Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists

Welcome to WikiProject Women Scientists, a WikiProject and working group dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biographies of female scientists. In line with our larger umbrella group, WikiProject Women, we seek to counter and remedy the systemic bias with women on Wikipedia. Women in science are woefully underrepresented on this project – let's change that!

How you can help

 * Tag the talk pages of relevant articles with the WPWS banner so they can be automatically added to Category:WikiProject Women scientists (This appears outdated: see WikiProject Women scientists/missing from main list)
 * Assess already tagged pages. See this page for a prioritized list of unassessed articles.
 * Improve categorization of articles (see the category tree).
 * Participate in nominations to delete articles about women scientists
 * Follow recent changes in articles on women scientists and revert any vandalism.
 * Choose someone from the list of notable women without articles or the list of highly-cited women scientists without articles and write an article about her.
 * Expand a stub article.
 * Fix some of the issues in the cleanup listing: Cleanup listing for WikiProject Women scientists
 * Add and suggest women for vital article collections such as the 10,000 Vital_articles/Expanded/People and the MetaWiki list of articles every Wikipedia should have

Low-hanging fruit
Here are a few places to start in bridging the representation gap for women in science on Wikipedia:
 * 1) translate articles about female scientists from and into other language Wikipedias (some suggestions)
 * 2) support nominations of female scientists to be included in vital article collections
 * 3) Google Sheets: CRA-W and Anita Borg Institute : Wikipedia Project for Notable Women in Computing; Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (User:Shrodger)
 * 4) [open suggestions]

Did you know appearances

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New articles that need attention
A 2019 article from Slate magazine found that notability guidelines for new articles have played a role in diminishing both the retention of female editors and women-related subjects on Wikipedia – particularly "lesser-known but important women from history." For example, when Canadian physicist Donna Strickland won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, she did not have a Wikipedia page despite her fellow male nominees all having their own entries. This was because not enough newspaper articles spoke about her long and storied career in the sciences. When you create new articles about female scientists please cross-reference our writing policy and sourcing requirements. If you are struggling with creating or maintaining an article about a female scientist, please add it to the following list (members will be more than happy to help):


 * 1) Jade Leung (engineer) other places to de-orphan this article?
 * 2) Lisa M. Overall
 * 3) Lisa Jones (scientist)
 * 4) Mindel C. Sheps
 * 5) Yara Haridy
 * 6) Alta Schutte
 * 7) Nelly Mugo
 * 8) Teri Klein
 * 9) Doreen Granpeesheh

Recent changes

 * See this page

Guidelines
Writing biographies:
 * The Manual of Style for biographies
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing about women
 * Primer for creating women's biographies
 * Also consider taking into account: the Finkbeiner test for writing biographies of women in science

Notability
 * Notability (academics)
 * Notability (people)#Creative professionals — includes scientists & academics

Organization
Since biographies are potentially under the purview of almost all WikiProjects, it is important that we work in tandem with these projects. Also, when seeking collaboration on articles, don't neglect to approach WikiProjects that are part of the geographical region your subject is/was in.

Parentage

 * WikiProjects
 * WikiProjects by topic
 * Art and culture WikiProjects
 * Biography WikiProjects
 * WikiProject Biography work groups and child projects
 * WikiProject Women scientists


 * Science, technology, and engineering WikiProjects
 * WikiProject Women scientists

Related projects and task forces

 * WikiProject Biography: Science and academia task force
 * WikiProject Physics: Biographies, Publications and History task force
 * WikiProject Women's History
 * WikiProject Countering systemic bias
 * WikiProject History of Science
 * WikiProject Women in Red
 * WikiProject Women of psychology (inactive)

Related portals
Increase the exposure of our work group by nominating our articles for their Portal FA and DYKs... Specific regional/country portals are listed in that section.

