Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Feminist and Queer Art

Please join us for a Feminist and Queer Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, to be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 from noon–4pm at the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), located at 1001 SE Division (97202). Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. RSVP by signing your username below and/or joining the Facebook event page.

Background
Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2010 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Many articles on notable women in history and art are absent on Wikipedia. This represents an alarming aporia in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.



In February 2014, an ArtAndFeminism edit-athon was organized at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York City. More than 30 satellite events were organized in Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The campaign attracted an estimated 600 participants, resulting in more than 100 new Wikipedia articles focused on women and the arts. An event was held in Portland, Oregon, and a follow-up feminist art edit-a-thon was organized in April 2014.

In the past few years, organized groups on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation project-spaces have sought to increase the quality and scope of public domain information and media relating to the LGBT community. Wiki Loves Pride is a global campaign to expand and improve LGBT-related content across several Wikimedia projects. The activities of Wiki Loves Pride are focused on June and October, traditionally the months when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities around the world celebrate LGBT culture and history. The inaugural campaign (2014) saw participation in a dozen cities, including Portland (see the edit-a-thon and photo project pages), in six countries.

Details


No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. 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. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.


 * Calagator: http://calagator.org/events/1250466869
 * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/256550787802332/

Ideas
The following is a sampling of suggested articles to create or add upon. However, feel free to come up with your own ideas!

In addition to the suggestions below, editors may consider cleaning up articles on more well-known artists and works. Helpful updates could be as simple as: making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; adding new inline citations/references; adding a photo; adding an infobox; adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; creating headings; adding categories; etc. Editors may also choose to focus on women in design, performing arts, music, architecture, philosophy, politics, etc.


 * WikiProject Women artists/Worklist
 * Body Gesture: A Group Exhibition of Feminist Art (Willamette Week, 2012)
 * Barbara Haskell
 * Elizabeth Sackler, arts patron, founder of the Sackler Center for Feminist Art
 * Julie Green, artist with exhibition at JSMA
 * Sources for Julie Green: "Julie Green" oregon arts -wikipedia - Google Search
 * Julia Christianson Hoffman (1856-1934) of the Oregon College of Art & Craft, and daughter Margery Hoffman Smith
 * Sources for Julia Christianson Hoffman: ("Julia Christianson Hoffman" OR "Julia Hoffman") -wikipedia oregon arts - Google Search
 * Sources for Margery Hoffman Smith: ("Margery Hoffman Smith" OR "Margery Hoffman" OR "Margery Smith") oregon arts -wikipedia - Google Search
 * LaVerne Krause, Eugene artist
 * Sources for Laverne Krause: "LaVerne Krause" art -wikipedia -"LaVerne Krause Gallery" - Google Search
 * Denmo Ibrahim, playwright
 * Sources for Denmo Ibrahim: "Denmo Ibrahim" -wikipedia - Google Search
 * Hallie Parrish Hinges (1868-1950) from Salem
 * Sources for Hallie Parrish Hinges: "Hallie Parrish Hinges" -wikipedia - Google Search
 * other ideas?

Participants


''To RSVP, sign your username below by clicking the "Edit" link, typing "~", then clicking the "Save page" button. Also, consider adding your username here if you wish to remain informed about future events.''


 * Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:41, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Sarahmirk (talk) 18:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Toriabernathy (talk) 22:11, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Tdslk (talk) 21:21, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Peaceray (talk) 03:15, 8 September 2014 (UTC); I specialize in citations.
 * Shuhn (talk) 16:10, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 * User:Asteria Chthonia (talk)
 * Dashiellsands (talk) 20:28, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Rssyng (talk) 22:25, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Results
Please share the results of your work here!


 * : Redwood and Wildfire
 * : Roslyn Hill
 * : improvements to Ash (novel), Eleanor Davis, Malinda Lo
 * : improvements to Adrienne Rich
 * : improvements to Judith Halberstam
 * : Stephanie Mingo
 * : improvements to Aquarian Tabernacle Church
 * : improvements to Guy de Cointet
 * : Katie Skelly

I'd guess close to 30 people attended, mostly female. Thrilled to see another successful event in this series of feminist art edit-a-thons. Much thanks for Sarah for securing the venue and for hosting! Also, much thanks to a couple participants who were visiting from the Seattle area. Looking forward to the next meetup and to continued discussions about Wikimedia Cascadia. Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:01, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Related Projects

 * Oregon Arts Project, an on-wiki initiative to improve coverage of the arts in Oregon
 * Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to improve LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects
 * WikiProject Feminism, a project which addresses articles related to feminism and maintains the Feminism Portal
 * WikiProject LGBT studies
 * WikiProject Oregon, a project dedicated to improving Oregon-related topics on Wikipedia
 * WikiProject Women artists, a project dedicated to coverage of biographies of women artists
 * WikiProject Women's History, a project dedicated to improving coverage of women's history