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DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

March 4, 2025 - 2pm-4pm

Where

Virtual

Description

Did you know that only 19% of biographies in English-language Wikipedia are about women?
Join us for our 2nd annual DCCAH Women's History Month Wikipedia edit-a-thon and help to close this gender gap by creating and editing biographies about women and non-binary people with connections to the arts and humanities in DC.
All are welcome and training will be provided for new Wikipedia editors. This event is presented with support from Wikimedia DC.
Online from 2 to 4 pm, on Tuesday, March 4.
Please note that editors may not edit or create Wikipedia articles about themselves, their families, their organizations, or their employers.

Registration

Register here

Event Dashboard

Coming soon

Safe Space Policy

Safe Space Policy


START HERE

Step 1:

Step 2:

1) Select 'Check in'
2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.
Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Articles to create or edit

Instructions

  1. Reserve an article using this Google sheet
  2. Return here to this page and select your article's link. Red=New draft articles, Blue=Existing articles
  3. Use the sources next to each article to find information. Write the article's text in your own words and cite these or other sources as you write.
  4. For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing. Publish as you go to avoid losing your work.

Tip: Open this event page in multiple tabs. You will need it quite often (mostly for sourcing) and it's easy to close inadvertently.

Please DO NOT create or edit articles about yourself or anyone with whom you have a financial, familial, or close-personal relationship. For more, see WP:COI.

SAMPLE stub (short) article. Aim to create an article that is about at least this length. Stubs don't need to be long.

For creation


Existing articles

Attendees