Having edited on Wikipedia before I was excited to tackle this assignment. I began my search for editing tasks by searching feminism and technology on Wikipedia. I stumbled upon the !Women Art Revolution page and noticed that one of the artists, Ingrid Sischy, who was featured in the documentary did not have her own Wikipedia page. Thus my challenge was set out in front of me. I began putting together a page for her, which was no easy task. This is my first really huge Wiki contribution, I was no longer a gnome! I was a real contributor!
The experience allowed me to toggle around with the sand box feature which gave me some confidence because I knew it would not turn out as expert as say Madonna's. But I still wanted to practice the skills and editing. I included her most renown title as Editor and Chief of Interview Magazine, which was a position given to her by Andy Warhol. She took the magazine and made it a success in her 18 years of tenure before deciding to leave the magazine and pursuing the opportunity to be an International Editor for Vanity Fair Magazine's Italian, Spanish and German versions.
I started the process in the Sand Box and from here I also included a quote from an article I referenced on her biography. To close the page I decided to link the !Women Art Revolution Wiki page to include a part about her work as a pioneer for the feminist art movement of the 1970's. After feeling more confident with my experience using the Sand Box I decided to create a new page and monitor the correspondence with it to see if any other editors would flag it or delete it.
My user name is ambiguous as to what gender I am so I'm hoping no gender biases will take place. I tried to cite my sources and remain as neutral as possible when publishing the content I felt was missing in her page.
I applaud your courage in creating a brand new page! It's definitely a great start, and it'll be cool to look back and see what else can be added to the page!
ReplyDeleteSeveral weeks have gone by and your page is still there. I think choosing a subject whose page can be linked to many other Wikipedia pages is very wise, and you do a good job thinking about bidirectional linking. You might want to use some of the headings and subheadings in biographies, and consider the trade-offs of using "girlfriend" rather than "partner" or other terms that might be less likely to be flagged for NPOV. But like Chelsea I applaud your courage in taking the leap to do an entirely new page and appreciate your careful watching of the WAR film.
ReplyDeleteWow, I am astonished to see that my page is still up! I would consider trading the name girlfriend to partner but it was important that I included both titles because Ingrid and her girlfriend are also business partners. I will insert the ^business so that it is more distinguishable. I feel inspired to generate more wiki pages for unrepresented people.
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