Wikipedia:Edit-a-thon/SHE MUST BE WIKI: Feminist Film Wiki-a-thon

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SHE MUST BE WIKI: Feminist Film Wiki-a-thon in a nutshell:

Where?: ICA, London - [1]
When?: Friday 25th July, 12-3pm for the editathon, 3-5pm for a discussion, 5-7pm for a film screening
Point of contact: Deborah Herring <deborah.herringica.org.uk>
Twitter: @wikimediauk
Cost: see the booking page [2]
How do I sign up?: see above

About the event

Imagine if you looked up your favourite film online and found… nothing. That's the case for far too many classics of feminist film.

The first ICA wiki-a-thon features a Salon with academics, filmmakers and curators. Chaired by moving image artist Sarah Turner, speakers include Elinor Cleghorn, Elizabeth Cowie, Sophie Mayer, and Lucy Reynolds.

This is a chance to further and exchange knowledge of feminist film and film theory. Bring a laptop and determination to shape history. A closed workshop will take place before the Friday Salon to post entries on Wikipedia.

Followed by a 5pm screening of She Must Be Seeing Things (Sheila McLaughlin, 1987).

After the event, one of the organisers told us:

I wanted to write to thank you so much for Wikimedia’s support on our Feminist Wiki-thon workshop last Friday. We feel it went very well and was extremely productive and thought-provoking. Thank you to the Wikimedia team for providing such great support, and advice on how to create the entries on Wikipedia.

How do I prepare?

Sign up for the event
Create a Wikipedia account - en:Special:UserLogin/signup
Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
Learn about editing if you like: w:en:Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
Refreshments will be provided

Gallery

Feminist film editathon, ICA London, 25 July 2014

Programme

The event will start with an informal editing session:

12-3pm for the editathon
3-5pm for a discussion
5-7pm for a film screening

Attendees

We anticipated up to 12 editathon participants, and were pleasantly surprised to have 18:

Trainers

Below is the list of trainers that will be present on the day.

Edwardx (talk) (all day)
The Land (talk) 14:52, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
LoopZilla (talk)
Drcchutch (talk)

Articles to be created

Created (26)

People

Cecilia Barriga, filmmaker [Sarah Staniforth]
Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz, filmmakers
Elizabeth Cowie, film theorist
Sheila Dabney, actor
Pelin Esmer, filmmaker [Elhum Shaferikar]
Lisa Gornick, filmmaker [Alex Thiele]
Tessa Hughes-Freeland, filmmaker [Selina Robertson]
Annette Kuhn, film theorist
Sheila McLaughlin, film director (Selina Robertson)
Annabel Nicolson, filmmaker [Lucy Reynolds – will go live soon!]
Jayne Parker, filmmaker [Helena Blaker]
Michelle Parkerson, filmmaker Sophiemayer
Sarah Pucill, filmmaker [Anna Coatman]
Lis Rhodes, filmmaker [Annette Kuhn]
Dana Rotberg, filmmaker [Aga]
Sarah Turner (filmmaker), filmmaker
Kanchi Wichmann, filmmaker [Alex Thiele]
Campbell X, filmmaker [Sam McBean]

Others

Arnait Video Productions, filmmaking collective [Sophie Mayer]
Circles (film distributor), film distributor (Sarah Turner)
Club des Femmes, curator (Sophie Mayer)
Electra (arts organisation) (Sarah Pucill)
Riddles of the Sphinx [Shelagh Rowna-Legg]
She Must Be Seeing Things, 1987 film
Women Make Waves film festival, Taiwan (Lisa Gornick)
Wu Tsang, filmmaking collective [Sam McBean]

Don't let anyone stop you creating these now or in the future

People

Ursula Biemann, video artist
Ximena Cuevas, video artist
Gill Eatherley, filmmaker [Lucy Reynolds]
Lina Gopaul, filmmaker and producer
Bette Gordon, filmmaker
Marion Grierson [Helen Jack]
Julia Lesage, videomaker and theorist
Rose Lowder, filmmaker
O. Funmilayo Makarah, filmmaker
Salem Mekuria, filmmaker
Katherine Meynell, filmmaker
Beatrice Wanjiku Mukora, filmmaker
Ruth Novaczek, filmmaker
Jan Oxenberg, filmmaker
Jennifer Reeves, filmmaker
Barbara Rubin, filmmaker
Guita Schyfter, filmmaker
Tejal Shah, filmmaker
Ingrid Sinclair, filmmaker
Marysa Sistach, filmmaker (or Marisa Sistach)

Others

International Women’s Film Festival, South Korea
Colectivo Cine-Mujer, Mexico, filmmaking collective
Women’s Independent Cinema House (WITCH) Liverpool, film distributor
Sankofa Film and Video Collective

Articles to be translated into English

Mati Diop: French article
Ula Stöckl: German article
Marcela Fernández Violante: Spanish article
Mia Engberg, filmmaker: Swedish article

Articles to be expanded (with details of what might be needed - clean up, more links, etc)

Expanded on the day (but most need more work)

Mania Akbari: needs clean-up, references and separate pages for films [Ania Ostrowska]
Vivienne Dick
Feminale, German film festival: stub
Sara Gómez: stub
Sonali Gulati: stub
Sara Ishaq: stub [Elhum Shaferikar]
Annemarie Jacir: brief, needs filmography and separate pages for films [Elhum Shaferikar]
Carol Morley: needs additional citation + pages/details for short films. her career section should be split into paragraphs
Laura Mulvey: needs filmography and pages for films
Rosalind Nashashibi: brief bio, no filmography
Martha Rosler: added videography [Ania Ostrowska]

Please expand

Chantal Akerman: not very detailed; most film pages are stubs
Camille Billops: v brief + no filmography
Zero Chou: VERY brief bio but no separate pages for films
Assia Djebar: needs details + pages for films
VALIE EXPORT: bio but no filmography
Safi Faye: brief, with brief pages for some films
Lynne Fernie: brief bio + needs filmography
Su Friedrich: needs clean-up and wiki-links
Vanalyne Green: needs clean-up and filmography
Barbara Hammer: brief bio, no separate pages for films
Nelly Kaplan: brief bio and most films are stubs
Sarah Maldoror: brief bio, few films have pages
Tracey Moffatt: good bio, but no separate pages for films
Yvonne Rainer: detailed bio; all films in need of pages [Helena Blaker]
Hito Steyerl: stub
Sabiha Sumar: stub
Margaret Tait: very brief, no separate pages for films
Leslie Thornton: needs clean-up

Model filmmaker pages

These Wikipedia articles show what a good filmmaker page can look like. Study them for ideas on how to start and improve other pages, and click on "Edit" if you need to see how anything is done:

Press coverage

The F Word

Some tools to help with citations

Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books Type in a filmmaker's name into Google Books, and if a particular extract is useful, copy and paste the URL into the Tool and it will generate a full reference for you to copy and paste into your article.
DOI Wikipedia reference generator Exactly the same procedure, but for journal DOI numbers.