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UN Women NYC
HerStory International Youth Day
Edit-a-thon
When and Where
DateFriday, August 12, 2016
Time9:30 am – 5:00 pm EDT
AddressUnited Nations Headquarters
46th Street & 1st Avenue
Trusteeship Council Conference Room
CityNew York, NY 10017 United States
Global initiativesHerStory edit-a-thons
UN Women HerStory @ Meta
United Nations Trusteeship Council chamber in New York City
UN Women 2016 Event PDF

United Nations Women Edit-a-thon is a global project and Edit-a-Thon that will be held on 2016 International Youth Day on Friday, August 12, 2016. This event is organized by the Wikipedia community, supported by United Nations Women and joined by UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. The main event will be held in United Nations Headquarters in New York City, and many local events, as well virtual Edit-a-Thons, which aim to promote Wikipedia content that will help close the gender gap.

Knowledge is both a resource and an investment, and like all other forms of wealth, it is often differentially distributed throughout a social system. In many areas, information simply does not exist, and where it does exist, it is often sexist. Gender knowledge gaps and biases reinforce the harmful stereotypes and practices, and often misrepresent women and girls, and undercut or undervalue their contributions locally and globally. It is 2016, and we cannot tolerate leaving women and girls behind anymore.

As Wikipedia compiles what represents close to the sum of all human knowledge, women should be recognized as part of that sum. Empower Women by UN Women, the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, the UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality, and a group of volunteer champions are working on enhancing and increasing the content on Wikipedia related to women and gender equality to raise awareness, close the gender knowledge gap, and start changing and editing the future. If you believe in the notion of online collaboration for the greater good and gender equality and have been impacted by an inspiring woman in your lifetime, join our campaign and make them more visible to inspire millions. Help us celebrate HerStory edit-a-thons to close the gender knowledge gap on International Youth Day on August 12, 2016.

Join HerStory edit-a-thons to contribute, promote, and celebrate women of the world. Make sure you going to be an agent of this herstorical change.

Get started here! edit

Event information edit

 

A series of HerStory edit-a-thons will be held on Friday, August 12, 2016, which is International Youth Day in many cities around the globe and online. At the UN Headquarters in New York, the HerStory edit-a-thon will be convening 600 participants to edit and write for Wikipedia. The day-long event will include an opening, a Wikipedia 101 brief tutorial, a full day of writing and editing, featured speakers from our partners, breaks for coffee and networking, and a closing speech.

  • Date: Friday, August 12, 2016
  • Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm EST
  • Location: United Nations Headquarters (46th Street & 1st Avenue), Trusteeship Council Conference Room, New York, NY 10017 40°44′58″N 73°58′5″W / 40.74944°N 73.96806°W / 40.74944; -73.96806
    • Participants should arrive at the security entrance at 8:30 am
    • All participants must go through the security tent of the UN visitors centre, located on 46th and 1st Avenue to gain access to the UN
  • United Nations Headquarters map
  • UN Dining Services map
Transit details

Agenda edit

Time Activity
9:30 am – 10:00 am Arrive at United Nations Headquarters (46th Street & 1st Avenue) - bring printout of registration to go through security
10:00 am – 10:15 am Welcome and general introduction, UN Women. Anna Falth, Empower Women - Trusteeship Council Conference Room
10:15 am – 10:30 am Katherine Maher aka Katherine (WMF), Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
10:30 am – 11:00 am Training I
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Create User Account
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm LUNCH break
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Reconvene in Trusteeship Council Conference Room
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Anna Falth, Empower Women
Katherine Maher, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Ahmad Alhendawi, United Nations Secretary-General's Youth Envoy
Jennifer Breslin, Innovation and Technology for Development Lead at United Nations Women
Group photo!  *
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Training II for International Youth Day 2016: Youth Leading Sustainability attendees
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Create User Account for International Youth Day 2016: Youth Leading Sustainability attendees
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Freeform Editing, lightning talks from HeForShe speaker, Wikimedia project highlights
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Talks and skill-sharing
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Wrap-up with Wikimedia community

