Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/211
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Ada Lovelace Day:
24-Hour Global Edit-a-thon
AdaWiki24.org on 12 October 2021
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Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)! |
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Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.92% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red! |
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Given the success of our presentations at Wikimania and the need for more contributors to write about women and their works, Women in Red (WiR) is celebrating Ada Lovelace Day—12 October—with a round-the-clock online edit-a-thon. Online events in Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Kenya and UK timezones, focused on the biographies of women in STEM, will offer inspiring presentations and extensive support, especially for new contributors creating their first articles about women.
By means of simply presented exercises in the basic features of Wikipedia editing, we hope to see newcomers embark on their first creative assignments. Those of you who have not yet tried your hand at beginning new articles will be guided on the road to success, both through these events and by personal mentoring.
What else?
- Below, you'll find the events, as well as sections for listing the articles you create or improve and the images you upload to the Wikimedia Commons.
- This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors. WiR also maintains a list of biographical resources to aid in searching for sources.
- If you share any of the articles on social media, please indicate this next to the article name.
Questions or comments during the event?
- On-wiki: post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red
- Off-wiki: connect with us on Twitter at @wikiwomeninred
Events
[edit]version 2 schedule; click to enlarge!
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New Zealand and Australia
[edit]Date: Tuesday 12 October 2021
Time: Noon – 10.00 pm NZST / 10:00 am – 8:00 pm AEST (12.00am BST UK time)
Location: Online (zoom link via registration through Eventbrite. Links on page)
What:
- Four workshop sessions across time zones in New Zealand and Australia. Open to all levels of new editors wanting to learn how to create a biography of a notable STEM women. We have people to teach you!
- Online sessions with open chat rooms for experienced editors to create content in a collegial environment. Join the zoom link whenever you are able.
Kenya and Pakistan
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Kenya | 14:00 - 16:00 pm | 13:00 - 16:00 pm | Kenya session, coaching available for new people or join an editing room | Zoom link via Eventbrite | |
Pakistan | 8:00 pm- 10:00 pm | 16:00 - 18:00 pm | Pakistan based session, coaching available for new people or join an editing room | TBA |
UK timezones
[edit]Time: 2 p.m.(UK time) (1 p.m UTC)
Link: via Eventbrite here.
Ghana
[edit]Time: 12:00 - 2 p.m UTC
Link: TBA
American timezones
[edit]Session | Local Time | UK time | Register | |
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Salt Lake City, USA | 16:30 - 18:30 pm MDT | 23:30 - 01:30 pm | Salt Lake City session, slapdash coaching available from KarenJoyce - more coaches welcome | Zoom link via Meetup |
Wikipedia Weekly videocast
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Join us for live editing Wikipedia Weekly videocast at 1pm EDT/5 pm UTC. Working with @Rosiestep @restlesscurator @SiobhanLeachman @WikiWomenInRed @Fuzheado on the Timeline of women in computing and more.
Other events
[edit]Other event planners are warmly welcomed to add their details and links.
Global participants
[edit]Not attending one of these events? Join our virtual editathon! Please register with the Dashboard (a place where progress is counted and articles are allocated).
- Attendees
- paul2520 💬
- Kunokuno 💬
- Innisfree987 (talk)
- lajmmoore (User talk:lajmmoore|talk]])
- ☕ Antiqueight chatter
- mainlymazza
Redlists (articles to be created)
[edit]WiR maintains a wide variety of red-link lists. Some of the most relevant to this event are listed below.
Crowd-sourced (CS) and Wikidata (WD) red-link lists: women's biographies in other language versions of Wikipedia:
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- Note: for those listed in the Dictionary of Women Worldwide, some corresponding entries may be found at Encyclopedia.com or, for access to all, by signing up for the Wikipedia Library's free bundle and then using this search option.
Add other red links here, if possible with a source:
Outcomes
[edit]Promote our work
[edit]You can find the new and improved articles here, as they are created. Do feel free to publicise them and you can record this below. Thank you.
Key:
- Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
- Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
- Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter; use the hashtag #WikiAda24
- Add IG after the article if you post it on Instagram
New articles
[edit]Please add your new articles here:
Jennifer H. Martin
Mary Belle Allen
Marnie Halpern
Barbara Nowak
Adele Hofmann
Sue Gardiner
Maureen Baker (sociologist)
Dorcas Brigham - PIN
Joanna M. Kain
Ellen Heine - PIN
Doreen Thomas
Janet Wilmshurst
Lynnette Ferguson
Ruth Davidow - PIN
Ruth Dyk - PIN
Hilda Kincaid - PIN
Marieke Lettink
Janet Irwin FB
Kathleen Pih-Chang
Joan Chapple
Cathy Edwards (software engineer)
Mavis Melville Davidson
Kerry Gibson
Makarena Dudley
Joan Gardner (microbiologist)
Hilda Gardner - PIN
Jean Littlejohn FB TW
Yolarnie Amepou
Rose Lu
Melva Philipson
Shari Gallop
Brigida Antónia Correia
Miliama Simeona - PIN
Olwen Wooster
Kennie Tsui
Christine Lambkin
Rosemary Chepkorir Sang
Bina Shaheen Siddiqui
Sara Gill
Nadia Patel Gangjee
Farhat Bashir
Fajer Rabia Pasha
Marianna Sankiewicz-Budzyńska
Marie Surcouf
Viopapa Annandale-Atherton
Małgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska
Velma Huskey
Agnès Kraidy
Improved articles
[edit]Please add articles you have improved here:
Nicola Gaston expanded (and possible Polish- and German-language translations coming)
Jean Mary Sandel
Norma Restieaux
New images
[edit]Please add any images you have uploaded here:
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Hilda Gardner with her brother Howard Florey
"Did You Know...?" features
[edit]Add here, newest at the top
- Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware - 10 November
- Małgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska - 5 November
- Marie Surcouf - 4 November
Press about the event
[edit]- [https://thenorthernquota.org/news/feminists-fight-against-wikipedia-content-gender-gap-global-24-hour-edit-thon Well researched piece covering Carol, Mahwish, On This Day She and Roger.
- WIKIPEDIA HAS A WOMEN PROBLEM: And There is Both Bad News And Good News About Why And How to Fix - comments by Roger
- Global 24-hour Wikipedia "Edit-a-thon" Kicks Off In New Zealand, Scoop.co.nz, 29 September 2021
- 24-hour Wikipedia 'Edit-a-thon' launches, Mike Dickison is interviewed by Jesse Mulligan on Radio New Zealand, 12 October 2021
- Big Tech's Big Tobacco moment. Despite the title, today's Axios podcast introduced by Niala Boodhoo includes comments by Roger Bamkin on today's 24-hour ADA marathon (from 6:35), 12 October 2021
Event template
[edit]- Invitation: OCTOBER 2021
- Editathon banner for talk pages of articles created: Template:WIR-211:
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