Wikipedia:Meetup/LowerHutt/ArtAndFeminism 2015

This Wikipedia Meetup is a training and Edit-a-thon to increase the coverage of female artists on Wikipedia. It will take place at The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt New Zealand

Event information

 * 7th March 2015
 * 10am - Noon: Introduction to becoming a Wikipedia Editor
 * 1pm - 5pm: Updating and adding your own Wikipedia articles
 * The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt New Zealand
 * Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend.
 * RSVP: For catering purposes, please RSVP by signing your username below. 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.
 * Cost: Free! WiFi, light refreshments and great referencing resources will be provided. Please bring a laptop with you

Report on event
Reflections on our Wikipedia event on The Dowse blog.

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

Articles that require expanding
 * Kura Te Waru Rewiri
 * Edith Collier
 * Rhona Haszard
 * Evelyn Margaret Page
 * Margaret Stoddart
 * Rita Angus
 * Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower
 * Lois White
 * Doris Lusk
 * Louise Henderson
 * Fiona Clark
 * Marti Friedlander
 * Jacqueline Fahey
 * Gretchen Albrecht
 * Judy Millar
 * Saskia Leek
 * Lisa Reihana
 * Séraphine Pick
 * Flora Scales
 * Robyn Kahukiwa
 * Mina Arndt
 * Robin White
 * Anne Noble

Articles that need to be created
 * Julia Morison
 * Christine Webster
 * Lonnie Hutchinson
 * Ann Shelton (currently a redirect; suggest this be changed to an article with a hatnote pointing to the Anne Shelton dab page)
 * Yvonne Todd
 * Elizabeth Thomson (page title in use by an American politician; needs a dab)
 * Yuk King Tan
 * Dagmar Dyck
 * Janet Lilo
 * Tiffany Singh
 * Rosanna Raymond
 * Margaret Butler (page title in use by a dab page; needs disambiguation)
 * Adele Younghusband
 * Rata Lovell-Smith
 * Emare Karaka
 * Megan Jenkinson
 * Ruth Watson (page title in use by an English food writer; needs disambiguation)

See also: Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

Register
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.
 * Peata likes art (talk) 03:31, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Auchmill (talk) 00:54, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 5minutesdusting (talk) 01:29, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Audrey Horne88 (talk) 05:45, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ThunderousChild (talk) 00:47, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Lanma726 (talk) 06:20, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Resources for Editing

 * Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
 * Gender gap resources.

List of Articles Previously Worked On

 * New Zealand Craft WikiProject

Outcomes

 * Host/organizers: The Dowse Art Museum
 * Number of Participants: 5 signed in, 30 in total
 * Media Coverage/Press: Dominion Post Article
 * Images on Wikimedia commons: (link)

Articles created

 * Robin White (artist)
 * Olivia Spencer Bower Award
 * Tylee Cottage Residency
 * Rachael Rakena
 * Séraphine Pick
 * Anne Noble
 * Robyn Kahukiwa
 * Saskia Leek
 * Lisa Reihana

Articles improved

 * Jacqueline Fahey
 * Doris Lusk
 * Louise Henderson
 * Margaret Stoddart
 * Judy Millar

Articles found

 * Helen Flora Victoria Scales