Hello there,
We made some tweaks to the blog post our yesterday to include the editahton
held yesterday, sponsored by the White House and Wikimedia DC. Thank you
for reviewing!
Here's the blog post:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
Fb/g: "There is a bias and a lack of people of color involved in creating
Wikipedia...events like today are in part to make people aware of that and
then to empower them and give them the information they need to correct
that bias."
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
Fb/g: On Tuesday, Wikimedians gathered at the first-ever White House
sponsored edit-a-thon, one of a number of edit-a-thons held across the U.S.
to commemorate Black History Month.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
Fb/g: Wikimedians teamed up with cultural, political institutions- from
Howard University, NPR, and even the White House - for Black History Month
to address Wikipedia's multicultural gap.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
Fb/g: February is Black History Month in the United States. Throughout this
month, Wikimedians partnered with a variety of institutions - from the
Schomburg Center, Howard University, and even the White House - for
edit-a-thons to address Wikipedia's multicultural gap.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
Fb/g: Because Black Lives Matter.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
fb/g: Wikimedians partnered with major cultural institutions - Howard
University, the Schomburg Center, NPR, even the White House - to
commemorate Black History Month in the United States.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
t: @NPR, @whitehouseostp, @HowardUniv partner with Wikimedians for #BHM
edit-a-thons:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
t: Tuesday, Wikimedians participated in first ever #BHMeditathon sponsored
by @whitehouseostp
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
t: The @whitehouseostp & @wikimediadc teamed up for first ever
#BHMEditathon.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/
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Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org