Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/Ada Lovelace Day 2017

About the event
Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others? Did you know that, as of July 2017, approximately only 17.03% of the biographies on Wikipedia relate to notable women?

On Tuesday 10th October 2017, the University's Information Services team are running an edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2017 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

There will be a range of guest speakers in the morning followed by fun technology activities from 11am to 2pm. Full Wikipedia editing training will be given at 2-3pm. Thereafter the afternoon's editathon will focus on improving the quality of articles related to Women in STEM! Working together with liaison librarians, archivists & academic colleagues we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. New editors are very welcome and participants will be supported to develop Wikipedia articles; creating new role models for young and old alike.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater understanding of Women in STEM!

Attendees

 * User:Aceteceteszter (Three attendees worked together on this one account to improve the article).
 * User:Chemiccon
 * User:Eoinho
 * User:Lucy Viegas
 * User:LornaMCampbell (remote participation)
 * User:Gweduni
 * User:Xtc23
 * User:Ammienoot
 * User:Svanden92
 * User:Lcsrns - helped support the event.
 * User:WikithonCAD (Three attendees worked together on this one account to create the article).
 * User:PrometheasOre

Booking
The day is split in three parts: talks & technology activities from 11am to 2pm, the Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon in the afternoon from 2pm to 5pm; and a film screening and discussion from 5-6pm approx (to be confirmed). All events are open to staff, student and members of the public. Book to attend one session, two sessions or all three.

11am to 2pm: Talks and Fun Tech activities

 * If coming from the university, please book your place through MyEd.
 * If coming from outside the university, then please book your place through Eventbrite.

2pm to 5pm: a Wikipedia editathon celebrating Women in STEM

 * If coming from the university, please book your place through MyEd.
 * If coming from outside the university, then please book your place through Eventbrite.

5pm to 6:15pm: Film screening of A Chemical Imbalance and discussion panel
Polly Arnold is the Crum Brown Chair of Chemistry and winner of the Rosalind Franklin Award in 2012 for her scientific work and her promotion of women in science. In this session, Polly will introduce the short film, A Chemical Imbalance before taking part in a discussion panel.
 * If coming from the university, please book your place through MyEd.
 * If coming from outside the university, then please book your place through Eventbrite.

1. Talks and Fun Science/Tech activities in Room 1206C James Clerk Maxwell Building
Byte-sized Bioinformatics activity. The other five activities will take place in Room 1206C James Clerk Maxwell Building 12-2pm: Book here to attend the talks and fun science/tech activities.
 * 11am to 11.10am – Housekeeping and welcome from Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal for Online Learning.
 * 11.10am to 12pm - Ten minute talks.
 * Talk on Byte-Sized Bioinformatics - Dr. Heleen Plaisier and Dr. Daniel Barker.
 * Dr. Michael Seery – Talk on Wikipedia and the Letter of 19; the fight for acceptance of British Women Chemists.
 * Stewart Cromar – Update on the Lego Ada Lovelace project.
 * Clare Button - The Noreen and Kenneth Murray Archives.
 * Various - Elevator Pitches for the afternoon activities.
 * 12pm to 2pm. – Fun drop-in Activities
 * This 30 minute activity will take place in Room 2901 in the JCMB Building at the following times:.
 * 12.00-12.30; 12.30-13.00; 13.00-13.30; 13.30-14.00. Just drop in on the day, or email us in advance to secure a space: 4273pi@ed.ac.uk'''
 * 1) Crystallographic activity.
 * 2) Knitting graphene activity.
 * 3) Colour in design activity.
 * 4) Metadata Games - version 2.0
 * 5) Histropedia timelines activity.

2. The Wikipedia editathon in Room 4325C James Clerk Maxwell Building
Book here to attend the editathon.
 * 2pm to 3pm – Wikipedia training.
 * 3pm to 4.45pm – Editing (see suggested worklist of articles to create/improve below).
 * 4.45pm to 5pm - Transferring to Wikipedia's live space.

How do I prepare? for the editathon?