What you can do edit

You can contribute to closing the gender gap on Wikipedia by:

  • Writing new articles about accomplished women who deserve a Wikipedia page and fall under Wikipedia's notability guidelines
  • Editing existing articles about women to add information and make them more gender sensitive
  • Translate existing articles into other languages to increase each page's visibility and usability
Resources
  • Query Wikidata for female scientists with most number of articles in other Wikipedias, excluding English (query)

What to bring edit

See Eventbrite event description for frequently asked questions

Please note that security restricts food and drinks being brought into the building. Food options are linked to above under Event information
  • Your laptop and power cords (we cannot provide computers for participants; tablets will be difficult to work on for this event)
  • Valid photo ID
  • Printout of event registration

Please sign up for a Wikipedia account before you come to the event

RSVP edit

Registration is required to attend this event

Task list edit

Stubs are short articles that can be improved and expanded upon

New article creation

Focus on STEM: links to missing articles

Links to other missing articles

Outcomes edit

Esto es un editatón de Wikipedia
The Impact of Wikipedia
Emily Temple-Wood
Wikipedia Zero
BlackLifeMatters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Harlem, New York City, February 6, 2016
Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy
The 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Articles improved edit

Alphabetical by first letter

  1. Ahmad Alhendawi -- Rosiestep (talk), Jeremyb-phone (talk), BrillLyle (talk), Fuzheado (talk)
  2. Amina J. Mohammed -- Fsimpsonallen (talk)
  3. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima -- Lange.lea (talk)
  4. Barbara Clayton -- History2HerstoryAtUN (talk)
  5. Barbara Vann -- Nwhysel (talk)
  6. Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas -- Lange.lea (talk)
  7. Black Press -- DCLivers (talk)
  8. Bonnie Watson Coleman -- jramteke (talk)
  9. Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council -- ChangeWithUs (talk)
  10. Carine Verbauwen -- Vmathrani (talk)
  11. Carole Wainaina -- Lange.lea (talk)
  12. Cheikh Anta Diop University -- Sasassou (talk)
  13. Christine Quinn -- jramteke (talk)
  14. Eduardo Ulibarri -- Lange.lea (talk)
  15. Female entrepreneur -- Dkingsmill (talk)
  16. Florence Garvin -- Napplicable (talk)
  17. French language -- Constance Soledad (talk)
  18. Gender & History -- Empwrgirls (talk)
  19. Gender equality -- Dkingsmill (talk)
  20. Gladys Aylward -- Constance Soledad (talk)
  21. Gloria Naylor -- Doctorxgc (talk)
  22. Guillermo Rishchynski -- Lange.lea (talk)
  23. Hardeep Singh Puri -- Vmathrani (talk)
  24. HeForShe -- Rivera va (talk)
  25. Inuit doll -- ChangeWithUs (talk)
  26. Judy Dearing -- nwhysel (talk)
  27. Julia A. J. Foote -- Chlosophia64 (talk)
  28. Julie F. Barcelona -- nwhysel (talk)
  29. Kate Austin -- Dee1595 (talk)
  30. Katharine Jefferts Schori -- ChangeWithUs (talk)
  31. Kirsti Lintonen -- Lange.lea (talk)
  32. List of Muslim astronomers -- Aude (talk)
  33. Maria do Valle Ribeiro -- Lange.lea (talk)
  34. María Eugenia Casar -- Kru719 (talk)
  35. Maria Grant -- Dee1595 (talk)
  36. Mariam al-Asturlabi -- BrillLyle (talk)
  37. Marlene Moses -- Lange.lea (talk)
  38. Mattie Griffith Browne -- Dee1595 (talk)
  39. Model United Nations -- Arleneuv (talk)
  40. Myriam Merlet -- Lbrauner (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
  41. Nancy Roman -- Httpgraceanderson (talk)
  42. NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal -- Httpgraceanderson (talk) ‎
  43. Nathalie du Pasquier -- BrillLyle (talk)
  44. Nawal al-Hawsawi -- MeBa2016 (talk)
  45. Paul P. -- Dilettante Army (talk)
  46. Peggy Phelan -- Megs (talk)
  47. Piotr Uklański -- Dilettante Army (talk)
  48. Pontifical Xavierian University -- Eri ospina (talk)
  49. Sara Ahmed -- Aweav94 (talk)
  50. Simona Miculescu -- Hadiasheerazi (talk)
  51. Susana Malcorra -- Lange.lea (talk)
  52. The New School -- Moora060 (talk)
  53. Tulcingo -- Valentine camano (talk) -- translation from Tulcingo in Spanish Wikipedia
  54. UN Women -- SilverChuckle (talk)
  55. Undoing Gender -- Snespeak (talk)
  56. United Nations Holocaust Memorial -- Ardra22 (talk)
  57. United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency -- Httpgraceanderson (talk)
  58. UNRocks -- Lange.lea (talk)
  59. Women in Morocco -- YasminaBenbrahim (talk)
  60. Women in New Zealand -- Jramteke (talk)
  61. Yishay Garbasz -- Dilettante Army (talk)
Multi-language Wikipedias
  1. Dolores Correa y Zapata -- Thepaumillan (talk)
  2. Frente Único Pro Derechos de la Mujer (FUPDM) -- Thepaumillan (talk)
  3. Josefa Molera -- Aude (talk) -- in Spanish Wikipedia
  4. Josefa Molera -- Aude (talk) -- in Catalan Wikipedia
  5. Juana Belem Gutiérrez de Mendoza -- Thepaumillan (talk)
  6. Margaret Chase Smith -- Monlerith (talk) -- in Spanish Wikipedia
  7. Môtiers -- LéonJunior (talk) -- in French Wikipedia

