Maia Weinstock, Deputy Editor, MIT News, Kim Surkan, WGS Lecturer
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none
Although Wikipedia is one of the most popular encyclopedias in the world, women are highly underrepresented on its pages. In this workshop, students will create original Wikipedia articles about notable women in history. Emphasis will be placed on women in the STEM disciplines, but students may chose women from any field. Participants will learn the nuances required of successful Wikipedia biographies; discover how to add appropriate images to Wikipedia articles; research notable women missing from Wikipedia's pages using multimedia resources from MIT's libraries; and come away having created a viable new article. No Wikipedia editing experience required.
Sponsor(s): Women's and Gender Studies
Contact: Kim Surkan, [email protected]
Jan/12Mon07:00PM-09:00PM14E-304, Bring your laptopMaia Weinstock - Deputy Editor, MIT News, Kim Surkan - WGS Lecturer
Jan/13Tue07:00PM-09:00PM14E-304, Bring your laptopMaia Weinstock - Deputy Editor, MIT News, Kim Surkan - WGS Lecturer
Jan/14Wed07:00PM-09:00PM14E-304, Bring your laptopMaia Weinstock - Deputy Editor, MIT News, Kim Surkan - WGS Lecturer
Jan/15Thu07:00PM-09:00PM14E-304, Bring your laptopMaia Weinstock - Deputy Editor MIT News, Maia Weinstock - Deputy Editor, MIT News, Kim Surkan - WGS Lecturer