WikiWomen Erasmus+/Exploring the topic area

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Exploring the topic area

Finding a subject to write about can be tough, especially for students who are just getting into the process of doing research. If you follow the WikiWomen materials from start to end, participants will need to find a woman to write about. This can be tricky, especially since our first port of call for biographical knowledge is Wikipedia! So where do we look for the women who are missing? In this folder, you will find helpful Wikipedia tools that can be used to find women who do not have an article written about them. It also contains exercises for students to do in class or as homework on the subject of finding a woman to write about.

Information about this topic
Wikipedia Tool	Wikipedia GapFinder	https://recommend.wmflabs.org/
Wikipedia Tool	Not in the other language	https://not-in-the-other-language.toolforge.org/

Classroom Exercises

Discussion prompts

• What makes a good standard article?

Student tasks

• Can you find a good article on Wikipedia to present to the class?

• What makes this a good example, in your opinion?

• Have you noticed an important article that is missing from Wikipedia?