"How the site is written has a political impact, I think," said multimedia artist and digital designer Krystal South, who is helping run a “Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon on Art and Feminism” at Portland State University on Saturday.
In addition to Portland State, there are at least eight other American colleges and universities hosting the event, including the University of Texas, Michigan State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sarah Stierch, a Wikipedia editor who has worked with event co-organizer Wikimedia to increase female participation, said the very appearance of the Wikipedia website proves it is skewed towards males. (more...)
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