Wiki Women in Religion: Editathon Publicly Engaged Scholarship Addressing Systemic Bias in Online Resources

We will discuss the importance of working on women's biographies and work on women's biographies for two hours, either editing and enhancing current biographies or adding new women.

This Editathon explores the role of Wikipedia in publicly engaged scholarship and education. It discusses the opportunities for publications in a scholarly, peer reviewed book series for biographies of women in religion. It tackles the difficulties of fostering cross-cultural partnerships with participants from around the world. The Editathon will have hands on experience using Wikipedia in both hour sessions plus time for Q&A. No experience necessary to attend. All are welcome.

Welcome!

Event information

What	American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature
Date	Friday November 22, 10 am - 12 pm, Convention Center, Room A22-105
Location	San Diego, CA
Host	Women in Religion User Group
Questions?	rosalindhinton@mac.com or Dzingle1, and RosPost

Event Description

Did you know that only 18% of the biographical subjects and 9% of the editors on Wikipedia are women? Women in Religion Wiki Project aims to address the under-recognized work of cisgender and transgender women in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions by adding women in religion onto Wikipedia.

At this edit-a-thon/workshop, participants will sign up as wiki-editors, create their personal user page, learn the basics of editing and make their first wiki-edits. We will also learn to create stubs and start a new article on the third day, which will be more advanced.

Our work list will be Women religious scholars, activists, and leaders. We will edit existing pages and, learn our way around Wikipedia . The group will set the pace. Participants are also welcome to work on women from any religious, spiritual or wisdom tradition who are not on the work list. No need to be a technological expert!

Join us in our effort to address gender bias on Wikipedia by improving the coverage of women in religion on Wikipedia

Event Details

Who should attend: Anyone at the Conference. You do not need experience. If you are an experienced editor and would like to attend the sessions, please contact. Beginners and experienced Wikipedians are welcome.
Goals: Create user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page. Or, bring your own materials and edit away.
Questions? For more information, contact Rosalind Hinton at rosalindhinton@mac.com.

Before you arrive

If you can, signup for a Wikipedia account: Here: Consider concerns about anonymity when choosing a "user name" unless you want to be identified; Look at our work list on the 1000 Women in Religion Project Page Here

Accessibility

This event welcomes attendees of all abilities.

** No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary as training will be provided. No background in religion, diversity, or women's history is required as we will have resources on hand to cite.

About the Women in Religion Project

The Women in Religion Project (formerly 1000 Women in Religion), seeks to add names and contributions of religious, spiritual, and wisdom women to Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia in the world. The contributions of cis, trans, and LGBTQI women in all fields of work, scholarship, and life, including religion and spirituality, have gone under-recognized, across time and in our present-day context. This under-recognition is a form of gender bias reflected and reproduced in our commonly used sources of knowledge – in our history books, in our news media, and even in our sacred texts. The more we can document and highlight the contributions of women leaders in their religious and spiritual traditions, the more we can change the perception that women have not been leaders.

Resources

Inspiration for possible new articles and editing

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/1000 Women in Religion
Our work list and tasks for the Women in Religion Project (formerly the 1000 Women in Religion Project)

Helpful sources and links. When creating an account do not use your own name! Think of a user name you will like.:
How to create a Wikipedia account
How to create a Wikipedia account on a mobile phone