 * Sign up for the event
 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
 * Learn about editing if you like. there is a fun Wikipedia Adventure that takes 45-60 mins at home and leads you by the hand through the main guidelines and how to use the Source Editor. Then on the day, we will introduce you to the new improved Visual Editor interface which has made editing Wikipedia "easy", "fun", "really intuitive" and "addictive as hell".
 * Think about what you would like to edit - there are some suggested articles to create/improve below.
 * Consult the Manual of Style for Biographies on Wikipedia

3. Film screening and panel discussion in James Clerk Maxwell Building - Lecture Theatre B
5:15pm to 6:15pm – A Chemical Imbalance - film screening and discussion with Professor Polly L Arnold, Crum Brown Chair of Chemistry. 'Breakdown on evening programme (subject to alteration):'
 * 5pm to 5.15pm - Housekeeping and Welcome.
 * 5.15pm to 5.30pm - Introduction from Polly Arnold.
 * 5.30pm to 5.45pm - Screening of 'A Chemical Imbalance'.
 * 5.45pm to 6.15pm - Panel discussion chaired by Anne-Marie Scott, Head of Digital Learning and Applications at the University of Edinburgh.
 * 6.15pm - Close.

'A Chemical Imbalance' is a short documentary film and book that ask why Edinburgh has such a long history of successful female chemists, and why women are still under-represented in all science fields. Following the film, Anne-Marie Scott will chair a panel discussion of the issues raised in the film; namely the low participation of Women in STEM fields and equality in the workplace.

The confirmed panelists are: Book here to attend the film screening and discussion panel.
 * Professor Polly Arnold, the Crum Brown Chair of Chemistry and winner of the Rosalind Franklin Award.
 * Professor Jane Norman FMedSci, FRSE, Professor of Maternal and Fetal Health, Deputy Director Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh.
 * Dr Carole A Morrison, Reader in Structural Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh.



Trainers
Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Hit list of articles to be created or improved
Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

All are welcome to add names to the list which is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles in this important but somewhat neglected sector on the English Wikipedia.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

The 19 female petitioners to the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1904

 * 1) Ida Smedley - biochemist. OBNB article
 * 2) Martha Annie Whiteley - organic chemist. ODNB article
 * 3) Mary Beatrice Thomas - demonstrator in chemistry.
 * 4) Hilda Hartle - researcher and lecturer.
 * 5) Ida Freund - Freund was a demonstrator, then a lecturer, in chemistry at Newnham from 1887 through 1912, so she would have been a mentor to all of the petitioners who passed through the gates of Newnham.ODNB article
 * 6) Elizabeth Eleanor Field - Lecturer and Head of Chemistry at the Royal Holloway College from 1895 to 1913.
 * 7) Dorothy Marshall - demonstrator and lecturer at Girton College.
 * 8) Mildred May Gostling - research student and demonstrator. ODNB article
 * 9) Margaret Seward - Lecturer in Chemistry at the RHC. ODNB article.
 * 10) Sibyl Taite Widdows - Demonstrator in chemistry at the London School of Medicine for Women. During her time at the school she published numerous research papers.
 * 11) Clare de Brereton Evans - Awarded a D.Sc. from the Central Technical College (the first woman chemist to receive this distinction).
 * 12) Clara Millicent Taylor - appointed to the staff at the Ladies College, Cheltenham, but spent all her spare time doing research at the University College of Bristol (later the University of Bristol). This involved cycling an 80-mile round trip at least once per week. She received an M.Sc. from Bristol in 1910 and a D.Sc. in 1911.
 * 13) Emily Comber Fortey - Undertook research at Owens College, Manchester until 1898 at which point she returned to Bristol as a researcher with Sydney Young.
 * 14) Katherine Isabella Williams - In the 1880s she commenced research at Bristol with William Ramsay. Then she embarked upon her own research program at Bristol in food analysis.
 * 15) Lucy Everest Boole - The first woman chemist to be elected Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry. ODNB article.
 * 16) Katherine Alice Burke - Joined Ramsay’s research group at University College.
 * 17) Grace Coleridge Toynbee - Appointed professor of chemistry at Mason College. ODNB article.
 * 18) Edith Humphrey - graduated in 1897 from Bedford College and the following year moved to Zürich where she undertook a Ph.D. with Alfred Werner.
 * 19) Alice Emily Smith - Lecturer in chemistry at Bangor, where she collaborated on a study of reaction mechanisms with K. J. P. Orton.

