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Konvent A Love Supreme Edit-a-thon: Expanding Feminist and Gender-Diverse Sonic and interdisciplinary Art in Wikipedia
proposed start date2025-06-27
proposed end date2025-09-30
grant start date2025-06-27T00:00:00Z
grant end date2025-09-30T00:00:00Z
requested budget (local currency)4150 EUR
requested budget (USD)4721.08 USD
amount funded (local currency)2653.9 EUR
amount funded (USD)3000
grant typeGroup of individuals not registered with an organization
funding regionNWE
decision fiscal year2024-25
applicant• Anavi22
organization (if applicable)• Konvent A Love Supreme Edit-a-thon Team

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Applicant Details

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Anavi22

Organization

Konvent A Love Supreme Edit-a-thon Team

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Main Proposal

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1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Konvent A Love Supreme Edit-a-thon: Expanding Feminist and Gender-Diverse Sonic and interdisciplinary Art in Wikipedia

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2025-06-27 - 2025-09-30

4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)

Spain

5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)

Art+Feminism

6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)

We aim to tackle the systemic underrepresentation of feminist, queer, and gender-diverse artists and cultural practices in Wikipedia and digital knowledge ecosystems. Although Wikipedia is one of the most widely used information sources globally, it reproduces biases that marginalize certain communities and narratives. This underrepresentation not only distorts cultural history but also deprives marginalized communities of visibility and recognition in public knowledge spaces.

The main challenges we seek to address are: The content gap: a significant lack of articles about feminist, queer, and gender-diverse artists and cultural movements.

The participation gap: the limited presence of editors from marginalized gender identities, feminist and queer communities within the Wikimedia ecosystem.

Participant retention: ensuring that newly trained editors remain engaged after the edit-a-thon.

Access to reliable references: identifying and securing reputable sources about underrepresented figures.

Technical barriers for new editors: addressing the initial complexity of Wikipedia editing for beginners.

The change we seek is a more inclusive and accurate Wikipedia that reflects the diversity of feminist and queer cultural contributions, while also building sustainable editing capacities within marginalized communities.

Our main approaches to achieve this change are: Building capacity among new editors through accessible, feminist, and decolonial Wikipedia training.

Creating collective editing spaces based on feminist and queer pedagogies that emphasize care, horizontal learning, and mutual support.

Pre-event community engagement to build relationships and excitement among potential participants, ensuring higher retention rates.

Early partnerships with archives and cultural institutions to secure access to credible and diverse reference materials.

On-site mentorship provided by experienced Wikipedians during the edit-a-thon to reduce technical barriers and empower participants.


Why these approaches?

Studies and past experiences show that supportive, identity-affirming learning environments significantly improve participation and retention rates among marginalized groups. Our experience organizing the "Viquimarató Art i Feminisme” in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 demonstrated that combining technical training with a feminist, community-centered approach leads to stronger, lasting impacts.

Moreover, strategic partnerships with archives and institutions ensure that the content created is verifiable and meets Wikipedia’s standards, addressing one of the major barriers to quality content production. By empowering new editors, creating collaborative spaces, and strategically connecting with cultural institutions, this project aims not just to fill content gaps but to catalyze systemic change in knowledge production.

7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.

The Konvent A Love Supreme Edit-a-thon project is structured around several interconnected activities designed to foster inclusive, feminist, and queer knowledge production in Wikipedia. These activities align closely with our strategies of building community capacity, creating collective learning spaces, and ensuring access to reliable resources.

Main activities: 1. Outreach and Recruitment (June 27-July 27 2025):

Public call for participants targeting feminist, queer, cultural, and activist communities.

Promotion through Konvent’s networks, social media, and partner organizations.

Special focus on recruiting participants from marginalized gender identities and underrepresented communities.

Early engagement to build commitment and increase retention.

2. Resource Preparation (June 27-July 27 2025):

Compilation of lists of underrepresented artists and feminist/queer cultural figures.

Partnerships with local archives, museums, and libraries to secure access to high-quality, verifiable sources.

Preparation of training materials (guides, tutorials, reference sheets) under open licenses.

3. Online Preparatory Meeting (Late July 2025):

A collective online session to introduce participants to Wikipedia editing basics.

Orientation on feminist/queer approaches to knowledge production.

Community-building activities to foster trust, shared goals, and motivation among participants.

4. One-Day Edit-a-thon Event (August 9, 2025):

In-person gathering at Konvent (Berga, Catalonia) with full accessibility support.

Hands-on Wikipedia editing workshops led by experienced Wikipedians.

