Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/SPIE 2020

 SPIE Photonics West wiki editathon | 02.02.2020   Hello and welcome!

Wikipedia is the fifth most popular website in the world, with more than 32 million views a day. However, only 18.23% of the English-language biographies are about women. The stats for ethnic and racial minorities and scientists who identify as LGBTQ+ are no better. With a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion, we will work together to research, write, and improve the biographies of gender, ethnic, and racial minorities working in optics and photonics.

What to expect
This will be a relaxed evening with training plus time for discussion, discoveries, and questions. There will be experienced Wikipedians present to help newcomers get started. Join us in editing Wikipedia pages about inspiring women, ethnic, or racial minority scientists. This event is open to the public, and no previous experience is needed.

Participate in any way that's comfortable for you. Bring your curiosity and questions; it's ok to just drop by to check things out. Bring your laptop, tablet, power cord if you want to edit Wikipedia. Ideas for articles that need updating or creation are welcome, too. Stop by for a short while or stay for two hours.

It would be helpful if create a Wikipedia account (instructions here) before you arrive. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, check out this training module which helps explain many dimensions of the Wikipedia universe.

The main goals of the event are:
 * to have fun and learn something
 * to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by improving/creating biographies
 * to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
 * to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women, women's works, and women's issues
 * to promote new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter).

Sign-in
After you create your Wikipedia account: ''' Click here to sign up on the dashboard! '''

Friendly Space Policy
We support this Friendly Space Policy.

Wikimedia Projects
• Wikimedia movement

• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia

• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)

• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects

• Wiktionary, a dictionary

• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations

• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents

• Wikiversity, educational material

• Wikivoyage, a travel guide

• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

Help
Use these resources to find help anytime, anywhere.

Guides and check lists

 * Wiki Markup Cheatsheet
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference Sheet
 * Wiki Reference Code Handout.
 * The Perfect Article: a concise checklist.

Sandbox help

 * Experiment in the main Wikipedia Sandbox.
 * Use this sandbox tutorial to start your own.

Help from a person

 *  : Place this template into your talk page and a Wikipedian will come help you.
 * New contributors' help page: Go here to post specific questions and receive quick help.

Everything you need to know
Wikipedians are always available to help you!
 * Find your answer at Wikipedia:Help
 * Click Show on the templates below for a number of helpful links.

Writing about women scientists
• :Primer for creating women's biographies
 * How to search for relevant sources on any scientist here.
 * Friendly community: WikiProject Women in Red
 * Guides for how to write about women:

• :Ten Simple Rules for Creating Women's Biographies

• :How To Write Women into the Encyclopedia

• :Primer for AfD, AfC and PROD

• :Writing about women on Wikipedia

• :Writing about women in computing on Wikipedia

Images and photos
• Uploading images – tutorial, general overview

• Image use policy – rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image

• Picture Tutorial – technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good

• Free image resources – where to find free images for use in Wikipedia (in addition to holdings of the library that you could photograph and upload to Wikimedia Commons)

Articles needing improvement

 * Christina C. C. Willis
 * Claire Ellen Max
 * Colleen M. Fitzpatrick
 * Elizabeth Hillman
 * Elizabeth Krupinski
 * Evelyn Hu
 * Fauzia Ahmad
 * Frances Ligler
 * Gisele Bennett
 * Jannick Rolland
 * Jelena Vučković
 * Laura Marcu
 * Manijeh Razeghi
 * Michal Lipson
 * Naomi Halas
 * Orly Yadid-Pecht
 * Rebecca Richards-Kortum
 * Ruyan Guo
 * Xiaoyi Bao
 * Zhenan Bao


 * Many other options in these categories:

Possible new articles

 * Adela Ben-Yakar
 * Alexis Méndez (engineer)
 * Allison Barto
 * Angela Seddon
 * Anna Grazia Mignani
 * Anna Yaroslavsky
 * Anu Agarwal (MIT)
 * Arti Agrawal (City University London)
 * Audrey Bowden
 * Bernice Rogowitz
 * Carmen Menoni
 * Carmen Vázquez García
 * Chantal Andraud
 * Chrysanthe Preza
 * Chunlei Du
 * Claire Gu
 * Cynthia Y. Young
 * Dan Zhu (engineer)
 * Diana Nyyssonen
 * Dimitra Stratis-Cullum
 * Emily Gallagher
 * Esther Krikorian
 * Eunkyoung Kim
 * Eva Campo
 * Ewa Goldys
 * Fahima Ouchen
 * G. Charmaine Gilbreath
 * Galina Chebotareva
 * Helena Jelínková
 * Hong Hua
 * Ileana Rau
 * Irina Novikova (WM college)
 * Inmaculada Pascual Villalobos
 * Jennifer Barton
 * Jennifer Ricklin
 * Jessica Ramella-Roman
 * Jianan Qu
 * Joan Lurie
 * Joanna Schmit
 * Judith Donnelly
 * Judy Fennelly
 * Julia Fennelly
 * Julie Bentley (professor)
 * Kara Peters
 * Katherine Creath
 * Liliana Braescu
 * Linda Smith (entrepreneur)
 * Lisa Barsotti
 * Maria Luisa Calvo Padilla
 * Marija Strojnik
 * Marjorie Meinel
 * Marta de la Fuente
 * Martha I. Sanchez
 * Mary Potasek
 * Mary Turner (scientist)
 * Mary-Ann Mycek
 * Marylyn Hoy Bennett
 * María Millán García-Varela
 * Meimei Tidrow
 * Melissa Skala
 * Michelle Stock
 * Misoon Mah
 * Nerine Cherepy
 * Nirmala Ramanujam
 * Patti Gillespie
 * Ray-Hua Horng
 * Rene Lefever
 * Roxann Engelstad
 * Ruth Houbertz
 * Sandra Biedron
 * Sharon M. Weiss
 * Shouleh Nikzad
 * Simonetta Grilli
 * Susan Davis Allen
 * Urbasi Sinha
 * Vedika Khemani
 * Zakya Kafafi
 * Zongfu Yu
 * Zubin Jacob