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UC Berkeley held a “Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon” last week, training people who came on how to edit Wikipedia to me more feminist-friendly.“Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well-documented,” Berkeley’s Event Calendar asserts . “While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the effect is not: content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Let’s change that!”Previous experience editing Wikipedia is not required, the event states: “Drop by the Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, learn how to edit Wikipedia and make a few changes of your own!”Students were invited to stay the entire afternoon correcting Wikipedia’s “gender trouble” and were provided food and drinks.The event was held on March 21 from 1-6 p.m. at the Moffitt Undergraduate Library. The event was sponsored by the UC Berkeley library.