Focused editing sessions aiming to create and improve at least 50 articles.

Mentorship and on-the-spot technical assistance throughout the day.

5. Documentation and Dissemination (August – September 2025):

Documentation of the event and results.

Creation of an open-access report summarizing achievements, challenges, and learnings.

Sharing outcomes through Konvent’s platforms, Wikimedia networks, and social media.

6. Follow-up and Community Support (September 2025):

Post-event online gathering to evaluate experiences, celebrate achievements, and support continued involvement.

Continued mentorship for participants wishing to remain active in Wikimedia editing.

Planned Partnerships:

Collaboration with local archives and cultural institutions (e.g., libraries, museums) for access to reference materials.

Potential partnership with the Wikimedia Catalan User Group to support training, mentorship, and resource sharing.

Engagement with feminist and queer activist networks to promote the event and ensure alignment with broader decolonial knowledge movements. Collaboration with A Love Supreme Residency and Konvent Cultural Centre to engage editors, promote the event and manage logistics.

Why these activities and partnerships? These activities are based on proven feminist and queer Wikimedia methodologies (such as Art+Feminism campaigns), A Love Supreme Residency and Festival’s support of gender representation in music and art and Konvent’s prior experiences with successful edit-a-thons. They are designed to ensure that participants are fully supported before, during, and after the event, creating a strong foundation for both immediate impact and long-term engagement. Partnerships with archives and activist networks strengthen the project's reach and sustainability.


8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.

The Konvent A Love Supreme Edit-a-thon will be led by a committed and experienced team of feminist and queer editors, cultural workers, and researchers.

Although, for safety reasons, we use anonymous accounts and change usernames at each event to protect ourselves against harassment and systemic bias within the platform, our team collectively brings extensive knowledge of Wikipedia editing practices, platform policies, and feminist/queer digital strategies.


Team Overview: The entire project team consists of volunteers, both experienced organizers and editors, and inexperienced editors from the A Love Supreme VI Residency (international artists and researchers from: India, China -based in USA-, Iran -based in France-, Pakistan-based in USA, Jordan-based in Spain- Ukraine, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and diverse regions of Spain); members of Konvent team and visitors of the cultural center and festival; mainly from the rural Berguedà region, but also from Catalonia in general. We are counting on a minimum participation of 25 editors and 5 facilitators, but this number may grow to a maximum of 50 editors (to ensure smooth functioning). There will also be passive participants (from 10-50 additional people) that may attend the event and be informed.

Core Editing Team:

A group of experienced Wikipedia editors with several years of experience participating in feminist and queer edit-a-thons, who have faced and navigated the challenges of content deletion, harassment, and systemic bias. We use community organizing practices to build safer editing environments and empower marginalized editors.

Project Coordination: Lucy Tcherno, Wikipedia username: Anavi22, (cultural outreach officer and curator) will coordinate the project as an experienced cultural event organizer and promoter. With an intersectional feminist approach to the curation of events, her expertise and network is crucial for the engagement of committed editors and smooth functioning of the event.

Research and Strategy Advisor:

Marta Delatte, Wikipedia username: liquendatalab, (Ph.D. in Digital Media, Universitat Pompeu Fabra) will support the project as an expert on gender-based participation issues within Wikipedia. Her academic research includes an extensive case study on the systemic gender biases of the platform, and her knowledge is crucial in informing our strategies for safer, sustainable participation. As part of the collective Liquen Data Lab she has been an organizer of the previous Art+Feminism edit-a-thons in Barcelona (2018-2022)

Facilitators and Mentors:

Experienced feminist editors who will guide participants during the preparatory session and the edit-a-thon day, providing technical support, strategic advice on article creation, and emotional/community support. Led by Aïda Camprubí (Journalist) whom will support the project as an expert on gender representation in the music industry. Her work is regularly published by newspapers and specialist magazines in Spain such as Vogue, Rockdelux and Ladirecta, and she hosts programmes on Spain’s National Radio 3 and BTV. Co-director of Barcelona’s BAM music Festival and responsable for programming panels in Spain’s leading music festivals, such as Primavera Sound, among others. All of her work focuses on an affective network and intersectional and/or alliance-based feminism.She has participated in all past Art+Feminism edit-a-thons in Barcelona (2018-2022)

About Wikimedia Usernames: Due to our experiences with harassment, deletion of feminist content, and attacks on editors contributing from marginalized perspectives, we prioritize editor safety by using anonymous or rotating usernames for our next events. This tactic has proven effective in protecting contributors while ensuring the survival of feminist and queer content on the platform.

