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Know My Name International Women's Day Edit-a-thon 2021

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Just 18 per cent of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. When it comes to female artists and creators, that number is even lower.

Wikimedia Australia is partnering with the National Gallery of Australia again in 2021 on its Know My Name project, to enhance the understanding and appreciation of work by Australian artists who identify as women.

In March 2021, we are hosting an edit-a-thon ahead of International Women's day. Our goal is to ensure all artists of the Know My Name exhibition and catalogue are represented online. This effort is also part of the Art+Feminism movement.

See the campaign dashboard for this project

Event details

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Saturday 6 March 2021

12.30pm – 4.30pm
Research Library, Level 3, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Free
Registration: https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/wikipedia-edit-thon/

Before attending event

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  • Create an account in Wikipedia
  • Bring your own laptop to the gallery (not iPad)

What should I work on during the edit-a-thon?

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There are many different ways for you to contribute today. Wikipedia is the product of millions of individual contributions and every change that is made, no matter how small, makes a difference!

We’ve prepared a list of suggested artists and assembled some preliminary sources to get you started. Keep in mind Wikipedia’s Conflict of Interest guidelines when selecting your subject to make sure it is appropriate for you to make the edits. Once you’ve decided which task you’d like to tackle, add your username to the table.

Instructions

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  • Choose an artist from the artist list. Write your username in the last column so different people don't work on the same page during the edit-a-thon. After the edit-a-thon anyone is able to edit any page. If you need to find more artists, choose one from the artist list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/To-do List of Australian women artists
  • If you are a first-time editor, it may be easier for you to edit an existing page rather than create a new one.
  • If the artist is living, please read and follow the guidelines in Wikipedia: Biographies of living persons (shortcut WP:BLP), for both new pages and editing existing ones.
  • If there is already a page for that artist, check its Talk page for any comments or suggested edits and check the Article page for any templates with suggestions for improvements.
  • Use Australian English and spelling. If you are editing a page about an Indigenous artist, you may use words in the appropriate Indigenous language if you are confident the word is correct.
  • See also the Helpful links under the artist list for more guidance.

Artist list

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Check also Know My Name artist list

Artist Update needed Suggested resources Username for page during edit-a-thon
Bonita Ely Strong article but needs breaking up into sections. See comments on Talk page. Follow these guidelines Wikipedia: Biographies of living persons (shortcut WP:BLP) NGV DAAO Umibenokafka
Caroline Rothwell Needs a new page. Follow WP:BLP Auck MCA Ocula Art Collector ElizabethGM26 (talk) 02:58, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Doreen Reid Nakamarra Needs expansion. See Talk page for comments. NGV NGA
Emily Kame Kngwarreye More citations required. See Talk page. NGV DAAO Trove Auck Commons NGA Bio
Ewa Pachucka NGA MOMA AGNSW Ellenn96
Helen Johnson MCA Monash NGA The National LPascal
Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart Needs expansion. ADB Trove Bayside Council
Joyce Hinterding Needs a new page. Follow guidelines WP:BLP Artist's site University of Sydney Art Collector Radio Revolten MCA MCA DAAO Australia Council NGA
Judith Wright (artist born 1945) Needs a new page. Follow guidelines WP:BLP MCA Own site Art Collector AGNSW UQ Art Museum
Ken Sisters: Tjungkara Ken, Sandra Ken, Yaritji Young, Freda Brady, Maringka Tunkin Needs a group page for overall Ken Sisters Collaborative. Follow guidelines WP:BLP

There is a section on the collaborative on the Yaritji Young page and some individual sisters have pages.

AGSA Tjala Arts Liberal eclectic SBS AGSA curator talk Christiane Hennequin on 'Maringka Tunkin' Tenniscourtisland Ken Sisters Tenniscourtisland (talk) 05:32, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Lena Yarinkura Needs a new page. Follow guidelines WP:BLP NGV DAAO Trove Maningrida Arts Centre
Linda Marrinon Artist profile MCA The National Ocula DAAO AmandaSLawrence
Lola Greeno Needs expansion. Follow these guidelines WP:BLP Handmark ADC Australia Council Shadow the Librarian (talk) 05:33, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Lynda Draper Own site Artist profile National Art School
Madonna Staunton Needs expansion. DAAO QAGOMA Artlink
Marea Gazzard Needs expansion. See Talk page. NGV Trove Utopiaarts MAAS Ruffcollie
Nyukana Baker Needs a new page. Artlink DAAO
Phillipa Cullen NLA DAAO Trove Ruffcollie
Sue Ford Needs more citations and more sources. See comments on the page and the Talk page. See Talk page for more references. NPG Photo Review Leiakalex
Virginia Fraser Needs expansion. DAAO MCA/Destiny Deacon Wheeler
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Introductory

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Visual arts guides

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Guides to writing biographies

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A simplified guide for contributing to Wikipedia Wikipedia:Manual of style/Visual arts (shortcut WP:VAMOS) MOS, Biography, Lead section (shortcut MOS:OPENPARABIO)

Notability policy for people

Tips for writing your first article Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/Lead section What Wikipedia is not (shortcut WP:NOT)
Detailed editing tutorial Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/References are essential Wikipedia: Biographies of living persons
Cheat sheets: cheat sheets here! Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/Lists of artworks Conflict of Interest guidelines

Using images

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Style, language

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Sources of help and online information about artists

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Adding pictures to an article National varieties of English (shortcut MOS:ENGVAR)

Wikipedia: Manual of style/Spelling (shortcut WP:MOSS)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red - Wikipedians who create and edit articles about women, a good place to get help and inspiration.
Wikipedia:Guidelines for images and other media files Wikipedia Manual of Style WikiProject help Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women artists.
Wikipedia:Image use policy Indigenous languages, examples of use of appropriate words: Mabel Juli, Lena Nyadbi. Trove Find Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives etc. See the people and organisations search option.
Wikipedia:Images For users of source editing: List of Wiki markups Australian Women's Register
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts/Using images of art ABC style guide National Gallery of Australia
Commons:Simple media reuse guide Macquarie Dictionary Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO)
Wikimedia Commons Commonwealth Style Manual For many more online sources of information and guides: Know My Name project page

Get help or stay in touch!

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If you're a Facebook user, we have created a Facebook group that you can join to get help and post your work. Just post any questions there and we'll help you through them.

If you're having any other issues, feel free to contact Wikipedian Caddie Brain at caddie.brain@wikimedia.org.au or Kerry Raymond kerry.raymond@wikimedia.org.au

See also

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