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Registration opens for WikiConference North America
Register now for WikiConference North America, taking place from October 16-19, 2025 in New York City. The individual registration fee to attend in-person is $25 — and so that financial constraints are not a barrier, applications are open for a no-cost ticket as well. There is also a free option to attend virtually. Women Do News will be there — if you attend, please say hi!
Now on Wikipedia: Mary Perot Nichols
Mary Perot Nichols (1926-1996) was a columnist at and city editor of The Village Voice, a prominent alternative weekly newspaper. Nichols’ work contributed to averting the plan by powerful city planner Robert Moses to put a highway through Greenwich Village. Nichols was appointed to head the Municipal Broadcasting System (WNYC) in 1978, and went on to serve three tenures leading the media organization. Mary Perot Nichols is on Wikimedia NYC’s list of 400 significant New Yorkers who lack or lacked pages on Wikipedia. We published this new bio during the Women Do News/Wikimedia NYC Edit-a-thon on July 17.
Now in draft: Mary Perot Nichols
Mary Perot Nichols (October 11, 1927 — May 21, 1996) was an American journalist, columnist, editor and public media executive. She was among the earliest staffers at The Village Voice, covering city politics and organized crime. Her reporting there was key in averting the plan by Robert Moses to build a four-lane highway through Greenwich Village. She went on to serve as president of WNYC (New York’s flagship radio/audio public media organization) over two mayoral administrations. She was also a visiting professor of journalism at New York University.
Edit-a-thons tackle pages for notable women in Hungary, Serbia
EqualVoice, an initiative of the Switzerland-based media company Ringier, reports that it held one first-ever Hungary edit-a-thon in Budapest in May, and another in Belgrade in June. The Budapest event, held at Goethe Institute Budapest, included around 30 volunteers and was co-sponsored by Wikimedia Hungary. The results include more than 30 “new or significantly expanded entries highlighting women’s stories” on Hungarian Wikipedia, such as film producer Barbara Hámori; digital expert and equality advocate Edina Heal; actress Dia Nyári; international and climate law expert Dr. Katalin Sulyok. A couple other pages mentioned may have since been challenged (assuming I have correctly…
Biographies on Wikipedia
Now on Wikipedia: Delia Vaccarello
Delia Vaccarello (7 October 1960 – 27 September 2019) was an Italian journalist and writer, as well as an activist for LGBT rights.
Now on Wikipedia: E. Samantha Cheng
E. Samantha Cheng is a Chinese-American journalist, author, and documentarian. She is best known for leading and advancing the “Chinese American WWII Veterans Recognition Project” which ultimately led to the passage of the “Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act” in 2018. She also cofounded the company Heritage Series, LLC, which creates educational material highlighting ethnic minorities in the United States.