Wikipedia:Meetup/Ireland wikiwomenIE Maynooth University 2017



Wikipedia is the world’s fifth most popular website, but it has a gender problem.

More than 90% of Wikipedia’s editors are male, and content suffers from the bias of its editors.

Some Wikipedia editors are taking matters into their own hands, and “editathons” have been organised around the world to encourage people to come together, learn how to edit articles and contribute content on people and topics that have been ignored.

At Maynooth University, and supported by the Wikimedia Community Ireland, we are proposing to host an editathon on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017. The aim is to add overlooked women and women’s work to Wikipedia.

Do you have a suggestion for a missing woman on Wikipedia? Help us build our list of suggestions by either adding it here as a comment.

We all know that anybody in the world can edit Wikipedia, adding new articles, expanding existing ones, correcting facts and getting involved in the discussion behind some Wikipedia articles. But have YOU done it? If you did it already, come and share your knowledge with us. If you didn’t, come and learn with us.

On the day, we’ll have experienced wikipedians from the Wikimedia Community Ireland- to guide our steps.

All are welcome, although due to space limitations this event is limited to thirty editors at one time, no editing experience is necessary and the event is free. Join the editathon for a few minutes, or stay for the duration.

This event is being organised by the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Maynooth University (Dr. Susan Giblin and Dr. Brian McKenzie) and the Maynooth University Library, with support from Wikimedia Community Ireland.

How to Prepare

 * CREATE A WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT (if you don't already have one)

Please set up an account before the event if at all possible. Very few details are needed: a Username, password, and we recommend giving your email, if only to be reminded of your password when you forget it. The short Tutorial/Registration explains why this is a good idea. We also recommend not using your real name in your Wikipedia username.

If you like, you can also learn a little about editing ahead of time here: w:en:Wikipedia:Tutorial, or see Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

Participants
If you have made at least one edit, please sign your name below using the signature tool or using ~

Attendees
Please Sign your name below using the signature tool or using ~


 * 1) Gingerlemondrink (talk) 17:05, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) Smirkybec (talk) 13:57, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * 3) Educationhousejavert (talk) 10:42, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 4) Helnor16 (talk) 16:08, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 5) David Malone (talk) 15:05, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Banner
This banner can be inserted into the Talk page of an article that is edited as part of the editathon (a helper can show you how to do this): The markdown to type is:

Stubs
Articles that are short and need expansion
 * Irish Housewives Association
 * Dublin Women's Suffrage Association
 * Contraceptive_Train
 * Wendela Boreel
 * Matrix_of_domination
 * Maruja Mallo
 * Derbforgaill
 * Maureen Patricia "Paddy" O'Sullivan
 * National Women's Council of Ireland

Improving articles
Articles that require copy editing and citation improvements
 * Olivia O'Leary, Journalist, writer, broadcaster
 * Catherine Day, Former Secretary-General of the European Commission
 * Felicity McCall, Irish journalist
 * Deborah Alcock, Historical novelist, memoirist

Developing new articles
Suggestions for new articles
 * Hilda Tweedy, Founder of the Irish Housewives Association
 * Irishwomen United (IWU) Feminist organization founded in 1975.
 * Mildred Bennett (b. 1921), US mathematician, second woman electrical engineer hired by Westinghouse
 * Mary Tarcisia Lakot, Ugandan peace advocate
 * Hannah Jane Patterson/Hannah Patterson (1879–1937), Pennsylvania suffragist
 * National Domestic Workers Union
 * Working-class feminism
 * Women's rights in Egypt
 * Roberta O'Brien (Irish Naval Service officer) First woman to command a vessel of the Irish Naval Service
 * Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Desmond

Adding images
Another way to improve Wikipedia is to add public domain images by women artists or about women to existing articles. The following sites have excellent digital collections that can be searched for public domain images:

United States Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art

Tools and templates

 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Infobox template - person
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing an article
 * Drafts
 * About the Sandbox
 * Determining Notability of Creative Professionals
 * Conflict of Interest in Wikipedia Editing
 * Verifying Reliable Sources

Helpers
If you are an experienced Wikipedian and are interested in helping please sign up below with 4 tildas.

AugusteBlanqui (talk) 15:10, 9 February 2017 (UTC) Gingerlemondrink (talk) 15:06, 14 February 2017 (UTC)