Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Closing the Gap: Women's History Month Edit-a-thon


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Closing the Gap: Women's History Month Edit-a-thon presented by The White House Gender Policy Council & The White House Domestic Policy Council with support from Wikimedia DC

BACKGROUND The White House Gender Policy Council & the White House Domestic Policy Council are hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon with Wikimedia to improve historical representation of women. The goal of this event is to mark Women's History Month by collaborating with a select group of youth organizations to address the gender content gap in Wikipedia entries. Shockingly only 10% of Wikipedia editors are women, and only 20% of Wikipedia profiles are about women, which leads to a systemic bias in how we document history. The solution is to motivate women and girls to create new content, expand the breadth of profiles, find reference materials to cite and fix the credit bias, and remove unconsciously biased language.

EVENT The Edit-a-thon is a virtual event where girls can edit, improve, and/or create Wikipedia content to recognize the contributions of underrepresented women in history. A list of topics will be created in advance so the girls can use the entire event to edit and improve Wikipedia.

Mentors from partner organizations will undergo training in advance to ensure that allotted time is used efficiently. Representatives from the United States Digital Service will be there to help troubleshoot any issues with editing Wikipedia.

When

March 29, 2021 4pm-7pm

Registration

This is a closed event.


Please sign in

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2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Save changes'.
Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees at the bottom of this page.

Article work list

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Instructions: Choose two articles to edit or create (first choice and second choice). Send the names of the articles you've chosen along with your username to your mentor. Your mentor will notify you to confirm or deny that your first choice is available. Please wait for confirmation before starting your article worksheet.

This list includes articles that need to be created and a few that require improvements. Use your article worksheet to write the lead section (3-5 sentences), when starting a new article. Use the worksheet to make notes of needed improvements when working on existing articles.

Tip: it's easier to prove that your topic is notable if 1) you have a number of sources to support this or 2) the subject of your article was the first to accomplish something. Try starting with an article that meets one or two of the items within this criteria.

Article for creation

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Scroll down to find the article you may have a reserved.

If you have not reserved an article and would like to create one, please visit Wikiproject/Women in Red to search for a list of red links (articles for creation). Search by category to find one that may be of interest to you. Click the red link to start the article. Please share the article you are creating in the chat.

Activists

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Regina Lee - Asian-American activist and co-founder of New York City's Chinatown Health Clinic (Now the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center) (Living)

Moved from draft to main, 3/30/21
Article assigned to User:Flower204

Draft:Flavia Kleiner, Cofounder of Operation Libero (Living)

Assigned to User:Mylow2021!

Draft:Rilla Moran, first President of the National Federation of Democratic Women (Living)

Assigned to User:C.brandi45

Draft:Deanna Munoz, CEO/Founder, Latino Arts Foundation and Midwest Chicana Brand (Living)

Article is assigned to User:Seksek37

Aviators

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Manila Davis Talley - Aviator, member of the 99s (International Association of Female pilots), founding member of the Betsy Ross Corps (private 1930s female auxiliary/reserve for the Army Air Corps), third woman to graduate from the Air Force Academy (Deceased)

Moved draft to mainspace April 9
Assigned to User:Andreeaiban

Hattie Meyers Junkin - Aviator, first women to earn a “C”-level pilot's license (Deceased)

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Authors

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Draft:Marisel Vera, Author (Living)

Article assigned to User:Volleyball2022

Julissa Arce, best-selling, award winning author and activist (Living)

Moved from draft to main, 3/30/21
Assigned to User:Naturestyles01

Government Officials, Political Appointees or Politicians

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Draft:Karen Jackson - Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)

  • CMS Bio - Source includes education and career history

Draft:Alejandra Ceja, Former Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. (Living)

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Nancy Navarro, Montgomery County Maryland first Latina council member (Living)

Moved from draft to main, 3/31/21
Assigned to Tarheel01

Draft:Ellen Hope Hays, First Alaska Native woman to become a National Park Service Superintendent (Deceased)

Assigned to User:Sparrow29

Chefs

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Draft:Iris Veronica Jimenez, Chef and Culinary Director (Living)

Entrepreneurs

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Draft:Carolina Contreras, entrepreneur and natural hair activist - opened the first natural hair salon in the Dominican Republic (Living)

