Wikipedia:Meetup/San Diego/WCNA2016/Notable Chemists and Chemistry

 Join us for the...

Edit-a-thon for Notable Chemists and Chemistry
 * at WikiConference North America in the San Diego Central Library
 * in honor of National Nanotechnology Day and National Chemistry Week
 * Sponsored by the American Chemical Society


 * Join us for a training and editing session to improve coverage of notable chemists and chemistry topics on Wikipedia in honor of the Wikipedia Year of Science! Participants will also have the opportunity to improve topics relating to National Nanotechnology Day and National Chemistry Week.  Everyone is invited, from non-Wikipedia chemists to non-chemist Wikipedians!


 * As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for many non-scientists to learn about chemistry topics. Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. During this training, attendees will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia articles, practice their skills with experienced Wikipedians, and learn how professors can use Wikipedia as an educational tool in their classes.


 * The American Chemical Society is partnering with the Simons Foundation and Wiki Education Foundation to improve chemistry information on Wikipedia during the Year of Science. Read more about Wiki Education Foundation's partnership with ACS here, and the Simons Foundation's Year of Science efforts here.


 * Those who wish to participate on-site must register for Sunday of the conference. Registration is free.

when


 * Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 1:30 PM –5:00 PM

where


 * San Diego Central Library
 * Helen Price Reading Room, 8th floor
 * 820 E St, San Diego, CA 92101
 * You may also join us remotely from wherever you are!

Register!
All are welcome to participate, newcomer and veteran alike. Please register for Sunday of the conference, then create an account and sign your username below!

Note also that there will be an "Introduction to Wikipedia for the Public" session at 12:30, just prior to the edit-a-thon, in the Wells Fargo Room on the 4th Floor. There will be a reception immediately following the edit-a-thon. Attendees are of course free to attend any of the presentations given that day as well!

On-site attendees

 * Those who wish to participate on-site must register for the conference. Attendees may come and go throughout the session, but an instructional presentation will be given during the first half-hour. Bring your laptop! Snacks will be provided.


 * 1) Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 19:31, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) I don't know much about chemistry, but I'm great at copyediting and wikimarkup :) Feel free to reach out to me if you need either of those things, either online or in person - I have purple hair, so if you're in the Reading Room, just look for that! A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:45, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Helmoony (talk) 21:12, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Quercusechinus
 * 5) Mary Mark Ockerbloom
 * 6) Qq-sha
 * 7) Matt Fitzpatrick
 * 8) Italianfaucets
 * 9) Mgho12345

Remote attendees

 * Remote attendees are welcome to participate in the edit-a-thon, but will not have access to the live presentation and trainers. Please enter your Wikipedia user name below.


 * 1) KLindblom (talk) 13:34, 4 October 2016 (UTC) Will be participating from Chicago! Looking forward to it!

Event dashboard

Articles to work on
Your contributions to the edit-a-thon can cover any notable chemist or chemistry topic. Here are some resources to help you get started.

Specific requests

 * October 9 is National Nanotechnology Day, so consider working on a nanotechnology article:
 * Nanotechnology vital articles
 * Nanotechnology selected articles
 * Recipients of the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology, UPenn NBIC Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology, ISNCSE Nanoscience Prize, and Tulip Award in DNA Computing
 * Category:Nanotechnology and its subcategories
 * October 16–22 is ACS's National Chemistry Week, with the theme of "Solving Mysteries through Chemistry", so consider improving article relating to forensic chemistry and forensic toxicology.
 * Biographies of prominent chemists is a good place to start for newcomers:
 * Some Nobel Prize winners in chemistry have very short articles.
 * Some Presidents of the American Chemical Society have very short or no articles.
 * Recipients of ACS national awards: Priestley Medal, ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award, E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry and the Garvan–Olin Medal
 * Recipients of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and their work: Ben Feringa, Fraser Stoddart, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Molecular machine, Catenane, Rotaxane, Synthetic molecular motor, Nanocar
 * Mark Thiemens - geochemist at University of California, San Diego, elected to National Academy of Sciences in 2006

