Winter Wiki

Written By Women's Art Register
Winter Wiki at the Richmond and Burnley Historical Society, Richmond Library. Photo by Caroline Phillips.

Winter Wiki at the Richmond and Burnley Historical Society, Richmond Library. Photo by Caroline Phillips.

 

RICHMOND AND BURNLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, RICHMOND

As the largest general reference work on the internet, Wikipedia is hugely popular. But did you know that less than 10% of the editors on Wikipedia are women, and only 17% of Wikipedia biographies are about women? Therefore it goes without saying that women artists are vastly under-represented in Wikipedia content.

The Women's Art Register works to improve coverage about women artists both online and with our hard copy archive at Richmond Library. Due to popular demand, we partnered once again with Wikimedia Australia and WikiD: Women, Wikipedia, Design for our Winter Wiki, to amplify the voices of Australian women artists and designers. Thanks to the Richmond and Burnley Historical Society for their support.

Outcomes for the day included:

  • 23 articles created

  • 262 articles edited

  • 1.22K total edits

  • 13 editors

  • 75.6K words added

  • 117 references added

 
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