More than 60 people attended the WikiWarriors Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon March 15-16. The event focused on increasing the female presence on Wikipedia.
Research collected by event co-organizer Daniel Clausen, a graduate student in English, showed that less than 13 percent of Wikipedia editors are women.
The event was held in the Adele Coryell Hall Learning Commons in Love Library in conjunction with Women’s Week at UNL. The event generated 22 improved articles, 12 new published articles and four articles drafted. For each completed article or edit, Aspen Lincoln donated $5 to the local YWCA SMART Girls Club for a total of $255 raised.
The YWCA program engages fourth- to eighth-grade girls in after-school activities focused in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.
