Wikipedia:Meetup/femedtech 2019

Feminist in edtech? let's grow FemEdTech network - hosted collaboratively by volunteers.

The #FemEdTech community is proposing to host a distributed editathon in early 2019. The aim is to add information and sources on overlooked and underrepresented people with important and critical contributions in the fields that #femedtech covers. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! We will copyedit, source, and write articles and can teach you how to do these things too! Bring a friend -- come one, come all!

Some Wikipedia editors are taking matters into their own hands, and “editathons” have been organised around the world to encourage people to come together, learn how to edit articles and contribute content on people and topics that have been ignored.

Do you have a suggestion for articles to improve or create on Wikipedia, related to fields covered by #femedtech? Help us build our list of suggestions by either adding it here as a comment, or by tweeting about it and adding the hashtag of the event: #femedtech We all know that anybody in the world can edit Wikipedia, adding new articles, expanding existing ones, correcting facts and getting involved in the discussion behind some Wikipedia articles. But have YOU done it? If you did it already, come and share your knowledge with us. If you didn’t, come and learn with us.

All are welcome, no editing experience is necessary and the event is free.

Event details

• Date:
• Time:
• Editing Workshops: No previous experience necessary!
• Locations:
• Who should attend: People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate. Everyone is welcome.
• How do I sign up? Create a Wikipedia account in advance of the day and add your name to the list below.
• Do I need a laptop?
• Hashtag: #femedtech

For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support.

How to Prepare

1. CREATE A WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT (if you don't already have one)

Please set up an account before the event if at all possible. Very few details are needed: a Username, password, and we recommend giving your email, if only to be reminded of your password when you forget it. The short Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration explains why this is a good idea.

• For new editors
• Start here
• Primer for creating women's biographies
• Ten Simple Rules for Creating Women's Biographies

Participants

If you have made at least one edit, please sign your name below using the signature tool or using ~~~~

1. Sharonlflynn (talk) 19:49, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
2. Smirkybec (talk) 20:08, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
3. Frances Bell (talk) 10:01, 2 January 2019 (UTC) Frances Bell

Attendees (in person)

Please Sign your name below using the signature tool or using ~~~~

Will now be online event

1. --Smurf anemone (talk) 20:01, 22 October 2018 (UTC) Kathrine Jensen
2. --WoodsieGirl (talk) 14:48, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
3. --Frances Bell (talk) 9:48, 2 January 2019 (UTC) Frances Bell

Galway

1. Sharonlflynn (talk) 19:49, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Online participants

Online participants from anywhere are very welcome, whether experienced or not. For a basic editing tutorial see Wikipedia:Tutorial, and Wikipedia:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia is short, and full of good advice. Or try this one - four modules, taking one hour it says. Online participants who can't join us in person are welcome to list themselves below with # ~~~~

Suggested articles

You could take a look at the Wiki Project Women in Red for ideas on articles to contribute to here

Stubs

Articles that are short and need expansion or improvement

No Article

Suggestions for new articles

• Engineers (CS)
• Engineers (WD)
• Scientists (CS)
• Scientists (WD)
• Technology (CS)
• Technologists (WD)
• Mathematicians (CS)
• Mathematicians (WD)

Helpers

If you are an experienced Wikipedian and are interested in helping please sign up below with 4 tildas.