Dear colleagues and friends,
Please join the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative in Cleveland, Ohio this year! We have an exciting lineup of activities, including an informational table at the Action Hub, a sponsored panel, and an editing challenge where you can contribute to the field’s digital presence and win prizes.
Keep reading for more details on how to get involved.
Sponsored Panel:
"Wikipedia Engagement as Community-Centered Practice in Writing and Language Pedagogy" featuring speakers Alexandra Krasova, David Cregar, Jennifer K. Johnson, Karrie Kaiser Lee, Malavika Shetty, Jason Luther, James P. Purdy, and Matt Vetter. This roundtable provides examples of how to integrate Wikipedia-based assignments into language and writing pedagogy as community-centered practices. Panelists discuss how engaging students in contributing to Wikipedia enhances digital writing skills, fosters collaborative knowledge building, and builds critical information and AI literacy skills.
Friday, March 13, 8:00 AM; Atrium Ballroom D (First floor).
CCCC Wikipedia Editing Challenge
We invite you to edit Wikipedia to improve coverage of writing, rhetoric, and composition studies topics.
- Sign in and sign up at the campaign Dashboard: https://bit.ly/4C2026Dashboard
- Check WikiProject Writing for resources and topics to edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Writing
- Once you’ve made some edits, find the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative table in the Action Hub to win prizes. Or just stop by to chat and learn more about the Wiki Initiative.
- Join our mailing list to hear about future happenings and news: https://groups.io/g/WikiProjectWriting
About the Wikipedia Initiative
One of the most visited websites in the world, Wikipedia has emerged within living memory as a key knowledge-broker and perception-shaper for readers and writers worldwide. Writing expert knowledge into Wikipedia is one important way we can address knowledge gaps, imbalances, and misinformation online. Established in 2019, the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative proceeds from the conviction that it matters to edit Wikipedia, especially for academics committed to knowledge equity as a fundamental groundwork for social justice. The CCCC Wikipedia Initiative is working to develop skills, cultivate inclusive community, and build structures of support and recognition for past, present, and future CCCC members who recognize the importance of engaging with Wikipedia as a form of global public humanities scholarship.
On behalf of the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative,
Matt
Matt Vetter, PhD (he/him)
Professor of English
Dept. of Language, Literature, and Writing
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Managing co-editor, Writing Spaces
Co-chair, CCCC Wikipedia Initiative