Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/211/US

 Ada Lovelace Day: 24-Hour Global Edit-a-thon - American timezones

12 October 2021
Date: Tuesday 12 October 2021

Online (via Zoom) hosted in Salt Lake City. More trainers are welcome—as well as new editors of course!

Goal

 * Increase biographies of women in STEM on Wikipedia to address the existing bias


 * Recruit and teach new users how to create a biography

Articles to do
Here is a "redlist" for women in STEM in Latin America who do not have Wikipedia pages: WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Scientists - Latin America. Likewise for the United States: WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Scientists - United States.

Creating a new article for any of them will reduce the gender gap and highlight women in STEM. The first step after you have identified a subject is to check that you can find three reliable sources to write your article. Want more then see the Resources tab at the top of the page.

Existing articles
Expanding or otherwise improving articles that already exist in Wikipedia, is also an excellent thing do. Here are a few suggestions:


 * Victoria Luine - expand, illustrate?
 * Paula Brown - expand, improve references, illustrate?
 * Helia Bravo Hollis - check Spanish-to-English translation
 * Eneida A. Mendonça - expand

First Step
We have an automatic facility that will record the edits that you make on Wikipedia once you have an account. You need to click here to make this work. You can see the articles created by others at the same place.

Second Step
You need to register for the event and in return we will send you a zoom link which you should not share with others.

Third Step


Have a look at our red list and decide who you would like to write an article for. You should have three independent sources for their biography. Wiki dies not use trivial sources. "MyCelebityLife" and tabloids are not a good source. Journals, leading newspapers and citations for major awards are usually good.

Fourth step
If you have a new account then why not experiment? Try adding that missing comma or improving the phrasing of an article. Look out for peacock phrases in articles and remove them.

Fifth step
KarenJoyce will welcome you on zoom on October 12th at 16:30 pm MDT.

Sixth step
Afterwards, have a look again at the dashboard and see all the new and improved article. Add to the talkpage of your new article so that Women in Red can keep an eye on it. Come and say "Hi" at www.womeninred.org and find some friends.