Wikipedia:Meetup/Ohio/Ohio Center for the Book/Ohio Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2022

From March 26 through April 2, The Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library, in collaboration with the State Library of Ohio, is encouraging people to add information about Ohio women to Wikipedia during Women’s History Month 2022 to celebrate their contributions to the cultural and social life of our state and country.

While the Ohio Women on Wikipedia edit-a-thon will officially run the last week of March into April, we’re encouraging everyone to use the weeks leading up to the official event as a time to familiarize themselves with the Wikipedia editing process (if it's new to them) and to gather information they want to add! Then, hit the ground running on March 26!

We invite you to share your participation and progress on social media using #OHWomenWiki22!

You are also encouraged to add your Wikipedia account to our participants list here and to the official Ohio Women on Wikipedia 2022 dashboard to share your edits and see those of other participants!

I’ve never edited Wikipedia! No problem!
No worries! If you have not edited Wikipedia before, the list of tutorials and guides below provide step-by-step instructions to get you started.

Create an Account

 * Accounts can be created by clicking Create Account at the Wikipedia homepage at ​https://en.wikipedia.org. ​
 * If you have an existing Wikipedia account, you are welcomed to use that for this project.

Learn the Basics of Editing

 * If you haven’t edited before, you are encouraged to work through ​at least one​ of the following resources to train yourself on “Wikipedia etiquette” and the process of content creation:
 * Wiki Edu Training Dashboard ​(These training modules provide a good overview of all pertinent topics.)
 * The Wikipedia Adventure (​“Learn to edit Wikipedia in under an hour! Come on a journey full of real skills, tips, helpers, rewards, and support.”​)
 * Wikipedia: The Missing Manual

Additional Resources

 * A Beginner’s Guide to Wikipedia (creating an account, first article, etc.)
 * An Introduction to Wikipedia (introduction to using both the source code editing and the (easier!) visual editor)
 * Your First Article including a link to the Article Wizard

How can I find articles that need edited?
With over 6 million articles on Wikipedia, asking “How do I find articles to edit?” is a natural question!

One option is to simply search for the women about whom you’d like to add information and see if they have an article or if they need one created. If you’re thinking of creating a new article, be sure to follow Wikipedia’s Notability guidelines. The “Cliffs Notes” version is “People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. This is one reason why adding information to existing articles is sometimes easier than creating an entirely new article… at least at first!

You can also add “External Links” to an article, linking to online resources about your subject at libraries, archives, or museums! That’s an easy way to get started!

Below we’ve listed a selection of where articles on Ohio women can be found on Wikipedia:

Categories and Lists

 * Ohio Women's Hall of Fame list on Wikipedia
 * This is a list of inductees into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame from 1978 through 2011. Click on each entry in the list to find out which ones need more information in their articles.
 * Category:Women in Ohio
 * Category:People from Ohio by occupation (includes both women and men)
 * Category:Writers from Ohio
 * Category:Novelists from Ohio
 * Category:Songwriters from Ohio
 * There are numerous lists of people from various Ohio cities like Toledo, Dayton, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and so on!
 * Ohio Portal (numerous lists, articles, etc.)

How can I find information to add to Wikipedia?
We’ve got you covered there, too! Check out some sources below…


 * Don’t forget to visit your local library to use print resources including local history information!
 * You can also use your library’s online resources from anywhere!
 * Consider using resources available through the Ohio Digital Network on the Digital Public Library of America!
 * Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame resource at The Ohio History Connection
 * 2021 Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (video)
 * Search for information about your subject on Internet Archive
 * Search for information about your subject on Hathi Trust

We'll also be listing local Ohio libraries that want to serve as hubs here as well closer to the March 26! Stay tuned!