Nevertheless, we have a deep, ongoing engagement with Wikimedia editing practices, Wikimedia community dynamics, and standards for notability, verifiability, and neutrality.
9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)

Our target participants are individuals from feminist, queer, and gender-diverse communities who are committed to challenging systemic biases in digital knowledge production. Specifically, we aim to engage: Emerging and experienced cultural workers, artists, researchers, activists, and students aligned with feminist, queer, and decolonial perspectives. Both from the A Love Supreme Residency (31 artists in total), from Konvent Team, and from local organizations such as the La Pastora Ateneu Feminista, feminist collective from nearby village of Casserres.

Individuals from marginalized gender identities (including cis women, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people) and other historically underrepresented communities (such as BIPOC groups, migrants, and disabled people).

Participants from the broader Wikimedia community interested in feminist and queer initiatives.

We prioritize participants who are motivated not only to contribute content but to build a supportive, long-term community around feminist and queer knowledge production. Engagement before the activities: Open call through feminist and queer networks, cultural organizations, universities, activist groups, the group’s personal platforms, and A Love Supreme Festival and Konvent’s platforms.

Targeted outreach to trusted communities and networks to ensure diverse participation.

Early online preparatory meeting to provide technical onboarding, build familiarity with Wikipedia editing, set expectations, and foster initial trust among participants.

Engagement during the activities: One-day in-person edit-a-thon designed as a welcoming, accessible, and supportive space.

Hands-on technical training sessions combined with feminist/queer approaches to collective knowledge building.

Real-time mentorship by experienced Wikipedians and facilitators to support participants both technically and emotionally.

Emphasis on care, mutual respect, and horizontal learning structures to encourage autonomy and collaboration.

Follow-up after the activities: A post-event online gathering to celebrate achievements, share reflections, and discuss next steps.

Ongoing mentorship opportunities to encourage continued editing activity among interested participants.

Sharing of open-access materials (training guides, editing checklists, curated lists of feminist and queer resources) to support independent future contributions.

Invitation to stay connected through feminist and Wikimedia community networks, opening pathways for future collaborations.

Through this multi-step engagement plan, we aim to not only increase feminist and queer representation on Wikipedia but also to build a durable, supportive network of editors capable of sustaining these efforts beyond the event itself.

10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)

No

10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.

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11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.

The idea for the Konvent A Love Supreme Edit-a-thon emerged from ongoing conversations between group members Lucy Tcherno and Marta Delatte and within feminist and queer cultural networks connected to Konvent, as well as from direct feedback gathered during and after our previous edit-a-thons, especially ("Viquimarató Art i Feminisme al Konvent" 2021) as the venue and logistics team provided an ideal context and support. Participants from these earlier events expressed a strong desire for more safe, supportive, and politically conscious editing spaces, leading to the development of this new initiative.

Steps taken to involve the community: Informal consultations with past participants and organizers to gather needs, ideas, and concerns.

Direct conversations with feminist, queer, and cultural organizations in Catalonia about the importance of continuing feminist knowledge production work on Wikipedia.

Coordination discussions with experienced feminist editors, many of whom have faced harassment and deletion of their contributions, to design a safer, community-centered approach for this event.

Preliminary outreach to local Wikimedia groups (such as the Wikimedia Catalan User Group) to ensure awareness and potential collaboration.

Because of the nature of our community (which often faces systemic exclusion and harassment on open platforms), much of the consultation was carried out through trusted networks, private channels, and offline discussions rather than public wiki pages.

We prioritize the safety, privacy, and agency of marginalized contributors, and as such, we intentionally avoided exposing planning discussions to open forums where harassment could occur.

Alignment with other Wikimedia initiatives: Our project aligns with broader global efforts like Art+Feminism that seek to close the gender gap on Wikipedia.

We are committed to coordinating with local Wikimedia Catalan initiatives to ensure complementarity, avoid duplication, and encourage cross-project participation where relevant.

At this stage, there is no public on-wiki discussion link to share, but we are prepared to update the Wikimedia community about the project’s progress through Wikimedia Catalan User Group channels and Konvent's communication platforms once the grant is approved and implementation begins.

12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Content Gender gap

13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)

Gender and diversity

14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background

15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)

Provide for Safety and Inclusion

Learning and metrics

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17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

Through this project, we aim to explore and better understand how feminist and queer approaches to community organizing, safety, and knowledge production can impact participation and content creation within Wikipedia. Our main Learning Questions are: 1. How effective are community care and safety-centered practices in improving retention of marginalized gender editors after a one-day edit-a-thon?

