Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/HacktheCanon2018

Hack the Canon: Women in Design Wikipedia-edit-a-thon This day of social wiki-editing is open to anyone curious about Wikipedia. The event will kick-off with a panel discussion by designers Zoe Sadokierski, Cathy Lockhart and Olivia Hyde who will contribute to the collective brains-trust on the day.


 * When: Saturday 10 March 2018, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm AEDT. Physical and online participation is welcome!

“I don’t have a working knowledge of editing Wikipedia, but it musn’t be all that hard...” Rosa
 * Where: Sydenham Library, St Peters Town Hall 39 Unwins Bridge Rd, Sydenham NSW 2044 See the Inner West Library's website page.

Venue
Sydenham Library, St Peters Town Hall 39 Unwins Bridge Rd, Sydenham NSW 2044 (the edit-a-thon takes over the library after hours)

Resources

 * Architecture and Design - The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
 * Horticultural and Garden Design - The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
 * Indigenous Women and the Arts - The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
 * Visual Arts - The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
 * Australian Dictionary of Biography
 * Trove Australia - search digitised newspaper articles, find citations for books and other resources

Editing guides and resources

 * Introduction to Wikipedia - editing tutorial
 * Ten Simple Rules for Creating Women's Biographies
 * Wikipedia policy for Biographies of Living Persons (BLPs)

Participants
1. Please RSVP via the Eventbrite page.

2. If you don't already have a Wikipedia account, please create one (note: you don't have to use your real name!), and add some info about yourself to your user page. (If you need help with this, you can do it at the event.)

3. Once you have an account, please add your username to the list below. This will help us to communicate before, during and after the event, and to track the work we get done on the day.


 * Whiteghost.ink
 * lookgai
 * Oronsay
 * Trilbyee
 * Cmbrew82
 * GFSmith
 * Dumbeblonde
 * jjdonald21
 * Jeanelai
 * Trilbyee
 * RedPenGirl
 * Deejaycee3
 * BondiOcean
 * Tom Worthington
 * Marghanita

Tasks, categories, images
Did you know that less than 10% of Wikipedia editors are female? This bias is reflected in the lack of articles about notable women, including designers. Help us redress the balance, share your knowledge and get editing with like-minded advocates and lovers of design.

Wikiproject: Women in Design Tasks

Related categories of articles on Wikipedia
 * Australian designers
 * Designer stubs
 * Australian artist stubs

More daunting lists of related improvement opportunities
 * WikiProject Women artists
 * WikiProject Women artists worklist
 * WP Art And Feminism tasks

Images on Commons
 * The Wikimedia Commons category “Fashion designers from Australia”

Specific articles needing development