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Asian Pacific American women | September 2015

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Washington D.C. is sponsoring the APA (Asian Pacific American) Wikipedia edit-a-thon, an editing event for improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to Asian Pacific American (APA) experiences. WiR will be participating virtually on Friday-Sunday, September 4-6, 2015. Our virtual node targets more focused work on the coverage of APA women and their works.

Anyone can take part whatever your previous experience. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies of some of the many past and present notable APA women who are still red-linked on the English Wikipedia. A virtual edit-a-thon will allow enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work.

The main goals of the edit-a-thon are:

to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works

Participants

Rosiestep (talk) 04:50, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
SusunW (talk) 04:25, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Penny Richards (talk) 04:28, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
97198 (talk) 07:05, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Megalibrarygirl (talk) 13:29, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
gobonobo ⁺ ^c 18:34, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Fuzchia (talk) 21:49, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ipigott (talk) 09:39, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nvvchar. 10:43, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ser Amantio di Nicolao
PamD 20:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Articles to be created

Academics

Irma Tam Soong (1913-2001), Hawaiian historian [1]
Xiaolan Bao, professor of history at CSULB, writer. Founder of Chinese Society for Women's studies. [[2]] Done --Rosiestep (talk) 22:41, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sucheng Chan, professor emeritus at U of C, Santa Barbara, writer [3] [4]
Madhulika S. Khandelwal, Professor of Asian American studies. Mentioned in some Wiki articles. [5]
Lili M. Kim, writer, academic.
Erika Lee, historian and writer
Shirley Jennifer Lim, writer, academic. [6]
Victoria Chou, also Vicki Chou, is the dean of education at the University of Illinois. [7]
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Activists

Yoshiko Saji Dart, disability rights activist [8]
Sono Aibe, worker for international family planning rights. [9] [10] [11]
Christine Ahn, peace activist, foreign policy analyst for Korea. [12], [13]
Shivana Jorawar Done SusunW (talk) 21:45, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Joyce Nakamura Okazaki Done SusunW (talk) 20:19, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Noriko Sawada Bridges Flynn, civil rights activist, successfully challenged Nevada's law barring mixed race marriages. [14], [15] Done Megalibrarygirl (talk) 03:34, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Actresses

Teresa Ting, actress
Xiao Sun, actress
Katie Cockrell, actress
Madison Hu, actress
Candice Zhao, actress
Ming Zhao, actress
Chanty Sok, actress
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Artists

Kathy Aoki [16] Done Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:20, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yun Bai, Chinese American visual artist
Neeta Madahar (b. 1966), photographic artist[17]
Vivian Fu, photographer. [18]
Billie Tsien, architect. [19]
Selena Whang, performance studies, writer, editor, punk.
Chay Douangphoxay, Lao-Khmer American artist from Minneapolis.
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Books

Wait for Me, by An Na
Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire, anthology
The People in the Trees, by Hanya Yanagihara
To Be the Poet, by Maxine Hong Kingston
Sons and Other Flammable Objects by Porochista Khakpour
Engine Empire by poet Cathy Park Hong
The Cooked Seed by Anchee Min
Six Girls Without Pants by poet Paisley Rekdal
Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Split (novel) by Swati Avasthi--Nvvchar. 11:58, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Leaders

Hali Lee, founder of Asian Women Giving Circle.
Angie Wang, executive director of Peace is Loud
Gail Chang Bohr, lawyer, judge in Minnesota, executive director of the Children's Law Center. [20], [21]
Lisa Hasegawa, executive director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
Lisa Wong, page redirects to Fitchburg. There are a lot of sources about her and she was the first Asian-American mayor in Massachusetts.[22] Done Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:04, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Miriam W. Yeung, executive director of National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF). [23]
Jennifer Ho, senior adviser for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). link. link.
Kiran Ahuja, executive director of the White House initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. link
Sapreet Kaur, executive director of the Sikh Coalitiion and the first Sikh American to speak at the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service. link
Shefali Razdan Duggal, Done political activist from San Francisco and recipient of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of 2012 in California, voted by the National Diversity Council.--Nvvchar. 06:08, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Azita Raji, Done an Iranian American, a philanthropist, community leader, former international investment banker and political activist is US Ambassador Designate to Sweden.--Nvvchar. 06:08, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Musicians

Erika David, singer from the Bay Area, R&B
Ann One, singer from Los Angeles
Connie Lim, singer from Los Angeles
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Organizations

Center for Asian Pacific American Women
National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence
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Scientists

Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi (1921-2012), sociologist [24]
Sora Park Tanjasiri, scientist, professor, Wang Family Excellence Award winner. [25] [26], [27]
Christine Wu (scientist), professor of pediatric dentistry. [28]
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Writers

Ryka Aoki, writer
Naomi Hirahara, author [29] Done SusunW (talk) 18:25, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yumi Sakugawa, writer and illustrator [30]
Renée Ahdieh, author of The Wrath and the Dawn
Sharbari Ahmed, author of The Ocean of Mrs. Nagai: Stories
Mia Alvar, author of In the Country: Stories
Solace Ames, author of erotic novels, The Dom Project and The Submission Gift Done Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:05, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Gina Apostol, author of Gun Dealer's Daughter
Swati Avasthi, author and professor of creative writing at Hamline U.
Margarita Alcantara, maker of queer, feminist zine, Bamboo Girl [31]
Mira Jacob, author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing.
Swati Avasthi, Done Young Adult Fiction writer and teaching creative writing. Her first fictional novel Split received wide accolades and awards.--Nvvchar. 11:53, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Outcomes

During the editathon, add the titles of your new or upgraded articles here

Did You Know? articles

... that Split, the debut novel by Swati Avasthi, an Indian American writer and teacher, was published in 2010 and received a plethora of awards? (2015-10-18)
... that the National Diversity Council named Shefali Razdan Duggal to the list of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of 2012 in California? (2015-10-04)
... that Sophia Lin was selected by TheWrap in 2012 as one of "10 Producers Who Will Change Hollywood"? (2015-09-22)
... that Nina Yang Bongiovi is the production partner of actor Forest Whitaker? (2015-09-20)
... that Sakaye Shigekawa estimated that she delivered between 20,000 and 30,000 babies in her career as an obstetrician? (2015-09-16)
... that the nomination of Azita Raji, an Iranian American, for the post of Ambassador to Sweden in October 2014, was widely reported in the Indian press because of her Indian-sounding name? (2015-09-15)

Guidance on editing

Editing Wikipedia resources

Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
Tutorial
How to Edit a Page
Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
Article Development
Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Manual of Style
Citation templates
Infobox templates
Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)

Tools and templates

Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
Infobox template - person
Biographies of living persons
Writing an article
About the Sandbox
Wikipedia Cheat Sheet – a Wikipedia markup cheatsheet

Press about the event

NBC News, Sept 5, 2015: Wikipedia Entries on Asian-American Art Get Update With Edit-A-Thon