2024:Program/Writing a woman from every country in the world
Session title: Writing a woman from every country in the world
- Session type: Poster
- Track: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: en
In March 2024 I completed a challenge I set myself to start an article on English Wikipedia for a woman from every country in the world. In this lightning talk, I'll share five things I learned from the experience.
Description
editGender equity across the Wikimedia movement is something that we are all working towards. For my part, as an English Wikipedia editor volunteering with Women in Red, I've written about a wide range of women based on our monthly themes. My favourite focuses within the project are often the geographical ones and in 2021 I set myself the challenge to start an article for at least one woman from every country in the world. In 2024 I finished the challenge and the story was picked up by national and international press. This lightning talk shares five reflections on the experience.
- How does your session relate to the event theme, Collaboration of the Open?
Whilst I undertook the challenge as an individual editor, the learnings I will share emphasise the importance of collaboration and working with others. For example, many of the pages I worked on were translations from a wide range of languages. I also widely used Listeria to generate lists of women give me ideas. Both of these tools depend on the work of others in open collaboration.
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
Resources
editSpeakers
edit- Lucy Moore (Lajmmoore)
- Lucy Moore is an archaeologist, curator and Wikimedian. In 2024 she completed a quest to write an article on English Wikipedia for a woman from every country in the world
- Onwuka Glory, of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria and Igbo Wikimedia User Group joined Wikimedia Foundation as a volunteer editor in the year 2021. I have taken delight in editing Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikicommons and Wikitionary. I presented a paper in the last year (2023) Wikimania conference. Presently, am working on series of projects.