Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism/Interference Archive 2016/Resources

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Interference Archive Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon
When
DateSunday, March 6, 2016
Time2:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST
Where
VenueInterference Archive
Address131 8th Street #4
Brooklyn, New York 11215
Transit
SubwayR to 9th Street F or G to 4th Avenue
BusB37 or B103 to 3rd Avenue/8th Street B61 to 9th Street/3rd Avenue
FacebookTBD
Hashtag#ArtAndFeminism

This page contains resources to help you learn to edit Wikipedia as well as information about the site and issues related to its gender gap. Certain recommended resources are presented in bold.

If you cannot find the answer you're looking for or have other questions, just ask one of the experienced Wikipedians in attendance at the event.

Editing Wikipedia

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General introductions and core policies

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Visual Editor

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Visual Editor is a rich-text editor that allows users to contribute without having to learn wikimarkup. It's a relatively new tool that has some limitations, but new users may want to try it out.

At the top of a page, you should see two links "Edit" and "Edit source". "Edit" will open the Visual Editor while "Edit source" will open the standard editing window. If you don't see both options and want to use Visual Editor, make sure you're logged in and go to Special:Preferences. Under the "Editing" tab there is an option "Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta". Make sure that is not checked and then click "save". If you still don't see it after you go to an article and refresh the page, ask one of the Wikipedians at the event for assistance.

Some of the major drawbacks to the Visual Editor are:

  • Most importantly: It doesn't work on talk pages
  • Templates still require using wikimarkup
  • Some browsers are unsupported
  • There are a few citation template bugs

The VisualEditor User guide is comprehensive documentation for the Visual Editor

Training programs

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These can be very useful, but take a little time. Most of the training modules were designed with students and instructors in mind, but can be just as helpful to other new editors.

  • Wiki Education Foundation's student training was just updated for Spring 2016. It includes three modules: Wikipedia Essentials, Editing Basics, and Evaluating Articles and Sources. For our purposes, Editing Basics is the most immediately useful, but you may also benefit from Wikipedia Essentials.
  • Wikipedia:Training/Newcomers - Wikipedia training for newcomers in general. Does a good job with the basics, but doesn't include Visual Editor and hasn't been updated very recently.
  • Wikipedia:Tutorial - Similar to the Newcomers training, but formatted to be more of a broad overview in fewer steps

Basic information about editing

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Beyond the basics

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Learn more about the Wikipedia community

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About Wikipedia's systemic gender bias

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  • Research papers
    • Antin, J.; Yee, R.; Cheshire, C.; Nov, O. (2011). "Gender Differences in Wikipedia Editing". WikiSym.Open access icon
    • Collier, Benjamin; Bear, Julia (2012), "Conflict, criticism, or confidence: an empirical examination of the gender gap in Wikipedia contributions", Proc. of CSCW, doi:10.1145/2145204.2145265, S2CID 17473183
    • Laniado, David; Castillo, Carlos; Kaltenbrunner, Andreas; Fuster Morell, Mayo (Aug 27–29, 2012). "Emotions and dialogue in a peer-production community: the case of Wikipedia" (PDF). WikiSym. Linz, Austria: ACM Press.Open access icon
    • Stine Eckert; Linda Steiner (2013). "(Re)triggering Backlash: Responses to News About Wikipedia's Gender Gap". Journal of Communication Inquiry. 37 (284): 284–303. doi:10.1177/0196859913505618. S2CID 144330321.
    • Hill B.M.; Shaw A. (2013). "The Wikipedia Gender Gap Revisited: Characterizing Survey Response Bias with Propensity Score Estimation". PLOS ONE. 8 (6): e65782. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...865782H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065782. PMC 3694126. PMID 23840366.Open access icon
    • Lam, S. K.; Uduwage, A.; Dong, Z.; Sen, S.; Musicant, D. R.; Terveen, L.; Riedl, J. (2011). "WP:Clubhouse? An Exploration of Wikipedia's Gender Imbalance". WikiSym.Open access icon
    • Sook Lim; Nahyun Kwon (2010). "Gender differences in information behavior concerning Wikipedia, an unorthodox information source?". Library and Information Science Research. 32 (3): 212–220. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2010.01.003. S2CID 143373475.Open access icon
    • Steiner, Linda; Eckert, Stine (2012). Wikipedia's Gender Gap: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, AZ, May 24, 2012. (PDF) Open access icon