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Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon at the Museum of Modern Art March 7, 2015 (English Subtitles)

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Awards

2014 Foreign Policy Magazine Global Thinkers Award:
- "Chroniclers: Siân Evans, Jacqueline Mabey, Michael Mandiberg, Richard Knipel, Dorothy Howard, Laurel Ptak: Artists, curators, Wikipedia editors New York City For correcting the Wikipedia gender gap". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

Selected press

2016

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"2016 Nouvelle édition du Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon au MoMA" (in French). Art Media Agency. 20 February 2016.
Fitton, Jade Angeles (26 February 2016). "Third Annual Edit-a-thon to Bring More Women Artists, and Editors, to Wikipedia". ArtSlant New York.
Fitton, Jade Angeles (26 February 2016). "11 Women Artists to Know from Wikipedia's Edit-a-thon". ArtSlant New York.
Ghorashi, Hannah (11 February 2016). "Art + Feminism Announces Third Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon". ARTnews.
Baker, Natalie (29 February 2016). "Hackathons this Week Aim to Add Hundreds of Female Artists to Wikipedia". BitchMedia.
Corbin, Sam (16 February 2016). "Chick-i-pedia revolution: Help smash the patriarchy during a Wikipedia edit-a-thon". Brokelyn.
Higgins, Marissa (17 February 2016). "Art + Feminism's Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons Work To Promote Visibility For Women & LGBTQ People — Here's Why That Matters". Bustle.
Collins, Leah (4 March 2016). "These Canadians are helping to solve Wikipedia's woman problem". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Aloi, Daniel (18 February 2016). "Cornell joins the fray in narrowing gender gap on Wikipedia". Cornell Chronicle.
Levy, Max (5 March 2016). "CU-Boulder Students combat Wikipedia sexism with edit-a-thon". Daily Camera.
Malone, Emerson (3 March 2016). "Rewriting Wikipedia's gender gap: UO feminists converge for edit-a-thon". Daily Emerald.
Pelly, Liz (4 March 2016). "The feminist groups disrupting bro-tech culture in 2016". Dazed.
Futch, Stephenie (15 January 2016). "Women and Technology: Symposium and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon". Fashion Institute of Technology.
Abshire, Emily (6 March 2016). "Wikipedia edit-a-thon adds information on female artists". Indiana Daily Student.
"FIT Women And Technology Symposium & Wikipedia Edit-a-thon". Fashion Institute of Technology. 9 February 2016.
"Girl Power: Evento fará edição da Wikipedia para incluir verbetes de mulheres" (in Portuguese). Jornal O Tempo. 19 February 2016.
Allum, Cynthia (29 February 2016). "Women leading movements to champion equality on Wikipedia: Frustrated by Wikipedia's male-dominated culture, women are spearheading efforts to record history fairly, and take control of their own stories". The New York Times.
Lyons, Kim (25 February 2016). "Pittsburghers join international Wikipedia editing effort to close the gender gap". Next Pittsburgh.
Karch, Lauren (17 February 2016). "National Museum Calls on Twitter to Highlight Women in the Arts". Nonprofit Quarterly.
Keifer-Boyd, Karen (19 February 2016). "Wikistorming to raise women artists' Wikipedia presence with public's help". Penn State News.
McNallan, Melissa (4 March 2016). "You can help rewrite women's art history". Post-Bulletin.
Martin, Ashley (7 March 2016). "University of Regina celebrates International Women's Day with a marathon Wikipedia editing session". Regina Leader-Post.
Stachelrodt, Rachel (24 February 2016). "Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: A Q&A with Alexandra Oliver". Sampsonia Way.
Malone, Emerson (10 March 2016). "Artists join volunteers at 'edit-a-thon' to change how women are represented in Wikipedia". School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon.
Régis, Camila (16 February 2016). "Engajamento digital: No MoMA, campanha Art+Feminism realiza edição em massa na Wikipedia para incluir verbetes sobre mulheres, artistas e movimentos feministas na rede" (in Portuguese). seLecT.
Chauvel-Lévy, Léa (24 February 2016). "Editathon Art + Feminism — Entretien avec Flora Katz" (in French). Slash Paris.
Rolenc, Sharon (23 February 2016). "Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon aims to close Wikipedia gender gap". St. Kate's News.
López Piña, Monserrat (17 February 2016). "Realizarán el Editatón Wikipedia de Mujeres Artistas por el Día Internacional de la Mujer" (in Spanish). starMedia.
Fitzsimmons, Michelle (16 January 2016). "Wikipedia is still disrupting after 15 years". TechRadar.
Hong, Albert (8 March 2016). "Librarians edit diversity into Wikipedia content". The Temple News.
WW Staff (2 March 2016). "A Few Suggested Edits for Sexist Portland Wikipedia Pages: We can't make history better, but at least we can make it more true". Wilamette Week.
Felsenthal, Julie (21 January 2016). "The Guerrilla Girls Take Minnesota". Vogue.
Irion-Martins, Julia (2 March 2016). "Art+Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon". Village Voice.
"The 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon". WCCO-TV - CBS Minnesota. 25 February 2016.
Gutfreund, Hedy (19 February 2016). "Who wears the pa(i)nts?". Yale Daily News.
Kochany, Kaitlyn (13 January 2016). "Wikipedia Wednesday connects tech, art, and feminism in next week's edit-a-thon". Yonge Street Media.

