Want to learn how to edit Wikipedia?
- Art+Feminism’s guide to learn how to edit
- Women in Red has also put together a primer for creating women’s biographies” and “Ten Simple Rules for Creating Women’s Biographies.”
- For Spanish speakers: Check out this resource with guidance on editing Spanish Wikipedia with a gender neutral perspective.
- Wikipedia Tutorial: Learn about the style and content of Wikipedia articles, editing policies, and more.
- Wikimedia Argentina has also shared a set of Spanish-language video tutorials on this page, How to Edit Wikipedia From Home
- Art + Feminism is also hosting a session on 25 March 2020 to share the basics of how to contribute to Spanish Wikipedia as part of the annual Art+Feminism campaign.
Not sure where to start contributing?
- Women in Red and WikiGap have lists of women needing articles on Wikipedia. Both lists span multiple languages. Wikigap list and Women in Red list.
- For the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign for Whose Knowledge?, you can also find a list of women needing photos for their Wikipedia articles and resources for finding and uploading photos on Wikimedia Commons.
- UN Human Rights has also created a list of topics about women’s rights and women human rights defenders needing articles on Wikipedia.
Want to host an edit-a-thon with your community?
- Check out Art+Feminism’s running an edit-a-thon and creating a local event guides as well as WikiGap’s resource on how to run a WikiGap event.
- While public health concerns mean that many in-person gatherings are no longer feasible, you can still join and host edit-a-thons for Women’s History Month virtually.
- Volunteers from WikiProject remote event participation are coming together to share best practices and resources for hosting virtual Wikimedia events. Check out their page for more information.
- Art+Feminism is hosting a session on 24 March to share resources and best practices for how to host a virtual Art+Feminism event.
Get more information
- Learn more about the #WikiHerStory initiative
- Sign up for email updates about Wikimedia’s gender equity efforts
- Katherine Maher’s op-ed in the LA Times: “Wikipedia mirrors the world’s gender biases, it doesn’t cause them”
- Women in the Wikimedia Movement: Roles, Culture, and Opportunities
- Wikimedia gender equity report - 2018
- A landmark Smithsonian decision could change the way we see history online. What it means for Wikipedia and women’s stories.
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