Assigned to User:Shalla621

Draft:Cashmere Nicole, Founder Beauty Bakerie

Assigned to User:Nana2021

Draft:Rea Ann Silva - Creator of the Beautyblender (Living)

Assigned to User:HenSmithy

Draft:Brittney Ogike

Assigned to User:Girlsrock2006

Educators

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Draft:Nadia Lopez (Dr. Nadia Lopez), Founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy (Living)

Assigned to User:Fleepfloop

STEM Professionals

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Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell - Doctor and activist who established women's clinic

Assigned to User:Redbuttercake

Catherine Pilachowski - Astronomer, past president of the American Astronomical Society, Professor and Kirkwood Chair in Astronomy at Indiana University Bloomington (Living)

Draft moved to mainspace April 9
Assigned to User:CalcuttaCode

Draft:Sorena Sorenson - Geologist, National Museum of Natural History (Living)

Assigned to User:Strongwomen14

Draft:Sally Walker (paleontologist) (Living)

Assigned to User:Wengtech

Draft:Lisa Gaddis Astrogeologist and Director of the Universities Space Research Association's Lunar and Planetary Institute (Living)

Draft:Aileen Yingst - Geologist and Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Currently working with NASA to explore Mars (Living)

Assigned to User:MFractals

Khalia Braswell - Computer Scientist, founder of INTech (Living)

Moved to mainspace April l8
Assigned to User:Kiweye

Draft:Deborah Kamin Mukaz (Living)

Assigned to User:fanclubss

Kristen Ransom - Tech Engineer and founder of IncluDe, a web design and development agency (Living)

Moved to mainspace March 29
Article assigned to User: taurus333777

Draft:Marah J. Hardt (Dr. Marah J. Hardt), Research Co-Director for the non-profit Future of Fish and science advocate

Draft:Marieme Jamme Founder of iamtheCODE initiative (Living)

Assigned to User:Zeegirl247

Note : This page exists here, but without accent. This user edited another page

Draft:Jessica Malaty Rivera, infectious disease epidemiology.

Assigned to User:Esha2324

Draft:Latinas in Tech, organization (Use the worksheet to write 3-5 sentences about the organization instead of writing about an individual)

Assigned to User:Thornyrose2021

Historians

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Draft:Alexis Coe, Biographer of George Washington, first woman historian to publish a biography of George Washington in the last hundred years (Living)

Assigned to User:BeSoKind

Suffragists

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Portia Gage - One of the organizers of the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association. Considered one of the first 'protest voters' (Someone who attempts to vote when they know they are not allowed to do so)

Draft moved to mainspace March 29
Assigned to User:writeroftruthhhh

Draft:S. K. Chan (Dr. S. K. Chan) - President of the Chinese American Equal Suffrage Society in Portland, Oregon

Article assigned to User:digitalempress

The Arts: Artists, Musicians, Writers, Film makers

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Draft:Angela Palladino - Folk Artist

Article assigned to User:Truthwriterxo

Draft:Delois Barrett Campbell - Gospel singer (deceased)

Assigned to User:DayDreamer007

Draft:Carolyn Friedlander, fabric designer and quilt artist (Living)

Assigned to User:Oceanfairy

Draft:Rashida Coleman-Hale, illustrator, fabric designer, and entrepreneur (Living).

Assigned to User:Summergirl9406

Draft:Melody Miller, fabric designer and entrepreneur (Living)

Assigned to User:Boatsonshore

Draft:Von Diaz, writer, documentarian, and radio producer (Living)

Assigned to User:Zeegirl247

Women in business

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Draft:Sara Sunshine - Advertising professional and the first to win a Clio (advertising) award for a Latino-owned agency.

Assigned to User:Yauri2020

Innovators

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Draft:Antionette Carroll, designer, founder Creative Reaction Lab (Living)

Assigned to User:Yellowkirby

Wikimedia

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Wikipedia Policies

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Quick Editing Tips

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Tools, Resources

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WikiProjects

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Wikimedia Affiliates

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Wikimedia movement affiliates model
Chapters
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
Wikimedia thematic organizations
Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
User groups
Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

Attendees

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Nikita Jain