Wikipedia:GLAM/The Tate Gallery/Events and Workshops/Tate Britain, Queer British Art Editathon

Duncan Grant, pictured with Giles Lytton Strachey, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Philip Edward Morrell and Maria Huxley

About the event

This event will cover teaching people how to edit Wikipedia, and focus on creating and expanding articles on queer British artists, from Duncan Grant to Dora Carrington.

Wikipedia is usually the first point of call for basic information about anything, and there is a dearth of articles about art on Wikipedia, with queer art in particular needing expansion. Less well-known artists or artworks can be made more discoverable by virtue of their links to other artists or places, so with the enthusiasm and knowledge of Tate staff and visitors, we can increase opportunities for people to discover artists they never knew about and help them access good quality information on those artists.

Portrait of Julia Frances Strachey by Dora Carrington

How do I prepare?

• Create a Wikipedia account
• Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
• Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
• Learn more about editing using the Visual Editor, or in general.
• Learn about good sources for articles.

Programme

10:00am - 4:00pm with a break for lunch.

Trainer

Stuart Prior is a project coordinator for the charity Wikimedia UK, that supports Wikimedia and Wikipedia projects in the UK.

Article hit list

We're targeting the below articles for improvement or creation - please feel free to research in advance! This list will be updated - please check back

Articles for creation

• John Cole (painter)
• Akram Zaatari
• Howard Hodgkin
• Prunella Clough
• Simeon Solomon
• Keith Vaughan
• Patrick Procktor
• Jacques-Emile Blanche
• John Banting
• Glyn Warren Philpot
• Leslie Hurry
• Anya Gallaccio
• Alvaro Guevara
• Lubaina Himid
• Henry Bishop
• Add names here..

Articles for improvement

• Keith Vaughan
• Add articles here...

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT_artists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Biography/By_profession#Artists

External links

• Art+Feminism Meetup page
• Art+Feminism

Participants - Sign Up Here!

Prior to the event:

1. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?

   No? Create a Wikipedia account

   Yes? Go to Step #2

2. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
   

To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.

• Stuart Prior (WMUK) (talk) 13:30, 10 May 2016 (UTC)