Thank you for the flowers but I would like a Wikimartisor

Claudia Șerbănuță (WMROMD)

Elena Damian (WMROMD)

Valentin Brutaru

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7.08.2024

What will we talk about

Focus on steps into creation of Wikimartisor campaign

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With an eye on processes, information, activities and…emotions

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Sharing statistics and lessons learned

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Looking for inspiration

WikiGap international campaign had 2018 - 2019 editions in Romania and Moldova

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Around 282 new pages

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Lesson learned:

’increase the synergy with other projects conducted by the WMROMD and use their potential for attracting new female editors’

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WikiGAP

User:klaul - Claudia Șerbănuță

• Librarian, researcher and manager

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• 2006 first edit of ro.wikipedia

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• 2017 active wikimedian

#1lib1ref

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Main focus: women, minorities, science

Other interests: health, environment, open access

User: Elena Ancu Damian Elena Damian

• Proud volunteer on Wikipedia since 2022

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• newest member of WMROMD

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• Passionate librarian

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• My Wikimartisor journey started in 2023 and continued in 2024 as participant in this campaign dedicated to writing articles about remarkable women

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Valentin Brutaru

• Data enthusiast

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• Artist

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• Participant in Wikimartisor 2024

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• Open Culture supporter

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What we knew (as organizers):

• many pages for women missing
• hashtags.wmcloud.org/
• ListeriaBot (Dec 2022 & Giku)

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What we did not know:

• About previous efforts
• How to do a page for a campaign on Wikipedia

Technical help

Wikimartisor 2023

Online campaign with prizes

• 2 weeks long
• 3 Prizes: for the editor with most articles, most contributions on existing articles, new editor with most contributions

Results

• 12 editors
• 16 new articles
• 81 edits on 63 pages

Lessons learned and plans for 2024

• How to count new pages

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• The importance of reliable references and maintain the neutral point of view

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• Notability - a fundamental criteria

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• Need to communicate more

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• Plan to organize workshops

What we knew (as organizers):

• Many pages for women missing
• hashtags.wmcloud.org/
• ListeriaBot used for both women from Romania and Moldova
• How to do a page for a campaign on Wikipedia
• That we need to count new pages
• We will organized editing events

What we did not know:

• How to communicate about the campaign

Technical help

Wikimartisor 2024

Online campaign with prizes

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• Organizing meetings held
• 3 week campaign
• 4 prizes: most new articles, most improvements (number), most improvements (in size), new editors with most contributions
• We reached out to partners (NGOs and public libraries)

Wikimartisor 2024

Public events

• Workshop at Brasov County

Library

• Workshop at Seneca Anticafe

in Bucharest

• Workshop at Chisinau City Library

Some data help

Wikimartisor results

• 31 editors

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• 35 new articles

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• 135 articles improved

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• 412 edits

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Lessons learned

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• The importance of reliable references and maintain the neutral point of view

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• Notability - a fundamental criteria

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• Need to communicate more

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• Plan to make partnership and organize workshops

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Looking more at statistics

Looking more at statistics

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Plans and hopes for 2025

• To organize partnerships and workshops
• To have more redundant technical knowledge in the organizing team

What we need help with:

• Will hashtags.wmcloud.org/ be supported?
• How to communicate about the campaign
• Set realistic indicators

Resources

• Avii008, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
• Crisfar2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
• Klaul, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
• Macreanu Iulian, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Thank you so much!

On behalf of all women who deserve to be remembered … this is our way of telling them we are grateful … our Wikipedia story.