1. Introductory Lesson Plan
Welcome to this brief introductory video on the gender gap on Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia’s only study of its user community, less than 10% of Wikipedia’s editors identify as cis or trans women. Studies have also found that new female editors are more likely than male editors to have their edits reverted.
The gap is not just quantitative, but also qualitative: The famous example from a New York Times article a few years ago is that is that a topic generally restricted to teenage girls, like friendship bracelets, are only a few paragraphs long while topics that are typically associated with boys, like toy soldiers or baseball cards, have multi-page entries with chronological lists and so on. Other studies suggest that articles about women are more likely to link to articles about men than vice versa. Furthermore, articles about women frequently use gendered words like “woman,” “female,” or “lady” while articles about men rarely use words like “man,” “masculine,” or “gentleman.
What this means is that while the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the results are not: the content is skewed by lack of participation.
The lack of gender equity in the art world is also well documented. According to some studies, while 51% of artists today identify as cis or trans women, only 27 women are represented in the current edition of H.W. Janson’s survey, History of Art, up from zero in the 1980s. And although half of the MFAS granted in the US go to women, only a quart of solo exhibitions in New York galleries feature women. So, before we even get to Wikipedia, women are already at a disadvantage in the art world.
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But, this is where you can help. Because Wikipedia is open access and open source, the tools are in your hands. There are lots of ways you can help close the gender gap on Wikipedia. There are numerous WikiProjects that focus on women artists, women in science, women in sports and so on. Not to mention the excellent Women in Red project, which focuses on creating articles on women’s biographies and works. As you can see, Art+Feminism is just one way you can participate.
Through training women to edit Wikipedia and organizing edit-a-thons committed to improving the coverage of women in the arts on Wikipedia, Art+Feminism’s goals are two-fold and symbiotic: to close the gender gap in both content and participation on Wikipedia. If you follow our series of videos, you should have the tools to get started editing Wikipedia articles.

2. Training Outline Introduction: The Gender Gap Basic Rules
Asking for Help and Resolving Disputes
Copyright and Wikipedia
Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page: "Talk", "Read", "Edit", "Edit Source",
and "View History"
Making Simple Edits
Userpages
Working in the Sandbox
Putting in Citations
Creating New Pages
Today we’re going to learn how to make a simple edit to a live page on Wikipedia. First, we’ll talk a little bit about the gender gap on Wikipedia and why we’re doing what we’re doing today. Then, we’ll learn about User pages and how to use your Sandbox to make future edits. We’re also going to learn how to put citations into articles on Wikipedia. Finally, we’ll leave you with some best practices as you go forward editing Wikipedia.
After today’s lesson, you should have the toolkit to get started editing articles on Wikipedia. The journey doesn’t end here, though. There’s a wealth of resources on Wikipedia that will help you broaden your skills as you begin editing.

3. Basic Rules

4. Basic Rules : Core Content Policies
Neutral point of view – All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view, representing significant views fairly, proportionately and without bias.
Now let’s take a moment to talk about some of the basic rules of Wikipedia editing. We’ll start by discussing the three main core content policies.
The first main rule is that you should write all articles with a neutral point of view. Of course all editors will have their own point of view. But, we should all should strive in good faith to provide complete information, and not to promote one particular point of view over another.
Avoid stating opinions as facts.
Avoid stating seriously contested assertions as facts.
Avoid stating facts as opinions.
Prefer nonjudgmental language.
Indicate the relative prominence of opposing views.

5. Basic Rules : Core Content Policies
Verifiability – Material challenged or likely to be challenged, and all quotations, must be attributed to a reliable, published source. In Wikipedia, verifiability means that people reading and editing the encyclopedia can check that information comes from a reliable source.
All content must be verifiable. According to Wikipedia’s guidelines, the burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and is satisfied by providing a citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution.
This is why we started today’s lesson with some instruction on adding references and citations to Wikipedia. It is one of the most important tools in your toolkit. As you create articles on Wikipedia, verifying the information you add will help ensure your articles don’t get challenged or, worse, deleted.

6. Basic Rules : Core Content Policies
No original research – Wikipedia does not publish original thought: all material in Wikipedia must be attributable to a reliable, published source. Articles may not contain any new analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to advance a position not clearly advanced by the sources.
To demonstrate that you are not adding Original Research, you must be able to cite reliable, published sources that are directly related to the topic of the article, and directly support the material being presented.
So, let’s just say I’m an academic and I’m working on a paper that is not yet published about how Nashville is the most feminist show on television. Without being able to support this thesis with published essays, articles, or books, I cannot enter this into the Wikipedia page for Nashville.