Members



 * 1) Alex Dawes
 * 2) Peepsys I am training to become a Wikipedia Scientist...
 * 3) Keilana - interested in women scientists because I'm training to be one!
 * 4) SarahStierch
 * 5) Lquilter - partnered with a woman scientist ...
 * 6) Czar
 * 7) KTC
 * 8) Ricky916
 * 9) - interested in all scientific biographies and reducing systemic bias
 * 10) Gobonobo
 * 11) Gloriamarie
 * 12) Dcrjsr - I am a woman scientist myself, and I edit science biographies as part of WikiProject Biophysics
 * 13) Netha
 * 14) static shakedown
 * 15) Gamaliel (talk) I wrote a bunch of these in 2011. It's good to see a project dedicated to filling in these redlinks.
 * 16) Tom Morris
 * 17) Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) - interested in sharing this project at events
 * 18) DocTree
 * 19) Nicke.me (talk)
 * 20) Ginger Maine Coon - I am a woman biochemist myself.
 * 21) Araucana will work on women in ecology, ESP historical
 * 22) Girona7 - have long been adding to such topics; I organize related Wiki events in the New England area
 * 23) phoebe / (talk to me) - have also been working on these for a long time, especially adding references
 * 24) hfordsa - I'd love to write about non-Western women scientists
 * 25) Kirill Lokshin
 * 26) Harej (talk)
 * 27) GTF17 (talk)
 * 28) Rohini Woman engineer, tech journalist, associated with Gender gap in India.
 * 29) Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) -- Editor of A Celebration of Women Writers; working as Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
 * 30) drlmshillito
 * 31) Djembayz
 * 32) FloNight
 * 33) Stardarks
 * 34) Hildabast
 * 35) Shudde
 * 36) User:Geeklizzard I like to work on bios of women, especially women in STEM & literature!
 * 37) Hrothulf. I heard the call on Wikipedia Weekly Episode 105.
 * 38) LizBajjalieh
 * 39) Penny Richards
 * 40) Iamozy (talk) - female neuroscientist
 * 41) Rosiestep
 * 42) Brainy J
 * 43) Samwalton9
 * 44) 97198 – mainly interested in women in medicine
 * 45) dgorsline women ornithologists, botanists, other naturalists
 * 46) meghaninmotion
 * 47) Ambrosia10 - NZ women scientists & women scientists at the Smithsonian
 * 48) Brinacor
 * 49) Jesslynnq STEM librarian
 * 50) Ravenclaw27 STEM university student
 * 51) Doctorseeba (talk)
 * 52) Innotata
 * 53) Leela0808
 * 54) Twistthespine
 * 55) Justine
 * 56) Fairgeek I write articles about women history has overlooked, including scientists
 * 57) Jocelyndurrey
 * 58) Mhpmiller
 * 59) Geog Q (talk) 23:38, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 60) Opabinia regalis
 * 61) Digitaleffie
 * 62) Uncommon_fritillary
 * 63) cmcmahon418 Particularly interested in women in chemistry
 * 64) Smirkybec particularly interested in Irish scientists, or those who were active in Ireland.
 * 65) Wikimedian In Residence at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford from April 2015 to march 2016 so can probably help with anything related to Oxford University. Interested in representing women's achievements, not just in biographies of women
 * 66) Psanchez820 (talk) 21:44, 17 August 2015 (UTC) I am a molecular biologist working on my PhD with a project in cancer genomics in Mexico.
 * 67) Pharaoh of the Wizards
 * 68) Iamthecheese44
 * 69) Megalibrarygirl, I just enjoy writing women's bios for wiki. Any science is good science. ;) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:33, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 70) Netherzone
 * 71) - I always wanted to be a woman scientist
 * 72) Le Prof - bec. my training, perspective were much influenced by Yvonne Connolly Martin.
 * 73) Alybrarian (talk) - Science librarian; particular interest in early female marine scientists and female astronomers
 * 74) Amachka (talk) 22:51, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 75) Spc72894 (talk) 15:15, 19 February 2016 (UTC) Biomedical science student
 * 76) Emjackson42 (talk) 20:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC) Botany Librarian
 * 77) I, JethroBT drop me a line 07:34, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 78) - We need more awareness of women in science if we are to get more women into science!
 * 79) LaMèreVeille When I noticed that not all the women from French Academy of Sciences were on the fr.wikipedia.org, I decided to write their biography. I'll contribute  translating bio in French.
 * 80) Michael Goodyear
 * 81) 20 March 2016 (CST)
 * 82) Sarahshoes66 ScienceGrrl interested in helping out the project
 * 83) Newtonianidealist
 * 84) Alafarge (talk) 22:16, 19 August 2016 (UTC) Realized I should join because I keep writing in this area
 * 85)  22 August 2016 I have long been writing and editing in this are so I'd thought I'd add my name to the list. Please get in touch if you are interested in increasing bios of female mathematicians
 * 86) Microbe26 (talk) 02:41, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 87) Zeromonk (talk) 14:21, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 88) Grrrlriot (talk)
 * 89) Manicatorman (talk)
 * 90) I'm already in the french project of Women in red, i'll start editing more on the english wikipedia
 * 91) Shannon_Garcia
 * 92) Layka100 (talk) 15:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC) Historian and Philosopher of science and mostly active in the Dutch chapter.
 * 93) Femmto15 Very excited to join the project! Female PhD in chemistry, environmental science, neuroscience