2015

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Hoggard, Corin (8 March 2015). "Wikipedia Takes Center Stage at Fresno Art Museum for International Women's Day" (Includes video). ABC 30 / KFSN. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
"The Agenda: This Week in New York". Art in America. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Greenberger, Alex (18 February 2015). "Art+Feminism Group Announces Second Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon". ARTnews. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Ghorashi, Hannah (10 March 2015). "Art+Feminism's 2015 Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Adds 334 Articles on Female Artists: A Q&A at MoMA with cofounder Jacqueline Mabey". ARTnews. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
Hegert, Natalie (4 March 2015). "2nd Annual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Coming to a Museum or University Near You". Art Slant New York. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Bodick, Noelle (18 February 2015). "Art+Feminism Stages Second Wikipedia Siege at MoMA". Blouin ArtInfo. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Botelho-Urbanski, Jessica (8 March 2015). "Local women artists see larger online presence on International Women's Day". The Carillon. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Schrupp, Lindsay (9 March 2015). "Meet The Trailblazers Editing Wikipedia To Tackle The Gender Bias". Collectively. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
Ford, Clementine (6 March 2015). "Where are all the Australian feminist writers on Wiki?". Daily Life (Australia). Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Kallus, Megan (4 March 2015). "UT School of Information to host feminist Wikipedia Edit-a-thon". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Malcolm, Bob (5 March 2015). "Dundee to join in global feminism arts campaign". Deadline News (UK). Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Shruthi H M, Bengaluru (7 March 2015). "Edit-a-thon for women to bridge Wikimedia gender gap". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
O'Neil, Andrea (6 March 2015). "Blessed are the 'geeks' shaping history". The Dominion Post (Stuff). Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Bos, Sascha (4 March 2015). "East Bay Schools to Host Art and Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thons: This weekend at UC Berkeley and California College of the Arts". East Bay Express. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Feinstein, Laura (2 March 2015). "Mass Wikipedia Edit To Make The Internet Less Sexist". Good. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Nisson, Karly (8 March 2015). "Wiki-ty Whack". The Guardian (University of San Diego). Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Vickers, Nathan (29 March 2015). "Editathon Aims to Fix Wikipedia Gender Gap". KCTV 5 News. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
Rodriguez, Lisa (27 March 2015). "Kansas City Editathon Aims to Close Gender Gap on Wikipedia". KCUR-FM. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
Kraske, Steve; Rodriguez, Lisa (25 March 2015). "Wikipedia's Gender Gap". KCUR.org (Podcast). KCUR-FM. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
Blaine, Adrienne (6 March 2015). "The Liberal Arts, From the Oracles of Delphi to Girls Who Code". KQED. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Kim, Mina (13 March 2015). "Wikipedia's Gender and Race Gaps" (Audio interview). KQED. NPR. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
