Grants:IdeaLab/Get more disabled artists represented on Wikipedia

Inspire campaign

Get more disabled artists represented on Wikipedia

Disabled artists across all artforms are hugely underrepresented on Wikipedia, just as they are in the wider media. This project would bring together leading Disability Arts organisations such as Disability Arts Online and the National Disability Arts Collection & Archive with experienced Wikipedians to create pages about disabled artists and disability-led arts organisations. It could also involve WikiProject: Disability and any other relevant Wikipedia groups.

idea creator• JTdisabilityartsonline

this project needs...

volunteer

researcher

advisor

project manager

created on15:31, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

What problem are you trying to solve by doing this project? This problem should be small enough that you expect it to be completely or mostly resolved by the end of this project. Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.
The underrepresentation of disabled artists across all artforms on Wikipedia

What is your solution?

For the problem you identified in the previous section, briefly describe your how you would like to address this problem. We recognize that there are many ways to solve a problem. We’d like to understand why you chose this particular solution, and why you think it is worth pursuing. Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.
Bringing together disability arts organisations with their expert knowledge and experienced Wikipedians (along with WikiProject: Disability) to create a number of new pages about disabled artists and disability-led arts organisations as well as improving existing ones. Notability has been the biggest barrier to this, so individuals with experience of how to pass notability criteria and find solid sources will be needed.

Project goals

What are your goals for this project? Your goals should describe the top two or three benefits that will come out of your project. These should be benefits to the Wikimedia projects or Wikimedia communities. They should not be benefits to you individually. Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.
Hopefully, dozens of new pages on individual artists and organisations, plus improvements to existing pages. This will add to the richness of the Wikipedia community and greatly improve the diversity of people represented on the Encyclopedia.

Who will you be doing outreach with?

Disability Arts Online, National Disability Arts Collection & Archive (UK), potentially more

Get Involved

About the idea creator

I work for Disability Arts Online, one of the UK's leading journals covering the work of disabled artists. Over the last 18 months we have hosted a series of Editathons with support from Wikimedia UK aimed at getting more pages on disabled artists on Wikipedia. The project has been an uphill struggle and we need more support for it. I have personally started two successful Wiki Pages and edited a number more since joining, but my Wikipedia editing skills are still very basic.

Endorsements

• Anthere (talk) 17:17, 24 February 2017 (UTC). Also, have a look at Grants:IdeaLab/Wiki Loves the Disabled and Grants:IdeaLab/WikiSoCal - Volunteer Outreach to People of All Cultures, Ages & Abilities
• Commendable. Diptanshu^Talk 10:31, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Expand your idea

Would a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation help make your idea happen? You can expand this idea into a grant proposal.

Expand into a Rapid Grant

Expand into a Project Grant

No funding needed?

Does your idea not require funding, but you're not sure about what to do next? Not sure how to start a proposal on your local project that needs consensus? Contact Chris Schilling on-wiki at I JethroBT (WMF) (talk · contribs) or via e-mail at cschillingwikimedia.org for help!