Articles created edit

Alphabetical by first letter

  1. Barbara Vann -- Nwhysel (talk)
  2. Carmen Garza T. Junco --MelinaGonzalezAlanis (talk) 04:36, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Consuelo Mayendía -- Rosiestep (talk)
  4. Doaa Elghobashy -- Aweav94 (talk)
  5. Mariam al-Asturlabi -- Aude (talk)
  6. Nathalie du Pasquier -- Arispool (talk)
  7. UNRocks -- Hadiasheerazi (talk)
AfD moved to Sandbox
  1. Lisa Amati -- Marseamermaid (talk)

Wikidata items improved edit

Alphabetical by first letter

  1. Consuelo Mayendía (Q5784851) -- Rosiestep (talk)
  2. Doaa el-Ghobashy (Q26207574) -- Aweav94 (talk)
  3. Mariam al-Asturlabi (Q12242407) -- Aude (talk) -- merged d:Q19976762 with d:Q12242407 (duplicate items for Mariam al-Asturlabi)
  4. Rosario Soler (Q20898806) -- Rosiestep (talk)
  5. UN Women Her Story (Q26257619) -- BrillLyle (talk)

Wikidata items created edit

Alphabetical by first letter

  1. UN Women Her Story (Q26257619) -- Federico Leva (WMIT) (talk)

Wikimedia Commons edit

Alphabetical by first letter

  1. 2016 UN Women 01 to 2016 UN Women 27 (27 photos) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  2. Ahmad Alhendawi at the UN -- Fuzheado (talk)
  3. Mujeres del Frente Único Pro Derechos de la Mujer -- Thepaumillan (talk)
  4. UN HerStory editathon 2016 photosphere - high -- Fuzheado (talk)
  5. UN HerStory editathon 2016 photosphere - low -- Fuzheado (talk)
  6. UN HerStory editathon 2016 photosphere - medium -- Fuzheado (talk)
  7. WikiConference North America 2016 logo -- Fuzheado (talk)

Gallery edit

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    2016 UN Women
    @ United Nations
  •  
    2016 UN Women
    @ United Nations
    W!