 Joyce Wheeler shares her story (video)
 * Abigail Tucker - page created but lies empty.
 * Gillian Raab
 * Maude Elizabeth Newbigin
 * Amelia Hutchison Stirling
 * Ann Moffatt (née Hill; Ann Leach from 1961)
 * Margaret E. Boyle -
 * Joyce Wheeler (née Blackler)
 * Eileen McLaren - Vice President Engeering, Fanduel.
 * Women of Worth - no page? create one?
 * Equality Challenge Unit
 * Patricia Hiddleston -
 * Dr. Nina Baker
 * Hazel Jane Read Hall - Professor of Social Informatics within the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University. (Notes available).

Biology

 * Lilian Alcock
 * Sheila Mahala Andrews
 * Evelyn Baxter
 * Isobel Wylie Hutchison
 * Agnes McDouall
 * Anna MacLeod
 * Charlotte Murray
 * Mary Pirie
 * Olga Stewart

Engineering

 * Molly Fergusson

Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics

 * Ruth Pirret
 * Flora Sadler

Articles to be improved

 * Polly Arnold - Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh in the School of Chemistry so be aware of Conflict of Interest if the person doing the editing is closely associated..
 * Lesley Yellowlees - British inorganic chemist and was the first female president of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Another to be aware of in terms of Conflict of Interest if the person doing the editing is closely associated.
 * Mary Bownes - Royal Society Edinburgh lectureIndependent article on a review carried out by Professor Mary Bownes
 * Athena SWAN
 * Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator) - NLS page on her life (1700-1758) About Elizabeth Blackwell, Botanical Art and Artists, comprehensive biography and lots of useful links
 * Flora Philip -
 * Nora Calderwood -
 * Marion Gray
 * Unconscious bias - Redirects to Cognitive Bias page - maybe worthwhile leaving message on Talk page as to whether to create a new page or a new section related to 'Unconscious bias'.
 * Wider Opportunities for Women - historical- funding given to universities (including Edinburgh) and colleges by Manpower services commission
 * STEM- add a UK section?
 * WISE Campaign- needs improvement
 * Harpies and Quines
 * Marion Ross_(physicist)
 * Charlotte Auerbach
 * Ruth Aylett
 * Elizabeth Blackwell
 * Kim Binsted
 * Susan Brown (professor)
 * Mary Brück
 * Dorothy Buchanan
 * Ethel Currie
 * Judy Delin
 * Ursula Duncan
 * Victoria Drummond
 * Elizabeth Fennema
 * Erica Flapan
 * Grace Frankland
 * Elizabeth Fulhame
 * Isabella Gordon
 * Philippa Gardner
 * Judith Grabiner
 * Jane Hillston
 * Sheina Marshall
 * Sheila Macintyre
 * Chrystal Macmillan
 * Christina Miller
 * Johanna Moore
 * Noreen Murray
 * Mary Noble
 * Dorothée Pullinger
 * Christian Ramsay
 * Marion Ross
 * Mary Ellen Rudin
 * Jo Shaw
 * Eleanor Sidgwick
 * Mary Somerville
 * Annie Lorrain Smith
 * Agata Smoktunowicz - Needs a pic & infobox.
 * Kim_Jones_(Sun)
 * Veronica van Heyningen
 * Rosemary Wyse

Looking for ideas?

 * Google Drive folder of resources compiled by Dr. Michael Seery.
 * Additional worklist including list of Female Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
 * List of individuals on Wikipedia in the field of science
 * List of individuals working as scientists educated at Edinburgh University
 * List of individuals working in the field of science with UK as their country of citizenship.
 * List of female biologists in the UK
 * List of female chemists in the UK
 * List of female physicists in the UK
 * List of female computer scientists in the UK
 * List of female engineers in the UK
 * List of female mathematicians in the UK
 * List of female technologists in the UK
 * Category:Women mathematicians
 * Category:Women in technology
 * Women in Computing
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Climate change researchers
There is a list of women working in the field of climate change - any name with a little external link square beside it probably indicates a person who doesn't have a Wikipedia page yet!

