Wikipedia:Meetup/MHC Meetup

{|style="background:#eee; border:1px solid #999; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius:8px;; width:100%" !colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;"|Women's History Month at Mount Holyoke College
 * Library, Information, and Technology Services (LITS) is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in the Library's Stimson Room from 4 to 6pm! Celebrate Women's History Month by editing the pages of Mount Holyoke College alumnae and writing women into Wikipedia and back into history!
 * Library, Information, and Technology Services (LITS) is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in the Library's Stimson Room from 4 to 6pm! Celebrate Women's History Month by editing the pages of Mount Holyoke College alumnae and writing women into Wikipedia and back into history!

The event is open to all students, faculty, staff, and alumnae -- new and experienced Wikipedia editors alike. Nine out of 10 Wikipedia editors are currently men, and we're aiming to change that number by getting more women at MHC involved. Be there for editing, treats, and buttons!

Event details
As a part of WikiWomen's History Month, this event is one of many around the world that aims to engage more women to edit Wikipedia, and to improve coverage about women's history on Wikipedia.


 * Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013
 * Time: 4-6 PM
 * Venue: Stimson Room, on the 6th floor of Williston Library, Mount Holyoke College
 * Cost: Free, of course!
 * Twitter hashtags: #Wikiwomen #mtholyoke
 * Participants: This event is open to anyone interested in improving women's history coverage on Wikipedia. The event is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and friends -- new and experienced Wikipedia editors alike. No wiki editing experience is necessary, support will be on hand to help you out! Female editors are specifically encouraged to attend. Can't be there the whole time? No problem, join us as long or as little as you can.
 * Details: Please bring your own laptop; MHC students may be able to borrow laptops from the Library's Circulation Desk. Treats and buttons will be available too!
 * Registration: Please RSVP below

Event attendees

 * 1) Sarah_Oelker (talk)
 * 2) MsDashwood
 * 3) Alice Whiteside 19:26, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Suggested content for improvement
Entries for:
 * Mary Lyon
 * Susan Tolman Mills
 * Esther Howland
 * Cornelia Clapp
 * Hortense Parker
 * Florence M. Read
 * Lucy Pickett
 * Helen Sawyer Hogg
 * Virginia Apgar

Help! Where do I start?

 * Create an account (Why create an account?)
 * Be Bold
 * How to add citations
 * We're all here to learn and edit; just ask someone!