Wikipedia for Peace: A Centenary of Peace Activism
20-22 June 2020
About the project
editTogether with other movements for International Voluntary Service, Service Civil International is celebrating its centenary this year. We want to look at these 100 years of peace activism, within SCI and elsewhere - what movements evolved, who were/are the activists? Wikipedia has the potential to democratise knowledge - to make it accessible to everybody who has internet access, not just those who were in the lucky position to be able to pursue university studies. We in SCI see this democratisation of knowledge as a contribution towards global justice, and we see a lot of similarities in Wikipedia culture and SCI culture, we share quite a few values and dreams of how the world should be. That is why we are joining efforts and motivation to edit Wikipedia together with volunteers from Wikimedia Poland. In this extraordinary situation due to the pandemic, we want to think about ways to continue workcamps and activism. Writing and editing Wikipedia articles, one also needs the skills to do research, to verify information, and distinguish trustworthy sources from the others, skills that get more and more important in general life, if we think of the recent surge in fake news.
What is Service Civil International?
editService Civil International (SCI) is a peace organisation—and one of the largest non-profit networks of volunteer organisations. The first SCI workcamp was organised in 1920, close to Verdun, France, by the Swiss pacifist Pierre Cérésole. Through workcamps, SCI wants to increase international understanding; to raise awareness of global inequalities and people with fewer social opportunities; and to promote sustainability and responsible use of resources. In SCI workcamps, people from different countries and sociocultural backgrounds work together for two to four weeks to benefit a local non-profit initiative. We are still looking for participants!
- If you are not a Wikipedian yet, you can join the project by registering for it in the workcamp database of Service Civil International.
- If you are already a Wikipedian and want to join, please contact User:ilka5
Participants
editIf you were officially accepted as a participant to the project. You can do that by copying the signs * --~~~ at the end of this section and clicking on "Publish changes"!
- --Ilka5 (talk)
- --BogumilaH (talk) 08:37, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
- --Pattern-projects (talk)
- --Vladirely (talk)
- mentor from Wikimedia Polska: Magalia (talk)
- guest mentor: --Rajeeb (talk!)
Results
editHere we will list all articles that we edit and write during the project, or after the project if the inspiration came from there :)
- ru:Тершелич, Весна --Vladirely
- ru:Хегнауер, Ида --Vladirely
- ru:Серезоль, Пьер --Vladirely
- ru:Дороти Маклин --Vladirely
- en:Service Civil International --Ilka5 (talk) (small improvements, more to follow)
Article suggestions
editThis is the list of articles to write about. If you have an idea of an article that we could add to this list, write it in our slack workspace in # inspiration
Organisations, Movements, Concepts, Ideas
№ | Bild | Article | Description | en | bn | hi | nl | de | fr | hy | pl | ru | Σ |
Wikidata | st. | |
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1 | World Refugee Day | observed June 20 each year, dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9 | Q757285 | 11 | + | |
2 | Service Civil International | international peace organization | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | 7 | Q632013 | 8 | + | |
3 | Peace Conference in Bilthoven | Meeting of pacifists after World War I | + | - | - | - | + | + | - | - | + | 4 | Q3425173 | 4 | + | |
4 | conscientious objector | individual who refuses to do something on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, and/or religion | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | + | 4 | Q2930613 | 8 | + | |
5 | peace movement | social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars) | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | 6 | Q708312 | 3 | + | |
6 | nonviolent resistance | practice of achieving goals through nonviolent methods | + | - | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | 7 | Q754479 | 7 | + | |
7 | War Resisters' International | organization | + | - | - | + | + | + | - | - | + | 5 | Q1890441 | 9 | + | |
8 | anti-nuclear movement | social movement that opposes nuclear technologies | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | + | + | 4 | Q574580 | 6 | + | |
9 | Women in Black | women's anti-war movement | + | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | 7 | Q1083473 | 7 | + | |
