Listening to an episode of Q on CBC Radio in April, I happened to hear an
interview with Sarah Stierch, the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Smithsonian
Archives. Our event was planned while her voice still echoed in my kitchen. The
discussion was about the presence of female scientists on Wikipedia, where
women make up only 9% of the editors.
The average Wikipedia editor is college educated, 30 years old, white,
and male (Stierch, 2012). By not becoming a Wikipedia editor myself, I was allowing history to
be written by rich white men yet again.
I have learned how to
edit Wikipedia and I have collected resources on female scientists, now I need
your help to change these statistics. Note: if you are a college educated, 30
year old, white man you are also welcome to attend.
We will be holding a
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon on Thursday September 20th from 6-9pm in the
Canal Building Room 5301. Bring snacks to share and we will learn how to edit
Wikipedia together and add some female scientists to the list of notable
historical figures represented on Wikipedia.
Due to high interest we have to limit the number of participants to this event to 40. Please RSVP here!
Stierch, Sarah. Q. CBC Radio One. 91.5 FM, Ottawa. 18 April 2012. Radio.
Due to high interest we have to limit the number of participants to this event to 40. Please RSVP here!
Stierch, Sarah. Q. CBC Radio One. 91.5 FM, Ottawa. 18 April 2012. Radio.
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Check it out! Our first Wikipedia article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Carleton_University
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