† Full text available from San Diego Public Library's eCollection → Articles & Databases → Magazines & Newspapers → ProQuest Newsstand

‡ Full text available through Resource Request, or during Wikiconference North America by Special:EmailUser/Worldbruce

Worklists

 * Wikipedia Requests: Chemistry
 * Women in Red: Chemistry
 * Requested articles: Chemistry
 * WikiProject Chemistry: Cleanup listing
 * Chemistry articles needing expert attention
 * Vital articles: Chemistry (level 3), Chemistry (level 4), Materials and Chemicals, Inventors and Scientists
 * Named reactions that are missing the corresponding chemist article
 * List of chemists

Articles closely related to ACS that might pose conflict of interest problems: American Chemical Society, Chemical Abstracts Service, ACS journals, award categories, and other ACS programs and services should not be edited by ACS employees. Individuals are reminded that conflict of interest editing is strongly discouraged. This includes edits to articles about yourself, your employer, and others with which you have a relationship.

Basics on editing Wikipedia

 * Five pillars and Core content policies
 * Advice for scientists editing Wikipedia
 * Your first article
 * Help:Getting started
 * Cheatsheet for Wiki markup
 * Chemistry Manual of Style
 * Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules
 * WikiProject Chemistry is a portal for collaborating in Wikipedia around chemistry subjects

Sources to cite

 * San Diego Public Library resources will be available in hardcopy
 * ACS Awards (indicating notability; click "Search All Awards" to locate a specific subject)
 * ACS National Historic Chemical Landmarks directory
 * NobelPrize.org
 * Chemical Heritage Foundation collections
 * Classic Chemistry internet resources (from Carmen Giunta, LeMoyne College)
 * About.com, Famous Chemists
 * Biography.com, Chemists

Outcomes
Congratulations! Your work will help others to learn about an notable chemistry or chemistry subject! Please note pages you've created or expanded below.

Articles created

 * The Chemists' Club
 * George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education

Articles improved

 * Jean-Pierre Sauvage - expanded
 * Helen Longino - expanded
 * Alexander von Humboldt - added FR
 * Jean-Luc Brédas - added award
 * Roberto Car - added award/copyedited
 * Edward I. Solomon - added award
 * Laura L. Kiessling - added award
 * Alan Alda - added award
 * R. Graham Cooks - added award/copyedited
 * Alanna Schepartz - added award
 * Radiocarbon dating - expanded/coypedited
 * Ursula Klein - expanded
 * George C. Pimentel
 * List of American Chemical Society national awards
 * Bassam Shakhashiri
 * Zafra M. Lerman
 * Arthur W. Adamson
 * ACS Nano
 * Paul Weiss (nanoscientist)
 * Paul Alivisatos
 * Chemical industry - fixed refs/formatted table
 * National Historic Chemical Landmarks - added 2016 items
 * Claisen rearrangement - fixed refs
 * Frédéric Joliot-Curie - fixed refs
 * Alan J. Heeger - fixed refs
 * First law of thermodynamics - fixed refs
 * Thomas Poon - fixed refs
 * Plastic - fixed refs
 * Chemistry - fixed refs
 * Ferrier rearrangement - fixed refs
 * Eschenmoser fragmentation - fixed refs
 * Association of Applied Geochemists - fixed refs
 * Alexander Parkes - fixed refs
 * Timeline of chemistry - fixed refs
 * Island of stability - fixed refs
 * Friedrich Wöhler - fixed refs
 * Ernest Rutherford - fixed refs
 * Nanocellulose - fixed refs
 * Max Perutz - fixed refs
 * Irving Langmuir Award - added 2016, 2017 winners and sponsorship info
 * Emily A. Carter - added award
 * Added link to Portal:Nanotechnology to 36 articles
 * Nanotechnology on Wikidata - added data
 * Portal:Nanotechnology on Wikidata - added data