Wikipedia:GLAM/Chemical Heritage Foundation/Brainstorming Topics

Possible Target Articles

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The following lists showcase people and topics of particular interest. Some have been selected from the Chemical Heritage Foundation's collections and award lists. Others have been chosen based on Wikipedia's Chemistry pages.

CHF Brainstorming Session (May 21, 2013)

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Most Important Medal Winners (Neil Gussman, CHF)

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The awards program at the Chemical Heritage Foundation recognizes superior accomplishments in chemistry and related sciences. This is a subset of CHF-related award winners: more extensive information about CHF-related awards and award winners is available. Current press releases can be found at News and Press; older materials may have been archived.

Notable Women (Sarah Reisert, CHF)

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CHF has a strong interest in women in science. More than forty women are featured in the Women in Chemistry oral history project, one of several Oral History Projects at CHF. Eight women are also featured in the Catalyst Series of videos of women in chemistry. WHYY used that material to create an hour-long program which is viewable on Vimeo.

Additional Notable People (Preston stone (talk))

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See the resources mentioned above.

Ideas from Previous Wikipedia Events

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More ideas can be found at Ada Lovelace Day 2012 and the Harvard Women's History Edit-A-Thon page.

CHF's Most frequently accessed pages (Jeff Guin)

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According to Google Analytics results, many of the most accessed pages at CHF are people from the Chemistry in History pages. Check the talk pages of high-profile articles before editing.

You can also look for and edit pages about discoveries or areas of work related to people.

Possible Target Images

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Images can be shared on Wikimedia Commons if 1) They are in the public domain in all countries, or 2) CHF holds their copyright and grants permission for their use. Follow this link to Upload Image Files.

  • Chemical Heritage Foundation buildings and logos
  • Alchemical Quest
  • Staff Favorites - Could start with an iconic image for each department (partial list)
    • Library / Jim Voelkel -- Hieronymus Brunschwig’s Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis (Strassburg, 1512)
    • Oral History / David Caruso
    • Fine Art / Amanda Shields
  • Images from the Neville Collection and Franklin in Paris
  • Vintage lab photos
  • Chemistry sets on Flickr (we have an extensive collection, and these images are always popular)
  • Scientific instruments on Flickr