Westwood, Rosemary (3 March 2015). "AGO event aims to give dozens of Canadian women artists Wikipedia pages". Metro News (Canada). Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Rogers, Kaleigh (March 8, 2015). "If Women Want More Representation on Wikipedia, They Need to Edit It Themselves". Motherboard.
Tobias, Jennifer (18 February 2015). "This Page Has Some Issues". Inside/Out (blog). MoMA. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
McGurran, Brianna (18 February 2015). "MoMA to Host Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to Repair Art World Gender Imbalance". The New York Observer. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Schuessler, Jennifer (6 March 2015). "MoMA to Host Wikipedia Editing Marathon, to Improve Coverage of Women in the Arts". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Trader, Steve (3 March 2015). "Edit-a-thon helps close Wikipedia's gender gap [photos]". NewsWorks (Philadelphia). Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Champagne, Jennifer (5 March 2015). "Second Annual Wikipedia Art + Feminism Edit-a-Thon to Close Disparity in Female Representation". Paste. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Milgrub Marshall, Amy (23 February 2015). "College of Arts and Architecture to host 'Edit-a-Thon' to improve Wikipedia Cove". Penn State - News. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Murray, Bennett (7 March 2015). "Wiki activists help to write Cambodian women's history". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Morlan, Kinsee (2 March 2015). "Wikipedia's women problem: Organizers of the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon in San Diego have a lot of work to do". San Diego CityBeat. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Mazza, Nico (12 May 2015). "Interview with Jacqueline Mabey of Art+Feminism". She/Folk.
Marcotte, Amanda (6 March 2015). "On Wikipedia, Gamergate Refuses to Die". Slate. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Takeuchi, Craig (3 March 2015). "Vancouver 2015 Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon to address gender imbalance". Straight. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Williams, Lauren C. (6 March 2015). "The 'Five Horsemen' Of Wikipedia Paid The Price For Getting Between Trolls And Their Victims". Think Progress. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Malone, Luke (7 March 2015). "What If Women Took Over Wikipedia For A Day". Vocativ. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
Russell, Anna (9 March 2015). "'Edit-a-Thon' Volunteers Revamp Female Artists' Wikipedia Profiles". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Cembalest, Robin (11 October 2015). "Museums Open Up to Power of Wiki". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
Hudock, Megan (8 March 2015). "Monongalia Arts Center Hosts Wikipediathon". WBOY. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Board, Glynis (3 March 2015). "Wiki Gender Gap to Be Discussed in Morgantown". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Botelho-Urbanski, Jessica (8 March 2015). "Celebrating women's success? There's a wiki for that". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Lapowsky, Issie (3 March 2015). "Meet the Editors Fighting Racism and Sexism on Wikipedia". Wired. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Evans, Siân; Mabey, Jacqueline; Mandiberg, Michael (Winter 2015). "Art+Feminism: Building Content and Community" (PDF). Women in the Arts. pp. 20–23.

