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Registration opens for WikiConference North America
Register now for WikiConference North America, taking place from October 16-19, 2025 in New York City. The individual registration fee to attend in-person is $25 — and so that financial constraints are not a barrier, applications are open for a no-cost ticket as well. There is also a free option to attend virtually. Women Do News will be there — if you attend, please say hi!
Edit-a-thons tackle pages for notable women in Hungary, Serbia
EqualVoice, an initiative of the Switzerland-based media company Ringier, reports that it held one first-ever Hungary edit-a-thon in Budapest in May, and another in Belgrade in June. The Budapest event, held at Goethe Institute Budapest, included around 30 volunteers and was co-sponsored by Wikimedia Hungary. The results include more than 30 “new or significantly expanded entries highlighting women’s stories” on Hungarian Wikipedia, such as film producer Barbara Hámori; digital expert and equality advocate Edina Heal; actress Dia Nyári; international and climate law expert Dr. Katalin Sulyok. A couple other pages mentioned may have since been challenged (assuming I have correctly…
A February edit-a-thon in Paris was devoted to women scientists on Wikipedia
The Institut Pasteur reports that around 30 volunteer participated in its first-ever Wikipedia edit-a-thon in February, in collaboration with the les sans pagEs project, aiming “to bring the contribution of [women] scientists out of the shadows” by creating and expanding pages about them on French Wikipedia. The event’s results include two new pages: …as well as 14 pages expanded and six drafts. Check out the full list (in English). While the volunteers had access to the Institut Pasteur’s archives, they nonetheless came up against a common obstacle: finding reliable sources. “The main reasons for this were the low number of…
New Wikipedia administrator election is underway
The second Wikipedia administrator election is underway: Click here to learn more and nominate yourself or another editor. The basic qualification to become an administrator is having an extended confirmed account: an account that has made 500 edits on Wikipedia and has 30 days of experience. The nominations phase ends on July 15, 2025, to be followed by discussion and voting phrases. To vote, an editor must have an extended confirmed account, not be blocked site-wide, and be an actual human (“not be a bot”). If you can’t participate in this round, take note: The third administrator election will commence…
Biographies on Wikipedia
Now on Wikipedia: Mary Perot Nichols
Mary Perot Nichols (1926-1996) was a columnist at and city editor of The Village Voice, a prominent alternative weekly newspaper. Nichols’ work contributed to averting the plan by powerful city planner Robert Moses to put a highway through Greenwich Village. Nichols was appointed to head the Municipal Broadcasting System (WNYC) in 1978, and went on to serve three tenures leading the media organization. Mary Perot Nichols is on Wikimedia NYC’s list of 400 significant New Yorkers who lack or lacked pages on Wikipedia. We published this new bio during the Women Do News/Wikimedia NYC Edit-a-thon on July 17.
Now in draft: Mary Perot Nichols
Mary Perot Nichols (October 11, 1927 — May 21, 1996) was an American journalist, columnist, editor and public media executive. She was among the earliest staffers at The Village Voice, covering city politics and organized crime. Her reporting there was key in averting the plan by Robert Moses to build a four-lane highway through Greenwich Village. She went on to serve as president of WNYC (New York’s flagship radio/audio public media organization) over two mayoral administrations. She was also a visiting professor of journalism at New York University.
Now on Wikipedia: Delia Vaccarello
Delia Vaccarello (7 October 1960 – 27 September 2019) was an Italian journalist and writer, as well as an activist for LGBT rights.
Now on Wikipedia: Amara Walker
Amara Walker, or Amara Sohn-Walker ( /ˈæmərə/; née Sohn), is an American journalist and a news anchor for CNN This Morning Weekend. She is also a correspondent on CNN. Since joining the network in 2014, she has anchored numerous hours of breaking news. Read more on Wikipedia.
Now on Wikipedia: Flora Lewis
Flora Lewis (25 July 1922 – May 26, 2002) was an American journalist. Lewis was born into a Jewish family in Los Angeles. Her father Benjamin Lewis was a lawyer and mother Pauline Kallin a pianist. She graduated high school at the age of 15 and earned a BA from the University of California at Los Angeles graduating summa cum laude three years later. She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received her master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of Journalism in 1942 just before turning 20. Read more on Wikipedia.