Ada Lovelace day 24 hour global editathon
On the 12th October, an international 24 hour editing marathon will start in Aotearoa New Zealand to improve the coverage … Continue reading "Ada Lovelace day 24 hour global editathon"
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Celebrating #WCCWiki at 50!
By Dr Victoria Leonard, FRHistS In July 2021, #WCCWiki marked an important milestone. The initiative, designed to improve the online … Continue reading "Celebrating #WCCWiki at 50!"
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Women EmpowerED: Wikipedia Editathon
By Sarah Lappin, final year computer science and artificial intelligence student at the University of Edinburgh, and President for Edinburgh … Continue reading "Women EmpowerED: Wikipedia Editathon"
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The wiki gender gap and Women’s History Month
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK. Wikipedia’s vision is a world in which everyone has access to the … Continue reading "The wiki gender gap and Women’s History Month"
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Yorkshire Editathon championing women in STEM
By Katie Crampton, Wikimedia UK Communications & Governance Assistant We kicked off February in collaboration with University of York with … Continue reading "Yorkshire Editathon championing women in STEM"
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Lucy Crompton-Reid on Feminism and Museums
Wikimedia UK Chief Executive Lucy Crompton-Reid has been published in a new book on Feminism and Museums by Museums Etc. Lucy’s chapter is on Wikimedia … Continue reading "Lucy Crompton-Reid on Feminism and Museums"
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Help reduce the #GenderGap and win prizes in the Women in Red World Contest
WikiProject Women in Red is holding a biographical article creation contest throughout the month of November. They aim to create 2000 new biographical articles … Continue reading "Help reduce the #GenderGap and win prizes in the Women in Red World Contest"
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#100womenwiki – A global Wikipedia editathon in partnership with the BBC
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive, Wikimedia UK On 8th December 2016, Wikimedia communities around the world held a multi-lingual, multi-location … Continue reading "#100womenwiki – A global Wikipedia editathon in partnership with the BBC"
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The Welsh Gender Equilibrium: Welsh becomes the biggest language Wikipedia to achieve gender balance!
In the last few years many editathons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women. … Continue reading "The Welsh Gender Equilibrium: Welsh becomes the biggest language Wikipedia to achieve gender balance!"
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BBC 100 Women: Is the internet sexist?
BBC to partner with Wikipedia editors in a global 12 hour ‘edit-a-thon’ The BBC has today announced a collaboration with … Continue reading "BBC 100 Women: Is the internet sexist?"
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