FII Wiki Project/Edit-a-thons/Art+Feminism Delhi 2018

Since March is globally celebrated as Women's History Month, on 3 March 2018, FII Wiki Project and The Heritage Lab co-hosted the global Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA). The edit-a-thon was aimed at creating/editing Wikipedia pages of Indian women artists and painters who lack representation on the platform currently. The articles were created and expanded in English. Additional statistics can been seen on the P&E dashboard here. A report of the edit-a-thon is also documented on the FII website here.

Details

• Topic: Art+Feminism Delhi 2018
• Organisers: FII Wiki Project and The Heritage Lab
• Date: 3 March 2018
• Venue: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA)
• Time: 10.30 AM to 5 PM

Participants

1. User: Japleenpasricha
2. User: Asmitaghosh18
3. User: Mahikabee
4. User: Medhavigandhi
5. User: Sumita Roy Dutta
6. User: Aashi A
7. User: Supriya3912
8. User: Komalmahur
9. User: KoyelM14

Articles expanded

1. w:en:Lalita Lajmi
2. w:en:Arpita Singh
3. w:en:Nasreen Mohamedi
4. w:en:Madhvi Parekh
5. w:en:Sheela Gowda
6. w:en:Bharti Kher
7. w:en:Diskit Monastery
8. w:en:Tagore family
9. w:en:The Skoda Prize
10. w:en:Abanindranath Tagore

Articles created

1. w:en:Adeela Suleman
2. w:en:Sunayani Devi
3. w:en:Y.G. Srimati
4. w:en:Mithu Sen

Statistics

• Articles created: 4
• Articles edited: 14
• Total edits: 32
• Editors: 9
• Words added: 6.54K
• Article views: 30K

Participant Testimonial

User: KoyelM14 said, "Being an art admirer and a feminist by passion – this Wikipedia edit-a-thon was an overwhelming and inspiring experience; especially when it was about women in art from India! Co-creating a page on the legendary Sunayani Devi, from the Bengal School of Art, and from the enormously influential Tagore family, boosted my zeal to research about her and to know more of her incredible works! I would take this editing experience forward and will look forward to participate in events like this in future! "