Universities/University of Liverpool/A celebration of women in science
A Celebration of Women in Science
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Introduction
We are very pleased to be welcoming Dr Jess Wade, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Plastic Electronics at Imperial College London, who has personally created and edited over 270 Wikipedia articles about female scientists and who is on a mission to bring more women into science and raise the prominence of the work done by so many female scientists.
About the event
The event will provide students with the opportunity to learn how Wikipedia works and how it is edited. Students will also spend time with female scientists from the University of Liverpool and learn about what they do, as well as learning about other female scientists through the Wikipedia editing process.
Students will be asked to carry out a small amount of research on one or two female scientists before the event and will then work on developing the Wikipedia pages of these scientists on the day. Training about how to edit Wikipedia will be provided by volunteers from Wikimedia UK and by Dr Wade. Students will then work in small groups with one of the University scientists to edit Wikipedia pages.
Trainers
- Leela0808
- Alan Maher (Username Thoughtfortheday)
Programme
- 09:30 - Start
- 09:30 – 09:35: Welcome – Prof Sue Wray
- 09:35 – 09:50: Jess Wade: Postdoctoral Researcher in Plastic Electronics (Imperial College London)
- 09:50 – 10:30: How to edit Wikipedia
- 10:30 – 12:00: Edit-a Thon
- 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
- 13:00 - 14:00: Edit-a-Thon (continued)
- 14:00 - 14:25: Discussion (led by Prof Wray)
- 14:25 – 14:30 Close
- 14:30 - Finish
Resources
Exercise – Creating your sandbox: Wiki markup cheatsheet
Illustrating Wikipedia: A guide to contributing content to Wikimedia Commons
Editing Wikipedia: A guide to improving content on the online encyclopedia
Participants - Sign in here
It helps to sign into your wikipedia account first.
- Daisy98782018
- ETonge2018
- Kateblk
- User:Kvandartel
- User:Courtney-202
- User:Lauren.walker1983
- User:EleanorWES
- User:MelodyMartzz
- User:Gracescott6
- Elliedyson7
- User:Alexfin02
- Alexbolton8
- Charlotteallen8
- User:Ljbcmshe
- User:LauraChonzi
- User:Anudhi_Lokuhapuarachchige
- User:Samrudhi109
- User:Calderstones2018
- User:Weronikagrocholska
- User:Eleni Liami
What am I doing?
- Look at the list of articles and tasks below.
- If you're a beginner, we recommend starting with some small improvements to existing articles instead of trying to start a new article. Some articles about women on Wikipedia that could be improved relatively easily can be found at the following link:[1]
Hit list of articles to be created or improved
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.
The following is a small sample of individuals to work on - feel free to add others for this session or to come back to!
How do I prepare?
- Sign up for the event
- Create a Wikipedia account (if you haven't already got one) - signup
- Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
- If you want to learn about editing beforehand, please consult the introductory material below.
- Beginner's Guide to Editing Wikipedia
- Five pillars, the fundamental principles of Wikipedia
- Tutorial
- Editing
- Writing an article (using the Wikipedia Article Wizard, if you wish)
- Manual of Style
- Citation templates
- Infobox templates
- Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources
- Wikimedia 'Women in Red' list
Outcomes
As at May 2019 some articles which were created at (or in relation to) the event are in mainspace. Please see the list below.
Assessed articles
- Cleone Benest, engineer (C-class)
- Marielle Chartier, physicist (Start-class)
- Evelyn May Cridlan, (C-class)
- Harrow County School for Girls, (Start-class)
- Beate Heinemann, physicist (Start-class)
- Anne Kelso, (Start-class)
- Lucy Oldfield, chemist (Start-class)
- Yuki Okoda, astronomer (Stub-class)
- Angela Seeney, engineer (Start-class)
- Isabel Hardwich, engineer (Start-class)