The Wikipedia Edit-a-thon workshop will take place from 27 February 2026 to 1 March 2026. The workshop is a joint project of the Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change”, the Center for Art and Media | ZKM Karlsruhe, and Wikimedia Germany.
Venue: Center for Art and Media | ZKM Karlsruhe
Registration: Participation is limited to students enrolled in Ursula Frohne’s seminar “Art and Technology.”
Organisation:
Concept and chair: Margit Rosen, ZKM Karlsruhe
Seminar chair “Art and Technology”: Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne, Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change”
Coordination and organisation: Anika Wilcox
Who decides which artists are seen – and which receive little attention? Social media plays a role, but the most important and reliable source of information on the internet remains Wikipedia. This is where knowledge is created that is read and used worldwide. At the second edit-a-thon at ZKM Karlsruhe, students can actively help to shape this knowledge and help to give media artists greater visibility online.
For many people, Wikipedia is the first place they turn to when looking for information about art and artists. The aim of the edit-a-thon is to write, expand, or improve Wikipedia articles on media artists featured in the collection exhibition “The Story That Never Ends”. The event builds on the project Media Art on Wikipedia, within which numerous entries have already been newly created or expanded. On this basis, the shared work will be continued.
The edit-a-thon offers the opportunity to actively contribute to Wikipedia while learning more about the structure of the online encyclopedia. The participants will receive an introduction to writing biographical articles and descriptions of works, and learn how Wikipedia can be used as a tool for research and knowledge sharing.
Throughout the entire event, the participants will be supported both technically and in terms of content by experienced Wikipedia authors and staff members of ZKM.
Programme
27 February 2026
11:00 am–05:00 pm
- Registration, account creation and first steps in Wikipedia
- Introduction to Wikipedia for beginners
- Visit to the exhibitions
- Guided tour of the library
28 February 2026
11:00 am–05:00 pm
11:00 am
Welcome, information on schedule and organization
11:15 am
Introduction to the “Wikiverse”
12:30 pm
Lunch break
01:30 pm
Introduction to writing Wikipedia articles:
Presentation of the Living Handbook for art history articles on Wikipedia with Kaethe17
Afterwards, time for research, writing and visiting the exhibitions
1 March 2026
10:00 am–04:00 pm
10:00 am
Online Q&A session on specific questions with Yvonne Schweizer (kuwiki)
Time for research, writing and visiting the exhibitions
12:30 pm
Lunch break
Afterwards, continuation of the collaborative work on the articles