Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2019 Cornell

Ada Lovelace Day 2019 in a nutshell:

Where?: Cornell University, Mann Library 160
When?: Sunday, October 6, 2019 from 12:00PM - 5:00PM
Point of contact: [1] / Bryantlib (talk)
Cost: Free Event, with free food and activities
How do I sign up?: HERE.

About the event

Ada Lovelace Day is an international day to celebrate the contributions of self-identifying women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Cornell Students and Ithaca Community members are invited to gather together at Mann Library to edit and create Wikipedia entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields.

While Wikipedia is the fifth most popular website in the world, notching up more than 32 million views a day, less than 18% of its English-language biographies are about women. So in honor of Ada Lovelace—and her contributions to mathematics and computing—we’ll work to add more entries to Wikipedia and give you the tools to keep making the Internet less sexist after our Wiki-thon. All you have to do is come!

Working together with liaison librarians, archivists & academic colleagues we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. New editors are very welcome and participants will be supported to develop Wikipedia articles; creating new role models for young and old alike.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater understanding of Women in STEM!

Schedule

Drop by anytime during the event. There will be editing from 12PM - 5PM and Makerspace activities.

1. Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

12pm to 1pm – Wikipedia Training.
1pm - 5pm Editing with Wikipedia editors to offer assistance as needed

(see Suggested Articles to improve below).

2. Makerspace

12pm to 5pm – Makerspace is open for VR, Button making, and Games

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What to do in an edit-a-thon

Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

All are welcome to add names to the list which is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles in this important but somewhat neglected sector on the English Wikipedia.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Participants

Prior to the event:
1. *Create a Wikipedia account

2. Sign up to attend.

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event!

Outcomes - Content created

Articles created 2019

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After the event?

Resources

Video guides to editing Wikipedia

Tutorials on Wikipedia editing

Visual Editor User Guide
manual of style
Wikipedia cheat sheet (Bookshelf), another markup cheatsheet
Training for students, a tutorial for beginners
Beginners' guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
Five pillars of Wikipedia, philosophical guidelines and best practices for editing
Tutorial
How to edit a page
Wiki markup quick reference, PDF version of printed handout
Article development
Your first article (using the Article Wizard, if you wish)
Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources
Biographies of Living Persons

One page handouts

Using talk pages
Choosing an article
Citing your sources
Avoiding plagiarism
Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
Polishing your articles

v t e Wikipedia help pages
*Visit the Teahouse* or the Help desk for an interactive Q & A forum. FAQs (?) Reference desks (?) Noticeboards (?) Cheatsheet (?) Directories (?)**
About Wikipedia (?)	Administration Purpose Principles Policies and guidelines What Wikipedia is not Disclaimer (parental advice) Making requests Who writes Wikipedia?
Help for readers (?)	FAQ Books Copyright Glossary Mobile access Navigation Other languages Searching Students Viewing media
Contributing to Wikipedia (?)	Advice for young editors Avoiding common mistakes Etiquette Simplified Manual of Style Simplified rule-set "Ignore all rules" "The rules are principles" Style-tips Tip of the day Your first article (article wizard)
Getting started (?)	Why create an account? Introductions by topic Graphics tutorials Picture tutorial IRC (live chat) tutorial VisualEditor user guide
Dos and don'ts (?)	Accessibility Biographies Biographies (living) Categorization Consensus Discussions Disambiguation Images Leads Links Lists References Tables Titles (of articles)
How-to pages and information pages (?)	Appealing blocks Article deletion Categories Citations/references Referencing for beginners Citation Style 1 Cite errors References and page numbers Convert Diff Editing Minor edit toolbar edit conflict Find sources Files Footnotes Image deletion Infoboxes Linking (link color) Logging in Merging Page name Renaming pages Redirect Passwords Email confirmation Reverting Simple vandalism cleanup Talk pages (archiving simple archiving) User contributions WP search protocol
Coding (?)	Wiki markup Barcharts Calculations Characters Columns Elevation Hidden text HTML Lists Magic words Music symbols Sections Sounds Tables Templates Transclusion URL Visual files
Directories (?)	Abbreviations Contents (Encyclopedia proper) Departments Editor's index Essays FAQs Glossary Guidelines Manual of Style Policies Tasks Tips Tools
Missing Manual Ask for help on your talk page (?)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2019 Cornell

About the event

Schedule

1. Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

2. Makerspace

What to do in an edit-a-thon

Participants

Suggested Articles to Edit

Cornell affiliated women in STEM

Cornell Faculty

Cornell Alumni

Additional Cornell affiliates

Women in STEM

Additional Articles about Women in S.T.E.M.