Wikipedia:Meetup/Bloomington IN/ArtAndFeminism 2016

Indiana University Bloomington Meetup & Edit-a-thon
As part of the Art+Feminism campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia, the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries and Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Humanities are hosting an edit-a-thon meetup. The event will focus on expanding or improving Wikipedia entries for notable women artists, including women artists from the state of Indiana. Activities will also include new editor orientation and training. Snacks will be provided!

Event information

 * Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST
 * Location: Herman B Wells Library, Indiana University Bloomington, Scholars' Commons, 157H/IQ Wall.
 * Address: 1320 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405

'We will have some computers available. Please bring your own laptop if you are able.'

Tools and templates

 * Artist Biography Template
 * Template:US-artist-stub
 * American artist stub templates
 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Help:Introduction to uploading images
 * Wikipedia Template:Infobox person
 * Wikipedia Template:Infobox_artist
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox

Suggested topics
The following is a sampling of suggested articles to create or add upon. However, feel free to come up with your own ideas! In addition to the suggestions below, editors may consider cleaning up articles on more well-known women artists. 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. Editors may also choose to focus on women in design, performing arts, music, architecture, literature, philosophy, politics, etc.
 * Suggested Topics from Art+Feminism

Lists needing expansion and/or cleanup

 * Women Artists - needs copy editing

Indiana women artist articles to edit or create
Here are some suggestions (below) for Indiana women artists who currently lack articles or whose articles need expansion or editing. Please utilize the resources of the IU Libraries and don't hesitate to ask for help!


 * Joan Sterrenburg - textile and papermaking artist
 * Janet Payne Bowles - metalsmith
 * Olive Rush - illustrator and muralist
 * Janet Scudder - sculptor
 * Marie Goth - painter and member of the Brown County Art Colony
 * Ada Walters Shulz - painter
 * The Overbeck Sisters - potters and artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement
 * Peggy Angus - painter, designer, and educator (structure of article is strange, needs citations)

Websites, library catalogs, & databases

 * Art and Art History Resources, Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
 * Grove Dictionary of Art/Oxford Art Online, Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
 * Finding Information on Artists, Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Guide
 * Art and Feminism Research Resources

Image sources

 * Wikimedia Commons

Resources for editing

 * Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
 * Gender gap resources.

Articles improved
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Margarete Bagshaw --
 * 2) Olive Rush --
 * 3) Peggy Angus -- ,
 * 4)  Yin Xiuzhen --

Articles created
Alphabetical by first letter

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event:

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
 * 1) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page


 * 1) Abbytheexplorer (talk) 20:41, 5 March 2016 (UTC) -- Abby Scripka
 * 2) Heylibrary (talk) 19:42, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Jb221467 (talk) 17:23, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) tassieg (talk) 18:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Werstgerl (talk) 18:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC)