Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Oxford/AdaLovelaceDay2015/improveathon

Women in Science Oxford Improve-a-thon: Ada Lovelace Day 2015

About the Event The University of Oxford’s IT Services, Bodleian Libraries and Wikimedia UK are organising an editathon focused on women in science to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day on 14 October 2015. The editathon will take place at IT Services on Banbury Road, Oxford, and will include training in wiki editing, including Wikipedia's quality scale and how articles move up. Ada Lovelace is widely held to have been the first computer programmer, and Ada Lovelace Day aims to raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) by encouraging people around the world to talk about the women whose work they admire. This international day of celebration helps people learn about the achievements of women in STEM, inspiring others and creating new role models for young and old alike. A Wikipedia editathon celebrates the spirit of Ada Lovelace Day by helping people learn about the contribution of individual women to the world of science, and the aim of our editathon is to add to and improve the coverage of individuals, events and resources related to women in science. Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater understanding of the role of women in science! Date: 2-5pm, Wednesday 14 October 2015 Venue: IT Services, University of Oxford (directions) Participants: All welcome! The event is open to anyone who wishes to help preserve women’s science history. No Wiki editing experience is necessary, though experienced editors are very welcome; tutorials will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Can’t be there the whole time? No problem. Join us for as little or as long as you like. Can’t get to Oxford? Virtual participation is welcome. Register to attend in Oxford: Oxford University members should Sign up online via Oxford IT Services. Others should email martin.poulter@bodleian.ox.ac.uk . You're welcome to add your name below as well. Cost: Free! On the day We will be based in a computer lab, so there is no need to bring your own laptop (though you are very welcome to do so; wifi will be available). Approximate Timetable 1.50-2.00pm Registration, housekeeping 2.00-2.15pm Introduction and welcome to IT Services 2.15-3pm Introduction from a Wikimedia trainer, including the quality scale on Wikipedia 3pm-4.40pm Edit, research, basic training 4.40pm-5.00pm Summary and closedown Participants Training was led by User:MartinPoulter, currently the Wikimedian In Residence at the Bodleian Libraries User:acgriff9 User:EcceCorMeum User:Olingo24 User:Ktdigital User:Ylvaprytz Participating remotely: User:Pigsonthewing New accounts User:Syberia101 User:goldmara User:Lyn Roberts_1 Links about quality Short link to get here: tinyurl.com/ada2015c Article quality scale Wikipedia:Good article criteria Articles improved Biographies Ana Aslan Yvonne Brill Gertrude Caton Thompson Yvette Cauchois Martha Chase Jean Golding plus links from 2012 New Year Honours, Age of consent reform (UK) Anne Mandall Johnson Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh Sofia Kovalevskaya Françoise Héritier Nicole Marthe Le Douarin Elizabeth Moran Elizabeth Philpot Gladys W. Royal Beth Stevens Mary Taylor Slow Anne Trefethen Jane Wernick Mary Anne Whitby Barbara Wold Other Finkbeiner test National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences Participant evaluation See wmuk:Oxford_Ada_Lovelace_improveathon_2015#Evaluation Target articles Article quality grid at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists#Articles Find scientist articles by discipline: Category:Scientist stubs B-class articles Category:B-Class biography (science and academia) articles Work on stubs created in yesterday's editathon Women in STEM resources We will provide a variety of reference books on the day. Editors will also have access to some University of Oxford e-resources, including the Dictionary of National Biography [1]. We have a selection of Women in Science podcasts [2] Some of these women's papers are in the Bodleian Library. Although not all are available to researchers yet, we will provide some reproductions of archival material for those interested in working on related articles. Editors are welcome to make use of the Bodleian Library's collections before or after the event but will need to ensure they have a Bodleian Reader's Card (see Bodleian Admissions for information). Note: Wikipedia pages that include lists of important women are all missing plenty of key people, so feel free to add to those lists List of female mathematicians List of women scientists Women in computing Women in engineering List of astronomers Women in medicine Women in geology List of female Nobel laureates History of women in engineering Timeline of women in dentistry Women and the environment through history Biographies of Women Mathematicians Encyclopedia of Women in Medicine Indian Academy of Sciences - List of Women Scientists Lilavati's daughters Biographical Memoirs of the National Academies of Science Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society Women in Aviation and Space History Changing the face of Medicine (women in medicine) Archives of Women in Science and Engineering at Iowa State University