Wikipedia:WOMEESA and GSA Edit-a-thon

WOMEESA (Women in Earth & Environmental Science Australasia) and GSA (Geological Society of Australia) are partnering with Wikimedia Australia to increase the visibility of women in Earth Sciences in Australasia.

WOMEESA and GSA Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2022
Wikipedia is the 5th most visited website globally, yet few women scientists have a stand-alone Wikipedia profile page. And less than 20% of all Wikipedia profile pages are of women. Only 15-20% of Wikipedia editors are women. Let's work together to improve this, and increase the visibility of our incredible Earth Science women in Australasia!

Our ultimate goal is to increase the number of Wikipedia pages for notable women in Earth and Environmental Sciences in Australasia (Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific). We will focus on both current Level E professorial women working in the 04 Field of Research code (2008 classification) as well as adding and updating pages for women who have made significant contributions in the past.

Event details
Date: Wednesday 5 October 2022 Time: 1pm – 4pm (Canberra / Hobart / Melbourne / Sydney) Other timezones: 10am – 1pm (Perth) / 11:30am – 2:30pm (Darwin) / 12pm – 3pm (Brisbane) / 12:30pm – 3:30pm (Adelaide)
 * Link to Google sheet of women's names
 * Campaign dashboard for 2022 edit-a-thon

What should I work on during the edit-a-thon?
There are many different ways for you to contribute today. Wikipedia is the product of millions of individual contributions and every change that is made, no matter how small, makes a difference!

We’ve prepared a list of suggested subjects and assembled some preliminary sources to get you started. Keep in mind Wikipedia’s Conflict of Interest guidelines when selecting your subject to make sure it is appropriate for you to make the edits.

Instructions

 * Choose a subject from the table below. Write your username in the last column so different people don't work on the same page during the edit-a-thon. After the edit-a-thon anyone is able to edit any page.
 * If the subject is living, please read and follow the guidelines in Biographies of living persons (shortcut WP:BLP), for both new pages and editing existing ones.
 * If there is already a page for that subject, check the Talk page for any comments or suggested edits and check the Article page for any templates with suggestions for improvements.
 * Use Australian English and spelling.

Past Women in Earth and Environmental Science Pioneers
Unlocked link to Turner (2007) pdf

Helpful links
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" !Introductory !Layout, headings, guides !Guides to writing biographies
 * A simplified guide for contributing to Wikipedia
 * Manual of style (MOS)
 * MOS, Biography, Lead section (shortcut MOS:OPENPARABIO)
 * Tips for writing your first article
 * MOS, Biography, Lead section
 * What Wikipedia is not (shortcut WP:NOT)
 * Detailed editing tutorial
 * What Wikipedia is not (shortcut WP:NOT)
 * Detailed editing tutorial
 * Detailed editing tutorial

Sources of help and online information

 * Adding pictures to an article
 * Wikipedia: Manual of style/Spelling (shortcut WP:MOSS)
 * WikiProject Women in Red - Wikipedians who create and edit articles about women, a good place to get help and inspiration.
 * Wikipedia:Guidelines for images and other media files
 * Manual of style
 * Image use policy
 * For users of source editing: List of Wiki markups
 * Trove Find Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives etc. See the people and organisations search option.
 * Images
 * Kerry Raymond's cheat sheets: cheat sheets here!
 * Australian Women's Register
 * Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts/Using images of art
 * For many more online sources of information and guides: Know my name project page
 * Commons:Simple media reuse guide
 * Wikimedia Commons
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 * Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts/Using images of art
 * For many more online sources of information and guides: Know my name project page
 * Commons:Simple media reuse guide
 * Wikimedia Commons
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WOMEESA and GSA Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2021
Wikipedia is the 5th most visited website globally, yet few women scientists have a stand-alone Wikipedia profile page. And less than 20% of all Wikipedia profile pages are of women. Only 15-20% of Wikipedia editors are women. Let's work together to improve this, and increase the visibility of our incredible Earth Science women in Australasia!

Our ultimate goal is to increase the number of Wikipedia pages for notable women in Earth and Environmental Sciences in Australasia (Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific). We will focus on both current Level E professorial women working in the 04 Field of Research code (2008 classification) as well as adding and updating pages for women who have made significant contributions in the past. We will get started at the event on March 8 and you can continue your editing independently before we meet up as a group again on March 18.

See the campaign dashboard for 2021 edit-a-thon

Event details
Date: Monday 8 March 2021 Time: 1pm – 4pm Vic, NSW, Tas * please check for your local time *

Get help or stay in touch!
If you're having any other issues, feel free to contact: Wikipedian Annie Reynolds at ann.reynolds@wikimedia.org.au