7. Basic Rules : Conflict of Interest
One of the other important guidelines you should keep in mind is that you should not edit pages that represent a conflict of interest. COI editing involves contributing to Wikipedia to promote your own interests, including your business or financial interests, or those of your external relationships, such as with family, friends or employers.
So, for example, even though I notice a number of problem’s with Artstor’s Wikipedia page, because I work there, I would not edit the page. Instead, I might suggest changes on the talk page.
If you think you have a Conflict Of Interest (COI), don’t create the article, post that someone else should create it on a related talk page.

8. Other reliable sources include: university-level textbooks
Basic Rules : Reliable Source
If available, academic and peer-reviewed publications are usually the most reliable sources.
Other reliable sources include:
university-level textbooks
books published by respected publishing houses
magazines
journals
mainstream newspapers
More information here:
Source material must have been published, the definition of which for our purposes is "made available to the public in some form.“ Unpublished materials are not considered reliable. Editors should also use sources that directly support the material presented in an article and are appropriate to the claims made.
Note: Read some of the reliable sources on-screen.

9. Basic Rules : Notability
According to Wikipedia’s guidelines, "Significant coverage" addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material.[1]
So let’s unpack that a little bit:
"Reliable" means sources need editorial integrity to allow verifiable evaluation of notability, per the reliable source guideline. Sources may encompass published works in all forms and media, and in any language. Availability of secondary sources covering the subject is a good test for notability.
"Sources"[2] should be secondary sources, as those provide the most objective evidence of notability. There is no fixed number of sources required since sources vary in quality and depth of coverage, but multiple sources are generally expected.[3] Sources do not have to be available online and do not have to be in English. Multiple publications from the same author or organization are usually regarded as a single source for the purposes of establishing notability. [[Only 27 women are represented in current edition of H.W. Janson’s survey, History of Art—up from zero in the 1980s. ]]
"Independent of the subject" excludes works produced by the article's subject or someone affiliated with it. For example, advertising, press releases, autobiographies, and the subject's website are not considered independent.[4]
"Presumed" means that significant coverage in reliable sources creates an assumption, not a guarantee, that a subject should be included. A more in-depth discussion might conclude that the topic actually should not have a stand-alone article—perhaps because it violates what Wikipedia is not, particularly the rule that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information.[5]
What if notability guidelines reproduce structural sexism and racism? How can we address and amend this?

10. Asking for Help and Resolving Disputes

11. Ask a question to the Wikipedia Teahouse question board.
Asking for Help and Resolving Disputes
Post a question on the talk page of another Wikipedia User's talk page.
Ask a question to the Wikipedia Teahouse question board.
Resolving disputes;Wikipedia:Dispute resolution, Wikipedia:Etiquette, Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot.
with specific Wikipedia editing questions if you can't find what you need on Wikipedia
You can ask questions directly of Wikipedians and experienced editors you know, by posing them on that user’s talk page.
You can also consult the Teahouse. The Teahouse is a Wikimedia foundation project that is a user-friendly welcome center/help space that organizes experienced editors to actively reach out to new users in a many-to-many setting and provides on-wiki encouragement and peer support to promising new editors to promote increased engagement and retention.
There are many methods on Wikipedia for resolving disputes. Most methods are not formal processes and do not involve third-party intervention. Respond to all disputes or grievances, in the first instance, by approaching the editor or editors concerned and explaining which of their edits you object to and why you object. Use the article talk page or their user talk page to do so; be civil, polite, and always assume good faith.

12. Questions so far?
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13. Copyright and Wikipedia
Today we’re going to learn how to make a simple edit to a live page on Wikipedia. First, we’ll talk a little bit about the gender gap on Wikipedia and why we’re doing what we’re doing today. Then, we’ll learn about User pages and how to use your Sandbox to make future edits. We’re also going to learn how to put citations into articles on Wikipedia. Finally, we’ll leave you with some best practices as you go forward editing Wikipedia.
After today’s lesson, you should have the toolkit to get started editing articles on Wikipedia. The journey doesn’t end here, though. There’s a wealth of resources on Wikipedia that will help you broaden your skills as you begin editing.

