Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science/Humphry Davy Edit-a-thon - 4 May 2017

About the event
If so, join our free Humphry Davy Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
 * Are you interested in history, literature, science, or technology?
 * Would you like to help Lancaster University researchers improve the quality of information available online?
 * Do you have a laptop or tablet?

Humphry Davy (1778-1829) was one of the most famous scientific figures of his day, best known for experimenting with nitrous oxide (laughing gas), discovering several chemical elements, and inventing a miners’ safety lamp that revolutionised industry. But did you know that he was also a friend of Byron, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, and a poet himself?

Much of Wikipedia’s information about Davy needs to be improved – and you can help us achieve this! Learn new skills and meet new people during our free Wikipedia edit-a-thon. We’ll train you in how to edit a Wikipedia page, give you all the information about Davy that you’ll need, and will even provide a free lunch. We can also give you a free certificate after the event. All you need to do is bring a computer.

Professor Sharon Ruston, of the Department of English and Creative Writing, Lancaster University, is one of the co-editors of The Collected Letters of Sir Humphry Davy, which will be published by Oxford University Press in 2018.

Places are free, but limited. If you wish to attend, please reserve your place here.


 * How do I prepare?
 * Create a Wikipedia account beforehand - en:Special:UserLogin/signup
 * Bringing your own laptop or tablet (wi-fi will be provided); there will also be some computers in the room
 * Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

Participants
Add your Wikipedia username below.
 * 1) User:Mark L MacDonald
 * 2) User:Aplacey
 * 3) User:Sharonruston
 * 4) User:Anoucks.
 * 5) User:JNwah
 * 6) User:pigmint
 * 7) User:Harrietnewnes
 * 8) User:HPLane
 * 9) User:Pashcroft93
 * 10) User:Stephen Pumfrey

Useful links

 * Help:Referencing for beginners
 * Teahouse - A friendly venue where new (or old) editors can ask questions about anything, with very prompt response times (almost always within an hour, and often much sooner).
 * Wikipedia editing for research scientists

Topics
If you intend to work on a topic listed below, please sign your name next to it. Where discussion of a topic already exists on Davy's page, a link to the relevant section is provided. During the edit-a-thon, you may wish to expand these existing sections, paste your draft edit into a different section, or create a new section of your own.


 * 1) Davy's early life (Humphry Davy)Harrietnewnes (talk) 10:28, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) Davy's poetry (the Annual Anthology poems and 'Life') (Humphry Davy) (User:JNwah)
 * 3) Davy at the Medical Pneumatic Institution (Humphry Davy)
 * 4) Davy's involvement with Lyrical Ballads and William Wordsworth (Humphry Davy) Sharonruston (talk) 11:08, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * 5) Davy isolates potassium, sodium, and boron (Humphry Davy)
 * 6) Davy isolates magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium (Humphry Davy) Pashcroft93 (talk) 10:30, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * 7) Davy demonstrates chlorine to be an element (Humphry Davy) User:aplacey
 * 8) Davy's European travels c. 1814 (Humphry Davy) HPLane (talk) 10:34, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * 9) Davy demonstrates iodine to be an element (Humphry Davy)
 * 10) Davy's work on the safety lamp, and the ensuing controversy 1 (Humphry Davy)Pigmint (talk) 10:33, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * 11) Davy's work on the safety lamp, and the ensuing controversy 2 (Humphry Davy)
 * 12) Davy's work on Herculaneum papyri Anoucks. (talk) 10:29, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * 13) Davy's Presidency of the Royal Society (Humphry Davy)Stephen Pumfrey (talk) 10:41, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * 14) Davy's work on the electrochemical protection of ships' copper bottoms User:aplacey
 * 15) Davy's later life (Humphry Davy)

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Articles that were created and/or improved during the edit-a-thon
During the event the article on Humphry Davy increased from 43 kilobytes (kb) to 64 kb, so increasing by roughly 50% of its original size. Here is a breakdown of some of the larger changes:


 * 1) Humphry Davy - Section on the Davy lamp expanded by
 * 2) Humphry Davy - Paragraph on Davy's involvement with Lyrical Ballads added by
 * 3) Humphry Davy - Paragraph on Davy's poetry was added by
 * 4) Humphry Davy - Section on Herculaneum papyri was created by
 * 5) Herculaneum papyri - Paragraph on Davy's involvement was added by
 * 6) Humphry Davy - Section on European Travels expanded with references added by
 * 7) Humphry Davy - Mention of poems for Anna Beddoes added, with references by
 * 8) Humphry Davy - Section on protection of ships' copper bottoms created by
 * 9) Humphry Davy - Section on Davy's early life was expanded and improved by
 * 10) Humphry Davy - Paragraph on nitrogen trichloride accident was expanded and referenced by
 * 11) Humphry Davy - Section on his presidency of the Royal Society was created by
 * 12) Humphry Davy - Section on discovering and isolating elements was expanded by