Wikipedia:Meetup/Champaign/ArtAndFeminism 2016/University of Illinois

The UIUC Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is hosted by Ricker Library and will take place in the Architecture Building (Rooms 102 A&B) on March 5, 2016. The event is open to student, faculty and the public. As this event page is a work in progress -- please check back for more information. Also feel free to contribute links to resources, ideas for new articles or articles to be improved. Be sure to log in before editing.

Event information

 * Date: Saturday, March 5, 2015
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * Location: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Architecture Building, Rooms 102 A & B (1st floor), 608 E. Lorado Taft Dr., Champaign, IL 61820 / More accessibility information about building can be found here
 * Cost: Free, but please register (below)
 * Host: Ricker Library
 * Facebook Event
 * Twitter / Instagram / Facebook Hashtag: #ArtAndFeminism
 * Please bring a laptop and power cord with you!

What to expect
Please join us for a fun event that brings together diverse communities to create and improve Wikipedia articles related to women in the arts--art, architecture, design, landscape architecture and related fields. Despite its wide reach, Wikipedia suffers from a severe gender imbalance: since most editors are men, articles conform to men's interests and perspectives. In an effort to change this, we are gathering a diverse group together to celebrate women's cultural achievements.

We will provide tutorials for Wikipedia newcomers, reference materials, and snacks. Bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. Stop by for a little bit or stay for the whole afternoon. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary!

If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature (by the way, signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row).

Resources for editing

 * Art+Feminism Resources
 * Links to FemTechNet Wikipedia editing resources
 * Gender gap resources.
 * Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
 * Tutorial
 * How to Edit a Page

Citations and style guidelines

 * Manual of Style
 * Citation templates
 * | Citation guide

Formatting shortcuts

 * Editing Brochure Ask organizers for a physical copy.
 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia Commonly-used Wiki markup language, including how to sign your username and add links
 * PDF cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia (PDF version of printed handout of commonly-used Wiki markup language)
 * Full list of Wiki markup All of the Wiki markup language
 * Text Formatting
 * Section Headers, Indents, and Lists
 * Links

Images and photos

 * Uploading Images -- tutorial, general overview
 * Image Use Policy -- rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
 * Picture Tutorial -- technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good
 * | Adding Photos

List of articles to edit
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.


 * See also (artists): Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks
 * For a list of architects: Meetup/NYC/Women_in_Architecture
 * List of Art+Feminism 2,000 Stub Pages


 * School of the Art Institute of Chicago list of articles to edit or create

Women artists/designers/architects affiliated with UIUC or worked in Illinois
Here are a few names of women who worked in Illinois for inspiration:

Articles to edit

 * List of Wikipedia articles attendees hope to improve.
 * 1) Mary Hortense Webster
 * 2) Mary L. Page
 * 3) Donna Cox

Articles to create

 * List of Wikipedia articles attendees hope to create.
 * 1) Mary Minerva Wetmore
 * 2) Adele Fay Williams
 * 3) Louise M. Woodroofe
 * 4) Olive Miriam Buchholz Parmelee
 * 5) Nell Brooker Mayhew
 * 6) Muriel Scheinman
 * 7) Mary Ann Crawford Architect (1901-1988)
 * 8) Eve Garrison (reference here) (another here) (another here)
 * 9) Roula Alakiotou Architect (b.1945)
 * 10) Florence Bell Robinson Landscape Architect
 * 11) Gabrielle Allen

Articles improved

 * List of Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to improve.
 * 1) Cheryl Dunye
 * 2) Donna Cox
 * 3) Mary L. Page
 * 4) Dorothy Arzner
 * 5) Carol Ross Barney
 * 6) Kathe Burkhart
 * 7) Billie Burke
 * 8) Karla Rothstein
 * 9) Mary Hortense Webster
 * 10) Juliana Huxtable
 * 11) Silvia Malagrino
 * 12) Tomoko Sawada
 * 13) Mequitta Ahuja
 * 14) Miriam Cahn
 * 15) Rebeca Mendez

Articles created

 * List of Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to create.
 * 1) Olive Miriam Buchholz Parmelee
 * 2) Eve Garrison
 * 3) Draft:Timothy Nugent
 * 4) Florence_Bell_Robinson
 * 5) Draft:Adele_Fay_Williams

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign resources

 * Key Resources at Ricker Library of Architecture and Art

Open resources

 * Art+Feminism research resources
 * Illinois Women Artists Project

Affiliated projects at UIUC

 * FemTechNet
 * FemTechNet is a network of scholars, artists, and students working on, with, and at the borders of technology, science, and feminism in a variety of fields including Science & Technology Studies (STS), Media and Visual Studies, Art, Gender, Queer, and Ethnic Studies. The collective's main project is a pedagogical experiment called the distributed open collaborative course. The course theme to date has centered on Dialogues and Collaborations in Feminism and Technology, but can connect to diverse course offerings connected to feminism, science and technology studies, and STEAM topics (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art+Design, and Math).


 * Recovering Prairie Futures
 * Recovering Prairie Futures is an IPRH research cluster that offers a cross-disciplinary exploration into the Midwest's layered innovation histories that have often been overshadowed by innovation narratives focused on dominant regions and centers of computing. A "Design Dialogues" speakers series will begin this semester (spring 2016) with a talk from Anne Balsamo at the NCSA Colloquia series at 11am on Friday, April 22. More details forthcoming.

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


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