33.645, FYI: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 11th!

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Subject: 33.645, FYI: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 11th!

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 04:43:59
From: Todd Snider [snider at hhu.de]
Subject: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 11th!

 
International Women’s Day has been commemorated every year on March 8th since
1911, and March has been designated Women's History Month in the US since
1981. March is a great time to honor women’s achievements, and what better way
to do that than by improving the gender equity of representation among
linguists on Wikipedia? Did you know that only about 15% of biographies on
Wikipedia are currently dedicated to notable women, and far lower for other
minoritized genders? COGEL is hosting its second annual edit-a-thon to help
change this. Anyone is welcome to join in, whether you are an experienced
Wikipedia editor or have never even thought about editing an article! LSA
membership is not required. 
 
The COGEL-sponsored edit-a-thon will be a virtual event, open for 12 hours on
March 11th, to allow participants from different time zones to join in and
work as part of a virtual community for as much time as you would like to
contribute. Experienced Wiki editors will be available during this entire
period to answer questions, help troubleshoot and help new editors get
started. Some tips for how to prepare for the edit-a-thon will be sent to you
along with the registration confirmation. 
 
Besides helping to correct systemic biases in the topics and people
represented in Wikipedia, here are other reasons to join the edit-a-thon:
It contributes to a massive project built on the premise of democratizing
knowledge and making information easily accessible
It helps you get to know more about your field. 
It gives you practice explaining linguistic ideas to non-specialists. 
It will win you kudos from the linguistics community. 
You will have fun sharing this experience with a community of like-minded
linguists! 

Register here: http://shorturl.at/pINQ3
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics





 



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