Wikipedia:Meetup/Royal Academy/ArtAndFeminism 2017

Event information

 * Date: Sunday, March 5, 2017
 * Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * Location: The Library Royal Academy of Arts Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK

Women make up only 17% of the biographies on Wikipedia. Female editors are even rarer, making up under 15% of Wikipedia’s regular editing community. Art + Feminism aims to tackle this by contributing and amending meaningful information on female artists, hosting events around the world creating and editing Wikipedia pages. This event is an opportunity to delve deep into the RA Library and Collection and explore the vast collection of books, press cuttings, reviews of exhibitions and works sold at auction. You’ll also have access to the Grove Dictionary of Art.

Please bring a laptop if you have one, as only a small number of laptops will be available on the day.

List of articles to edit
This is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like. 'Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!'''


 * See also: Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

To improve (stub pages):


 * Diana Armfield
 * Anne Desmet
 * Jennifer Durrant
 * Mali Morris
 * Emma Stibbon
 * Olwyn Bowey
 * Cathie Pilkington
 * Eileen Cooper
 * Jennifer Dickson

To improve (need images):


 * Gertrude Hermes
 * Jean Cooke
 * Sandra Blow
 * Ann Christopher
 * Eva Jiřičná
 * Alison Wilding
 * Tess Jaray
 * Tacita Dean

List of female Royal Academicians
Women elected as Members of the Royal Academy of Arts since its foundation in 1768. This list is in chronological order of election. If the link is red then there no page for that person yet. List generated by the Librarian at the Royal Academy on 5 March 2017.


 * Angelica Kauffman, R.A. (1741 - 1807)
 * Mary Moser, R.A. (1744 - 1819)
 * Annie Swynnerton, A.R.A. (1844 - 1933)
 * Dame Laura Knight, R.A. (1877 - 1970)
 * Dod Procter, R.A. (1891 - 1972)
 * Dame Ethel Walker, A.R.A. (1861 - 1951)
 * Margaret Fisher Prout, A.R.A. (1875 - 1963)
 * Anne Redpath, A.R.A. (1895 - 1965)
 * Gertrude Hermes, R.A. (1901 - 1983)
 * Jean Cooke, R.A. (1927 - 2008)
 * Sheila Fell, R.A. (1931 - 1979)
 * Olwyn Bowey, R.A. (1936 - )
 * Jennifer Dickson, R.A. (1936 - )
 * Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, R.A. (1931 - )
 * Sandra Blow, R.A. (1925 - 2006)
 * Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930 - 1993)
 * Betty Swanwick, R.A. (1915 - 1989)
 * Ann Christopher, R.A. (1947 - )
 * Gillian Ayres, R.A. (1930 - )
 * Sonia Lawson, R.A. (1934 - )
 * Helen Lessore, R.A. (1907 - 1994)
 * Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Hon. R.A. (1908 - 1992)
 * Eileen Agar, R.A. (1899 - 1991)
 * Diana M. Armfield, R.A. (1920 - )
 * Mary Fedden, R.A. (1915 - 2012)
 * Jennifer Durrant, R.A. Elect (1942 - )
 * Barbara Rae, R.A. (1943 - )
 * Flavia Irwin, R.A. (1916 - 2009)
 * Eva M. Jiricna, R.A. (1939 - )
 * Alison Wilding, R.A. (1948 - )
 * Eileen Cooper, R.A. (1953 - )
 * Fiona Rae, R.A. (1963 - )
 * Dame Zaha Hadid, R.A. (1950 - 2016)
 * Lisa Milroy, R.A. (1959 - )
 * Tracey Emin, R.A. (1963 - )
 * Jenny Saville, R.A. Elect (1970 - )
 * Gillian Wearing, R.A. Elect (1963 - )
 * Tacita Dean, R.A. (1965 - )
 * Rebecca Horn, Hon. R.A. (1944 - )
 * Cornelia Parker, R.A. (1956 - )
 * Tess Jaray, R.A. (1937 - )
 * Mali Morris, R.A. (1945 - )
 * Cindy Sherman, Hon. R.A. (1954 - )
 * Anne Desmet, R.A. (1964 - )
 * Phyllida Barlow, R.A. Elect (1944 - )
 * Helen Frankenthaler, Hon. R.A. (1928 - 2011)
 * Marina Abramovic, Hon. R.A. (1946 - )
 * Chantal Joffe, R.A. Elect (1969 - )
 * Emma Stibbon, R.A. (1962 - )
 * Rosemarie Tröckel, Hon. R.A. (1952 - )
 * Louisa Hutton, R.A. (1957 - )
 * Rebecca Warren, R.A. (1965 - )
 * Cathie Pilkington, R.A. (1968 - )
 * Rebecca Salter, R.A. (1955 - )
 * Eva Rothschild, R.A. Elect (1971 - )
 * Rose Wylie, R.A. Elect (1934 - )
 * Farshid Moussavi, R.A. Elect (1965 - )
 * Vanessa Jackson, R.A. (1953 - )
 * Sonia Boyce, R.A. Elect (1962 - )
 * Jenny Holzer, Hon. R.A. (1950 - )
 * Dame Paula Rego, R.A. Elect (1935 - )

To improve (page has issues)

 * Cornelia Parker
 * Tracey Emin

Resources for editing

 * Art+Feminism resources
 * Gender gap resources
 * WikiProject Women artists Worklist
 * When considering names for inclusion, please consider Wikipedia's criteria for notability:Notability_(people)


 * Writing about women
 * Gender-neutral language
 * Finkbeiner test is a checklist to help  avoid gender bias media articles


 * Manuel of Style for Biographies
 * Identifying reliable sources
 * Citation templates


 * WikiProject Women artists/Assessment
 * Example of a Good article - Nadia Kaabi-Linke
 * Example of a Featured article - Hilda Rix Nicholas

Articles created/improved
List of Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to improve

Articles Created
 * 1) Flavia Irwin
 * 2) Rebecca Salter
 * 3) Vanessa Jackson

Articles Improved
 * 1) Tacita Dean imaged added
 * 2) Diana Armfield
 * 3) Cathie Pilkington
 * 4) Anne Desmet
 * 5) Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema
 * 6) Olwyn Bowey
 * 7) Emma Stibbon
 * 8) Ada Swanwick
 * 9) Eileen Agar
 * 10) Rosemarie Trockel
 * 11) Mali Morris
 * 12) Bedales School
 * 13) List of Royal Academicians
 * 14) Tracey Emin

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event:

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
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 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page


 * 1) Abiwheelan
 * 2) Abluett
 * 3) Andrew D. (talk) 16:06, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * 4) Arteditora
 * 5) Eartha78 (talk) 23:01, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * 6) EmilyF19
 * 7) HannahMagdalen
 * 8) Ineslc
 * 9) Juliec55
 * 10) JustJForever
 * 11) Jwheelan
 * 12) Nitainyellow
 * 13) Oliviabladen (talk) 15:22, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 14) Orthostice1989
 * 15) Perlarem
 * 16) Quizfan77 (talk) 12:16, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 17) Roaming Londoner
 * 18) Rozzyunwin
 * 19) Yuitsum (talk) 13:41, 5 March 2017 (UTC)