Edit-A-Thon

Wikipedia is the ~7th most visited website in the world. 91% of its global content is written by men, many from Europe and North America. The Women in Architecture edit-a-thon is a global campaign to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women in architecture and to increase the number of references of female architect contributors to the Wikipedia database. This is an impactful action that directly changes how knowledge is shared. The principal goal of the project is to increase the number of women in design, construction, and architecture who are active as Wikipedia editors, and as a result to increase the number of articles about female architects and others in the field. They also aim to increase the number of articles on gender equity programs, initiatives, and activist projects within architecture. As well as adding new articles, they seek to improve the overall quality of existing articles, by mentioning women collaborators for example. This includes articles that have already been flagged as needing attention.