Write Women Back In To History Wikipedia virtual editathon March 2014

WHAT:  virtual participation ( you, you and your students, you and your friends, you and the person in the office next to you, whoever wants to participate).  I've no idea of the true genealogy but my knowledge of feminist interventions into Wikipedia grow out of #TOOFew which is a full primer on the whys and wherefores of editing Wikipedia.

WHEN: March 8, 19 and 28, 2014 but you are free to do whatever days work for you  SIGN UP HERE

WHERE: Where ever you are!  Whatever time you want to work!  That is the point of a virtual editathon, to allow people who can't make it to an in person event to participate.  I'm trying to organize virtual support on the three dates, plus I'll be sharing lots of video and web tutorials. (if you want to find a local editathon, the seven sisters schools have organized   If you want to participate virtually, Bryn Mawr has a list of entries  DHpoco's Rewriting Wikipedia takes place on March 18.

WHY:  WikiWomen's History Month is a wiki-coordinated program of international events and edit-a-thons focused on WikiProject Women's History and related projects such as WikiProject Women artists, WikiProject Feminism, and WikiProject Women scientists, to be held throughout in celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month in March 2014. These events can also be held ON Wiki - as themes and translation projects!

HOW:  some ideas from me to get started in very small ways

1. add citations women's history article in need of improvement 

1. copy edit with eye to gender neutral language, inclusion of women as authors of references.  It is easier to get small changes to "stick" in Wikipedia than large edits 

1. read through entries on famous men and add the women in their lives into them Again, small edits are less likely to be challenged, and someone's mother is generally a fairly incontrovertible, easily sourced bit of information to add

1. insert links to and from pages within Wikipedia  Entries with many links to other Wikipedia are less likely to be deleted.

Also as you edit for gender, keep an eye on ethnicity, race, region, religion, disability, sexuality of everyone written about!  

• Getting started

• Introduction to Wikipedia

• The five pillars of Wikipedia

• How to edit a page
 and How to develop articles

• How to create your first article

• Simplified Manual of Style

Ideas from the WikiProject Women's History group include a long to do list, plus lots of information!

Check out DHPoco's Rewriting Wikipedia Project  because In addition to writing women into wikipedia there is a real need to expand representation beyond the United States and Europe. 

More resources: 

Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

Start page for texted-based instructions for editing in Wikipedia
Start page for video-based instructions for editing in Wikipedia

Assignments
Excellent group at HASTAC about how and why you should teach with Wikipedia
My Pinterest and Wikipedia assignment
Adeline Koh's Wikipedia Assignment
Sara Humphrey's wikibook class project
Making History: Wikipedia Editing as Pedagogical and Public Intervention: http://


First edits done
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000  cleaned up, brought stats up to date.  Easy for me since I've been involved with the project since 2008
Martha Graham  inserted links to other Wikipedia pages to better integrate her page
Elizabeth Freeman, inserted link to Catharine Sedgewick page
Chela Sandoval entry in progress, please help make it better
Added few lines on Mexican feminists redefinition of Malinche

Articles I've come across that need editing
Phillis Wheatley, later life section needs sources < I'm in process of doing this but JUMP ON IN
Rose Kennedy
Doris Kearns Goodwin
La Llorona
section on feminist interpretations of Malinche
editing for Adelita

SHOCKINGLY absent entries that need creating or expanding
Emilie Davis
Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo - only a stub