Do you want to write, improve or translate articles about scientists? The Swedish embassies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, together with Wikimedia Germany, Wikimedia Austria and Wikimedia Switzerland, are organising an online workshop to attract new authors to Wikipedia.
Women are still underrepresented on Wikipedia. Although Wikipedia is accessible to the public to access and edit, women are estimated to make up only about ten percent of active volunteers. Content on Wikipedia is also far from equal: the biographies of many important women are missing, as are those of other marginalised groups such as people from the global South or LGBTTIQ community. The #WikiGap campaign has been organised since 2018 by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Wikimedia branches in different countries to increase the visibility of women and queer people online. This year the aim of the campaign is to make women and queer people in science visible.
Are you interested in writing, improving or translating articles about women scientists? The Swedish Embassies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland together with Wikimedia Germany, Wikimedia Austria and Wikimedia Switzerland are organising an online workshop to attract new authors to Wikipedia. Existing Wikipedia authors are also invited to the workshop and to edit articles about women and queer people in science. Depending on your interest and experience, you can then choose from one of three parallel tracks: Translation, introduction to writing new articles and editing existing articles.
Please register before 23 February on the Wikimedia website. After your registration has been confirmed, you will receive information about the workshop and a Zoom link.
Event summary
Welcome remarks:
- Per Thöresson, the Swedish Ambassador to Berlin
Speakers:
- Daniela Angetter-Pfeifer, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Iva Berlin from WomenEdit
- Joanna Bryson, Professor of Ethics and Technology at the Hertie School
