Enriching Wikipedia's Days of the Year @_EWDOY

For those wanting to see a #1Lib1Ref presentation on how information professionals can help improve the reliability of #Wikipedia see this by @adzebill lianza.org.nz/professional-d…

It really bothers me that we are experiencing death rates same as April 2020, yet everyone is ready for it to be "over." Back then people wanted to wipe down groceries with bleach. Now they are ready to just free-face it everywhere. What I'm saying is, humans are dumb.

"Wikipedia is only as powerful as the people who participate." Read Wikimedia COO @janeenuzzell's call to contribute your knowledge to @Wikipedia to build our collective history—together. #WikiBlackHistory #BHM medium.com/freely-sharing…

Wikipedia currently sucks for women scientists (their entries are shorter; they get edited harshly by entrenched and powerful editors; few people add to them) and here's a randomized experiment that shows how important Wikipedia can be. Please go add to to entries of people!

Ethan Mollick @emollick

5 years ago

Wikipedia currently sucks for women scientists (their entries are shorter; they get edited harshly by entrenched and powerful editors; few people add to them) and here's a randomized experiment that shows how important Wikipedia can be. Please go add to to entries of people!

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I can't even get my kids to *read* Wikipedia.

The edits I hated the most were for Black and POC trans people who'd been murdered. I rarely found a verifiable date of birth, but there were so many dates of death.

Evette Dionne @freeblackgirl

5 years ago

The edits I hated the most were for Black and POC trans people who'd been murdered. I rarely found a verifiable date of birth, but there were so many dates of death.

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Added Olga Kisseleva to 22 November. She works mainly in installation, science and media art. Her work employs various media, including video, virtual reality, wireless technology, performance, large-scale installations and interactive exhibitions. #EWDOY buff.ly/2D4rWMG

YES! We're not stopping. Find out more at womeninred.org or find out about our 140th editathon here. We've achieved 18% .... but the horizon beckons en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia…

Why are we called "Women in Red"? Links are blue on #Wikipedia, or RED if there's no article. There's a million more biogs abt blokes than there are abt women, but we've lists of LOTS of notable women who don't have an article, yet. We make women blue. womeninred.org

How do you find out more about systemic bias on @Wikipedia? Well, we not only write articles, but we also write essays on this subject which you can find at womeninred.org. This is an extract from "Writing women into the encyclopedia" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia…

You may have read recently that fewer and fewer students are majoring in HISTORY. This is a bummer for so many fields, including film. Here are a few examples in which historians have influenced the direction of a film — and, as a result, us. *Teacher voice* NEXT SLIDE.

Jess Wade has been writing "awesome underrepresented group[s] working in science and engineering" into @Wikipedia. wikimediafoundation.org/2018/07/13/jes…

Did you go to a conference last week? Did you photograph any women who are or who might be notable in the future? Why not share the wealth. You can donate your pics like this. Its cheaper than giving #Wikipedia money!! Tell us when you have loaded a pic & we will tidy up

#onthisday in 1536: the Death of Anne Boleyn made way for the creation of a new religion in Britain and the English Reformation. A Woman who changed history is #onourbanner and one of the 17% women on @Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bole… … @womenshistory

Added Begum Akhtar to 7 Oct She was an Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music. She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for vocal music, and given the title of Mallika-e-Ghazal (Queen of Ghazals). buff.ly/2LxkqBo #EWDOY

Mary, Lady Heath Irish aviator & 1st woman to hold commercial flying licence in Britain. Set records for altitude in a small plane & later a Shorts seaplane. 1st woman to parachute from aeroplane, landing in middle of a football match. Died #OTD 9 May 1939 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Lad…

Added Bahíyyih Khánum to 15 July She was the only daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum. She served the interests of the religion and was even occasionally trusted with running the affairs of the religion. buff.ly/2DYRE6L #EWDOY

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Added Lydia Thompson to 19 Feb. She introduced Victorian burlesque to America with her troupe the "British Blondes", in 1868, to great acclaim and notoriety. She continued to perform into the early years of the 20th century. buff.ly/2LHDk94 #EWDOY

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Just noticed that over the last ~4 years as 15% women has become 17.8% that we have inflicted 20,000 tweets on you. Thanks if you have read some of them and for your patience as we endeavor to fix the #gendergap in #Wikipedia. More info & 21 other langs at womeninred.org