Georgia Piedmont Wikimedians/Reports

2020

January - June

• Group member, Jenniferjuniper, supported the 500 Women Scientists Women in Science edit-a-thon at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA on January 29.
• Group member, Jenniferjuniper, hosted the fifth annual Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon at Emory University on February 25.
• Group member, Jenniferjuniper supported the virtual High Museum of Art edit-a-thon Art+Feminism editathon at the High Museum of Art on March 31 through April 30 to reduce the gender gap on Wikipedia.
• Group member, Jenniferjuniper, completed the reporting requirements for July 2019 to June 2020 on June 16, 2020.

2019

January - June

• Group member, LadyofShalott supported the A&F edit-a-thon at UGA, Athens on March 1. Pictures from the event are here.
• Group member, Jenniferjuniper at Emory University hosted the fourth annual Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon on March 21.
• Group member, Jenniferjuniper supported the High Museum of Art edit-a-thon on March 30 to reduce the gender gap on Wikipedia.
• Group member, Ganeshk completed the reporting requirements for 2018 on April 6.

July - December

• Group member, Jenniferjuniper, served on planning committee for the Wikimania 2019 GLAM space.
• Group member, Jenniferjuniper, gave lightning talk in the Education space at Wikimania 2019.
• Group member, Jenniferjunuper, gave poster session at Wikimania 2019.

2018

January - June

• Group assisted with Art & Feminism Wikipedia-edit-a-thon at Georgia Mueseum of Art on March 3.

• Georgia Tech conducted Wikipedia Editing Event to Focus on Underrepresented Figures in STEM event on March 3.

• Student Success in Writing Conference (SSWC) was conduced at Georgia State University in Savannah, GA on April 6.

July - December

• Group member, Ganeshk, presented at the Unsung Women of Tech and Journalism: A Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon event on July 21. Moderator: Willoughby Mariano, investigative reporter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Panelists: Jovita Moore, news anchor; WSB-TV, Candace Roberts, data analysis and SQL instructor, General Assembly; Jennifer Sutcliffe, staff at Emory University.

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  Moderator and Panelists discuss trustworthiness of Wikipedia

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  Group member, Ganeshk with Danielle Douez, the organizer and Jennifer Sutcliffe, one of the panelists

• Group members met on August 26 for the Georgia Wiknic 2018 at Tribble Mill Park, Lawrenceville, GA.

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  Group members, LadyofShalott, TadgStirkland401, and Ganeshk

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  Group members, LadyofShalott, TadgStirkland401, and Elizabeth Strickland

• Group assisted the Atlanta Women Scientist Edit-a-thon on October 16. [1] [2]

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  Group member, Ganeshk with organizers Nmbaran and Laura

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• Group members, Ganeshk, LadyofShalott, and Jennifer attended the WikiConference North America at Columbus, OH from October 18-21.

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• Group hosted a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event at Macon on November 3.
• Ganeshk from the group was the meeting chair for WALRUS December 2018 meeting. The slide deck is here. Feedback is here.
• Group member, Ganeshk registered for the Wikimedia Summit 2019 at Berlin in March 2019

2017

January - June

• Group assisted with the Art+Womanism 2017 event at Spelman College on March 5. A photo gallery is here.

• Group assisted with a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Georgia Museum of Art on March 25. Facebook event page is here. The event received positive press coverage.

July - December

• Group participated in the Georgia Librarians webinar on 'More Than an Editing Party: Why and How You Should Organize a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon' on October 18. The slides are here.

2016

January - June

• The Georgia Piedmont Wikimedians User group was recognized on February 25.

• Emory University conducted an Art & Feminism event on February 26.

• Group assisted students and faculty at Art+Feminism Meetup at the Georgia State University, Atlanta on March 6.

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  Group member, Ganeshk, with the students and faculty at the GSU A+F edit-a-thon

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  Women in A+F edit-a-thon at GSU

• Savannah College of Art and Design conducted an Art & Feminism event on April 8.

July - December

• Group met for the annual wikinic on July 9.

• Member of the group, LadyofShalott, participated in WikiConference North America event on October 7-10.

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• Group was promoted on Twitter by Wikimedia as part of the WikiConference.

• "Flash talk" about OCLC/WP course at Athens Regional Library in November