Like a group of political advocates storming the White House, we'll be storming wikipedia!

Though of course, Jimmy Wales doesn't have 24/hour armed security so it's not like we'll be in any danger.

Event details

Preparation and participation: Watch this video to learn just how to edit Wikipedia. Be sure to set aside some time for this video as it’s an hour long. (Although, we will provide editing help at the edit-a-thon, if you don’t have time to do this.)

Even if you can’t make it to one of our physical locations on the day of the edit-a-thon, you can participate virtually – use the hashtag #tooFEW to let us know you’re out there and to ask questions the day of.

Contribute to the world's most popular encyclopedia! In conjunction with THATCamp Feminisms and WikiWomen's History Month, several schools around the country are hosting a simultaneous Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve the coverage of women, women's history, and feminism on Wikipedia. Join us! Anyone with an interest in editing collaboratively and having a great time is encouraged to attend.

What to bring

Sign up

Attending

  1. Benjaminadam2971 (talk)
  2. Wadewitz (talk)
  3. Moyazb (talk)
  4. Zimbythefourth (talk)
  5. Thereen (talk) 08:53, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
  6. DCavendish (talk)
  7. Digitalcavendish (talk)
  8. AnitaConchita (talk)
  9. Gobōnobō + c
  10. Pediatrist (talk)
  11. Thorgodofwar (talk)
  12. comixgrrl (talk)
  13. CPGSaw (talk)
  14. Thillb (talk)
  15. NazcaTheMad (talk)
  16. SuzannTee (talk)
  17. Barnetter (talk)
  18. George H. Williams (talk)
  19. Cultures66 (talk)
  20. Ssenier (talk)
  21. Iscamaya (talk)
  22. Penny Richards (talk)
  23. Wichitanlineman (talk) (asynchronously)
  24. sialam (talk)
  25. Vlasmana (talk)
  26. Maximilianklein (talk) I'd like to participate remotely, is there an IRC channel to coordinate, or should I just follow the hashtag?
  27. sandbergja (talk) -- I'm also interested in particpating from afar -- I would be excited about an IRC channel, as I don't really use Twitter.
  28. User:Thenmozhi Soundararajan I am working with Dalit and Adivasi Women in India to get our articles up. It is a longer project than a day as there are translation issues but would love any support from folks interested in supporting! [n.b.: this username isn't registered; to do so, go here; or sign this page with ~~~~ to see your current username (spacing and capitalization matter). phoebe / (talk to me) 17:51, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
  29. messiemonkey (talk) -remote-
  30. Bc.rox.all (talk)
  31. user:brackman1066
  32. Leonid6475 (talk)
  33. TheIC2013On
  34. Tannakin (talk)
  35. FaulkTest (talk)
  36. Zhizhiweizhizhi (talk)
  37. phoebe / (talk to me) remote; feel free to leave me messages on my talk page this a.m. and I can try to help with/troubleshoot editing issues. I can also help with sources/research/help figuring out what's a reliable source.
  38. bookwormlm (talk)
  39. User:Ninakupenda14
  40. Leslie Barbara Knope
  41. Gwen10132001 (talk)
  42. JessieNYC
  43. Mattia Holmwood (talk) 16:08, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
  44. EminBk [n.b.: this username isn't registered; to do so, go here; or sign this page with ~~~~ to see your current username (spacing and capitalization matter). phoebe / (talk to me) 17:51, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
  45. freyabbo
  46. gehgoi
  47. SeMelmoth
  48. Prince&Scholar (talk) 18:00, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
  49. Miriamkp (talk) 18:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
  50. RedTech14 (talk) 18:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
  51. janaremy (talk)
  52. KLGBROOKLYN
  53. Apalimpsest (talk) 18:11, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
  54. egbklyn
  55. caitmacktheknife
  56. Kaysih (talk)
  57. Ang san mei
  58. snapdragon8
  59. Geraldshields11 (talk) 19:50, 15 March 2013 (UTC) (remotely from the area next to SlowKing4)
  60. miamelba (talk)
  61. janieboy (talk)
  62. lisanyc

Might attend

  1. Chealsye
  2. Lawrlafo (talk)
  3. Hmprescott

Cannot attend

Articles to improve and to create

NB - you're welcome to place your initials to the right of topic/article that you plan to work on.

lists to work from

try improving an existing article -- most of them need copyediting, references added or other work! This is often a better place to start than writing a new article from scratch.


specific articles


Outcomes

Track Change How did the editing go? What troubles did you face? Any responses out there that you want to report?

  • Goodness, that is a pretty awful article. Sometimes the best thing to do is just to cut everything that seems ridiculous, stick it on the talk page, and rewrite the summary yourself! Don't be afraid to, as we say around here, be bold :) -- phoebe / (talk to me) 22:39, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
followed up here with attempt to add more citations - I've only added links to digitized copies of her work from NYPL and Princeton libraries - hope that's useful to keep the article up for now; searching for more content to embellish the article meghaninmotion (talk) 15:16, 25 March 2013
  • Thanks for that! There's an article, 'Wives and daughters of early Berlin geoscientists and their work behind the scenes', with more relevant information but I'm having real trouble getting access to the Earth Sciences History journal. I'll try to get hold of it next time I'm at the British Library.Miamelba (talk) 13:23, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
A quick update: there is now a LGBT in Canada working group.
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