Edit-a-thons

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.

Create a Wikipedia account in advance, and please register here.

Event Information

Date: April 8, 2020
Time: 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Zoom link: 761-640-926
Focus: Indigenous Artists

Artists who need entries:

Artists whose entries need updating

Date: April 15, 2020
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Zoom link: 761-640-926
Focus: Canadian Artists

Artists who need entries:

Artists whose entries need updating

Date: April 22, 2020
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Zoom link: 761-640-926
Focus: Contemporary Artists

Artists who need entries:

Artists whose entries need updating

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

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:

Past Events

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.