{"id":10116,"date":"2020-02-10T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T18:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=10116"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:41:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:41:21","slug":"transylvania-to-host-liberal-arts-feminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-on-feb-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/02\/transylvania-to-host-liberal-arts-feminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-on-feb-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania to host Liberal Arts + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Feb. 29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/editathon1-810x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/editathon1-810x331.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/editathon1-350x143.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/editathon1-730x298.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/editathon1-768x314.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/editathon1-1536x627.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/editathon1-2048x836.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/editathon1-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Transylvania University is making its mark on improving Wikipedia&#8217;s gender equality \u2014 in fact, the school\u2019s participation numbers in the nationwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artandfeminism.org\/\">Arts + Feminism<\/a> Wikipedia Edit-a-thon last year were among the largest in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers hope to keep the momentum going Saturday, Feb. 29, for the\nschool&#8217;s fourth annual Liberal Arts + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the campus and Lexington communities are encouraged to come out\nto the Transylvania library from 1-5 p.m. to help expand the presence of women\nand gender nonbinary people in liberal arts fields, who are underrepresented in\nthe popular online encyclopedia both as editors and subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, which invites participants of all backgrounds and genders, will include tutorials for beginner Wikipedians, reference materials and refreshments. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, around 100 volunteers at the Transylvania event contributed more than 500 total edits to articles that have received over 22 million views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1-775x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10136\" width=\"447\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/1-775x810.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/1-335x350.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/1-698x730.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/1-768x803.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/1-1469x1536.jpg 1469w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/1-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to benefiting Wikipedia and those who use it, the Edit-a-thon is a learning opportunity for students as faculty from across campus integrate it into course assignments and extra credit opportunities. &#8220;We try to get as many classes \u2014 and as many different types of classes \u2014 involved with the event each year,&#8221; said Kerri Hauman, a writing, rhetoric, and communication professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The editing helps students not only improve their writing skills, but to\nthink about things like knowledge production, source evaluation and what it\nmeans to work collaboratively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;From a campus perspective, we think it&#8217;s really fruitful,&#8221; art history professor Emily Goodman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is a confidence booster too. &#8220;Students are really proud of\nwhat they do,&#8221; Goodman continued. They may even send their parents a link\nof their work \u2014 a contribution they made to the internet with a larger social\nvalue than perhaps, say, their TikTok videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Wikipedia finds strength through the collaboration of an army of volunteers, so do the editors at the annual Transylvania event. They\u2019ll receive plenty of support throughout the four-hour Edit-a-thon (which they don\u2019t have to attend the entire time). Nikita Lewis, the university\u2019s digital content and technology integration specialist, will be on hand, as will librarians and members of the campus community with Wikipedia experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being at a library can be a big help in itself. Last year a group was working on an entry about Eastern Kentucky University\u2019s first woman president, but they ran into problems without the necessary access to certain EKU library resources. 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