Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Georgetown summer edit-a-thon
Editing for Equity Georgetown University Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC
When
- July 24, 2025 - 11am-2pm
Where
- Online
Description
- We invite you to join the Georgetown community to help close this gender gap on Wikipedia by increasing the representation of underrepresented groups — in both Wikipedia content and contributors — on topics such as women in politics, women in STEM, and women in the arts.
- As part of a collaboration across the University, Georgetown University is also partnering with Wikimedia District of Columbia. This event is hosted by Georgetown University Library, Georgetown University Women’s Center, and Massive Data Institute, McCourt School of Public Policy.
Register
- Register here
Dashboard
- Dashboard metrics
START HERE
Step 1:
- Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right) and log-in
- Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
- Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.
Step 2:
- Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.
- 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
- Go to this Google sheet and add your username next to the article you would like to edit or create
- Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red=New draft articles for creation, Blue=Existing articles
- Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for existing articles
- 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.
- Use the sources below each article name to find information and build your article/s. Be sure to cite your sources.
Tip: Open this event page in multiple tabs. You will need it quite often (mostly for sourcing) and it's easy to close inadvertently.
IF CREATING A DRAFT - DO NOT HIT THE 'SUBMIT FOR REVIEW' BUTTON THAT WILL EVENTUALLY APPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. On-wiki review is optional. An experienced editor in the room can review your draft and offer feedback if you choose to have them do so.
Arts, literature and design
Journalism
Activism
- Draft:Marie Dennis, Catholic activist. Note: Notability may be questioned. Better project for experienced editors.
Health and Medicine
Technology
- Mira Murati - Try to find PD images, add them to Commons then add to article
Other notable figures
Women in Red
Find more article useding WIR, a large list of women who may be notable enough to have an article. Inclusion in the list doesn't prove notability. To determine notability, search for two to three reliable sources.
Outcomes
Articles created
Articles improved
- Wikimedia movement
- Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)
- Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects
- Wiktionary, a dictionary
- Wikibooks, educational textbooks
- Wikinews, news articles
- Wikiquote, a collection of quotations
- Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents
- Wikiversity, educational material
- Wikivoyage, a travel guide
- Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species
- Wikimedia movement affiliates model
- Chapters
- Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
- Wikimedia thematic organizations
- Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
- User groups
- Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism
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