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DCCAH LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

June 3, 2025 - 2pm-4pm

Where

Virtual

Description

Help close the representation gap by creating and editing biographies of individuals of diverse sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and sex characteristics—including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, gender-expansive, and other LGBTQIA+ individuals—with connections to DC’s arts and humanities communities and organizations.

Registration

here

Event Dashboard

Coming soon

Safe Space Policy

Safe Space Policy


START HERE

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Step 1:

  • Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right) and log-in
  • Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
  • Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.

Step 2:

  • Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.
1) Select 'Check in'
2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.
Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Articles to create or edit

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Instructions

  1. Reserve an article using this Google sheet
  2. Return here to this page and select your article's link. Red=New draft articles, Blue=Existing articles
  3. Use the sources next to each article to find information. Write the article's text in your own words and cite these or other sources as you write.
  4. For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing. Publish as you go to avoid losing your work.

Tip: Open this event page in multiple tabs. You will need it quite often (mostly for sourcing) and it's easy to close inadvertently.

Please DO NOT create or edit articles about yourself or anyone with whom you have a financial, familial, or close-personal relationship. For more, see WP:COI.

SAMPLE stub (short) article. Aim to create an article that is about at least this length. Stubs don't need to be long.

Red = For creation, Blue = Existing articles

Article ratings

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Learn more about the article rating system

Wikimedia

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Wikipedia Policies

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Wikimedia Affiliates

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Wikimedia movement affiliates model
Chapters
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
Wikimedia thematic organizations
Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
User groups
Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

WikiProjects

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Quick Editing Tips

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Tools, Resources

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For Wikimedia DC Use

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User rights management
Special username creation

Attendees

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