Wikipedia:Meetup/ZSL London Zoo editathon, 12 August 2014
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Tour and editathon at ZSL London Zoo library in a nutshell: {{{1}}} |
Our hosts
[edit]The Zoological Society of London has one of the world's finest zoological libraries.
About the event
[edit]The afternoon will comprise an introduction to the library with refreshments and a library tour. Afterwards there will be a chance to use the reference works to improve content on Wikipedia and/or other Wikimedia Wikis.
The event is intended for people who are already comfortable with editing wikis, and there is an absolute maximum of 20 attendees.
- How do I prepare?
- Bring a laptop or book one from Wikimedia UK (wi-fi will be provided)
- Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
- Refreshments will be provided
Programme
[edit]2pm to 6pm, with tea and biscuits provided.
- 2:00 Introduction to Library
- 2:15 Training on how to edit
- 2:45 Editing!
- 5:50 Wrap-up and summary of progress made
Trainers
[edit]- Edwardx (talk) 12:51, 6 August 2014 (BST)
- Roberta Wedge
- Gordo (talk) 12:55, 12 August 2014 (UTC) (not present!)
Attendees
[edit]Sign up here
James Moulding James Moulding (talk) 14:48, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- I contributed information on health to the article for chinchilla. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:04, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Disability
[edit]Wikimedia UK has a hearing loop which can be brought if booked at least one working day in advance.
Topics for articles (women)
[edit]Name | Role | Known for | Wikipedia page | Alive? | Sources | User writing article |
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Name | Role | Known for | Wikipedia page | Alive? | Sources | Username here |
Agnes Claypole Moody | Zoologist | First woman appointed to a teaching position at Cornell University in the Medical Department | Poor | Yes | http://www.amazon.com/Women-Field-Americas-Pioneering-Naturalists/dp/0890964890 | Username here |
Alice Eastwood | Botanist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Althea Sherman | Ornithologist | - | - | No | No | Username here |
Ann Haven Morgan | Zoologist | The 1933 edition of American Men of Science listed her along with two other women among the 250 total entries | Poor | No | http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revealing-New-Worlds-Victorian-Naturalists/dp/0415270693 | Username here |
Anna Botsford Comstock | Conservationist | - | Poor | No | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-5661.00024/abstract | Username here |
Biruté Galdikas | primatologist, conservationist, ethologist | World's orangu-tan expert | Yes | Yes | http://www.amazon.com/American-Women-Afield-Naturalists-Environment/dp/0890966346 | Username here |
Caroline Dormon | Ecologist | - | No | No | http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_femmes_scientifiques | --CathyHensman (talk) 14:45, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Christine Petit | Geneticist | - | No | No | http://lesaventuresdeuterpe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/les-femmes-de-lannee-2011.html | Username here |
Cordelia Stanwood | Ornithologist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Cornelia Clapp | Zoologist | Marine biology | Poor | No | - | --Biscottibiscotti (talk) 14:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Edith Clements | Ecologist | Wife of Frederic Clements | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Edith Marion Patch | Entomologist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Eleanor Anne Ormerod | Naturalist | Entomology | Yes | No | - | --NHMFiona (talk) 13:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Eleanor Glanville | Entomologist | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Elizabeth Gault Fisher | Naturalist | The Glanville Fritillary is named after her | No | No | - | Username here |
Elizabeth Peckham | Behavioural Ecologist | - | Yes - shared with husband | No | - | Username here |
Ellen Quillin | Naturalist | "Flower Lady of Texas" | No | No | - | CMD (talk) 14:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Ethel Sargant | Botanist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Eugenie Clark | Ichthylogist | The shark lady | Yes | Yes | - | Username here |
Evelyn Cheesman | Entomologist | First women to be given a job at London Zoo | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey | Naturalist | "First lady of ornithology" | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Florence Peebles | Geneticist | Genetics -- student of T.H. Morgan | No | No | - | Username here |
Georgina Mace | Ecologist | BES president, FRS, IUCN red list | Poor | No | - | --Elutris1 (talk) 12:49, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Graceanna Lewis | Naturalist | Expert ornithologist | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige | Naturalist, Museum curator | Herpetologist and Icthyologist | Poor | No | - | electronpink |
Isabelle Bird | Natural Historian | - | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Jane Colden | Botanist | First female botanist? | Poor | No | - | Zabbals |
Karen Steel | Geneticist | Genetics of hearing | Poor | Yes | - | Username here |
