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Logo for the project Just For The Record – addressing how gender is represented in new media and writing/publishing tools like Wikipedia, and what influence this has on the way history is recorded.
Logo for the project Just For The Record – addressing how gender is represented in new media and writing/publishing tools like Wikipedia, and what influence this has on the way history is recorded.
ABOUTEVENTSRESOURCESPRESS
06.05.2017
Wives and daughters of: changing the narrative on Wikipedia

Wives and daughters of: changing the narrative on Wikipedia

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Just for the Record is happy to organize an edit-a-thon in the context of Ladyfest Maastricht. We will give a two hour workshop during the first day of this 2 day not for profit, community-based music and art festival which aims to create a platform for expression, creation, discussion, collaboration, and celebration of feminists, women, trans and gender-non-conforming people. Ladyfest aims to give space for deconstructing, exploring and critically reflecting upon what it means to be a ‘lady’ in today’s world and to open up a dialogue about the diversity of experiences through a range of artistic expressions, workshops, performances, lectures, and discussions Free event, open to all, with food and drinks provided! Send us an email at info[at]justfortherecord.space to book a place + get more info! Bring your laptop.

Pictures of the event

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Picture of the event.
Picture of the event.

Practical Information

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  • Venue: Mandril Cultural and Political Centre, Cabergerweg 45, 6219 PE Maastricht, Nederland
  • Date: Saturday 6.05.2017
  • Time: 13:00-15:00
  • Language: Presentations in English
  • Cost: Free
  • Participants: Open to anyone interested in this experience: beginners welcome! débutant(e)s bienvenu(e)s! beginners welkom! Experienced Wikipedia editors will be present and will share their knowledge in editing Wikipedia.
  • What to Bring: Attendees can bring their own laptops and power cords.
  • A temporary library will be set up by the participants who are invited to bring their books and digital documents to share with the others!

What can you do?

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During the event, we invite you to contribute to Wikipedia and to the discussions around the gender gap on Wikipedia. You can edit an existing article to improve it, create a new one about a subject that doesn’t exist, but we also highly value the sharing of editing experiences, and ideas about what could make Wikipedia a more welcoming and colorful place!

Open questions:

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Here are interrogations we would like to share with you:

  • if Wikipedia can be considered as a tool to re·write history, how would you like it to be written?
  • what is the influence the way we write on the representation of history and its main figures?
  • can writing ever be neutral?

First steps on wikipedia

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  • Add your name to the participant list of this event at the bottom of this page
  • Write some informations on your own wiki page by clicking on your user name at the top of the page (so that your name doesn't appear in red when you start editing articles)
  • Write some informations on your Sandbox, also at the top of the page
  • Improve an existing article
  • Create a new article

Ideas to start editing

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Articles that need your help!

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Here are lists identifying articles that could benefit from edits and expansion:

Translations

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  • These lists mostly link to English Wikipedia, don’t forget your own language’s Wikipedia!

Look for problematic language

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  • Man as false generic: Ban the use of the words man, men and mankind to refer to a person or persons of unspecified sex or to persons of both sexes.

The page Writing about women offers great insights. Look for the following problems in existing pages and try to fix them:

Enregistrez-vous ici ! / Sign Up Here!

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Avez-vous déjà un compte Wikipedia? / Do you already have a Wikipedia account?

NON / NO :

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OUI / YES :

Inscrivez-vous en cliquant sur le bouton bleu
Sign-up by clicking the button below
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.

Ideas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_Klint - find out more about "The Five"-are they concerned with womens issues or just an artist collective? change definition then

possible bot idea: allow search for specific things, e.g. articles refering to women by first name instead of surname

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LadyFest Maastricht

Articles edited

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Participants

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