Participants: Open to anyone interested in this experience: beginners welcome! débutant(e)s bienvenu(e)s! beginners welkom! Experienced Wikipedia editors will be present and will share their knowledge in editing Wikipedia.
What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Light lunch and drinks will be provided, as well as childcare.
A temporary Art+Feminism Library will be set up by the participants who are invited to bring their books and digital documents to feed the edit-a-thon!
Identity for the 2015 Brussels Art+Feminism edit-a-thon + temporary library, made with Scribus and OSP’s font BELGIKA 8th
Program
Saturday 07.03
13:00
presentation of F/LAT and Free/Libre and Open Source
presentation of Wikimedia & Wikipedia (project, structure, ...)
the gender gap on wikipedia
14:00
intro on editing Wikipedia (creation of a user account and first steps)
17:00
discussion on and around Wikipedia as a specific object: the notion of Encyclopedia, the notion of community (and the power and hierarchy issues that can arise), a feminist approach to wikipedia editing.
Sunday 08.03
13:00
summary of Saturday's presentations for newcomers
15:00
presentation on the wiki system
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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. (→log in)
Here are a few suggested articles to create or improve during this edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like. Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!
Brussels-related
Exhibited at Wiels in Body Talk (14.02-03.05)
Curated by Koyo Kouoh
In order to allow participants with children to join, we are preparing a playground with activities parallel to those proposed to the adults: collaborative creations, use of materials from the public domain, etc!
Please contact us at info[at]lorainefurter.net to inscribe your child(ren).