Margaret Gatty | Writer | Marine biology - wrote a book on British seaweeds | Poor | No | - | --Allisonhensman (talk) 14:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Marianne North | Naturalist | Botanical art | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Martha Maxwell | Naturalist & Vegetarian | Helped found modern taxidermy | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Mary Agnes Chase | Botanist | considered one of the world's outstanding agrostologists | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary Elizabeth Barber | 19th century scientist | Botany, ornithology and entomology | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary J. Rathbun | Zoologist | Crustaceans | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary Murtfeldt | Entomologist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Mary Rice | Zoologist | Worms | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Mary Sophie Young | Botanist | - | No | No | - | --PhyloDom (talk) 13:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Mary Treat | Naturalist, friend of Darwin | Entomology | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Metrodora | Polymath, physician | First medical book written by a woman | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Nancy Grimm | Ecologist | Urban ecology -- all the major reviews and insights are by her or in her publications | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Olive Thorne Miller | Naturalist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Polina Mendeléef | Cancer researcher | Daughter of Mendeleev | No | No | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polina_Mendel%C3%A9ef | Username here |
Pythias of Assos | - | Aristotle's first wife | No | No | - | James Moulding (talk) 14:50, 12 August 2014 (UTC) |
Roger Arliner Young | Zoologist | First African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Zoology | Quite good -- but could be improved | No | - | Username here |
Rosa Smith Eigenmann | Marine Biologist | first notable female ichthylogist | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Rosemary Gillespie | Ecologist | - | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Sandra Diaz | Ecologist | Largest plant database | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh | Primatologist | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Susan Fenimore Cooper | Naturalist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Susan Trumbore | Ecologist | - | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Ynes Mexia | Botanist | Mexican and South American plant collection | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Louise-Anastasia Serment | Natural philosopher | - | Very poor | No | - | Username here |
Margaret Morse Nice | Ornithologist | Song Sparrow | Yes | - | - | Username here |
Nellie Harris Rau | Behavioural Ecologist | Wife of Phil Rau. Wasps | - | - | - | Username here |
Jane Sharp | - | - | - | - | - | --Username here |
Annie Morrill Smith | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Amelia Laskey | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Lorenna Strozzi | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Emma Lucy Braun | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Ruth Harris Thomas | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Barbara De Wolfe | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Bessa Vugo | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Jeanne Villepreux-Power | - | - | - | - | - | --Holrob2000 (talk) 14:26, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Marie Lachapelle | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Caroline Dormon | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Anna Atkins | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Laura Boulton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Boivin | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Kathleen Haddon | - | - | - | - | - | --MCMLowe (talk) 13:17, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Helen Frances James | Palaeontologist/ornithologist | Fossil birds of Hawaii, curator of birds at the Museum of Natural History, Washington. | Yes | Yes | - | --Flakkarin (talk) 12:44, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Alison Jolly | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Amalie Dietrich | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Käthe Hoffmann | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Harriet Mann Miller | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Margaret Clay Ferguson | - | - | - | - | - | --PhyloDom (talk) 14:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Tamara Mkheidze | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Liane Russell | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Carolina Dodel Port | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Margaretta Hare-Morris | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Anna Thynne | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Juliet Clutton-Brock | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Sibille Merian | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Mary Roberts (author) | - | - | - | - | - | --Helenherself (talk) 12:46, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Elizabeth Gould | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Elsie Wilkins Sexton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
N. B. Eales | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Victoria Lebour | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Sidnie Manton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Topics for articles (men)
[edit]Topics for articles (all other articles)
[edit]Title | Context | Related info | Wikipedia page | Sources | User writing article |
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Cnemaspis_Girii | Gecko | Very short | Yes | Username here | |
Black-eyed gecko | Gecko | Very short | Yes | Username here | |
Jucaraseps | Prehistoric lizard | Stub? | Yes | Username here | |
Actinoposthia_beklemischevi | Acoel flatworm | Very short | Yes | Acoel | Username here |
Eichstaettisaurus | Missing genus | No | Jucaraseps | Username here | |
Sakurasaurus | Missing genus | No | Jucaraseps | Username here | |
Hooded_scaly-foot | Clean up required | Yes | Username here | ||
Lialisinae | Missing subfamily | No | Pygopodidae | Username here | |
Pygopodinae | Missing subfamily | No | Pygopodidae | Username here | |
Infanticide in primates | No | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here | ||
Shingle urchin | Expand | Yes | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here | |
Wholphin | Expand | Yes | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here |