Canadian Unitarians on Wikipedia
During March some of our members are learning to edit wikipedia and searching for relevant pages where Canadian Unitarian and Universalist women may be under-reported or nonexistent.
We are starting with a seminar with an an experienced wikipedia editor, on March 2 4-5pm before Messy Church. Please note there is no age restriction for wikipedia editors so our youth might be interested in coming early and becoming an editor.
We will check to see if women mentioned in the Concise Portraits and Invisible Influence books have pages. If so, we may find additional information or corrections to make. If not, we can consider whether to propose a page. We will learn about the rather stringent requirements for this.
We can also look over this page and see what we might add:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unitarians,_Universalists,_and_Unitarian_Universalists
Wikipedia notes: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Here’s another resource to check out: https://www.thoughtco.com/unitarian-and-universalist-women-3530635
March 3 – At the monthly CompuTech session, Galen and John will help you sign up as a wikipedia editor.
During the month, we’ll compare notes on a google document about our findings and by the end of March decide how to proceed.
With the renewed interest in women’s groups in our congregation, we are setting up various ways to celebrate International Women’s Day this year and hope these projects will become a tradition.
Along the way we’ll likely find other wikipedia references to Unitarians we’d like to have changed or added.
Join me for this adventure?
Some things we (and other Unitarians) might consider:
Unitarianism is not listed on this Religion Portal:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Contents/Portals#Religion_and_belief_systems
Where would you put us?
Unitarian Church of Vancouver Wiki Page
Our UCV page had been deleted. It’s been restored. Let’s update it and do what would be necessary to ensure it won’t be removed again
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Church_of_Vancouver
Canadian Unitarian Council
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Unitarian_Council
There’s a note that says: This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral.