Author:Adrianne Wadewitz

Adrianne Wadewitz
(1977–2014)

Adrianne Wadewitz

Works

Wadewitz discussing the impact of Wikipedia (2012)
Video by Vgrigas

• Dispatches: Find reliable sources online (July 28, 2008)
• Dispatches: Reviewing featured picture candidates (January 24, 2009)
• Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism (April 13, 2009)
• Volunteers lead Wikipedia Academy at National Institutes of Health (July 27, 2009)
• Reviews of Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia (April 27, 2010)
• Wikimedians meet with museum leaders (April 29, 2010)
• Wiki-hacking: Opening up the academy with Wikipedia (May 29, 2010)
• The Impact of Wikipedia by Adrianne Wadewitz (December 4, 2012)
• Thank you by Adrianne Wadewitz for Wikimedia Foundation (December 20, 2012)
• Wikipedia is pushing the boundaries of scholarly practice but the gender gap must be addressed (April 9, 2013)

Works about Wadewitz

Adrianne Wadewitz in 2012
Photo by Karen Sayre for Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia sites

• The Impact of Wikipedia: Adrianne Wadewitz (December 10, 2012)
• Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz The Wikipedia Signpost. (April 9, 2014)
• Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz by Wikipedia Education Program (April 10, 2014)
• Adrianne by Wiki Education Foundation (April 10, 2014)
• Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz by Wikimedia Outreach (April 15, 2014)

Media

Early life

• "Nebraskans, Ukrainians Exchange Trips to Study Rivers". Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska: Accessed via NewsBank). July 21, 1992. p. 29; Section: Youth.
• "North Platte Students Cut Class to Protest Bond Vote". Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska: Accessed via NewsBank). May 26, 1993. p. 15; Section: News.
• McCord, Julia (June 5, 1994). "State Lutherans Elect Bishop to 2nd Term". Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska: Accessed via NewsBank). p. 1B; Section: News.

Academic career

• Hinnefeld, Steve (May 3, 2005). "Graduate students protest low pay". The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana: Accessed via NewsBank).
• "IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs Seminar to Produce Policy Articles for Wikipedia". State News Service (The following information was released by Indiana University - Bloomington; Accessed via InfoTrac). September 14, 2010.
• Runge, Laura L. (Fall 2013). "Aphra Behn Online : The Case for Early Modern Open-Access Publishing". Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies (University of Pennsylvania Press) 13 (4): 104. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
• Mehrotra, Karishma. (March 26, 2014). "Universities 're-write' Wikipedia to fill holes, include women". USA Today.
• Garrison, Lynsea. (April 7, 2014). "How can Wikipedia woo women editors?". BBC News Magazine. BBC News.
• "How Adrianne Wadewitz learnt to embrace failure". The Sydney Morning Herald. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
• Wholf, Tracy (May 18, 2014). "'Wikipedian' editor took on website’s gender gap". PBS NewsHour (PBS). Retrieved May 19, 2014.

Memorials

A digital media tribute to Adrianne Wadewitz at Occidental College (April 14, 2014)
Photo by Howcheng

• Juhasz, Alex; Anne Balsamo. (April 10, 2014). Tribute to Adrianne Wadewitz by FemTechNet. FemTechNet Commons. The New School.
• Davidson, Cathy. (April 10, 2014). "Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz: Scholar, Communicator, Teacher, Leader". HASTAC: Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory.
• Cohen, Noam. (April 18, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, Wikipedia Editor, Dies After Rock Climbing Fall". The New York Times.
• Newkirk, Barrett (April 18, 2014). "Wikipedia editor Adrianne Wadewitz dies in Palm Springs". The Desert Sun.
• Solé, Elise (April 18, 2014). "Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz, Beloved Wikipedia Wiz". Yahoo Shine.
• Greene, Victoria (April 18, 2014). "Wikipedia editor Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, dies after rock climbing fall". TheCelebrityCafe.
• Dries, Kate (April 18, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, an important and rare figure in the world of Wikipedia". Jezebel.
• Shrayber, Mark (April 19, 2014). "Saturday Night Social: The Night Belongs to Adrianne Wadewitz". Jezebel.
• FlarfenFoofenoogan (April 19, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, Wikipedia editor, dead at 37". Jezebel.
• Williams Jr., Roy. (April 19, 2014). "Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz, Beloved Wikipedia Wiz". Charlotte Sun Times.
• Michelle Broder Van Dyke (April 21, 2014). "Prolific Wikipedia Editor Adrianne Wadewitz Dies After Rock Climbing Accident". BuzzFeed.
• Brandt, Shane (April 22, 2014). "Wikipedia editor dies, leaving behind appreciative students". The Daily Cougar (Houston, Texas: thedailycougar.com; University of Houston).
• Wetzel, Diane. (April 23, 2014). "NP grad, Wikipedia editor dies in Calif." NPTelegraph.com. North Platte, Nebraska.
• Wetzel, Diane (April 23, 2014). "North Platte grad, 37, Wikipedia editor, dies in climbing fall". Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska).
• "Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz - Obituary". Legacy.com (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Published in Fort Wayne Newspapers on Apr. 23, 2014). April 23, 2014.
• Woo, Elaine (April 23, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz dies at 37; helped diversify Wikipedia". Los Angeles Times.
• Turner, Lark (April 23, 2014). "Late Wikipedia editor Adrianne Wadewitz was exceptional, and if you use Wikipedia, you'll miss her". Bustle.com.
• Elaine Woo (Los Angeles Times) (April 25, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz dies at 37; helped diversify Wikipedia". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
• "Adrianne Wadewitz: A persnickety, fact-obsessed Wikipedia editor". The Sydney Morning Herald. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
• Elaine Woo (Los Angeles Times) (April 25, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, Wikipedia contributor, dies at 37". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
• Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz by National Collaborative for Women's History Sites. (May 4, 2014). National Collaborative for Women's History Sites (NCWHS). c/o The Women's History Project at the Evanston History Center. Evanston, Illinois. www.ncwhs.org.
• Runge, Laura (May 12, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, 1977-2014". ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830. (ScholarCommons; University of South Florida) 4 (1). Retrieved May 19, 2014.
• Wernimont, Jacqueline. (April 20, 2014). "Writing for Wadewitz: Tribute Wikipedia Edit-A-Thons for Adrianne Wadewitz". HASTAC: Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory.
• Heffernan, Virginia (December 25, 2014). "The Lives They Lived Remembering some of those we lost this year. - B. 1977 - Adrianne Wadewitz - Page by page, she brought women to Wikipedia.". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

External links

• Wadewitz's blog on the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory website
• SelectedWorks of Adrianne Wadewitz, at Bepress.com
• Adrianne Wadewitz, website at Google.com