{"id":8174,"date":"2015-03-09T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikiesfera.org\/?post_type=portfolio&p=8174"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:11:46","slug":"editando-juntas-para-visibilizarnos-en-wikipedia-7m","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.wikiesfera.org\/en\/portfolio-item\/editando-juntas-para-visibilizarnos-en-wikipedia-7m\/","title":{"rendered":"Editing together to make ourselves visible on Wikipedia #7M"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Saturday, March 7th, I coordinated an activity in Medialab-Prado<\/strong> (@medialabprado<\/a>) which bore the name Editing together to make ourselves visible on Wikipedia #7M\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. This editatone<\/em>, as some already call it Feminist organizations in Mexico<\/a>, or editing marathon on women's content on Wikipedia, also had an experimental part: Instead of getting many of us together and each editing something different, I raised the possibility of writing texts collaboratively<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This proposal clashes with the traditional editathons in which the creation of a large number of entries in a short time is fundamentally sought. Quantity takes precedence over quality and fosters a certain competitive spirit. Although the format is useful I think it misses a valuable opportunity to create networks of publishers with greater continuity and that the experience of the day itself is more enriching<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the activity sought to \"hook\" more women who want to join the working group Generating Free Knowledge in the Wikisphere [edit]<\/strong><\/a> that I have also launched in Medialab and that aims to break with the fears that many people feel when approaching a wiki environment, as well as value individual contributions to the collective storytelling of History, which is OUR History<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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> A day of reflection and collective work<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The experience of the day was very interesting and all the people who attended expressed their desire to continue with this process of creation in company<\/strong>. During the activity, topics emerged that have already been commented on recurrently in the working group: the subjectivity of Wikipedia administrators and librarians when considering an entry relevant or not, the feeling of helplessness when not being able to create content that is deleted without a dialogue, the difficulty of understanding what fails in an article not to be published, ... We conclude that, if we organize ourselves through a mailing list<\/a><\/strong>, we can warn the rest that we have published something and we need either improvements or support in the discussion tab to prevent them from deleting that entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miguel \u00c1ngel Ram\u00edrez<\/strong> (@mangelrp<\/a>), programmer and Wikipedian who came from Seville to support the activity, made an introduction to the pillars on which Wikipedia is based<\/strong> (is an encyclopedia;\u00a0looks for the neutral point of view;\u00a0is free content;\u00a0follows etiquette rules;\u00a0has no firm rules) to go deeper into talking about the gender gap<\/strong> in this environment [presentation<\/a>] Another time in the morning, during the second break, he took a tour of the history of Wikipedia and its origins and told us about The Importance of Being Free<\/a>. Finally, and going into terms of usability of the tool, he also gave us some notions about the new Visual Editing Tool<\/a> that allows you to create articles in a much simpler and more intuitive way than the traditional way by entering the edition of labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had the help to energize the group of Daniel S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> (@TransonLohk<\/a>), Wikipedian and participant of the Medialab collaborative editing working group, who explained to the group the operation of pads<\/strong><\/a> to develop the activity and with which we are collecting material to create the entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The proposal, which I disseminated in networks for a couple of weeks, managed to attract attention and several journalists were interested in it. So, Puri Beltran<\/strong> (@beltranp<\/a>), Director of \"To live Madrid\"<\/strong><\/em> in the Cadena SER made me this interview [min 23]<\/a>, Silvia Font <\/strong>(@FrauOlivetti<\/a>) prepared this fantastic reportage<\/a> for Turing newspaper<\/strong>, the photoreporter Barbara Boyero<\/strong> documented the activity with these photographs<\/a> for DisoPress<\/strong>, Laura Martinez (disambiguation)<\/strong> (@shiwet<\/a>) wrote this chronic<\/a> in The fingerprint<\/strong> y Montserrat Boix<\/strong> (@montserratboix<\/a>) made this piece<\/a> for TVE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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