Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's History/The Royal Society of Edinburgh 2013




 * (See here for background information).

Wikimedia UK and the MRC, supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, are organising a Women in Science themed editing event on Tuesday 3 December 2013 in Edinburgh to celebrate Women in Science. We would like to create or add to the Wikipedia pages of female scientists (who tend to be under-represented on Wikipedia), and attract more female editors to the project. The panel discussion will also serve as a forum on women's experiences in science and diversity in the workforce more generally.


 * Date: Tuesday 3 December 2013; in two parts - editathon runs 13:15-18:00, panel discussion 18:30-21:00
 * Venue:, The Royal Society Of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ
 * Book: HERE - there are 20 places for the editathon, and 80 for the panel discussion.
 * Cost: Free
 * Twitter hashtag: #WISWIKI
 * Resources to edit: see below
 * Participants: The editing session is for Wikipedia newcomers to learn how to edit or anyone wanting to contribute. Female editors particularly encouraged to attend. Panel open to anyone interested in Women in Science topic.
 * Photos from the day: here!

Agenda
Editathon - in Wellcome West Room Talks and panel discussion - in Lecture Theatre
 * 13.15 – Lunch for editors
 * 13.45 – Introductions, Mel Nunn, Head of Equalities MRC
 * 14.00 – Guidance on how to edit Wikipedia
 * 15.00-18.00 – Edit a thon, including refreshment breaks
 * 18.30 – Reception with drinks and canapés
 * 19.00 - Introduction and welcome by Professor Alan Alexander, General Secretary, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Mel Nunn, Head of Equalities MRC
 * 19.15 – Screening of “A Chemical Imbalance”
 * 19.30 – Talks by Professor Polly Arnold, Professor Sally Macintyre and Professor Lesley Yellowlees, followed by Panel discussion
 * 21.00 – Finish

At the workshop, representatives from Wikimedia UK will explain how Wikipedia works and answer questions about editing and improving Wikipedia articles. There will be access to collections and staff will be on hand to introduce the resources and provide guidance on finding information.

The day will begin with a tutorial on how to edit Wikipedia, and the attendees will be able to put this into practice after the panel discussion session, creating and editing articles.

After the editathon, there will be talks and a panel discussion open to a wider audience focusing on women's experiences in science, diversity in the scientific workforce more generally, together with how under-representation can be tackled in the future. This will be open to anyone who registers whether or not they attend the editathon.

Edinburgh participants
95% female, all new editors apart from one who had limited background experience.


 * 1) User:ScienceForScotland
 * 2) User:GeologyGem
 * 3) User:Heather.koe
 * 4) User:Neoxandria
 * 5) User:Biogeomorph
 * 6) User:Vasi76
 * 7) User:PDocherty0808
 * 8) User:CT Microbiol
 * 9) User:Sarahtouati
 * 10) User:Partridge18
 * 11) User:LillyLyle
 * 12) User:Catherine Booth
 * 13) User:Jovigeo
 * 14) User:Sarahkeerkeer
 * 15) User:ACPawsey
 * 16) User:AmyL2792
 * 17) User:AK chemist
 * 18) User:Cam pam12
 * 19) User:Hazellambert
 * 20) User:Ojupiter
 * 21) User:GginGoat - joined us later

Online participation
We welcome participants to communicate with us online:
 * Twitter hashtag: #WISWIKI
 * @wikimediauk
 * IRC: #wikimedia-uk


 * Useful links for new contributors:
 * Getting started on Wikipedia
 * Editing toolbar help


 * MRC has created a guide on how to search for biographical information for this series of events, see here.
 * A general useful resource is the Archives of Women in Science and Engineering at Iowa State University

Online participants

 * 1) please add your username here

Topics for the editathon

 * NIMR
 * Phoebe Mary Cotes - Biological Standards
 * Rosemary de Rossi - Biological Standards; Immunology
 * Nancy Hogg
 * Beverley Griffin


 * RS
 * Katherine Coward (biochemist - vitamins)
 * Winifred Wright (biochemist - cancer)
 * Mollie Barr (biochemist - immunology)


 * LMB alumni
 * Mary Jane Gething
 * Iva Greenwald
 * Ruth Lehmann
 * Laura Machesky
 * Margaret 'Scottie' Robinson
 * Maria Spillantini
 * Helen Atkinson

Please follow the link below to access the lists.
 * Female Royal Society of Edinburgh fellows
 * Deceased
 * Current

Articles created or expanded
please add here

Created articles

 * Joy Tivy
 * Eileen Hendriks
 * Mary Horner Lyell
 * Jannette Anderson
 * Flora Philip
 * Heather Cubie
 * Rosemary Hutton
 * Françoise Brochard-Wyart
 * Polly L. Arnold
 * Marion Ross (physicist)
 * Hilary Critchley
 * Ida Slater
 * Margaret Crosfield
 * Ethel Currie

Expanded articles

 * Christina Cruickshank Miller
 * Sheila Scott Macintyre
 * Hanna Neumann
 * Rachel Wood

Resources
All of these will be accessible for people joining us in person - some also for online participants.
 * We will be able to access the NLS licensed digital collections (you can register beforehand on https://auth.nls.uk/registration/ if you are a Scottish resident)
 * MRC digital resources will be accessible on the day on discs
 * MRC has created a guide of how to search for biographical information for this series of events see here.
 * Sections of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
 * Some archives of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Trainers

 * The organisers access is at ??
 * There will be wifi provided.
 * There will be a flip chart projector and screen in the room.

Below is the list of trainers who will be present on the day.
 * Ally Crockford - lead
 * Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk)
 * Mark M (talk)

Media

 * wmuk:File:Royal_Society_and_Wikipedia_edit-a-thon.pdf - Edinburgh Evening News 3 December 2013

Further information
For further information about the programme, please contact equalityanddiversity@undefinedheadoffice.mrc.ac.uk or Daria Cybulska at daria.cybulska@undefinedwikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0994.