{"id":78,"date":"2016-03-03T20:48:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=78"},"modified":"2016-03-03T20:48:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T20:48:47","slug":"artfeminism-wikipedia-editathon-saturday-5th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/artfeminism-wikipedia-editathon-saturday-5th-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Art+Feminism Wikipedia editathon – Saturday 5th March"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female while only 15% of the English Wikipedia’s biographies are about women. As a result, content is skewed by the lack of female participation.<\/p>\n

About our next event<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Following the successful editathon held at Modern One to mark the opening of the exhibition Modern Scottish Women<\/em>, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is holding a follow-up Wikipedia Edit-a-thon during Women’s History Month as part of the Art+Feminism series<\/a>. This event will coincide with other International Women’s Day events happening elsewhere in Edinburgh that day and will carry on where the last Modern Scottish Women editathon left off; creating and improving articles relating to those women featured in the exhibition.<\/p>\n

Modern Scottish Women<\/em> is an exhibition of work by Scottish women artists and concentrates on painters and sculptors. It covers the period from 1885, when Fra Newbery became Director of Glasgow School of Art, until 1965, the year of Anne Redpath\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

All you need to bring is a laptop as wifi will be provided. But you can also have a look at the notable artists listed below to see if there is someone there you may wish to work on:<\/p>\n

Hit list of articles to be created or improved<\/span><\/h2>\n

Articles to be created<\/span><\/h3>\n