LINGUIST List 33.645
Fri Feb 18 2022
FYI: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 11th!
Editor for this issue: Everett Green <everettlinguistlist.org>
Date: 16-Feb-2022
From: Todd Snider <snider
hhu.de>
Subject: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 11th!
E-mail this message to a friend 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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