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More Female Architects on Wikipedia (sometimes stylized as Mehr Architektinnen auf Wikipedia) is a campaign to improve coverage of women architects on Wikipedia.

Background

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ArtAndFeminism 2014 in Chicago

Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2011 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female.[1] The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Many articles on notable women in history and art are absent on Wikipedia. This represents an alarming aporia in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.

Interested in organizing an event?

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We encourage you to address Wikipedia’s gender gap by organizing satellite edit-a-thons over International Women’s Day weekend, March 7-8, 2015. Those interested in organizing a satellite event are encouraged to contact us via email at info@art.plusfeminism.org.

ArtAndFeminism 2014 in NYC

See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/HowTo for further instructions.

2015 International Edit-a-thons on March 7th and 8th

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Organized by Siân Evans, Jacqueline Mabey, Dorothy Howard and Michael Mandiberg, in collaboration with POWarts and The Museum of Modern Art

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At Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at The Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54 Street, on Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m (International Women's Day). All day communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. Tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, reference materials, childcare, and refreshments.

list of articles to edit

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Past ArtAndFeminism events (2015)

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Future ArtAndFeminism events

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  • Minnesota, St. Catherine University, May 9, 2015
  • Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario Library & Archives, May 13, 2015
  • Please add your event here

History

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In February 2014, Siân Evans (Art Libraries Society of North America's Women and Art Special Interest Group), Jacqueline Mabey (The office of failed projects), Michael Mandiberg, Laurel Ptak, and Richard Knipel and Dorothy Howard (Metropolitan New York Library Council) of Wikimedia NYC, organized an ArtAndFeminism edit-athon at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York City. More than 30 satellite events were organized in Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The campaign attracted an estimated 600 participants, resulting in more than 100 new Wikipedia articles focused on women and the arts. Click here for outcomes from February 2014.

Past events

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2014
Portland, Oregon, February 2014
Washington, D.C., February 2014
London, April 2014

Eyebeam Art and Technology Center and 30 satellite locations, February 1, 2014

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References

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  1. ^ Glott, Ruediger; et al. "Wikipedia Survey – Overview of Results" (PDF). United Nations University. Retrieved 24 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |first= (help)

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