Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Women in STEM Editathon Nov 2014

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The Science Gallery at the Naughton Institute, Pearse Street, Trinity College, Dublin 2 (nearest station Pearse) hosted an editathon on Sunday 2nd November 2014 from 2pm, to improve Wikipedia articles about the Irish Women in STEM. This free public event was organised by Wikimedia Ireland Community, with Rebecca O'Neill as lead trainer with logistical support from Wikimedia UK, and supported by Women in Science and Technology (WITS).

All were welcome, no editing experience is necessary and the event is free.

How to Prepare

 * 1) Sign up for the event via Eventbrite
 * CREATE A WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT (if you don't already have one)

Please set up an account before the event if at all possible. Very few details are needed: a Username, password, and we recommend giving your email, if only to be reminded of your password when you forget it. The short Tutorial/Registration explains why this is a good idea.

If you like, you can also learn a little about editing ahead of time here: w:en:Wikipedia:Tutorial, or see Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

To participate you will need to bring along a laptop or tablet, WIFI will be provided.

Attendees (in person)


Please Sign your name below using the signature tool or using ~


 * 1) Rebecca O'Neill Smirkybec (talk) 16:09, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) RachelThea (talk) 15:57, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) Ickle Tayto
 * 4) Sabina

Online participants
Online participants from anywhere are very welcome, whether experienced or not. For a basic editing tutorial see Tutorial, and Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia is short, and full of good advice. Or try this one - four modules, taking one hour it says. Online participants who can't join us in person are welcome to list themselves below with # ~


 * Leela0808 (talk) 13:42, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Articles we may work on

 * Matilda Cullen Knowles
 * Jane Stephens
 * Maude Jane Delap
 * Geraldine Roche
 * Lucy Everest Boole
 * Ellen Hutchins
 * Mary Ward (scientist)
 * Aleen Cust
 * Cynthia Longfield
 * Mary Ball
 * Mary Battersby
 * Eileen Barnes

Helpers
We will need several experienced Wikipedians. After you've registered please sign up below with 4 tildas.


 * 1) If I make it I'll certainly try and help out! Tomásdearg92 (talk) 22:58, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Disability access

 * step free access yes
 * wheelchair access yes

Outcomes
There were 6 participants on the day, with two subsequent articles being featured in the Did You Know? section of the front page:

Women in STEM resources

 * Please feel free to bring along some of books so that there will be a variety of reference books

Note: Wikipedia pages that include lists of important women are all missing plenty of key people, so feel free to add to those lists
 * Lists on Wikipedia


 * List of female mathematicians
 * List of women scientists
 * Women in computing
 * Women in engineering
 * List of women astronomers and List of astronomers
 * Women in medicine
 * Women in geology
 * List of female Nobel laureates
 * History of women in engineering
 * Timeline of women in dentistry
 * Women and the environment through history


 * External resources
 * Biographies of Women Mathematicians
 * Encyclopedia of Women in Medicine
 * Indian Academy of Sciences - List of Women Scientists
 * Lilavati's daugters
 * Biographical Memoirs of the National Academies of Science
 * Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
 * Women in Aviation and Space History
 * Changing the face of Medicine (women in medicine)
 * Archives of Women in Science and Engineering at Iowa State University
 * Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing (applies to other subjects as well)