Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Day

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Ada Lovelace Day:
24-Hour Global Edit-a-thon
12 October 2021

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Online event 12 October 2021
Ada Lovelace

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Given the success of our presentations at Wikimedia and the need to attract more contributors to write about women and their works, on 12 October on Ada Lovelace Day we are organizing a round-the-clock online recruitment drive, including inspiring presentations and extensive support around the globe. We are planning three or more two-hour on-line events in Australia/New Zealand, Europe and the United States, which will be focused on encouraging new contributors and inexperienced editors to create their first article 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. A week later, on 19th? October, we will review results to date and offer advice for the future. Those of you who have not yet dared to create new articles will finally be guided on the road to success, both through these events and by personal mentoring.

More precise details of the on-line presentations will be included as they evolve.

What else?

• Below, you'll see a section where you can sign up for an event, as well as sections for listing the articles you create or improve and the images you upload to 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.

Events

UK

Time: 2 p.m.(UK time) (1 p.m UTC)
Click here for UK

Link: via Eventbrite (link to come)

New Zealand

Time: 12.00pm NZDT (12.00am BST UK time)

Agenda: Forthcoming.

Link: Forthcoming

Participants:

• Please add yourself here
• MurielMary (talk)
• DrThneed (talk)
• Pakoire (talk)

Australia

Time: Forthcoming.

Agenda: Forthcoming.

Link: Forthcoming

Participants:

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• Tenniscourtisland
• Oronsay (talk)

Other events

Other event planners are warmly welcomed to add their details and links.

Global participants

Not attending one of these events? Join our virtual editathon!

Times: 3?.p.m. UTC 5? p.m. UTC

Agenda: Forthcoming.

Link: Forthcoming.

• Please add yourself here

Redlists (articles to be created)

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: Astronomers (WD) Chemists (CS) (WD) Civil engineers (WD) Climatologists (WD) Computer scientists (CS) (WD) Ecologists (CS) (WD) Engineers (CS) (WD) Environmentalists (WD) Epidemiologists (WD) Geologists (WD) Mathematicians (CS) (WD) Medical professionals (CS) Neuroscientists (WD) Physicists (CS) (WD) Science fiction & fantasy (CS) Scientists (CS) (WD) Scientists from Latin America (WD) Technologists (CS) (WD) Women in STEM in the Dictionary of Women Worldwide (WD)

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.

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Outcomes

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New articles

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Improved articles

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Images

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