Wikipedia:Meetup/LowerHutt/ArtAndFeminism 2015

This Wikipedia Meetup is a training and Edit-a-thon to increase the coverage of female artists on Wikipedia. It will take place at The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt New Zealand

Event information

• 7th March 2015
• 10am - Noon: Introduction to becoming a Wikipedia Editor
• 1pm - 5pm: Updating and adding your own Wikipedia articles
• The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt New Zealand
• Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend.
• RSVP: For catering purposes, please RSVP by signing your username below. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
• Cost: Free! WiFi, light refreshments and great referencing resources will be provided. Please bring a laptop with you

Report on event

Reflections on our Wikipedia event on The Dowse blog.

List of articles to edit

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

Articles that require expanding

• Kura Te Waru Rewiri
• Edith Collier
• Rhona Haszard
• Evelyn Margaret Page
• Margaret Stoddart
• Rita Angus
• Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower
• Lois White
• Doris Lusk
• Louise Henderson
• Fiona Clark
• Marti Friedlander
• Jacqueline Fahey
• Gretchen Albrecht
• Judy Millar
• Saskia Leek
• Lisa Reihana
• Séraphine Pick
• Flora Scales
• Robyn Kahukiwa
• Mina Arndt
• Robin White
• Anne Noble

Articles that need to be created

• Julia Morison
• Christine Webster
• Lonnie Hutchinson
• Ann Shelton (currently a redirect; suggest this be changed to an article with a hatnote pointing to the Anne Shelton dab page)
• Yvonne Todd
• Elizabeth Thomson (page title in use by an American politician; needs a dab)
• Yuk King Tan
• Dagmar Dyck
• Janet Lilo
• Tiffany Singh
• Rosanna Raymond
• Margaret Butler (page title in use by a dab page; needs disambiguation)
• Adele Younghusband
• Rata Lovell-Smith
• Emare Karaka
• Megan Jenkinson
• Ruth Watson (page title in use by an English food writer; needs disambiguation)

See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

Register

Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.

• Peata likes art (talk) 03:31, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
• Auchmill (talk) 00:54, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
• 5minutesdusting (talk) 01:29, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
• Audrey Horne88 (talk) 05:45, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
• ThunderousChild (talk) 00:47, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
• Lanma726 (talk) 06:20, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Resources for Editing

• Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
• Gender gap resources.

List of Articles Previously Worked On

• New Zealand Craft WikiProject

Outcomes

• Host/organizers: The Dowse Art Museum
• Number of Participants: 5 signed in, 30 in total
• Media Coverage/Press: Dominion Post Article
• Images on Wikimedia commons: (link)

Articles created

• Robin White (artist)
• Olivia Spencer Bower Award
• Tylee Cottage Residency
• Rachael Rakena
• Séraphine Pick
• Anne Noble
• Robyn Kahukiwa
• Saskia Leek
• Lisa Reihana

Articles improved

• Jacqueline Fahey
• Doris Lusk
• Louise Henderson
• Margaret Stoddart
• Judy Millar

Articles found

• Helen Flora Victoria Scales

External Links

• Twitter Hashtag: #ArtAndFeminism
• Dowse
• #TheDowse