2. What barriers (technical, social, emotional) still persist for feminist and queer contributors, even in safer spaces, and how can we better address them?

3. How can feminist and queer pedagogies enhance participants' confidence and skills in editing, sourcing, and maintaining Wikipedia content?

4. How can partnerships with cultural institutions and activist networks strengthen the sustainability of feminist and queer editing initiatives beyond single events?

5. What strategies are most effective in protecting new content from systemic bias (such as unjustified article deletions or challenges to notability)?

We will collect both quantitative data (e.g., number of articles created or improved, retention of participants) and qualitative data (e.g., participant feedback, reflections during and after the event) to answer these questions. Our ultimate goal is to contribute not just to immediate content creation, but to developing better practices for long-term feminist and queer engagement within Wikimedia projects.

The Konvent A Love Supreme Edit-a-thon is centered on addressing gender and diversity gaps in digital knowledge spaces. Our project focuses on creating and improving Wikipedia content related to feminist, queer, and gender-diverse artists and cultural practices, while also building the capacity of marginalized communities to actively participate in knowledge production.

We are committed to fostering safer, more inclusive digital spaces, and to challenging systemic biases through collective feminist and queer editing practices.

Gender and diversity are not only themes of the content we seek to create but also fundamental principles guiding the design, methodology, and community engagement strategies of our project.

Our project specifically focuses on involving participants from underrepresented gender identities, including cis women, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals.

We seek to create a safer and more welcoming space for these communities within the Wikimedia movement, recognizing the systemic barriers and harassment that gender-diverse editors often face.
By centering feminist and queer knowledge production and by using community care strategies, we aim to empower participants not only to contribute to Wikipedia but also to find long-term belonging within knowledge-sharing spaces.

While gender identity is our main focus, we also embrace intersectionality by welcoming participants from diverse sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, and socioeconomic contexts.

Our project directly contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendation to "Provide for Safety and Inclusion."
By creating a feminist and queer-centered edit-a-thon designed with care, community organizing, and strategies to mitigate harassment and systemic bias, we are actively building safer spaces for marginalized communities within the Wikimedia ecosystem.
We prioritize participant safety through the use of anonymous or rotating accounts, provide emotional and technical mentorship, and foster collective empowerment among gender-diverse contributors.

Our approach ensures that underrepresented voices not only participate but thrive in Wikipedia and broader knowledge production spaces, reinforcing the movement’s commitment to safety, diversity, and true inclusion.

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics Target Optional description
Number of participants 30 30-50 participants (Individuals who will attend the preparatory meeting and/or the in-person edit-a-thon on August 8, 2025.)
Number of editors 25 25-50 editors (Participants who will actively edit Wikimedia projects — i.e., creating or improving at least one article during the project.)
Number of organizers 5 5 organizers (Project coordinators, trainers, and facilitators responsible for preparing, implementing, and mentoring during the activities.)
Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia 30
Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia
Optional description for content contributions.

30 to 50 new or improved articles on feminist, queer, and gender-diverse artists and cultural practices. Distribution estimate: 15 to 30 articles in Catalan Wikipedia 5 to 15 articles in Spanish Wikipedia 1 to 5 articles in English Wikipedia

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

Yes

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
open-access training resource 1 open-access training resource created (training materials or editing guides shared publicly for future feminist and queer edit-a-thons). 1
post-event report or publication 1 post-event report or publication documenting outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations. 1
follow-up meeting 1 online follow-up meeting organized after the event to support participants' continued engagement. 1
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)

We will use the following tools to measure our project metrics:

Event Dashboard (Program & Events Dashboard):

To track the number of participants, new editors, edits, and articles created or improved during the edit-a-thon.
(Tool listed in the Movement's recommended tools for content and participant tracking.)

Wikimedia Event Metrics Tool:

To collect additional data related to content contributions per Wikimedia project (e.g., number of bytes added, article quality improvements).

Post-event Surveys:

To gather qualitative and quantitative feedback from participants, including learning outcomes, satisfaction, and interest in continuing to edit after the event.
(Surveys will include questions related to participant experience, safety, and learning.)

Internal Tracking Documents (Spreadsheets):

To monitor project organization tasks, participant registrations, resource preparation, and partnership building progress.

Publication of Open-access Resources:

We will document the creation of open training materials and reports through our project communication channels and Wikimedia outreach spaces (measuring outputs achieved).

Follow-up Meeting Attendance Logs:

To record participant engagement in the post-event online follow-up session.

Financial proposal

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21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)

4150 EUR

22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.

4721.08 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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