Wikipedia:Meetup/AtlaZOOM/1000 Women in Religion2019

 1000 Women in Religion: A Wikipedia edit-a-thon on ZOOM for Atla staff support for the Atla Annual 2019   Hello and welcome!

Event Description
Did you know that only 17% of the biographical subjects and 9% of the editors on Wikipedia are women? The WikiProject 1000 Women in Religion, a major initiative of the AAR/SBL Women's Caucus - is working to raise up the under-recognized work of women in the world's religious and wisdom traditions by adding 1,000 women in religion onto Wikipedia. In this workshop participants will sign up as wiki-editors, learn the basics of editing, create their personal userpages and make their first wiki-edits. We can also help you to start a new article about a woman who is not on Wikipedia but should. Our worklist is below but we are happy to help with edits on women from any religious, spiritual or wisdom tradition who are not on the worklist. There will be plenty of time for questions and time for hands on assistance. No need to be a technological expert!! Join us in our effort to address gender bias on Wikipedia by improving the coverage of women in religion on Wikipedia. DON’T FORGET YOUR COMPUTER!!

Event Details

 * Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
 * Time: 10am-12pm
 * Location: Atla ZOOM Room
 * Who should attend: Atla staff who will be helping with the Atla Annual 2019
 * What to bring: Your laptop
 * Training: Find more information, tutorials and training modules at 1000 Women in Religion Project website.
 * RSVP: Sign the "Attendees" list below.

Agenda

 * Introductions
 * What is the “1000 Women in Religion Project” including a conversation about bias on Wikipedia
 * Is everybody signed up as a Wiki-editor?
 * Some basic training
 * Basic editing
 * Do you want to submit a new article?
 * Questions

Goals: Create user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for edit-a-thon on the 1000 Women in Religion Wikipedia Atla ZOOM Meetup page, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page.

Before you arrive

 * Register to attend: Sign the "Attendees" list below.
 * Signup for a Wikipedia account: here


 * What to bring:
 * Remember to bring your Laptop
 * Any research resources you would like to refer to.
 * You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures!


 * Photography: Photos will be taken during the event; please notify us at check-in if you do not wish to be photographed.


 * Accessibility: Welcomes visitors of all abilities.


 * What else?
 * No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary as training will be provided.
 * No background in religion, diversity, or women's history is required as we will have resources on hand to cite.
 * If you can't attend the event in person you can participate virtually! Edit along with us on the day of the event and help us improve articles from our worklists!

Workbench

 * Kwok Pui-lan
 * Catherine Keller
 * Judith Butler
 * Amy-Jill Levine
 * Katie Cannon
 * Lisa Sowle Cahill
 * Hildegard of Bingen
 * Scholastica
 * Æthelthryth
 * Hilda of Whitby
 * Werburgh
 * Mary Collins, OSB
 * Saint Walpurga
 * Gertrude the Great
 * Teresa Forcades
 * Kathleen Norris
 * Benedicta Riepp
 * Elizabeth of Schönau
 * Heloise
 * Julian of Norwich
 * Dame Catherine Gascoigne
 * Elena Cornaro Piscopia
 * Mother Gertrude Leupi*
 * Maria Adeodata Pisani
 * Mary Percy
 * Esther de Waal
 * Mildrith
 * Gertrude More

About the 1000 Women in Religion Project
The "1000 Women in Religion Project", a major initiative of the Women's Caucus of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, seeks to add over 1,000 names and contributions of religious, spiritual and wisdom women to Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia in the world. The contributions of women in all fields of work, scholarship and life, including religion and spirituality, have gone under-recognized, across time and in our present-day context. This under-recognition, which is a form of gender bias, is reflected and reproduced in our commonly used sources of knowledge – in our history books, in our news media, even in our sacred texts. The more we can document and highlight the contributions of women leaders in their religious and spiritual traditions, the more we can change the perception that women have not been leaders. The Women’s Caucus is supported in this effort to raise up notable women onto Wikipedia by the American Theological Library Association (Atla) and the Women’s Task Force of the Parliament of World Religions.

About Atla
Atla is a community of curators, disseminators and aggregators. Established in 1946 as the American Theological Library Association, Atla is a member association of librarians and information professionals, and a producer of research tools, committed to advancing the study of religion and theology. Its membership includes more than 800 individuals and libraries at academic institutions fr om diverse religious traditions and backgrounds. As a community of collectors and connectors, Atla works to promote world wide scholarly communication in religion and theology by advancing the work of libraries and related information providers.

Attendees

 * 1) Dzingle1 (talk) 02:56, 15 May 2019 (UTC)