2014

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Freudenheim, Ellen (31 January 2014). "For Wonky Wiki Women: Set Feminist History Straight Feb 1 at Brooklyn Museum". About.com.
Hicks, Anthony; Kirsch, Corinna (27 January 2014). "This Week's Must-See Art Events: Wikipedia Gets Edited, Artists Get (Pyramid) Schemed". Art F City. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
"Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon". Artabase. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
Sutton, Benjamin (14 January 2014). "Eyebeam Hosting Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon". Artinfo.
Cembalest, Robin (6 February 2014). "101 Women Who Got Wikipedia Pages This Week". ARTnews. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Mirk, Sarah (24 January 2014). "An Epic Feminist Edit-a-Thon Takes Aim at Wikipedia's Gender Gap". Bitch.
Mirk, Sarah; Gallardo, Dr. Ximena (20 March 2014). "Popaganda Episode: Open Source Feminism" (podcast). Bitch. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
Indrisek, Scott (January 2014). "Get Ready To Smash the Wiki-Patriarchy This Weekend". Blackbook. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Riesz, Megan (1 February 2014). "We can edit it! Brooklyn Museum feminists to add shunned women to Wikipedia". The Brooklyn Paper.
"TBQ Week In Review". The Brooklyn Quarterly. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Bort, Julie (15 February 2014). "A Growing Army Of Women Are Taking On Wikipedia's Sexism Problem". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Van Dyke, Michelle Broder (12 February 2014). "Promoted video 18 Female Artists Who Are Finally On Wikipedia". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Timpf, Katherine (31 January 2014). "Feminist groups bring another 'Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon' to campuses, claim website has 'political impact'". Campus Reform.
Osandon, Desiree (12 February 2014). "Over 100 Women Artists Added to Wikipedia in One International Event". Canada Arts Connect. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
"Event to help fix Wikipedia gender discrepancy". The Chronicle Herald (Canada). 31 January 2014.
Simmonds, Veronica (28 January 2014). "Wikipedia Art+Feminism Edit-A-Thon's takeover". The Coast (Canada).
Howard, Dorothy (5 February 2015). "Wikipedia Meets Feminism". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Soave, Robby (2 February 2014). "Wikipedia is 'very masculine,' so feminists pledge to fix it". The Daily Caller. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Knibbs, Kate (10 February 2014). "Chipping away at Wikipedia's gender bias, one article at a time". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Nastasi, Alison (9 February 2014). "10 Women in Wikipedia: Meetup/Art And Feminism You Should Know". Flavorpill. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
""Wikipedia" the beginning of the fight against gender inequality". Gigamir. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
Jones, Jonathan (20 February 2014). "Is Wikipedia the best place to promote women in art?". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Butler, Erica (27 January 2014). "Fixing Wikipedia's gender bias, one edit at a time". Halifax Media Co-op.
Culbertson, Hilary (2 January 2014). "Art and Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon". HASTAC.
Platt, Frances Marion (30 January 2014). "WSW hosts Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Kingston". Hudson Valley Almanac Weekly.
Vartanian, Hrag (8 January 2014). "Is Wikipedia the Next Frontier for Museums?". Hyperallergic.
"Wikipedia Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon". Jezebel. 13 January 2014.
Stern, Meredith (21 January 2014). "Art and Feminism Wikipedia editing event". Justseeds.
Artsy, Avishay (12 February 2014). "Edit-a-thons aim to erase Wikipedia's gender gap". KCRW. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Wagley, Catherine (6 February 2014). "Wikipedia Becomes a Battleground for Art Activism". LA Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Jordan, Pearson (12 June 2014). "Editing Sexism Out of Wikipedia". Motherboard. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Stevenson, Verity (27 January 2014). "Sieging the Servers". The Link (Canada).
Stoeffel, Kat (11 February 2014). "Gender Gaps: Closing Wikipedia's Gender Gap — Reluctantly". New York. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
McCambridge, Ruth (12 February 2014). "Closing the Gender Gap at Wikipedia". Nonprofit Quarterly. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Hallett, Alison (15 January 2014). "Wikipedia Arts + Feminism Edit-a-Thon". Portland Mercury.
Butler, Erica (10 February 2014). "Fixing Wikipedia's Gender Bias: One Edit at a Time". PRX. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Cleary, Karisa (3 February 2014). "PSU hosts a Wikipedia 'Edit-A-Thon'". PSU Vanguard. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
"Library to Host Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon". University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. 29 January 2014.
Luu, Sophia (3 February 2014). "Wikipedia editathon combats the online encylopaedia's gender gap". The Varsity. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Simon, Scott (29 March 2014). "Wikipedia Holds An Edit-A-Thon To Draw Women Editors". Weekend Edition. NPR.
Cogdill, Caitlin (19 February 2014). "Wikipedia's Art & Feminism Edit-A-Thon and the Gender Gap". Wikimedia Blog. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
"Friday's XC". Yale Daily News. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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