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University of Maryland
2021 Art+Feminism
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date:Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Time:10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Address:Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture (also virtual)
City/State:College Park, MD 20742

In honor of Women's History Month, the University of Maryland Art Gallery, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture is hosting a public Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. The event will focus on improving Wikipedia entries related to notable women artists and art world figures. Snacks provided.

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Event information

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  • Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
  • Time: 10:00 a.m to 1:00 pm
  • Who: Anyone with a laptop! No advanced technical skills required!
    While all participants of all genders are welcome to sign up, this event is focused on encouraging women editors.
  • What to bring: Laptop computer
  • Where: Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture (also virtual)

Goals

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  • To encourage inexperienced editors (especially women) and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia
  • To improve a selection of Wikipedia articles related to women artists, critics, dealers, and other women in the visual arts
  • To increase awareness of the research resources freely available through libraries, archives, and museums

Schedule

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From 10 am to 1 pm, please feel free to drop in to the Michelle Smith Collaboratory, where we will be focusing on creating new articles and improving existing biographies of women artists whose work is found in one of three collections at the University of Maryland: The Art Gallery, Stamp Student Union, and the Driskell Center. All are welcome, and your contributions are highly valued.

Questions?

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  1. Do I need to have any Wikipedia experience to participate? No experience required! However, you may wish to register a user account on Wikipedia in advance of the event.
  2. Do I need to have extensive knowledge on visual arts? Nope! You will be finding information about the artists through our resources. The important thing is knowing how to choose a good source to get your information from.
  3. your question here

List of articles we will be working on

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Volunteers should feel free to add the names of notable women in the arts who need a better Wikipedia presence, especially ones represented by works in one of three permanent collections on the University of Maryland campus: University of Maryland Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Purchasing Program (CAPP) collection of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, and David C. Driskell Center. The list provides a starting point for work by edit-a-thon participants, either by researching and writing new articles (biographies) or expanding and improving existing articles (biographies) of women on this list. If you are not sure where to start, don't hesitate to ask for help! Please add the #ArtAndFeminism tag to all edits on Wikipedia made for this event.

To see some useful resources for artists in the UMD Art Gallery and Driskell Center collections, see [1] (a resource in progress) and for resources on the artists in the Contemporary Art Purchasing Program Collection (CAPP) at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, see [2] (also a resource in progress).

List of Women Artists in UMD Collections in need of new articles or improvement/expansion to existing articles

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Last year (2021) we edited at least 3 new bios and a couple of ones in need of improvement. Let's do more this year! In addition to our normal list of women artists with work in UMD collections, this year (2022) we are focusing on women artists from the west coast Bay area without entries or with entries in need of some TLC! (thanks to Melissa San Miguel for compiling this list)

  • Gail Aratani – founding member of Japantown Art and Media Workshop - printmaker
  • Consuelo Mendez – founding member of Mujeres Muralistas
  • Mia Gonzalez – Mission + murals
  • Xochitl Nevel-Guerrero - muralist
  • Fran Valesco – muralist + printmaker
  • Betsie Miller-Kusz - muralist
  • Linda Lucero - printmaker
  • Celia Herrera Rodriguez
  • Jean LaMarr

Our customary list of women artists whose work appears in UMD collections

New article requests

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Resources for citations and images

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Try using Citation Hunt for an easy way to improve articles.

Additional resources

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Adding a Sandbox

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If you have a username, you can create your own sandbox in your userspace. You can find your user sandbox here. (And if it doesn't exist yet, feel free to create it!) For easy access, there is a "Sandbox" link at the top right of every page. You can also put {{My sandbox}} on your userpage.

Choosing the best form of name

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Need help choosing the best form of name for a new biographical article? Try Getty Union List of Artists Names and/or Library of Congress Name Authorities

Useful templates for artists

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Adding artist infoboxes

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The template for artist infoboxes is here: Template:Infobox artist

Artist stub templates

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Article under construction template

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  • {{under construction | placedby = | comment = Article in progress, [[Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women in the Arts 2021]] }}

Artist biography article template

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Help after the event

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  • The Wikipedia Teahouse, a friendly place to ask questions and help new editors get started
  • WikiProject Women Artists, an ongoing WikiProject dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biographies of women artists
  • N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

Results / Outcomes

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Articles created

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Articles improved

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Media coverage

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to ArtAndFeminism 2017.

Participants - Sign Up Here!

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nuancelair100.15.133.92 (talk) 14:26, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

NelsonK365 (talk) 16:58, 6 April 2022 (UTC) edited article on Valeria Miani[reply]

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