)
 * Wikimedia Commons
 * Commonwealth Style Manual
 * For many more online sources of information and guides: Know My Name project page
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 * Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO)
 * Wikimedia Commons
 * Commonwealth Style Manual
 * For many more online sources of information and guides: Know My Name project page
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Get help or stay in touch!
If you're a Facebook user, we have created a Facebook group that you can join to get help and post your work. Just post any questions there and we'll help you through them.

If you're having any other issues, feel free to contact Wikipedian Caddie Brain at caddie.brain@wikimedia.org.au or Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry.raymond@wikimedia.org.au kerry.raymond@wikimedia.org.au]