Wikipedia:Meetup/Writing STEM Women Into Wikipedia WGS S10

Writing STEM Women into Wikipedia Mini WGS.S10 Edit-a-thon

Although Wikipedia is one of the most popular encyclopedias in the world, women are highly underrepresented on its pages. As part of this Massachusetts Institute of Technology mini edit-a-thon in connection with fall 2017 course WGS.S10, students will create original Wikipedia articles about notable women in the STEM disciplines. They will learn the nuances required of successful Wikipedia biographies; research notable women missing from Wikipedia's pages using multimedia resources; and come away having created one viable new article. Mini edit-a-thon details Date: Nov. 20, 2017 7-10 p.m., with additional work through the following week. Venue: Room 4-231, MIT Campus, Cambridge, Mass., USA. (Map) Session leaders: Maia Weinstock and Phoebe Ayers Participants: This edit-a-thon and follow-up projects are open to students in the Fall 2017 MIT WGS.STS course, History of Women in Science and Engineering. What to bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Please also be sure to create a Wikipedia account prior to class. Participants Girona7 (talk) 18:15, 18 November 2017 (UTC) Fionaz6954 (talk) 19:48, 20 November 2017 (UTC) phoebe / (talk to me) 01:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC) Loewenkc (talk) 01:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC) Correlophus (talk) 01:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC) Tkmach (talk) 01:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC) Reaviles (talk) 01:17, 21 November 2017 (UTC) Jenmul (talk) 17:26, 22 November 2017 (UTC) Example pages The following biography version is a good example of the length of page you might leave with after tonight: Issa Rae early version The following biography is a good example of what your final article should ideally look like (though a photo isn't necessary): Nancy Davis Griffeth Suggested Topics The following is a a small sampling of suggested articles to create or add upon, with some references to get you going. However, feel free to come up with your own ideas! There is an extensive list of article suggestions on the WikiWomen in Red Missing Engineers page and the WikiWomen in Red Missing Scientists page. Articles needing creation Anita Cochran (astronomer)*Correlophus (talk) 01:19, 21 November 2017 (UTC) UTexas profile CV Janet Conrad (physicist) Quanta Magazine profile WIRED article MIT faculty page Dorothy Catherine Draper (educator, chemist, first person to sit for a photographic portrait) Note: Page doesn't actually exist; this is redirect to her brother's page. Bowery Boys History profile Smithsonian page about her profile Andrea Dupree (astrophysicist) NASA bio CFA bio Oral history from the AIP Martha Gray (bioengineer) ( Tkmach (talk) 01:15, 21 November 2017 (UTC) ) MIT bio Oral history from MIT 150 Resources Women in STEM Resources Category:Women scientists List of notable women in computer science List of female mathematicians List of women scientists Women in computing - Wikipedia article that needs additional citations for verification Women in engineering List of women astronomers Category:Women astronomers History of Women in Astronomy Category:Women physicists Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics Women in medicine Women in geology List of female Nobel laureates List of L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science History of women in engineering Timeline of women in dentistry Women and the environment through history Biographies of Women Mathematicians Encyclopedia of Women in Medicine Indian Academy of Sciences - List of Women Scientists Lilavati's daugters Biographical Memoirs of the National Academies of Science Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society Women in Aviation and Space History Changing the face of Medicine (women in medicine) Editing Wikipedia Resources Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing) Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing) How to Edit a Page Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout) Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography) Article Development Manual of Style Citation templates Infobox templates A Guide to Getting Started on Wikimedia Commons Adding Flickr files to Commons Where to email permission from a photographer Make sure to ask the photographer beforehand which license (CC-BY or CC-SA) s/he wants the image to have. Wikimedia Commons Help Help Desk (general editing help) Teahouse (help specifically for new editors) Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources) Results New articles created Please also add your new/expanded article to the listing of articles being collected this month for the Women in Red World Contest. Regina Barzilay (FZ) Mona Jhaveri (JM) Anita Cochran [LC] Martha Gray (TM) Articles expanded, improved, or cleaned up Frances Northcutt (LC) Ongoing Consider joining one of the WikiProjects to continue contributing to articles throughout the year. Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in red