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Belkin Event information

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  • Register: Please email belkin.rsvp@ubc.ca to RSVP to attend, and [Please Register Here] after rsvping.
  • Event Dates: Monday, 7 March to Friday, 25 March 2022
  • Time: Login Anytime (See specific workshop sessions and event dates below)
  • Location: Online and in person - facilitated by Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
  • Wikipedia How-to get started Workshop: Thursday, 10 March 2022 from 1 to 2 pm
  • Citation Workshop: Tuesday, 15 March 2022 from 1 to 2 pm
  • Virtual Drop-in Help Session: Wednesday, 16 March 2022 from 1 to 2 pm
  • In-Person Edit-a-Thon: Thursday, 24 March 2022, 11am - 2pm
  • Virtual Edit-a-Thon in collaboration with Western Front Society: Thursday, 24 March 2022, 11am - 2pm

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Vancouver
Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon
When and Where
DateMarch 7-25, 2022
Facilitated byMorris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, along with Centre A and Western Front Society
TimeLogin Anytime. See: https://belkin.ubc.ca/events/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-2022/ for specific events
City, ProvinceVancouver, British Columbia
LocationOnline

Details

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Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well documented. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not. It demonstrates an alarming absence in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.

Each March, art communities around the world converge to correct Wikipedia’s gendered biases and improve the content of under-represented persons on the tenth most visited site in the world. Help balance the gender imbalance by creating and editing Wikipedia articles about women, non-binary, 2SLGBTQIA+, people of colour + Indigenous artists, as well as feminist and activist art movements.

Vancouver is hosting its seventh annual edit-a-thon at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery on the University of British Columbia campus, in collaboration with Centre A, Western Front Society and Honouring Indigenous Writers. We invite people of all gender identities and expressions to participate in a communal updating of Wikipedia’s entries on art and feminism. We are committed to creating a safe space for all participants.

  • No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary.
  • Wikipedia training and reference materials will be provided.
  • Workshops will be provided: at the Edit-a-thon event & at How-to-edit training workshops before the event (see details above).

Art+Feminism is a rhizomatic campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia and to encourage female editorship. Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2011 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Many articles on notable women in history and art are absent on Wikipedia.

Together, let’s change things.

Suggested articles

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Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

As this is a Vancouver-based event, a Vancouver focus is suggested - but not required.

Feel free to add suggested pages to the lists below. See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

Please indicate if you are working on a page or updating a topic / artist / heading by putting your name next to it below

Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. without articles

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Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. as part of a project by Centre A

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Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. with articles that need major or moderate editing or updating

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Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. with articles that need minor editing or updating

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For additional suggestions, check out the list of artists from the 2021 Art+Feminism Vancouver Meetup or the 2020 Art+Feminism Vancouver Meetup. Many still need articles created or expanded upon.

New pages completed in 2022

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Pages updated in 2022

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