Contemporary British Women Artists Editathon 24.11.18
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About the Event
Bring your laptop and help us improve the gender gap online, inspired by our recent exhibitions by British artists Jacqueline Donachie, Tacita Dean and Emma Hart. No previous Wikipedia editing experience required as Sara Thomas (Scotland Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK) will teach us the essential digital editing skills.
How do I prepare?
- Sign up for the event
- Create a Wikipedia account (please ensure you create an account on Wikipedia, not Wikimedia UK)
- Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
- Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
- Think about what you would like to edit - see the list below and please think about preparing some materials to bring with you on the day
Wikipedia has help pages which set out style guidelines for pages being created on certain subject areas. Please have a look at the following pages:
- Manual of Style for Biographies including how to begin the lead paragraph.
- Manual of Style for Biographies of Living Persons
Wikipedia’s Women in Red project aims to increase the visibility of women of note on Wikipedia. Advice about creating women’s biographies can be found via the Women in Red page.
Programme
Lunch and refreshments provided.
- 12:30pm Welcome and tour of Emma Hart exhibition
- 1pm Wikipedia training with Sara Thomas
- 2.15pm Comfort and refreshment break
- 2.45pm Research and edit
- 4.45pm Transfer drafted text to Wikipedia’s live space
- 5.30pm End
Trainers
Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator at WMUK
Work List
Please note that you should not create or edit articles about friends, family, employers or places of work.
Helpful updates could be as simple as:
- Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional
- Adding new inline citations/references
- Adding a photo
- Adding an infobox
- Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox
- Creating headings
- Adding categories
Articles for creation
Please note that creating a new article can be a big step for a new user - if you'd like to create a new article, you may wish to do research in advance, there are a list of sources below.
- Sara Barker
- Helen Cammock
- Céline Condorelli
- Judith Cowan
- Kate Davis
- Mandy El-Sayegh
- Ana Genovés
- Lucy Gunning
- Emma Hart
- Eloise Hawser
- Tania Kovats
- Hayley Newman
- Athena Papadopoulos
- Kate V Robertson
- Anjalika Sagar
- Marlene Smith
- Hannah Rickards
- Phoebe Unwin
Articles for improvement
- Karla Black
- Bonnie Camplin
- Ruth Ewan
- Anthea Hamilton
- Emma Kay
- Janice Kerbel
- Maria Lalic
- Abigail Lane
- Victoria Morton
- Rosalind Nashashibi
- Katie Paterson
- Charlotte Prodger
- Josephine Pryde
- Hannah Starkey
- Jemima Stehli
- Tomoko Takahashi
Sources
We will provide a variety of reference books on the day. Below are some online sources, as starting points for creating pages.
Pages should not rely on primary sources (such as the artist’s own website or representing gallery), but should make use of secondary sources. For more guidance on the use of sources, see this guide here.
Sara Barker
- Sara Barker Mary Mary Gallery
- Sara Barker Saatchi Gallery
- Sara Barker The Fruitmarket Gallery
- Sara Barker CASS Sculpture Foundation
- Sara Barker Jupiter Artland
- Review by Figgy Guyver | Studio International here
- Review by Chris Sharratt, Sep 2017 | Frieze here
- Review by Izabella Scott, March 2016 | Frieze here
- Review by Steven Cairns, Sep 2010 | Frieze here
- National Galleries of Scotland article