The SILS Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host our first Wikipedia edit-a-thon on April 6, 2016. Join library staff and students at UNC's School of Information and Library Science for an evening of social Wikipedia editing in the SILS Library.
At the edit-a-thon, which is open to the public, we will create and improve Wikipedia articles about women who are involved in creating and publishing graphic novels. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience needed. Ryan Kulikowski, owner of Chapel Hill Comics, will speak about Women and Graphic Novels at 5:00 pm, followed by a brief workshop on the basics of Wikipedia editing. We will have library resources and a list of suggested topics on hand.
Details edit
WHEN: Wednesday, April 6, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Come when you can, stay as long as you would like.
- Please arrive at 5:00 pm if you'd like to attend the talk on women and graphic novels by Ryan Kulikowski, owner of Chapel Hill Comics. A brief workshop on the basics of Wikipedia editing will follow the talk, at around 5:45 pm.
WHERE: Information & Library Science (SILS) Library, located in Manning Hall on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
WHO: Anyone!
- Experienced or new Wikipedians (We will provide assistance with Wikipedia formatting and syntax.).
- UNC faculty, staff, and students.
Participating Remotely edit
We'll be updating the topic list in real time, with editors signing next to articles they're working on, so anyone with a Wikipedia account can log on and do the same. We welcome remote participants, and hope these options will allow you to participate!
Suggested Topics edit
Compiled lists of female comics creators:
- Female comics creators (this page can be improved)
- List of comics creators (this list can be updated to include more women)
- Female comics writers (category listing)
- Female comics artists (category listing)
- List of Lulu Award winners (the Lulu Awards, spanning 1997-2009, were created to bring attention to women-friendly work in comics and to recognize the work of women comics creators of the past)
- #VisibleWomen A Storify list of women comic book artists tweeted by Kelly Sue DeConnick using the #VisibleWomen.
Individual creators pages to improve:
Individual creators pages to create:
- Catherine Doherty
- Liana Finck
- Jane Fisher
- Miriam Libicki
- Anne Timmons
Online Research Sources edit
- Graphic Novels libguide Contains resources for researching graphic novels, including databases to search for articles.
- Ebooks available via the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries Catalog Note: You will need to login to these resources using UNC onyen credentials.
- SILS Library Graphic Novel Collection Search for graphic novels in the SILS Library Collection.
Wikipedia Help edit
- GLAM Beginners Guide
- Wikipedia Tutorial
- Citation guide
- Formatting Shortcuts -
Other local edit-a-thons edit
This is one of several edit-a-thons happening in Chapel Hill and Durham in April 2016. If you're in the area, please consider participating in the following meet-ups as well!
- Art + Feminism 2016 - 20 April 2016
- Women in Science Edit-a-thon - 18 April 2016
- African Diaspora Women Artists Edit-a-thon - 7 April 2016
- Women + Graphic Novels Edit-a-thon - 6 April 2016
- North Carolina Heritage Award Winners Edit-a-thon - 5 April 2016
RSVP edit
Please add your name below if you are planning to attend.
- zanynaz
- Registheastonishing
- Frankcjones (talk) 14:30, 23 March 2016 (UTC) I'll be online during the event and can answer questions about editing Wikipedia articles.
- marthamml
- Lilaclens (talk)
- 8bit-knitwit
- Jaystor92 (talk)
Event Outcomes edit
We'll update this section after the event