Smithsonian American Art Museum viewed from G St. NW, Washington DC
In cooperation with Art + Feminism 2017
Wikipedia Editathon in the museum's MacMillan Education Center

Art and Feminism 2018 Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon!

Participants can earn the SAAM Barnstar!

Join us and take part in the annual international campaign to improve coverage of women, art, and feminism on Wikipedia. Beginners are welcome! Wikipedia training will be provided. Connect with the museum and the movement on Twitter: #atSAAM #ArtandFeminism #NowEditingAF

Hosted at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), and organized by SAAM and Wikimedia DC.

Which articles are you working on? Let everyone know on our event Piratepad

Smithsonian American Art Museum - Art and Feminism 2017 Wikipedia Edit-A-Thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/SAAM_Art_and_Feminism_2017

Details[edit]

When

NOTE: the museum does not open to the public until 11:30 a.m. Those wishing to gain access for the 10:30 a.m. behind-the-scenes tour MUST RSVP in advance, and arrive promptly at 10:00 a.m. If the tour has already departed, latecomers may have to wait until 11:30 a.m. to enter.

What to bring

Schedule

Time Activity Location
10:00 a.m. Check-in at the 8th & G Streets NW entrance Entrance, SAAM
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of American art
11:00 a.m. Introduction to Editing Wikipedia MacMillan Education Center, SAAM
1:00 p.m. Lunch, provided in MacMillan Education Center, SAAM MacMillan Education Center, SAAM
3:00 p.m. End

Where

Sign up![edit]

This event is open to up to 45 in-person participants, and an unlimited number of remote participants, of all Wikipedia experience levels, from beginner to expert. Due to tour and room capacity, prior registration is required. To register, please write your username below; if you plan to attend the 10:30 a.m. tour, please also email LinthicumR@si.edu.

Folk Art
19th Century Art
20th Century Art
Contemporary Art
Sculpture
Textile Art
Photography
Jewelry
Female Gazes

The following list was generated from the print book "Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists," which had a list of women artists. One goal in the edit-a-thon was to check how many of these 75 had articles in Wikipedia, and what state they were in.

The method used for generating this from the printed book index might be useful for others to know about, utilizing a feature of Google Docs that does optical character recognition on PDF files:

  1. Take photos of the printed page with the list (index or table of contents) using a fairly high resolution camera (8 megapixesl), such as with your cell phone
  2. Make a PDF file
    1. On computer: Turn the JPG files into a raster PDF file (On Mac, use the Preview app). There are also sources online [31].
    2. On mobile: There are apps that can create PDFs directly from your mobile phone camera, such as Genius Scan or Scanner Pro.
  3. Upload the PDF file to a Google Drive account
  4. In Google Drive, right click on the PDF file, and choose "Open in Google Docs..."
  5. Google Docs will do optical character recognition on the raster file, converting it into text
  6. Clean up text as necessary
  7. Use Google Spreadsheets or some other method to convert "Smith, Jane" into [[Jane Smtih]] style wiki markup.

The 75 women artists, generated from this method:

I'll be there in person!

I'll be attending virtually!

Can't make it to the event? You can participate online! Here's how it works:
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On the day of the event, check in with your Wikipedia username.
Don't have a username yet? It's easy to create one.
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Choose an article to edit from the list on this page.
Want to work on an article that's not on the list? You're welcome to choose any topic you like!
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Have questions during the event? Chat with us!
Some events also include a video or audio conference. You can find more details on this page.

If you're planning to join us online, you can sign up below:

Regrets

(Add your name here.) If you can't make it in person or even remotely, you can still help by sharing the info with your friends and colleagues, and/or helping flesh out the To-do list!

To-do list[edit]

Articles

See Art + Feminism Tasks List

Women Artists in SAAM's Collections

RED links have no entries! Links to reliable sources for citations have been provided, when possible.

Sources

Resources[edit]

WP:CREATIVE our requirements for articles on artists and other creative people.

Outcomes[edit]

Categories