Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/Women-of-Vise-Spring-2020
| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Friday, January 31st, 2020 |
| Time: | 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm CST |
| Address: | Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium Featheringill 134 Vanderbilt University 400 24th Ave S |
| City/State: | Nashville, TN 37212 |
The Women of VISE at Vanderbilt University is hosting an Edit-A-Thon focused on developing Wikipedia articles about women in STEM. Come out and use your research and writing skills to help improve existing articles and add new pages about women in science & engineering.
Wikipedians of all experience levels and members of the general public are encouraged to participate!
Event details
[edit]- Who: All Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff (only 21+)
- What: This Edit-A-Thon will focus on creating articles, improving citations, and adding details about women scientists, engineers and medical professionals. This event is FREE and pizza will be provided.
- When: Friday, January 31st, 2020
- Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm CST (drop in anytime)
- Where: Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium
Featheringill 134, First Floor
Vanderbilt University
400 24th Ave S - Other: Please bring your laptop and charger and set up your Wiki account before the event. If you do not have an account, please mention that upon sign in so that we can create one for you. Please send a message to User:Antineutrino291 if you have any questions regarding creating an account.
Food and drinks will be served. (Bring an ID with your birthdate on it - 21+ only). Wifi and electrical outlets will be provided. - Important: Please RSVP by adding your name at the bottom of the page. Potential participants are also strongly encouraged to create an account prior to the event.
How-to's
[edit]- Here is a short tutorial for getting started editing Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:Citing sources
- Wikipedia:Your first article
- Wikipedia:Cheatsheet
- Wikipedia:Citation templates
- Wikipedia:GLAM/BeginnersGuide
- Wikipedia:Principles
- Wikipedia:Starting an article
- Wikipedia:Tutorial
- Wikipedia:Your first article - shortcut: WP:YFA
- Wiki markup quick reference (PDF)
Resources
[edit]- An orientation to the edit-a-thon topic may be found on the Women in Science wikipedia article.
Other resources
[edit]- GeoLocator - online tool for generating coordinate templates
- Clifford Anderson's sandbox - sample article
- Women in Science in the United States - Wikipedia Timeline
- Female Nobel Laureates
- L'Oreal UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
- Nina Byers UCLA Physicist and author of Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521169622.
- 10 Things You May Not Know About Wikipedia
By the numbers
[edit]- Total attendees: []
- Usernames created: []
- Citations provided: []
- Articles created: []
- Articles edited: []
Articles created
[edit]Articles improved
[edit]Alphabetical by first letter
Participants - Sign Up Here!
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Prior to the event:
- Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
- No? Create a Wikipedia account
- Yes? Go to Step #2
- Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page