Wikipedia:Meetup/UK/KCL/Maughan Library/International Women's Day 2017

Event information

 * Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2017
 * Time: 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
 * Location: Maughan Library Kings College London Chancery Lane, London, England WC2A 1LR

Women make up only 17% of the biographies on Wikipedia. Women editors make up under 15% of Wikipedia’s regular editing community.

Please bring a laptop if you have one, as only a small number of laptops will be available on the day.

Image adding exercise
Please go to WP:Shakyi

List of articles to edit
This is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like. 'Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!'''

List of King's College London alumni has plenty of KCL alumni, but not just women.


 * See also: Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

To start:


 * Louise Archer (academic), professor of sociology of education, KCL
 * Gillian Douglas, professor, dean of school of law, KCL
 * Irene Higginson, professor, head of department and director of KCL's Cicely Saunders Institute
 * Margo Marrone, KCL pharmacy graduate, co-founder of The Organic Pharmacy
 * Joanna Newman, MBE, vice-principal of KCL, secretary-general of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
 * Margaret O'Flynn (1920-2014), gynaecologist, contraception pioneer
 * Chibundu Onuzo, Nigerian author and KCL history graduate
 * Patricia Reynolds, professor of dentistry, Guy's graduate
 * Janice Rymer, professor of gynaecology, vice-president of RCOG
 * Maureen Young (1915-2013), graduate and professor (perinatal physiology) of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
 * tba

To improve (stub pages):


 * tba
 * tba

To improve (need images):


 * Isabel dos Santos, richest woman in Africa
 * tba

To improve (page has issues):


 * Deborah Bull, assistant principal at KCL, former ballet dancer, needs references
 * Anne McLellan, Canadian academic and politician, needs more references
 * Cicely Saunders, needs better references
 * Gilli Smyth, musician with Gong, needs more references
 * Dobrinka Tabakova, composer, needs more references
 * Errollyn Wallen, composer, needs references

Resources for editing

 * Meet the professors - biographies of all KCL's women professors (many need articles!)


 * Art+Feminism resources
 * WikiProject Women artists worklist
 * When considering names for inclusion, please consider Wikipedia's criteria for notability:Notability_(people)
 * WikiProject Women artists/Assessment


 * Writing about women
 * Gender-neutral language
 * Finkbeiner test is a checklist to help  avoid gender bias media articles


 * Manual of Style for Biographies
 * Identifying reliable sources
 * Citation templates


 * Gender gap resources
 * Writing about women
 * Gender-neutral language
 * Finkbeiner test is a checklist to help avoid gender bias media articles


 * Manuel of Style for Biographies
 * Identifying reliable sources
 * Citation templates


 * Example of a Good article - Nadia Kaabi-Linke
 * Example of a Featured article - Hilda Rix Nicholas


 * Art+Feminism resources
 * WikiProject Women artists Worklist
 * When considering names for inclusion, please consider Wikipedia's criteria for notability:Notability (academics)

Articles created
List of Wikipedia articles attendees started:
 * Charlotte Roueché
 * Maria Rosa Antognazza
 * Joanna Newman
 * Gillian Douglas
 * Chibundu Onuzo
 * Maureen Young
 * Irene Higginson

Articles improved
List of Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to improve:

Trainers

 * Edwardx (talk) 18:10, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event:

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
 * 1) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page


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