"1Lib1Ref: Strengthening Gender Equality Narratives through Verified References on Wikipedia"

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"1Lib1Ref: Strengthening Gender Equality Narratives through Verified References on Wikipedia"

For several years, the Wikipedia Library Team and Wikimedia Affiliates around the world have been carefully and proactively working to actualize the vision of "Imagining a World where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia". Editing campaign organized for librarians, archivists, information managers, information scientists, Bibliophiles and researchers to make Wikipedia more credible and reliable, by adding one citation at a time! "Verifiability" is one of the core content policies of Wikipedia and that’s what the 1Lib1Ref campaign focuses on. It helps direct the world to free, yet verifiable and reliable information, which clearly aligns with the skills and values of information professionals (librarians, archivists, information managers, information scientists, and researchers) to promote open access and open knowledge with billions of readers across the globe.

How to participate

Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia.

Enroll on the https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/

Sign up in the participants section on this page.

Add or improve citations on Wikipedia articles.

Use the hashtag #1Lib1Ref & "1Lib1Ref: Strengthening Gender Equality Narratives through Verified References on Wikipedia" to publish your edit summary without the ampersand symbol.

Attend the both physical and hybrid event.

Tools and Suggested Articles

• Wikimedia hashtags tool.
• https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/
• Citation hunt tool

(Suggested Articles)
Articles
en:Gender bias on wikipedia en:gender mainstreaming en:special measures for gender equality in the united nations en:convention on the elimination of all forms discrimination against women en:gender equality en:gender-inequality en:women's rights en:declaration on the discrimination against women en:gender parity index en:The future of the women's rights activists en:New woman en:gender and security sector reform en:gender empowerment measure en:Culture of Nigeria en:mainstreaming in teacher education policy en:feminist economics en:feminism and society en:gender inequality in curricula en:Racial bias on wikipedia en:Second-generation gender bias en:systematic bias in wikipedia en:Demographics of Nigeria en:gender essentialism en:women in africa en:women in islam en:global gender gap report en:equal pay for women en:gender and education en:girl effect en:colonianity of gender en:equal-oppoturnity en:gender empowerment en:gender role in childhood en:women in nigeria en:girl child labour in nigeria en:daughter of africa en:women in senegal en:women in niger en:women in ethiopia en:women in chad en:digital divide en:civil rights en:gender and development en:heforshe en:women in uganda en:women in ghana en:women in libya en:women in zimbabwe

Action Points

1. Create awareness for 1Lib1Ref among librarians, archivists, information managers, information scientists, Bibliophiles and researchers.

2. Teach participants how to access and create a Wikipedia account.

3. Expose Participants to Wikipedia.

4. Teach Participants how to added citations to Wikipedia articles.

5. Create and or improve articles on Wikipedia by adding atleast a reference to an article section.

6. Host online/offline trainings.

Hashtags

One of the most important things about participating in the #1Lib1Ref campaign is to add the hashtag (#1Lib1ref) in the edit summary of the article. It is extremely important to use tags, so that we can track the results and so that each reference entered is recorded in the Wikimedia hashtags tool.

List of Participants

To participate you need to sign up on the participants section and join the event dashboard to track your contributions.

To add your name, edit this section and type '#~~~' below without quotes.