Research Guides: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Smith College: Why Wikipedia?

Wikis In Action

About Wiki Edit-a-thons

"Edit-a-Thon' Volunteers Revamp Female Artists' Wikipedia Profiles, The Wall Street Journal

Libraries Tap Into Crowd Power, American Libraries

Wikipedia Holds An Edit-A-Thon To Draw Female Editors, NPR

Meet The Editors Fighting Racism And Sexism On Wikipedia, Wired

Opportunity To Be An Ambassador For Archives Outside The Usual Venues..., Modern Language Association

Writing Her In: Wikipedia As Feminist Activism, Ms.

Wikipedia's Women Problem, NYT

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OpenGLAM
OpenGLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museum) is an initiative coordinated by the Open Knowledge Foundation that is committed to building a global cultural commons for everyone to use, access and enjoy.
National Council of Public History
NCPH inspires public engagement with the past and serves the needs of practitioners in putting history to work in the word by building community among historians, expanding professional skills and tools, fostering critical reflection on historical practice, and publicly advocating for history and historian.

Wikis versus Wikpedia

Wikis are collaborative websites designed to allow users to add or modify content. Users employ their Web browser to access the content and make changes. Wiki platforms typically feature:

Simplified markup schemes for entering data
Search capability
History, or version control, pages for monitoring changes to content

Wikis are used for gathering and distributing information as well as associated multimedia (pictures, audio, etc.). Editing functionality may be restricted, but many wikis allow anonymous users to change or add information. Wikis are often based on a specific topic and rely heavily on their user community to develop useful content.There are many Wiki sites available on the Web, and they address a number of subject areas. They include:

Because of their collaborative nature, wikis are used to power a variety of projects, from documentation to open access initiatives to peer-review portals. Wikipedia is just one of the several related projects funded by the Wikimedia Foundation.