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International Women's Day Editathon 2020 at Maynooth University
Maynooth University, supported by the Wikimedia Community Ireland, will host an editathon on International Women’s Day, Monday 9 March 2020. The event will take place in Training Rooms A and B at Maynooth University Library, from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Drop-ins welcome. Stay for a little while, or stay for the duration. Hosted by Wikimedia Community Ireland and the Critical Skills Programme

The aim is to add overlooked women and women’s work to Wikipedia. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! We plan to expand stub articles and write new ones. We can teach you how to do these things too!

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Wikipedia is one of the world's mos visited websites, but it has a gender problem. More than 90% of Wikipedia’s editors are male, and content suffers from the bias of its editors. Some Wikipedia editors are taking matters into their own hands, and “editathons” have been organised around the world to encourage people to come together, learn how to edit articles and contribute content on people and topics that have been ignored.

As part of Social Justice Week at Maynooth University, the Critical Skills programme and the Wikimedia Community Ireland are hosting an editathon on International Women’s Day, 9 March 2020. The aim is to add overlooked women and women’s work to Wikipedia. Do you have a suggestion for a missing woman on Wikipedia? Help us build our list of suggestions by either adding it here as a comment. We all know that anybody in the world can edit Wikipedia, adding new articles, expanding existing ones, correcting facts and getting involved in the discussion behind some Wikipedia articles. But have YOU done it? If you did it already, come and share your knowledge with us. If you didn’t, come and learn with us. On the day, we’ll have experienced wikipedians from the Wikimedia Community Ireland - to guide our steps.

All are welcome, although due to space limitations this event is limited to forty editors at one time, no editing experience is necessary and the event is free. Join the editathon for a few minutes, or stay for the duration.

Event details

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  • Date: Monday, March 13, 2020
  • Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm GMT
  • Location: Maynooth University
    The Maynooth University Library
    Maynooth, County Kildare
  • Who should attend: Anyone interested in addressing Wikipedia's gender bias: artists, scientists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, visitors, the curious...
    • Experienced or new Wikipedians (We will provide assistance with Wikipedia formatting and syntax)
  • What to Bring: Ideas for articles; books and sources to use.
  • Contact Email criticalskills@mu.ie if you have any questions about the event, or how you can participate.
  • Hashtag:

How to Prepare

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  1. CREATE A WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT (if you don't already have one)

Please set up an account before the event if at all possible. Very few details are needed: a Username, password, and we recommend giving your email, if only to be reminded of your password when you forget it. The short Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration explains why this is a good idea. We also recommend not using your real name in your Wikipedia username.

If you like, you can also learn a little about editing ahead of time here: w:en:Wikipedia:Tutorial, or see Getting started on Wikipedia for more information.

Participants

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If you have made at least one edit, please sign your name below using the signature tool or using ~~~~

Attendees

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Please Sign your name below using the signature tool or using ~~~~

  1. Smirkybec (talk) 16:32, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  2. AugusteBlanqui (talk) 11:02, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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This banner can be inserted into the Talk page of an article that is edited as part of the editathon (a helper can show you how to do this): The markdown to type is: {{WIR-150}}

WikiProject iconWomen in Red: #1day1woman (2020)
WikiProject iconThis article was created or improved during the #1day1woman initiative hosted by the Women in Red project in 2020. The editor(s) involved may be new; please assume good faith regarding their contributions before making changes.Women in RedWikipedia:WikiProject Women in RedTemplate:WikiProject Women in RedWomen in Red articles

Suggested articles

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Stubs

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Articles that are short and need expansion

Improving articles

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Articles that require copy editing and citation improvements

Developing new articles

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Suggestions for new articles

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You can also browse this list for ideas.

Dictionary of Irish Biography

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In the library, editors will have access to the electronic edition of the Dictionary of Irish Biography. This is a great resource for finding an article subject who is missing from Wikipedia.

Adding images

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Another way to improve Wikipedia is to add public domain images by women artists or about women to existing articles. The following sites have excellent digital collections that can be searched for public domain images:

United States Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art

Tools and templates

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The Great Britain/Ireland De-stub-athon

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The month of March is also the Great Britain/Ireland De-stub-athon event. You could use our editathon to contribute to this event too.

Helpers

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If you are an experienced Wikipedian and are interested in helping please sign up below with 4 tildas.

Notes

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