Wikipedia:Meetup/Parliament of World Religions/1000 Women in Religion October 2020

 1000 Women in Religion Edit-a-thon hosted by the Parliament of World Religions in support of Women's History Month   Hello and welcome!

Event Description
Did you know that only 18% of the biographical subjects and 9% of the editors on Wikipedia are women? WikiProject 1000 Women in Religion is a major initiative of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) Women's Caucus. The project aims to address the under-recognized work of cis and transgender women in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions by adding 1,000+ women in religion onto Wikipedia.

At this edit-a-thon/workshop, hosted by the Parliament of World Religions, participants will sign up as wiki-editors, create their personal user page, learn the basics of editing and make their first wiki-edits. We can also help you to start a new article about a woman who is not on Wikipedia but should be included. Our worklist will focus on: keynote speakers and other presenters from the 2015 and 2018 Parliament of World Religions. Participants are also welcome to work on women from any religious, spiritual or wisdom tradition who are not on the worklist. There will be plenty of time for questions and time for hands on assistance. No need to be a technological expert!

Join us in our effort to address gender bias on Wikipedia by improving the coverage of women in religion on Wikipedia.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
 * Register to attend: here

Event Details

 * Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020
 * Time: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., CDT
 * Location: ZOOM Video Conference
 * Who should attend: Parliament of World Religions supporters, religious scholars, librarians, and Wikipedians who would like to help us in our effort to improve existing articles and create new articles about women in religion on Wikipedia.  In particular we will be working on women connected with the Parliament of World Religion in leadership, and as keynote speakers and presenters at the 2015 and 2018 Parliaments.
 * Training: Find more information, tutorials and training modules at 1000 Women in Religion Project website.
 * Questions? For more information, contact Colleen.

Agenda

 * Welcome and Introductions
 * What is the “1000 Women in Religion Project” including a conversation about bias on Wikipedia
 * Is everybody signed up as a Wiki-editor?
 * Some basic training
 * Basic editing
 * Questions
 * How you can participate in the project

Goals: Create user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for edit-a-thon on the 1000 Women in Religion Wikipedia Meetup page, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page.

Before you arrive

 * Signup for a Wikipedia account and the 1000 Women in Religion/Parliament of World Religions Edit-a-thon Dashboard: 'here'. Consider concerns about anonymity when choosing a "user name" unless you want to be identifiable.
 * You can also signup for a Wikipedia account: here.


 * What else?
 * No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary as training will be provided.
 * No background in religion, diversity, or women's history is required as we will have resources on hand to cite.

About the 1000 Women in Religion Project
The "1000 Women in Religion Project", a major initiative of the Women's Caucus of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, seeks to add over 1,000 names and contributions of religious, spiritual and wisdom women to Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia in the world. The contributions of women in all fields of work, scholarship and life, including religion and spirituality, have gone under-recognized, across time and in our present-day context. This under-recognition, which is a form of gender bias, is reflected and reproduced in our commonly used sources of knowledge – in our history books, in our news media, even in our sacred texts. The more we can document and highlight the contributions of women leaders in their religious and spiritual traditions, the more we can change the perception that women have not been leaders. The Women’s Caucus is supported in this effort to raise up notable women onto Wikipedia by Atla and the Women’s Task Force of the Parliament of the World's Religions.

About the Parliament of World Religions
Since its inception, the Parliament of World Religions has been an advocate for women. Women were speakers at the 1893 Parliament including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, author of the Women’s Bible, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first ordained woman in America. The 1993 Parliament endorsed a Global Ethic with four Irrevocable Directives, including the Commitment to a Culture of Equal Rights and Partnership Between Men and Women. Women religious and spiritual leaders were featured at the 1993, 1999, 2004, and 2009 Parliaments, and in 2015, an Inaugural Women’s Assembly was held with over 3,500 participants that included the Declaration for the Dignity and Human Rights of Women. For the 2018 Parliament, the Women’s Task Force extended the Parliament’s legacy with exciting programs and initiatives. The title for the 2018 Parliament women’s programming was The Dignity of Women Across the World’s Wisdom Traditions and Society. The “1000 Women in Religion Project” began as an initiative of the 2018 Parliament of World Religions Women's Task Force with the goal of bringing attention to women religious and spiritual leadership world-wide.

