Pingnova
Pingnova (who uses he/him pronouns) focuses on content gaps about Hmong and Dakota in Minnesota, and more broadly on ethnic and gender/sexual minorities in Minnesota and globally. He helped found the new Wikimedians of Minnesota User Group and participates in Wikimedia LGBT+. Professionally he has history in archives, digital automation, media criticism, and nonprofit administration. Currently he is part of a Native and non-Native team administering a Wikimedia Foundation grant to research how Native American identity is covered on Wikipedia.
Session
🎥 Session recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIKIMANIA_Day_3_Nyeri_-_Content_gaps;_Native_American_perspectives_on_Wikipedia_coverage.webm 🎥
Content gaps about Native American topics persist on Wikipedia - with real world consequences for Native people. A Native and non-Native team need your help closing these gaps. This session reviews common gaps in coverage about Native Americans on Wikipedia, explains the real world impacts, reviews past and proposed solutions involving Wikipedians of all races, and shares a special address from a Native tribal council member to the Wikipedia community. Any Wikipedian can help, but Wikipedians interested in sociology, history, politics, gender, and other content gaps may be especially interested.