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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Saturday, 05 March, 2016

In honor of Women's History Month and the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Project, the Weinberg Memorial Library is hosting a Wikipedia workshop and edit-a-thon on Saturday, March 5th, from 12pm-4pm. Please join us for a day of communal editing to create and improve Wikipedia articles on women. The event will include Wikipedia training for new editors.

Everyone is welcome to attend! No previous experience or advanced technical skills required!

In a 2011 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 10% of its contributors are female.  As a result, many entries on notable women in history are absent from this repository of shared knowledge. This event is aimed at addressing Wikipedia’s gender gap and encouraging female editorship. New editors will learn how Wikipedia articles are created, shared and audited.

Last year, over 1,500 participants at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, along with more than 75 node events around the world, created nearly 400 new pages and improved 500 articles on Wikipedia.

Contact:

Colleen Farry

Phone: 570-941-6133
Website: Click to Visit

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Weinberg Memorial Library, Room 305

300 Monroe Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510