 * 94) gwendy (talk) 15:24, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 95) Diffusive (talk) Background in biophysics.
 * 96) Ear-phone (talk) - Writing about African Women scientists here
 * 97) Whispyhistory (talk) - interested in women in medicine
 * 98) Estregger (talk) librarian with background in physics and geoscience
 * 99) jrmatos (talk) Phd student in Informatics. Particularly interested in female mathematicians and computer scientists.
 * 100) Million Moments - plant pathologist
 * 101) - I want to major in physics in college to become an Astrophysicist. I’m also interested in mathematics and chemistry.
 * 102) Laura Hoopes Professor of molecular biology and biology emerita, PhD in genetics, interested in women in science especially biographiesLLMHoopes (talk) 19:20, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 103) Tarselli - 2018 Wikipedia Fellow, Women in Science; will mostly contribute chemists, enzymologists, and data scientists. After the physics Wikipedia issue for Nobelist Prof. Donna Strickland, I've been visiting major awards pages and filling in women scientists' names that appear in red (no page).
 * 104) Jmertel23 (talk) 13:48, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 105) - Hydrology
 * 106) - Astrophysicist
 * 107) - when reading and writing Wikipedia articles, I keep bumping into great women scientists without an article
 * 108) - focus is on Canadian under-represented scientists (including women) but happy to create Wikipedia pages for any women scientists. Soulsinsync (talk) 00:31, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
 * 20:22, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) - a woman scientist & excited about this project! Laatu (talk)
 * 2) - developer, almost active in Italian Wikipedia (where I created the WikiDonne project and Women in STEM subproject)
 * 3) Sievered - physicist interested in helping out with this project!
 * 4) User:Prahlad Balaji - Just helping out, see Lisa Overall
 * 5) - Psychologist
 * 6) AthalGolwen (talk) 15:56, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
 * 7) - I Love Science!
 * 8) - Chemist Science ☘
 * 9) Donna Spencer (talk) – Spanish women scientists, e.g. Margarita Salas, among others.
 * 10) Biologist in training
 * 11) Physicist with newfound love for editing Wikipedia
 * , a woman scientist
 * 1) Microglia145 (talk) 05:48, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) Brsmith19 (talk) 19:57, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) Wikemily (talk) 18:49, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) Lamacha9617 (talk) 03:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 5) Spaghettio3 (talk) 03:24, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * 6) Poto18 (talk) 02:04, 13 January 2021 (UTC) Physics PhD candidate for accelerator science and wanting to expand representation, e.g. Duília de Mello
 * 7) Derpythorki (talk) 19:28, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * 8) Steminist04 (talk) 18:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 9) Rhodonaus (talk) 10:52, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 10) Coolcactus04
 * 11) Stemturtle23 (talk) 18:50, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * 12) Maddy from Celeste (talk · contribs)
 * 13) SueDaNym (talk) 12:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC) Interested in learning about, and letting people know about, cool people
 * 14) JamieF (talk) 17:14, 21 September 2022 (UTC) WiR at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. Avid female scientist fangirl.
 * 15) Samson0742 (talk) 07:49, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 16) Nhaan.Moal 04:30, 11 August 2023 (UTC-4) Student in sociology-history, Science and feminism are very dear to me (its an understatement)
 * 17) MariahKRogers can help generally but has a focus in biology, mycology especially
 * 18) S.v.Mering (talk) 00:45, 25 January 2024 (UTC) women in natural history
 * 1) Stemturtle23 (talk) 18:50, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * 2) Maddy from Celeste (talk · contribs)
 * 3) SueDaNym (talk) 12:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC) Interested in learning about, and letting people know about, cool people
 * 4) JamieF (talk) 17:14, 21 September 2022 (UTC) WiR at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. Avid female scientist fangirl.
 * 5) Samson0742 (talk) 07:49, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 6) Nhaan.Moal 04:30, 11 August 2023 (UTC-4) Student in sociology-history, Science and feminism are very dear to me (its an understatement)
 * 7) MariahKRogers can help generally but has a focus in biology, mycology especially
 * 8) S.v.Mering (talk) 00:45, 25 January 2024 (UTC) women in natural history

Project
WikiProject Women scientists

Stub

 * Academic stub types
 * Scientist stub types

Biography of living person
These tags are included with Twinkle: Other tags:
 * BLPunsourced
 * BLP sources
 * BLP primary sources
 * BLP selfpublished
 * BLP sources section
 * BLP unsourced section

Resources

 * DMOZ – Society: People: Women: Science and Technology (DMOZ)
 * "women scientists" at DuckDuckGo (DuckDuckGo)
 * Amazing Women Scientists We Never Knew. Chediac, Joyce (2017). Liberation.
 * These Are the Contributions to Science Made by 10 Latin American Women—Global Voices Online (April 12, 2017)