Wikipedia:Meetup/AWM/JMM2023

Edit-a-thon in cooperation with AWM at the Joint Mathematics Meeting 2023

Date	Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Time	10:30am -12:00pm (dropping in is fine!)
Address	Gardner Room at the Sheraton Boston Hotel
City, State	Boston, Massachusetts

Meetup at JMM 2023 in Boston, MA

Join us at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston, MA, during the workshop Mathematicians + Wikipedia, a training edit-a-thon to reduce the Wikipedia gender gap in the Mathematical Sciences, an event in cooperation with the Association for Women in Mathematics. We will edit and translate Wikipedia biographies of Mathematicians with a particular focus on Mathematicians from marginalized groups, and we will track our contributions with an online dashboard. We’ll have internet access and experienced Wikipedians who can help you start editing. Please bring a laptop or tablet and some curiosity.

On the day of the edit-a-thon, click the button below to have your edits counted! [[|Join this event!]]

This event supports the Welcoming Environment Statement of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

What to expect

This is a gathering for anyone attending the Joint Mathematics Meetings conference, from seasoned contributors to people who are wanting to know more. Anyone can contribute. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you can get a head start with this training module.

Details

• Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2023
• Time: 10:30am -12:00pm (come by any time!)
• Location: Gardner Room at the Sheraton Boston Hotel

Resources

Getting Started

• Create a Wikipedia username here
• Getting Started on Wikipedia (downloadable pdf)

Finding Articles

• Women in Red list of mathematicians
• List of Math/CS biographies and awards that need pages created. This page was started a few years ago but has a lot of good articles to work on.
• DART's ideas for articles to edit/create

Suggested References

• Biographies of Women Mathematicians, hosted at The Women in Math Project
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians, hosted at Agnes Scott College
• Book, Pioneering Women: Pre-1940 PhDs in Mathematics
• MacTutor History of Mathematics archive Click the link on the left for female mathematicians.

Additional Resources

• AWM Wikipedia google group
• Adding Math Reviews links to Wikipedia pages
• Template for Bio of Women Mathematician
• How to add a photo to an article. You'll actually upload the photo to WikiCommons via their upload wizard

Example Articles

• Rachel Kuske (short article)
• Georgia Benkart (detailed article)
• Karen Vogtmann (article with picture)

Sign up

Attendees

Interested in Attending? Sign up here. Add your User name to the list by adding an asterisk and four tildes like this: * ~~~~ It's important to add your name as we are tracking attendance.

• Konxykogure (talk) 23:45, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
• AlwaysInRed (talk) 16:16, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Regrets

If you can't make it, but are interested in future events let us know.