14. Copyright and Wikipedia
Do not copy-paste text from a website directly into Wikipedia. Paraphrasing and citation is necessary.
Most of Wikipedia's text and many of its images are co-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) .
For many of you this may seem like a no-brainer but I do think it’s important to reiterate that you should not copy-paste text from a website directly into Wikipedia. Paraphrasing and citation is necessary when editing Wikipedia articles.
Most of Wikipedia's text and many of its images are co-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) .

15. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page

16. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page
Every page edit is publicly visible.
Every page edit you make is traceable to your user account.
Talk pages are Wikipedia's version of peer review.
A lot of extra information is available in the View History tab.
Let’s get started by orienting ourselves on a Wikipedia page. While most of you have probably seen a Wikipedia page before, let’s take a closer look.
At the top of you screen, you’ll see three tabs you can select: Read, Edit, and View History. We’re open to the Read page right now, which is how most of you have probably accessed Wikipedia articles in the past.
At the top left, you’ll notice two tabs: Article and Talk.
Read bullet points. Elaborate on Talk pages and Show History.

17. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : View History
The View history page will give you a complete history of every edit that has been made on that page since it was created. These are open and visible to the public, so why don’t we navigate to a Wikipedia page you’re interested in right now (remember to open a new tab) and take a look at the history. You can see the types of edits made on the page and all the users who made those edits.

18. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : Edit
Select Edit to use the Visual Editor
So, now that we’ve looked at past edits, let’s talk about making your own edits. If you click Edit at the top right of your screen it will open the edit page. First of all, if you don’t see the “Edit Source” option, you’ll need to go into your Preferences and uncheck the tab that reads “Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta” in the Editing tab.
At the top of the page, you’ll see a toolbar that will give you a number of options. You can create sections using the dropdown for Headers, Subheaders and Paragraphs. You can format your text to bold or italicize your text, for example. You can add links to other Wikipedia pages or to external pages. You can add citations, either using the automatic citation creator or the manual option. You can also add bulleted or numbered lists. And, you can insert media files, tables, galleries of images, graphs, and more. Finally, over to the right, you can select the question mark and this will take you to the User Guide, where you can find out more detailed information about the Visual editing tool.

19. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : Edit Source
Select Edit Source to view wikitext markup
So, now that we’ve looked at past edits, let’s talk about making your own edits. If you click Edit at the top right of your screen it will open the edit page.
What you’re looking at now is wikitext markup. Like HTML, wikitext markup is a markup language but it’s simpler than HTML and today we’ll learn some of the basics. On the lesson plan and in the handout distributed, there are resources for learning how to write in wikitext markup.

20. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : Edit Summary
Once you’ve created an edit, it’s good etiquette to add a summary of your edits. This could be as simple as entering “added citation.” This summary will appear on the history of the page for other users to easily assess.
If you have made a minor change (like fixing a spelling or grammatical error), you can check the box “This is a minor edit.”
You can enter an explanation of your changes in the Edit summary box, which will pop up when you click “Save Page” in the Visual Editor, and you'll find below the edit window in “Edit Source”.
If the change you have made to a page is minor, check the box "This is a  minor edit."

21. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : Show Preview
If you’re using the Edit Source option, you should always use the Show preview button. After you've entered a change in the edit box for the sandbox, click the Show preview. This lets you see what the page will look like after your edit, before you actually save.
When you’re entering your edits, it is also best practice to use the “Show Preview” button. This will allow you to see how your edits will appear on the page before you actually save them. This is particularly helpful when you’re still learning about wiki markup.

22. Making Simple Edits

23. Demo : Making a Simple Edit to a Wikipedia Page
Now I’m going to briefly demo making a simple edit to a Wikipedia page. Please follow along. Afterwards, you’ll start making edits on your own user page.
Note: Go to a Wikipedia page and make a simple edit. If you can, show red links, blue links and external links.
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24. User Pages
A good way to start practicing making edits is by making some simple edits to your Userpage. Your userpage is there to give basic information, if you wish, about yourself or your Wikimedia-related activities. Because all of your Wikipedia edits are public, most Wikipedians choose to have anonymous Wikipedia usernames or avatars, just like you would in online forums like Reddit and Instagram, for example.
First you’ll need to create your userpage. To do so, you’re going to click your username at the top right, which is currently showing a red link. Throughout Wikipedia, red links mean the page doesn’t exist. To make the link blue and create the page, we’ll select Start the User:Artfemtraining page.
Here, we’re going to create a page letting other users know we’re a new editor and that we’re open to their help. So, we’ll invite them to write to us on our Talk Page. If you’re not sure what to write on your userpage, this is always a good place to start. You can also let other users know what types of articles you’re interested in editing.
Click on your Username in the top left to view your User Page.
Select Edit to make edits to your User Page.
Using this Cheatsheet, write something about yourself.

