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Edit-a-thons

Past Events

April 8, 15 and 22, 2020 - Online Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons

The Gallery's edit-a-thons are going virtual! Join us online over the following weeks to help us update underrepresented artists' profiles on Wikipedia from the safety of your own homes. Each week we'll focus on a different group of artists.

Via Zoom, staff from the Gallery will provide help for beginners from 2 - 2:30 pm. You can also send questions here [email protected] Biographical material for suggested artists will be linked to below.

    • Indigenous artists who need entries:
      • Pierre Aupilardjuk
      • Michael Belmore
      • Terrance Houle
      • Ruben Komangapik
      • Nicotye Samayualie
      • Henry Speck
      • Joseph Tisiga
    • Indigenous artists whose entries need updating
      • Shuvinai Ashoona
      • Dempsey Bob
      • Ruth Cuthand
      • Thirza Cuthand
      • Beau Dick
      • Robert Houle
      • Meryl McMaster
      • Ningiukulu Teevee
      • Jeffrey Thomas
      • Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

    • Canadian artists who need entries:
      • Edmund Alleyn
      • Helen Gregory
      • Jean McEwen
      • Tim Porter
      • Henry Mortikar Rosenberg
      • Robert Roussil
      • Helen Weld
    • Canadian artists whose entries need updating
      • Joan Balzar
      • B. C. Binning
      • Eleanor Bond
      • Mabel Killam Day
      • Gathie Falk
      • Attila Richard Lukacs
      • Christiane Pflug
      • Leslie Reid
      • Frances Richards
      • Goodridge Roberts
      • Takao Tanabe
      • William Valentine

    • Contemporary artists who need entries:
      • Melanie Authier
      • Mike Bayne
      • Tammi Campbell
      • Romany Eveleigh
      • Larissa Fassler
      • François Lacasse
      • Scott McFarland
      • Ben Reeves
      • Zin Taylor
      • Howie Tsui
    • Contemporary artists whose entries need updating
      • Vikky Alexander
      • David Altmejd
      • BGL
      • Shannon Bool
      • Geoffrey Farmer
      • Terence Gower
      • Kapwani Kiwanga
      • Luanne Martineau
      • Derek Sullivan
      • Chloe Wise
    March 5, 2020 - Edit-a-thon for Indigenous Artists Biographies

    Writers and editors - experienced and new - are welcome to join us in the Library and Archives for the Gallery's second edit-a-thon. Popularized by groups like Art + Feminism, edit-a-thons are free events held to update underrepresented artists' profiles on websites like Wikipedia. Staff from the Gallery will provide help for beginners, lists of suggested artists, and reference materials.

    Free admission. Public Wi-Fi available on-site. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops, and, if possible, to create a Wikipedia account in advance.

    An Àbadakone | Continuous Fire | Feu continuel special event.

     

    March 7, 2019 - Edit-a-thon for Indigenous Artists Biographies

    Writers and editors - experienced and new - are welcome to join us in the Library and Archives for the Gallery's first edit-a-thon. Popularized by groups like Art + Feminism, edit-a-thons are free events held to update underrepresented artists' profiles on websites like Wikipedia. Staff from the Gallery will provide help for beginners, lists of suggested artists, and reference materials.

    The Inuit Art Foundation is partnering with the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives on this event to present an IAQ Profiles Edit-a-Thon. The Inuit Art Quarterly Profiles is the definitive online resource for artists, collectors, curators, gallerists and others to learn more about the diversity and talent of Inuit artists, working in all media. A free and publicly accessible platform produced by the Inuit Art Quarterly magazine, the IAQ Profiles features historical and contemporary artists from across Inuit Nunangat and southern Canada. Cataloguing artist exhibitions, publications, achievements and more, this unique resource is maintained by the Inuit Art Foundation but needs you to grow.

    Free admission. Public Wi-Fi available on-site. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops, and, if possible to create a Wikipedia account and an IAQ Profiles account in advance.

    Presented in partnership with the Inuit Art Foundation.

     

    Brian Jungen,Vernacular, 1998-2001, graphite, ink, wax crayon, and watercolour on cream wove paper.

    Brian Jungen,Vernacular, 1998-2001, graphite, ink, wax crayon, and watercolour on cream wove paper, 73 x 112 cm. Purchased 2002. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Brian Jungen. Photo: NGC

    Wikipedia Editing Resources

    • Five Pillars of Wikipedia
    • Wiki Markup Cheatsheet

     

    Creating/Editing Articles:

    • NGC Library and Archives' Tutorial for Beginners (PDF)
    • Your First Article
    • Tutorial
    • Visual Editor User Guide
    • Manual of Style
    • Citation Templates
    • Citing Sources
    • Infobox Template for Artists
    • Editing Kit (from Art + Feminism)

       

    Formatting Shortcuts:

    • Text Formatting
    • Section Headers, Indents and Lists
    • Links

     

     

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