Submissions:2025/Publishing peer reviewed Academic Volumes: How and Why we do it to Improve Wikipedia’s Credibility
This submission has been noted and is pending review for WikiConference North America 2025.
Title:
- Publishing peer reviewed Academic Volumes: How and Why we do it to Improve Wikipedia’s Credibility
Type of session:
- Lecture (15-30 min)
Session theme(s):
- Credibility, Missing pieces, Future of Wikipedia
Abstract:
This session will explain the whys and the how of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Religion/Women_in_Religion_series, now in its 5th volume. This series of monographs contains biographies about overlooked women in religion as well as chapters discussing barriers to and strategies for increasing the coverage of women in the media generally and on Wikipedia specifically. This publishing project works to increase the availability of reliable secondary sources about noteworthy, under-recognized women in religion, raising the visibility of cis and transgender women in order to address the Wikipedia gender gap. We will discuss the following topics: 1. Volume topics and themes; 2. Editor/Organizer: a champion moving a theme from possibility to actuality 3. Building a volume, developing a call for papers, and recruiting authors; 4. The importance of citation guidelines and copy editing. 5. Author experiences: Why do they do it? 6. Publishers: understanding open access options, including licensing. 6. Wikipedia articles using our secondary sources; 7. Increasing Wikipedia's credibility by working across the boundary between Wikipedia and academic peer-reviewed volumes.
Author name(s):
Wikimedia username(s):
- Clifford Anderson (Clifford Anderson); Colleen Hartung (Dzingle1); Rosalind Hinton: (RosPost); Christine Meyer (Figureskatingfan); Jere Odell: (Jaireeodel); Hilary Ward Schnadt (Engmaj); Winifred Whelan (Chitownacademic); Carol Sargent(Oh-Fortuna!)
Affiliated organization(s):
- Women in Religion Wikimedia User Group
Estimated length of session
- 30 minutes; 45 is optimal for questions
Will you be presenting remotely?
- We will present in-person
Okay to livestream?
- Livestreaming is okay
Previously presented?
- Yes, American Academy of Religion (AAR); Parliament of the World's Religions;
Special requests:
- AV equipment;streaming into the session