These individuals play major roles in pushing their efforts, as society's further growing interest in gender equality within the technological sector.

[5] Evans talked with fellow curator Jacqueline Mabey, who had been impressed by Wikipedia contributors' organization of edit-a-thon events to commemorate Ada Lovelace.

Mandiberg in turn talked with Laurel Ptak, a fellow at the art and technology non-profit Eyebeam, who agreed to help plan the event.

[10] Efforts are being made to advocate and better the representation of not only cisgender women but there is also a push to include the voices of transgender and non-binary identifying individuals.

[12] Outside the United States, the 2015 event received media coverage at locations including Australia,[13] Canada,[14] Cambodia,[15] India,[16] New Zealand,[17] and Scotland.

[19] Inside the United States, the event received media coverage at the flagship location in New York,[20] and also in California,[21][22] Kansas,[23] Pennsylvania,[24] Texas,[25] and West Virginia.

[39] In November 2014, Foreign Policy magazine named Evans, Mabey, Mandiberg, Knipel, Howard, and Ptak as "global thinkers" for addressing gender bias on Wikipedia.

[40] In March 2017, Abigail Cain wrote on Artsy and spoke about how this impactful and powerful initiative helps to incentivize women to come together to become editors and improve articles.