Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Revolutionizing Wikipedia

Join us as we work toward greater inclusivity and representation on Wikipedia! Whether you're an active Wikipedia contributor or have been curious about getting started, we hope you will join us as we gather together for a training and edit-a-thon designed to support queer and feminist contributors.

The event is intended to support greater inclusion both in terms of who contributes, and in terms of what topics are covered. Currently, Wikipedia contributors are overwhelmingly male—about 90%. Only nine percent of Wikipedia editors surveyed in 2018 by the Wikimedia Foundation identified as “female,” and only one percent identified as “other.” Who contributes has a major impact on the topics and people considered noteworthy—so join us as we expand the range of both voices and subject matter.

We will start with a one-hour introductory workshop on different features and best practices, co-facilitated with Wikimedia NYC. Following the workshop, participants will have time—as well as technical support—to edit existing articles and create new ones alongside experienced Wikipedians and Digital Fellows. In the last hour, TLC and FI Fellows will lead a discussion on using Wikipedia in the classroom. Drop in for an hour or stay for the whole time. Coffee and snacks will be provided.

Co-Sponsored by: The Futures Initiative, GC Digital Initiatives, Teaching and Learning Center, HASTAC and Wikimedia NYC.

Please RSVP via Eventbrite

Articles to create or edit
Let us know what you're working on via the Etherpad

Check out the Google Doc for some suggested articles

Additional ideas:
 * Audre Lorde Project
 * Cara Page
 * CLAGS
 * GLQ (journal)
 * Hunter College (add a section about the LGBT Social Science & Public Policy Center)
 * Lisa Duggan
 * Lisa Nakamura
 * Marie Hicks
 * Sara Ahmed
 * Sarah Schulmann
 * Tavia Nyong'o
 * Transgender Law and Policy Institute
 * Women's Studies Quarterly
 * Mary Wollstonecraft

WikiProject Task Lists
 * Black Lunch Table
 * WikiProject Feminism
 * Women in Red

Resources
From Wikipedia
 * Five Pillars
 * Notability criteria
 * Wiki Markup Cheatsheet
 * Wikipedia Manual of Style
 * Slides from today

From HASTAC
 * How to Create Wikipedia Entries that Will Stick
 * Looking at the Five Pillars of Wikipedia as a Feminist
 * Part 1
 * Part 2
 * Wikipedia's gender gap and the complicated reality of systemic gender bias

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Remote attendees
Danica {thatcatcole}
 * stu47

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