25. Please take five minutes to make some edits to your user page
I’m going to open up my page right now and make an edit along with you. You can use the cheatsheet on the lesson plan or the hand-out we passed around earlier to write something about yourself. Experiment with using bold and italics.
If you have any questions, please raise your hand and someone will come around and help you.
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26. Sign In to Today’s Event
Most in-person and online meet-ups will have pages where users can sign in. These can be useful in a number of ways. On the Art+Feminism meet-up page, for example, you can find lists of articles to be created, in red links, or updated, in blue. You can also find lots of Training materials and resources. And, you can also find out who else is attending or did attend a meet-up. This can be particularly useful in the future, if you have questions and you want to find an experience Wikipedian to write to.
You’ll notice that the Edit tab automatically opens to the wikitext markup. If you want to learn more about wikitext markup, you can watch an older video series the Art+Feminism team created, which walks through making edits in wikitext markup. You’ll find a link to that in the video description. But, if you just need to sign in, you can follow these simple steps. Navigate to the section titled “Participants.” On the toolbar, you can select the icon that looks like a signature. Or you can enter four tildes ~~~~ to sign into an event. .
Create a time-stamped signature of your username by entering in four tildes in a row (~).
Or you can use the signature icon.

27. Editing the Sandbox

28. Editing the Sandbox
Your sandbox is like a giant blank space in which you can practice editing. Think of it as a sandbox that a child plays in, it’s a good place for you to learn. The link to your sandbox appears at the top of your screen, next to your Talk page. You can select edit here. As you familiarize yourself with Wikipedia, I suggest copying and pasting content from other pages to practice using the editing tools, before actually editing anything on a live page. Here you can practice formatting Headers and Subheaders, adding italics to text and much more. Don’t forget about the Help icon at the top right, which you should consult as you’re getting used to making edits.
To experiment, you can use the shared sandbox or your personal sandbox (add {{My Sandbox|replace with your user name}} on your user page for future easy access).

29. Adding Citations

30. References and Citation : Footnote
Adding citations is one of the simplest ways that you can contribute to Wikipedia. Working to make sure that articles are well-cited ensures that they don’t get deleted, and also offers further avenues for research for the Wikipedia user. Before you add citations, you’ll need to create a list of References if one doesn’t already exist. This will be where your footnotes appear. You can do this by selecting “References List” from the dropdown entitled “Insert.”

31. References and Citation : Footnote
To add a citation, you can simply select the “cite” button and you’ll have two options. With the automatic option, you can simply enter the URL or the ISBN and it will generate a citation for you. Sometimes, however, the citation doesn’t appear how you’d like it to. So, in that case you can select from the templates and fill out the form to enter all the citation information.
Automatic: You can enter a URL or an ISBN
Manual: citation templates for websites, news articles, journal articles, and books

32. When you’re ready, add a citation to a page in your area of expertise!
References and Citation : Your Turn!
In your sandbox, insert a reference for this book using the ISBN from the Worldcat entry: Taylor, Astra. The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2014.
Insert a reference using the hyperlink for this news article: Filipacchi, Amanda ( ). "Wikipedia’s Sexism Toward Female Novelists". The New York Times. Article link.
When you’re ready, add a citation to a page in your area of expertise!

33. Creating New Articles

34. Creating New Pages: Drafts
Anyone, including users who are not logged in, may create and edit drafts. Drafts in the namespace have "Draft:" before their normal title, and also have an associated draft talk page. Users who have VisualEditor enabled will be able to use VisualEditor just like on articles. Registered editors may also move a userspace draft in to the Draft namespace if they choose.

35. What Now? Be Bold!
Over the next few weeks, add some well-cited sentences and paragraphs to articles in your area of expertise.
While you’re taking about five to ten minutes to add a citation to a page in your area of expertise, facilitators will walk around and help you. If you have a question or you get stuck, please feel free to raise your hand so that we can be sure we address your questions.
Over the next several slides, we’ll introduce you to some guidelines and helpful tips about editing Wikipedia articles. We’ll touch on conflict of interest, notability, copyright, and image use in editing.
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36. Thank You!! Q&A
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