Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/ACS

Join us at the American Chemical Society for an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of notable chemists on Wikipedia. All are welcome to participate, newcomer and veteran alike. Bring your laptop! Check out the event's Meetup page.

Where and When

 * American Chemical Society – 1155 16th Street NW.
 * Metro Station: Farragut North (Red Line) or McPherson Square (Orange and Blue Lines)
 * Guests will be asked to sign in at the security desk.
 * Meet at ACS's Marvel Halls.
 * Saturday, July 12 from 10 AM to 4 PM

I'm going!

 * 1) Harej (talk) 13:06, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) KLindblom (talk) 21:32, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 18:55, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * 4) Taylordw (talk) 15:53, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * 5) John M. (via email)
 * 6) Nancy M. (via email)
 * 7) Joan C. (via email)
 * 8) Moriasmith (talk) 18:55, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * 9) CourtneyOSwecker (talk) 13:43, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * 10) Nancy B. (via email)
 * 11) econterms (talk) 21:36, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * 12) Friend of Smokey the Bear (hooray!!) ~ who's gonna stop the forest fire?
 * 13) Chembeth
 * 14) Djembayz (talk) 12:51, 12 July 2014 (UTC) (arriving later)
 * 15) Association Chemist (talk) 14:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Maybe

 * 1) Kirill [talk] 11:57, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Regrets

 * 1) DMacks (talk) Dang, really had hoped to be able to make it:(

Articles to create

 * Thomas J. Barton (President of ACS)

Journals and magazines:


 * ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
 * Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Articles to work on

 * A list of articles about chemists is available on the List of chemists page.
 * A list of requested articles about chemists is available on the Wikipedia:Requested articles/Natural sciences/Chemistry page.
 * Some Nobel Prize winners in chemistry have very short articles.
 * Many Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology winners have no articles.
 * Priestley Medal
 * Tolman Award
 * Presidents of the American Chemical Society
 * United States National Chemistry Olympiad
 * Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award
 * ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
 * Division of Chemical Health and Safety
 * E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
 * Garvan–Olin Medal
 * John E. Bercaw
 * Irving Langmuir
 * Elias James Corey
 * Linus Pauling
 * Willard Libby

Templates

 * Wikipedia Infobox Scientist

Research

 * ACS library resources will be available in hardcopy
 * ACS Awards (indicating notability; click "Search All Awards" to locate a specific subject), http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards.html
 * ACS National Historic Chemical Landmarks, http://www.acs.org/landmarks
 * NobelPrize.org, http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/
 * Chemical Heritage Foundation collections, http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/index.aspx
 * CHF Women in Chemistry, https://web.archive.org/web/20150104192418/http://www.chemheritage.org/research/policy-center/oral-history-program/projects/women-in-chemistry.aspx
 * About.com, Famous Chemists, (indicating notability) http://chemistry.about.com/od/historyofchemistry/a/famouschemists.htm
 * Biography.com, Chemists, (indicating notability) http://www.biography.com/people/groups/scientists-chemists

Articles created

 * Charles Musgrave
 * Makhluf Haddadin-- new article
 * Marion C. Thurnauer

Articles expanded

 * Thomas J. Barton
 * Rainbow Herbicides
 * Edited Neil Bartlett (chemist)
 * Davis-Beirut reaction -- expanded article with wikilinks and sources ; it was co-discovered by Makhluf Haddadin
 * WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request -- (added a needed References section and Category)
 * Katharine Burr Blodgett -- added citation
 * Donna Nelson -- expanded
 * Robert Curl -- expanded 5x and off to DYK