The University Libraries will partner with Katrina Jagodinsky, Susan J. Rosowski, Associate Professor of History, and her students from HIST 340: Rights and Wrongs in American Legal History to host the 2025 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.
Become a part of Wikipedia legend! Stop by on April 29, 2025, between 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. in Love Library South, room 221. Help us write and edit Wikipedia entries during our fourth annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. Stay for as little or as long as you like. This event is free and open to the public. Visit our event page for more information and to RSVP for this event.
The theme for the 2025 Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon is “Justice for All” which is focused on writing and editing Wikipedia entries about underrepresented groups and people active in the law. Participants may edit or write entries on any topic or person of interest. No experience required! University librarians and faculty will be available to assist with research and to provide tutorials on writing and editing Wikipedia entries.
The University Libraries has partnered with faculty and students to host this yearly Wikipedia edit-a-Thon event, which started in 2022. Topics each year focus on improving the representation of people of color, women, and other gender suppressed people on Wikipedia by adding and editing entries to fill in information gaps.
Students participating in the event express the importance of library resources in their research. The guidance students receive from librarians becomes a valuable part of this real-world classroom experience.
Entries written and edited by students and other participants during these events remain important contributions to Wikipedia’s internationally known open-access content long into the future.
More details at: https://unl.libcal.com/event/14028793