As part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund Project, The Maroon Mile, we are undertaking a wikithon to help close the gender gap. Only 9-16% of Wikipedia’s editors identify as women. This results in two kinds of gender gap: a content gender gap and a participation gender gap. The content gender gap means that more men than women are covered in the mainspace content of wikis. Join Hearts’ Heritage Team, Dr Karen Fraser, and Ian Watt to help close the gap!
We will be focusing on Scottish women’s football to help research, edit and create pages on individual players and clubs. Spaces will be limited so please book early by clicking here.
The event will be held in the Hearts Museum. An email containing directions will be sent out a week before the event.
Dr Karen Fraser will give a fun and informal talk about the history of women’s football. Dr Karen Fraser is an independent researcher associated with the University of Stirling. She was introduced to the study of women’s football in Scotland during her Masters at the University of Stirling and went on to complete a PhD on the history of women’s football in Scotland from 1960 to 2021. She researches different aspects of the history of Scottish football, however her main focus remains working to uncover the untold history of women’s football in Scotland. She is currently exploring the development of women’s football in 1980s Scotland. She has published articles and book chapters about her research and joint edited a book on Women’s football. She has also presented at conferences, and has contributed to television documentaries, radio programmes, museum exhibitions and newspaper articles.
An editathon or wikithon is an event where folks get together to edit Wikipedia around a particular subject. No previous experience is necessary, as training will be provided on the day by Ian Watt, Volunteer Trainer at Wikimedia UK. He has written extensively about open data, including a paper, as lead author, for the David Hume Institute. Ian established the annual Scottish Open Data Unconference and he runs multiple meet-ups in Aberdeen including the new monthly Wiki Meetup.
Please bring your own laptop if you have one. If you do not have access to one, please do not worry as some laptops will be available on the day. Lunch will be available on the day so please ensure that you fill in the dietary requirements form when booking.
