Introduction
editThis page is a meetup for the Women in STEAM edit-a-thon on October 9th at West Virginia University Libraries. This event is great for all levels of Wikipedia knowledge. We will help explain the basics of editing Wikipedia and talk together about the importance of doing so.
We will be editing articles relating to Women in STEAM (science - technology - engineering - arts - mathematics). This event is hosted in cooperation with the Campus Read program, WVU Diversity Week, and the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) West Virginia Chapter. The WVU Campus Read text 2017-2018 is Hidden Figures (book).
Please bring a laptop!
Event information
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- Date: Monday, October 9, 2017
- Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
- Location: West Virginia University Libraries, Wise Library, Milano Reading Room (2nd Floor)
Register
edit(You can register by signing your name with four tildes)
- KellyDoyle (talk) 13:28, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
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Articles to edit/create
editFrom West Virginia
Hidden Figures
- Hidden Figures (book)
- Margot Lee Shetterly
- Dorothy Vaughan
- Mary Jackson (engineer)
- Katherine Johnson
Computer Science
- Anastasia Ailamaki
- Stella Atkins
- Ruth Aylett
- Brenda Baker
- Victoria Bellotti
- Veronica Dahl
- Faith Ellen
- Martha Evens
- Maura R. Grossman
- Jane Hillston
- Daphne Koller
- Alexia Massalin
- Catherine McGeoch
- Klara Dan von Neumann
- Dana Randall
- Patricia Selinger
Physics
Articles Edited and/or Created During this Edit-a-thon
editArticles Edited
Articles Created
Top Training Resources
edit- WikiProject:Women in Red
- Women in Red - Missing Articles of Women in Science
- Wikipedia Markup Cheatsheet (Web version)
- Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
- Wikipedia:FAQ
- WikimediaFoundation Youtube channel
- GLAM-Wiki initiative ("galleries, libraries, archives, and museums") Beginners Guide
- Tutorial
- How to Edit a Page
- Institutional Partnerships with Wikipedia / Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Wikipedia Info Booklet
- This guide has directions on the various Wikipedia projects, and includes a guide for beginners, guides to Wikipedia markup, adding references, and other tasks