Wikipedia:Meetup/Australia/Artbank 2024

Artbank Wikipedia Edit-a-thon project page

2024 editathon

Wikimedia Australia has partnered with the Artbank to increase the understanding and appreciation of Wikipedia entries of Australian and women artists featured in ‘Equalessable,’ and the Artbank Collection. Artbank is an Australian Government support program that acquires and supports the work of living, Australian contemporary artists. The editathon event was also inspired by the Countess Report by artists Amy Prcevich, Elvis Richardson, Miranda Samuels and Shevaun Wright; using nationally collected data to highlight gender representation, arts education, the distribution of arts funding and media representation in the Australian art sector.

Event Details

Countess.Report and Artbank Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Date: Tuesday 3 September 2024
Time: 2pm - 4pm AEST
Location: Artbank Sydney, 222 Young Street Waterloo, NSW 2017
Bookings: Register to join.

Let's get started!

If you don't have a Wikipedia account yet, please create one. Remember you may choose to make your username anonymous and gender-neutral.
Create your user page and add that you are "Participating in the Countess.Report and Artbank Wikipedia Edit-a-thon September 2024" and add a hyperlink to this project page. This lets other editors know that you are a new contributor and still learning. ✍️

Event dashboard

📈 To view the statistics from this Artbank event, visit the event dashboard here.

What should I work on during the edit-a-thon?

There are many different ways for you to contribute today. Wikipedia is the product of millions of individual contributions and every change that is made, no matter how small, makes a difference!

We've prepared a list of suggested subjects and assembled some preliminary sources to get you started.

Once you've decided which task you'd like to tackle, add your username to the Google sheet. We've listed some notable artists, suggested resources and ideas for you!

Write a new article

Writing a new article means making a brand new Wikipedia page – exciting stuff!

Expand a stub article

Stubs are very short articles that need to be expanded. A fellow Wikipedian may have started the page but only added minimal details. Expanding stubs by including more information and citations is important because it prevents these pages from being deleted and means readers can find out more.

Improve an existing article

Existing articles can always be improved, whether that be:

fixing grammar and spelling
correcting the tone (to be more neutral, like an encyclopedia rather than a CV)
adding missing in-line citations, or refreshing outdated articles.
linking orphan pages to and from other Wikipedia pages to ensure their relevance and increase traffic to them

Improving existing articles makes them more credible and, in some cases, might save them from deletion. Before you begin editing, check the text box at the top of the existing Wikipedia page to see what needs improving.

Helpful links

Introductory	Franklin Women More Than A Day - Wikipedia Editing Tutorials Franklin Women cheatsheet Franklin Women annotated Wikipedia page A simplified guide for contributing to Wikipedia Tips for writing your first article Writing better articles What Wikipedia is not Adding pictures to an article Conflict of interest
Notability, style guides, policies, biographies	Wikipedia:Notability (academics) Notability policy (shortcut WP:N) Manual of style (MOS) MOS, Biography, Lead section Wikipedia policy:Biographies of living persons
Layout, headings, sections, lists	Manual of Style, Layout Manual of Style, Article titles, headings, and sections Manual of Style, Section headings Manual of Style, Layout, Order of article elements Manual of style

Online information about artists


Libraries, directories edit	Open access online journals edit	Public galleries and libraries edit
Artbank Artist Profiles Women's Art Register Australian Women's Register Australian Dictionary of Biography National Library of Australia National Library of Australia eResources Trove KMN The artists Google Advanced Design & Art Australia Online Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI) Internet Archive/ Open Library/ Art books Prints and Printmaking Australian Feminist Art Timeline Art Research; The Scheding Index of Australian Art & Artists	Artlink Art Guide Australia Eyeline Art Collector Beautiful Bizarre Artist profile Fine Print Colossal Art Almanac MeMO JSTOR and Artstor Vault Ocula	National Gallery of Australia National Library of Australia Pictures Collection Art Gallery of South Australia(AGSA) Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) State Library NSW Digital collections National Gallery of Victoria(NGV) State Library of Victoria image collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art(QAGOMA) Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery(TMAG) Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) National Museum of Australia (NMA) Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) National Portrait Gallery (NPG)

Get help

We hope you keep editing. If you're having any other issues, feel free to email Wikimedia Australia and the staff will assist you contact@wikimedia.org.au

You can also post your question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red where the editors are both helpful and responsive.

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