Policies and style guidelines
*WP:BLP *MOS:BIO

Workbench
Key *Blue links -- articles need improvement *Red links -- do not yet have a Wikipedia articles

1893 Parliament of World Religions - women speakers

 * Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell - Congregational minister, suffragist, first woman ordained -Encyclopedia Britannica
 * Rev. Olympia Brown - Unitarian minister - Encyclopedia Britannica
 * Rev. Augusta Jane Chapin
 * Rev. Mrs. Annis Ford Eastman - 1893 Presenter -Encyclopedia.com bio; PoWR bio
 * Laura Ormiston Chant - social reformer
 * Alice Cunningham Fletcher - ethnologist
 * Sister Gargi - aka Marie Louise Burke - a researcher on Swami Vivekananda
 * Julia Ward Howe - social reformer - Encyclopedia Britannica
 * Josephine Lazarus - Jewish transcendentalist and activist
 * Mary Livermore - journalist, abolitionist, women's rights activist
 * Marion Murdoch - 1893 Presenter; PoWR bio
 * Lady Henry Somerset
 * Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer - Unitarian minister
 * Dr. Eliza R. Sunderland - 1893 Presenter - PoWR bio; UUA article
 * Henrietta Szold - 1893 Presenter; PoWR bio - Encyclopedia Britannica
 * Fannie Barrier Williams - educator and social justice activist; only African American woman presenting at the 1893 Parliament - Encyclopedia Britannica
 * Rev. Celia Parker Woolley - Unitarian minister

Influential women from the world's religions

 * Elizabeth Alfred
 * Ann Allebach
 * Alice Auma
 * Hazrat Babajan
 * Laurie Baymarrwangga
 * Sarah Blackborow
 * Bridget of Sweden
 * Bruriah
 * Sun Bu'er
 * Juana Inés de la Cruz
 * Emma Beard Delaney
 * Draupadi
 * Julia A. J. Foote
 * Mata Gujri
 * Mahapajapati Gotami
 * Lydia Emelie Gruchy
 * Rt. Rev Barbara C. Harris
 * Himiko
 * Maud K. Jensen
 * Mata Sahib Kaur
 * Margery Kempe
 * Asiyih Khanum
 * Bahíyyih Khánum
 * Khema
 * Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut
 * Kunti
 * Mother Mary Lange
 * Ann Lee
 * Jarena Lee
 * Lakshmi
 * Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance
 * Maiden of Ludmir
 * Marie of Romania
 * Māllīnātha
 * Aimee Semple McPherson
 * Mechthild of Magdeburg
 * María Romero Meneses
 * Anitta Müller-Cohen
 * Bebe Nanaki
 * Rabia of Basra
 * María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña
 * Maria Vicenta Rosal
 * Umm Ruman
 * Sarah Schenirer
 * Bathsheba W. Smith
 * Sojourner Truth
 * Yeshe Tsogyal
 * Sujata
 * Táhirih
 * Phillis Wheatley