"Fearless Pioneers"
Surprisingly, the pages for a number of the women in Rachel Ignotofsky's excellent book Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers who Changed the World are quite sparse. It would be great if some of these could be improved to help those looking for more information after reading: • Edith Clarke

• Mamie Phipps Clark

• Katia and Maurice Krafft

• Esther Lederberg

• Tessy Thomas

• Nettie Stevens

• Florence Bascom

• Mary Agnes Chase

• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

• Annie Easley

• Patricia Bath

• May-Britt Moser

• Edith M. Flanigen

• Alice Ball

• Jane C. Wright

• Gertrude B. Elion

• Wang Zhenyi (astronomer)

• Sau Lan Wu

• Elizabeth Blackwell (needs an infobox)

Women chemists past and present
This table contains notable women chemists from history (mostly found in the Chemistry Was Their Life book if you need a source to get you started!) and from the present day (most of whom are winners of big prizes or Fellows of societies, for whom you can find university websites and news stories about their award/fellowship).

Browsing for sources

 * - Biography
 * - Biography
 * - Biography

General

 * DiscoverEd to find books, ebooks, journals, ejournals and more.

News sources

 * Factiva
 * British Newspaper Archive
 * More at: Edinburgh University Library - Newspaper database

Theses databases

 * Edinburgh Research Archive. For theses produced at the University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Research Archive
 * Proquest Dissertations
 * More at: Edinburgh University Library - Theses database

Articles created 2016

 * Margaret Marrs
 * Ann Katharine Mitchell (née Williamson)
 * Code First: Girls.
 * Anne Strachan Robertson
 * Dr. Mary Noble.
 * Professor Anne Ferguson (physician) (née Glen)
 * Katherine Clerk Maxwell
 * Sheila Edmonds

Articles created 2017

 * 1904 petition to the Chemical Society
 * Sibyl Taite Widdows
 * Hilda Hartle
 * Emily Comber Fortey
 * Katherine Isabella Williams
 * Clare de Brereton Evans
 * Margaret Seward
 * Elizabeth Eleanor Field
 * Katharine Alice Burke
 * Alice Emily Smith
 * Elizabeth Slater
 * Ruth Pirret
 * Mary Beatrice Thomas

Articles improved 2017

 * Dorothy Marshall
 * Edith Humphrey

What can I do after the event?



 * Join WikiProject Women in Technology
 * Join WikiProject Women Scientists

Helpful links
Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. I've added some booklets and some links below that you may find useful. As a first step you may like to check out what What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.


 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page - a fun tutorial introducing new editors to Wikipedia
 * Visual Editor user guide
 * Questions – a guide on where to ask questions
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages
 * Article wizard – a Wizard to help you create articles
 * The simplified ruleset – a summary of Wikipedia's most important rules
 * Guide to Wikipedia – a thorough step-by-step guide to Wikipedia
 * Is your topic notable enough for an article?
 * Be Bold!
 * Don't let grumpy users scare you off.
 * Learn from others
 * How to write a great article
 * A simplified manual of style

You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:
 * Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes ( ~ ). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The [[File:Button sig.png]] or [[File:Insert-signature.png]] button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
 * If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.
 * Video tutorials
 * Instructional videos on using Wikipedia

Video guides to editing Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia - It's main policies & guidelines
 * Navigating Wikipedia's front page
 * How to structure an article on Wikipedia: the Featured Article
 * Wikipedia editing in under 25 mins
 * How to edit using with Visual Editor Part 1: Creating an Account
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.1 Adding Headings
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.2 Adding bold & italics
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.3 Adding bullet points
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.4 Adding links
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.1 Adding citations and references
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.2 Further practice with citations (DOI and Pubmed IDs)
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor:Part 2.3 Adding an image
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.4 Adding categories
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 3 Creating a new article in the Sandbox
 * Editing Wikipedia: Communicating with others using the Talk page and Help Desk

Tutorials on Wikipedia editing

 * Visual Editor User Guide
 * manual of style
 * Wikipedia cheat sheet (Bookshelf), another markup cheatsheet
 * Training for students, a tutorial for beginners
 * Beginners' guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five pillars of Wikipedia, philosophical guidelines and best practices for editing
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page
 * Wiki markup quick reference, PDF version of printed handout
 * Article development
 * Your first article (using the Article Wizard, if you wish)
 * Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources
 * Biographies of Living Persons

Talkpage templates

 * If the woman was born before 1950 use:
 * If the woman was born after 1950 use:
 * Add to Biography with:
 * Add to WikiProject Women scientists: ==Templates==

Project
WikiProject Women scientists

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) RSVP: Book your place here 
 * 2) 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


 * AthinaF (talk) 09:55, 22 June 2017 (UTC)