10 | Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions | Palestinian-led movement demanding international sanctions against Israel | + | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | + | 6 | Q895904 | 16 | + | |
11 | Internet activism | use of electronic communication technologies for various forms of activism | + | - | - | - | + | + | + | - | + | 5 | Q1147114 | 3 | + | |
12 | Postcolonialism | International relationship | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Q7234129 | 1 | ||
13 | ecofeminism | approach to feminism influenced by ecologist movement | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | 8 | Q294949 | 7 | + | |
14 | Fridays for Future | An international youth movement for climate action | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | 8 | Q60674974 | 17 | + | |
15 | deep ecology | ecological and environmental philosophy | + | - | - | + | + | + | - | - | + | 5 | Q216279 | 2 | + | |
16 | degrowth | economic thinking questioning the benefits and sustainability of economic growth | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 8 | Q611217 | 3 | + | |
17 | Black Lives Matter | social movement originating in the USA | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9 | Q19600530 | 20 | + | |
18 | anti-racism | beliefs, actions, movements, and policies adopted or developed to oppose racism | + | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | + | 6 | Q582965 | 11 | + | |
19 | permaculture | agriculture practices using few energy resources and human intervention | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 8 | Q4572 | 6 | + | |
Σ | → Autolist→ gallery | 19 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 117 | avg: 6\13\68% | 149 |
Activists
№ | Bild | Article | Description | en | bn | hi | nl | de | fr | hy | pl | ru | Σ |
Wikidata | st. | |
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1 | Pierre Cérésole (1879-1945) | Swiss pacifist, engineer and quaker (1879-1945) | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | 7 | Q116353 | 20 | + | |
2 | Simone Tanner-Chaumet (1916-1962) | French peace activist | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | - | + | 6 | Q32663033 | 15 | + | |
3 | Idy Hegnauer (1909-2006) | Swiss nurse and peace activist (1909-2006) | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | - | + | 6 | Q32662312 | 13 | + | |
4 | Hélène Monastier (1882-1976) | Swiss teacher and pacifist (1882-1976) | + | - | - | - | + | + | + | - | + | 5 | Q3144822 | 14 | + | |
5 | Elisabeth Eidenbenz (1913-2011) | Swiss humanitarian (1913-2011) | + | - | - | - | + | + | + | - | + | 5 | Q124448 | 14 | + | |
6 | Vesna Teršelič (b. 1962) | Croatian activist | + | - | - | - | + | + | - | + | + | 5 | Q7923262 | 11 | + | |
7 | Jane Goodall (b. 1934) | English primatologist and anthropologist (born 1934) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9 | Q184746 | 36 | + | |
8 | Dian Fossey (1832-1985) | American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932-1985) | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | 8 | Q234224 | 23 | + | |
9 | Vandana Shiva (b. 1952) | Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist (*1952) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9 | Q235451 | 24 | + | |
10 | Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011) | Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9 | Q46795 | 30 | + | |
11 | Leymah Roberta Gbowee (b. 1972) | Liberian peace activiste | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9 | Q107037 | 17 | + | |
12 | Tawakkol Karman (b. 1979) | Yemeni journalist, politician, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9 | Q104622 | 20 | + | |
13 | Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) | Pakistani children's education activist | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9 | Q32732 | 29 | + | |
14 | May East (b. 1959) | Brazilian singer | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | 2 | Q6796496 | 17 | ||
15 | Rigoberta Menchú (b. 1959) | Guatemalan human rights activist | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | 8 | Q188620 | 17 | + | |
16 | Eileen Caddy (1917-2006) | British writer (1917-2006) | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | 3 | Q3049420 | 14 | ||
17 | Dorothy Maclean (1920-2020) | Canadian writer (1920-2020) | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | 2 | Q5298531 | 11 | + | |
18 | Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) | Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878– 1942) | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | 7 | Q152441 | 30 | + | |
Σ | → Autolist→ gallery→ timeline | 18 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 118 | avg: 7\13\73% | 355 |