Wikimedia UK's Partnership of the Year 2022

  • Leonard, Victoria (Recipient)

    Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

    Description

    The UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards recognise the work of community members and partner organisations in sharing open knowledge. For six years, the Women's Classical Committee have been working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in the classics. They created the #WCCWiki initiative, with classicists meeting regularly to close Wikipedia's gender gap in their field. The group have organised training events, have widely shared their work to encourage other to participate, and shared their experience with their peers. Collectively, they have transformed Wikipedia's coverage of classicists and are an outstanding example of how sustained work with a community can create change on Wikipedia.
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Granting OrganisationsWikimedia UK

    Keywords

    • Wikipedia
    • Gender
    • Equality
    • Digital Humanities
    • Open Access

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