Sunday was International Women’s Day, and in honor of women around the world, a number of Wikipedia editing sessions took place in various cities. East of Borneo, the influential CalArts publication that unearths hidden Los Angeles art history, hosted a large “Wikiwomen” party at LACMA’s Art + Technology lab. Participants were able to create Wikipedia entries for important women in the art world and beyond, improving the diversity of the Internet one post at a time.

As the “Internet encyclopedia”, Wikipedia is many people’s go-to source for information. It’s also a compendium of public participation, since all articles are uploaded and edited by users. Wikipedia’s gender bias, on the other hand, is well known: a majority of the site’s editors are men, and as a result far more entries record the history of famous men than women. Editing sessions like East of Borneo’s have enabled these histories to live on, while increasing public access to valuable cultural information.

If you missed the “Wikiwomen” event last Sunday, don’t worry: the editing session was just one in East of Borneo’s ongoing “Unforgetting L.A.” series, which tackles various thematic topics in various L.A.-area research centers. Past editing locations have included the Getty Research Library and the Doheny Library at USC.