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    SPIE Photonics West wiki editathon | 02.02.2020

    Hello and welcome!

    Park Central Hotel, on far left, overlooking Yerba Buena Gardens
    When & where
    DateSunday, 2 February 2020
    5:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT (UTC-7)
    VenuePark Central Hotel
    Franciscan I, 3rd Level
    50 Third Street
    San Francisco, CA, 94103
    37°47′12″N 122°24′11″W / 37.78654°N 122.40309°W / 37.78654; -122.40309
    Who
    HostSPIE Women in Optics
    InstructorRosie Stephenson-Goodknight, co-founder of Women in Red
    Social media
    Hashtags#PhotonicsWest
    #WomenInSTEM
    Wikipedia/Wikicommons inks
    short url to this pagehttps://w.wiki/GSL
    SPIE photos at WikiCommonshere
    SPIE website
    SPIE wiki editathon announcementhere
    SPIE's Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion eventshere

    Wikipedia is the fifth most popular website in the world, with more than 32 million views a day. However, only 18.23% of the English-language biographies are about women. The stats for ethnic and racial minorities and scientists who identify as LGBTQ+ are no better. With a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion, we will work together to research, write, and improve the biographies of gender, ethnic, and racial minorities working in optics and photonics.

    What to expect[edit]

    This will be a relaxed evening with training plus time for discussion, discoveries, and questions. There will be experienced Wikipedians present to help newcomers get started. Join us in editing Wikipedia pages about inspiring women, ethnic, or racial minority scientists. This event is open to the public, and no previous experience is needed.

    Participate in any way that's comfortable for you. Bring your curiosity and questions; it's ok to just drop by to check things out. Bring your laptop, tablet, power cord if you want to edit Wikipedia. Ideas for articles that need updating or creation are welcome, too. Stop by for a short while or stay for two hours.

    It would be helpful if create a Wikipedia account (instructions here) before you arrive. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, check out this training module which helps explain many dimensions of the Wikipedia universe.

    The main goals of the event are:

    • to have fun and learn something
    • to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by improving/creating biographies
    • to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
    • to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women, women's works, and women's issues
    • to promote new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter).

    Sign-in[edit]

    After you create your Wikipedia account: Click here to sign up on the dashboard!

    Friendly Space Policy[edit]

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    Guide for newcomers[edit]

    Guide for newcomers

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    Help[edit]

    Use these resources to find help anytime, anywhere.

    Guides and check lists[edit]

    Sandbox help[edit]

    Help from a person[edit]

    • {{Helpme}}: Place this template into your talk page and a Wikipedian will come help you.
    • Wikipedia:New contributors' help page: Go here to post specific questions and receive quick help.

    Everything you need to know[edit]

    Wikipedians are always available to help you!

    • Find your answer at Wikipedia:Help
    • Click Show on the templates below for a number of helpful links.

    Tutorial videos[edit]

    • Account creation tutorial (2 min 35 sec)
    • Starting a sandbox article tutorial (2 min 11 sec)
    • Article creation tutorial (7 min 50 sec)
    • Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec)
    • HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec)

    Writing about women scientists[edit]

    Images and photos[edit]

    • Uploading images – tutorial, general overview
    • Image use policy – rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
    • Picture Tutorial – technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good
    • Free image resources – where to find free images for use in Wikipedia (in addition to holdings of the library that you could photograph and upload to Wikimedia Commons)

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    Articles needing improvement[edit]

    Many other options in these categories

    Possible new articles[edit]

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