​​Editing Kit

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​​Below are a few resources on how to start editing Wikipedia including how to get started and where to find support if you get stuck. You can also join our Editing Facebook Group if you want to connect with a community of aspiring and experienced editors. 
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​​Getting Started
​​Returning to Edit
​​Troubleshooting 

​​Getting Started

​​Why Do We Edit?

​​Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female. Content is skewed by this lack of representation. Check out this video on the wikipedia Gender Gap for more information. For more information check out, Statistics about women in the arts, from the National Museum of Women in the Arts and this New York Times Article on the Gender Gap. 
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​​First Things First

​​Start by creating an account at Wikipedia. Many people on Wikipedia use pseudonym. Here are a few of ours: _______, __________, __________. Check out our video on user pages and sandboxes for more information. 
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​​Tell Wikipedians Who You Are

​​By including a little information on your user page about who you are and why you edit, you’ll be more likely to be seen as a serious and active contributor to the Wikipedia community. Sharing something about what you do, where you’re from, or what you find important are all great places to start. 
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​​Start Small

​​Once you have your profile set up your ready to start editing. Prevent getting overwhelmed by working on specific citations or corrections, rather than creating a whole new page from scrap. Here are our videos on creating citations and basic page anatomy. 
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​​Here’s a list of articles that need work.
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​​Returning to Edit

​​Going Further

​​Once you get started, keep up the good work. Here are a few additional resources that might help you along your way and refresh your memory. In our video Basic Rules of Wikipedia Editing we discuss the Five Pillars, Core Content Policies, Notability, Conflict of Interest, Tea House.
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​​Deciding What to Work On

​​There are many places to look for helping you decide what to work on. We keep a list of artists that need pages here [link needed]. You can also look to some of our allies pages [link needed] for ideas. There are also lists of art movements on Wikipedia. 
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​​Fill in the Gaps 

​​There are many ways to meaningfully contribute to the Wikipedia network. One way is to amend content that has already been posted on Wikipedia. Check out our videos Adding Images to Articles & Adding Infoboxes to find another way to meaningfully contribute.
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​​Create a New Article 

​​If you’re ready to create a new article, watch our video Creating New Articles. Make sure what you choose to post won’t get taken down by checking the Notability and Citation Guidelines and Wikipedia Commons Etiquette.

​​Troubleshooting 

​​Common Problems

​​If you’re struggling with any particular aspect of editing, you are not alone. There are many resources to help you on your way. Check out Wikipedia’s Editing Help and Contributing to Wikipedia pages. You also might want to look at our Advanced Training Curriculum for how to approach a variety of tasks.

​​Find Support

​​Can’t find the answer to your question on your own? Feel free to voice a question or concern on Facebook or Tumblr and someone from the Art+Feminism community will reach out. 
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