WikiWomen Marathon 2025
Overview
[edit]The WikiWomen Marathon 2025 is a global 48-hour edit-a-thon focused on increasing women-related content across Wikimedia projects. Moving away from traditional month-long edit-a-thons, this event adopts a focused, collaborative, and celebratory approach for Women’s Month. The event will be hybrid, welcoming both in-person and virtual participation. In-person contributors will work in 8-hour shifts, ensuring continuous editing for the full 48 hours. Virtual participants can contribute at their convenience, making this an inclusive and impactful global initiative.
Objectives
[edit]- Content Creation and Enrichment: Address gender content gaps on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, and other projects.
- Community Engagement: Encourage collaboration among Wikimedia affiliates, gender-gap initiatives, and global partners.
- Capacity Building: Provide mentorship opportunities for emerging women leaders within the Wikimedia movement.
Event Structure
[edit]Dates: TBD.
Format: Hybrid (In-person and Virtual Participation)
Participants: Experienced Wikimedians for in-person participation.
*Open to all remote contributors for broader engagement.
Preparation & Coordination
[edit]Activities During the Event
[edit]Editing and Contribution: Focused content creation across projects.
Tracking & Metrics: Contributions logged via tracking sheets and analysis tools.
Collaboration & Networking: Engaging gender-gap projects, and affiliates.
Remote Participation & Collaboration
[edit]We invite all Wikimedia affiliates, communities, and partners to join this impactful initiative! Whether you organize a 6-hour local edit-a-thon or participate remotely, your contributions will help close the gender gap on Wikimedia.
Let's make this Women’s Month a celebration of knowledge, collaboration, and empowerment!
Deliverables
[edit]- Impact Story: Documenting contributions & outcomes.
- Metrics Report: Articles created/improved.
- Media files uploaded.
- Wikidata enhancements.
- Wikisource contributions.
- Participant Feedback: Insights for future events.