Submissions/Art+Feminism Campaign: Lessons Learned

After careful consideration, the Programme Committee has decided not to accept the below submission at this time. Thank you to the author(s) for participating in the Wikimania 2015 programme submission, we hope to still see you at Wikimania this July.

Submission no.: 2056

Title of the submission: Art+Feminism Campaign: Lessons Learned

Type of submission (discussion, hot seat, panel, presentation, tutorial, workshop): Discussion

Author of the submission: Dorothy Howard, User:OR drohowa

E-mail address: dorohoward{at}gmail.com

Username: User:OR drohowa

Country of origin: USA

Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.): Art+Feminism, Wikimedia NYC, Wikipedian-in Residence METRO Library Council

Personal homepage or blog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism

ArtAndFeminism (sometimes stylized as Art+Feminism) is a campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2011 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. The Art+Feminism campaign's 2nd annual International Women's Day Edit-a-thon's, taking place primarily on March 7th and 8th, but throughout the month of March, include some 60 Edit-a-thons internationally. This presentation will present a reflect on scaling up campaigns for the coverage of women in Wikipedia, thoughts on large scale, issue-driven campaigns on Wikipedia, and thoughts, learnings, and "what went wrong-s."

Results and reflections on this year's series-of-events will also be discussed by a few guests who organized some of the Art+Feminism satellite events this year.

Track

WikiCulture & Community

Length of session (if other than 30 minutes, specify how long): 30 minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?: YES

Slides or further information (optional): http://art.plusfeminism.org/

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