Parliament of World Religions keynote speakers

 * Sri Sri Mata Amritanandamayi - Barcelona 2004; PoWR bio
 * Karen Armstrong - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Kirin Bali - Toronto 2018 PoWR bio
 * Maude Barlow- Toronto 2018
 * Diana Butler Bass - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Jean Shinoda Bolen - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Kim Campbell - Toronto 2018
 * Jane L. Campbell - Toronto 2018
 * Mallika Chopra- Salt Lake City 2015
 * Phyllis Curott - Salt Lake 2015 Toronto 2018
 * Shirin Ebadi - Barcelona 2004
 * Rabbi Amy Eilberg - Salt Lake City 2015;
 * Grandmother Flordemayo - Salt Lake City 2015; Toronto 2018; PoWR bio
 * Beverley Jacobs - Toronto 2018
 * Susan Johnson - Toronto 2018
 * Kanwaljit Kaur - Toronto 2018; PoWR bio
 * Valarie Kaur Salt Lake City 2015; Toronto 2018;
 * Audrey Kitegawa -2018 Parliament Chair Toronto 2018; video
 * Faatima Knight - Salt Lake City 2015; PoWR bio
 * Margaret Lokawua - Salt Lake City 2015;
 * Grandmother Mary Lyons - Salt Lake City 2015; Toronto 2018;
 * Mairead Maguire - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Wanjira Mathai - Toronto 2018
 * Ingrid Mattson - Toronto 2018
 * Ruth Messinger - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Kasha Nabagesera - Toronto 2018
 * Ratna Omidvar - Toronto 2018
 * Rangimarie Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere - Salt Lake City 2015; PoWR bio
 * Ilyasah Shabazz - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati - Toronto 2018 - Kaiciid Bio; PoWR bio
 * Vandana Shiva - Salt Lake City 2015; Toronto 2018
 * Ingrid Mattson - Toronto 2018
 * Darlene St Clair - Salt Lake City 2015; PoWR bio
 * Mother Maya Tiwari - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Inija Trinkūnienė - Salt Lake City 2015;Toronto 2018
 * Karma Lekshe Tsomo - Toronto 2018
 * Elizabeth Ursic - Toronto 2018
 * Joy Murphy Wandin - Melbourne 2009
 * Lucretia M. Warren (Lally) - Barcelona 2004; PoWR bio; Baha'i News article
 * Katie Jo Welch - Salt Lake City 2015;PoWR bio
 * Marianne Williamson - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Terry Tempest Williams - Salt Lake City 2015
 * Sakena Yacoobi -Melbourne 2009; Toronto 2018
 * Andrea Zucker - Salt Lake City 2015; PoWR bio

Parliament of World Religions presenters

 * Margaret Atwood - Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Rev. Joan Brown Campbell - Toronto 2018 Speaker - Washington Post article - [Charter for Compassion]
 * Rabia Chaudry - Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Carol Christ - Toronto 2018 Speaker; interview
 * Eriel Tchekwie Deranger - Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) bio; leader of Tar Sands campaign; Guardian profile; VIAF
 * Joyce Dubensky - Tanenbaum Bio;Times of Israel article ; VIAF; Berkeley Center discussion]
 * Hazel Dukes- Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Sharon Eubank - Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Teresia M. Hinga- Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Alia Hogben - Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Morley - Toronto 2018 performer
 * Katherine Marshall - Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Kathleen Merrigan - Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Liz Theoharis - Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Mardi Tindal - Toronto 2018 Speaker
 * Deborah Levine

Lists to edit
These lists could use editing to increase the representation of women, or to expand the names of notable women listed in each category.


 * Lists of Buddhists
 * List of female Muslim scholars
 * List of female mystics
 * List of religious studies scholars

Resources

 * Inspiration for possible new articles
 * WikiProject Women in Red/1000 Women in Religion


 * Helpful sources and links

Wikimedia Projects
• Wikimedia movement

• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia

• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)

• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects

• Wiktionary, a dictionary

• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations

• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents

• Wikiversity, educational material

• Wikivoyage, a travel guide

• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

Help
Use these resources to find help anytime, anywhere.

Guides and check lists

 * Wiki Markup Cheatsheet
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference Sheet
 * Wiki Reference Code Handout.
 * The Perfect Article: a concise checklist.

Sandbox help

 * Experiment in the main Wikipedia Sandbox.
 * Use this sandbox tutorial to start your own.

Help from a person

 *  : Place this template into your talk page and a Wikipedian will come help you.
 * New contributors' help page: Go here to post specific questions and receive quick help.

Everything you need to know
Wikipedians are always available to help you!
 * Find your answer at Wikipedia:Help
 * Click Show on the templates below for a number of helpful links.

Writing about women
• :Primer for creating women's biographies
 * Friendly community: WikiProject Women in Red
 * Guides for how to write about women:

• :Ten Simple Rules for Creating Women's Biographies

• :How To Write Women into the Encyclopedia

• :Primer for AfD, AfC and PROD

• :Writing about women on Wikipedia

• :Writing about women in computing on Wikipedia

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

• Free image resources – where to find free images for use in Wikipedia (in addition to holdings of the library that you could photograph and upload to Wikimedia Commons)