The High Museum is working to close the Wikipedia editor gender gap.
About 90 percent of the online encyclopedia’s editors are men, according to The Atlantic. So, the museum is hosting an Art + Feminism Edit-a-Thon to change this on Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m. complete with editor training. The event is free with registration.
“We felt that it was very important to contribute our space, our expertise and our access to artworks and references to try and help change that,” Eva Berlin, High Museum’s Digital Content Specialist, said.
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