Resources edit

Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help
  • Specific language IRC channels (i.e, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Sindhi)

Virtual editathons edit

See also: Virtual Edit-a-Thons at Wikipedia and UN Women Project

Other events edit

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 UN Women.

Friendly space policy edit

See Friendly space policy

Participants edit

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WikiFacilitators from WM NYC, WiR, WM DC edit

  1. AbhiSuryawanshi (talk) 00:16, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Aude (talk) 01:33, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Aweav94 (talk) 09:04, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:24, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. BrillLyle (talk) 03:49, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Dalton D. Hird 15:27, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. DGG ( talk ) 17:16, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Dilettante Army (talk) 18:44, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. DrX (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Fuzheado | Talk 17:19, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Lange.lea (talk) 14:40, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Levendowski (talk) 14:32, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Megs (talk) 13:15, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Mozucat (talk) 19:22, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Napplicable (talk) 11:57, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Nwhysel (talk) 22:18, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Pharos (talk) 23:35, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Roman Spinner (talk) 15:33, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Rosiestep (talk) 23:56, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Shanluan (talk) 03:30, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Train the Trainers 10 August 2016 edit

  1. Ana Espinosa (talk) 02:40, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Jeremyb (talk) 20:50, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. LéonJunior (talk) 21:01, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Monlerith (talk) 21:10, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Moora060 (talk) 21:26, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Sasassou (talk) 20:51, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. STEAMFuturistas (talk) 21:24, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. SteeveGuillod (talk) 20:35, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Event attendees @ UNHQ and Beyond! edit

  1. Amg940728 (talk) 18:11, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Amyevasquez (talk) 15:25, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Ankunda 2016 (talk) 03:16, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Ardra22 (talk) 15:23, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Arispool (talk) 14:41, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Arleneuv (talk) 15:26, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Aura020891 (talk) 18:53, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Badrabahaar (talk) 15:24, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Bnc5006 (talk) 15:25, 12 August 2016 (UTC) Starting my wikipedia page #her story[reply]
  10. ChangeWithUs (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Chlosophia64 (talk) 15:23, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Chrismacrae (talk) 15:21, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Constance Soledad (talk) 14:24, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  14. DCLivers (talk) 15:52, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Dee1595 (talk) 15:24, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Dkingsmill (talk) 14:23, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Eddy.vegag (talk) 18:11, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Empwrgirls (talk) 14:19, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Eri ospina (talk) 14:24, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Forlifeonline (talk) 14:20, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Fsimpsonallen (talk) 15:21, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Hadiasheerazi (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  23. History2HerstoryAtUN (talk)
  24. Httpgraceanderson (talk) 15:20, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Informed&Intentional (talk)
  26. Iugiagbe (talk) 14:23, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Jramteke (talk) 18:08, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  28. KarlaUrriola (talk) 17:07, 12 August 2016 (UTC) Karla Urriola[reply]
  29. Kru719 (talk) 15:44, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Lbrauner (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Luz Maria Utrera (talk) 18:58, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  32. MaeeGa (talk) 18:12, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Marcelarosalesj (talk)
  34. Marseamermaid (talk) 15:37, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  35. MeBa2016 (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  36. MelinaGonzalezAlanis (talk) 16:27, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  37. Monlerith (talk) 16:13, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  38. N4yana23 (talk) 15:04, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  39. Nathaliapavon (talk) 15:17, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  40. NielsfibaekDK (talk) 15:25, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Rhemy1 (talk) 18:58, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  42. Rivera va (talk) 15:24, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  43. She rocksalways (talk) 18:57, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  44. SilverChuckle (talk) 18:46, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  45. Snespeak (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  46. Thepaumillan (talk) 16:08, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  47. ThranduilOropher (talk) 18:11, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  48. Valentine camano (talk) 15:25, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  49. Vmathrani (talk) 15:31, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  50. WikimedianRomel (talk) 15:59, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  51. YasminaBenbrahim (talk) 15:21, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  52. Yoselin Luciano (talk) 18:11, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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