In recent months groups from the United States, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and Europe have gathered in person and through satellite sites, adding more than 100 female artists to Wikipedia. In addition, the pages of more than 90 female artists have been improved.

“I care about women and art and I like spreading the word about them,” said Katy Zimmerhanzel, 22, as she created a new Wikipedia page.

Zimmerhanzel, an art history major, said she found the unequal representation of female artists on Wikipedia surprising.

“It’s surprising just because this is a contemporary way of looking up information and I felt like it should be more equal,” she said.

The fact that a female artist is not acknowledged with a page of her own on Wikipedia would lead an average user to believe that they are not noteworthy and that isn’t true, said 25-year-old art history major Elizabeth Wise.

“I was shocked at how little (information) is out there,” said Wise.

As a result of Saturday’s edit-a-thon, Wise and Zimmerhanzel said they are both likely to continue to edit Wikipedia.