The Wikipedia Visiting Scholars program gives editors special access to university and library resources, which helps them improve content quality and support new collaborations, as part of the Wikipedia Library project.
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What happens when you give a Wikipedia editor a research library?
0 Comments BY Alex Stinson and Jake Orlowitz ON March 17th, 2015
Why Italian fashion history should be just a click away: Virginia Gentilini
0 Comments BY Victor Grigas and Yoona Ha ON March 16th, 2015
Italy is a global leader in the fashion industry. But Italian fashion history is not well covered on Wikipedia. Librarian Virginia Gentilini explains why. (…)
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First Welsh university edit-a-thon creates new articles on medieval women
0 Comments BY Robin Owain ON March 12th, 2015
The Medieval Women Edit-a-thon at Swansea University focused on women’s access to justice in Wales, Britain and Ireland. (…)
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Serbian women edit Wikipedia together in new FemWiki project
4 Comments BY Sanja Pavlovic ON March 11th, 2015
The FemWiki project invites women to collaborate to increase gender diversity on the Serbian Wikipedia. Regular workshops help them form friendships, share advice and support each other to write more articles about women and gender issues. (…)
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Gender as a text field: What Wikipedia can learn from Facebook
3 Comments BY Amanda Menking ON March 9th, 2015
We are more than our sex and more than our gender, and many users want more nuanced options for identifying themselves online. (…)
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Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia
3 Comments BY Andrew Sherman, Victor Grigas and Fabrice Florin ON March 6th, 2015
To celebrate International Women’s Day, here are some inspiring stories of a few of the women who contribute to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. (…)
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Join a Wikipedia edit-a-thon near you for International Women’s Day
1 Comment BY Siân Evans, Jacqueline Mabey and Michael Mandiberg ON March 5th, 2015
To increase coverage of women and gender diversity on Wikipedia, over 75 different edit-a-thons will be held around the world (…)
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Women and gender diversity on Wikimedia: Help find quality articles
0 Comments BY Fabrice Florin ON March 4th, 2015
Can you help find high-quality articles that celebrate women and gender diversity on Wikipedia and sister sites? (…)
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Inspire Campaign to fund new gender diversity initiatives
0 Comments BY Siko Bouterse, Alex Wang and María Cruz ON March 4th, 2015
The Inspire Grants Campaign seeks ideas and proposals for initiatives to address gender diversity in Wikimedia. Complex issues require (…)
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This month’s focus: Women in Wikimedia
0 Comments BY Fabrice Florin ON March 3rd, 2015
This month, we’re featuring stories about women and gender diversity in the Wikimedia movement, in honor of International Women’s Day and WikiWomen’s History Month. Learn more. (…)
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