Wikipedia:Meetup/ZSL London Zoo editathon, 12 August 2014

Tour and editathon at ZSL London Zoo library in a nutshell: {{{1}}}

Our hosts[edit]

The Zoological Society of London has one of the world's finest zoological libraries.

About the event[edit]

The afternoon will comprise an introduction to the library with refreshments and a library tour. Afterwards there will be a chance to use the reference works to improve content on Wikipedia and/or other Wikimedia Wikis.

The event is intended for people who are already comfortable with editing wikis, and there is an absolute maximum of 20 attendees.

How do I prepare?

Bring a laptop or book one from Wikimedia UK (wi-fi will be provided)
Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
Refreshments will be provided

Programme[edit]

2pm to 6pm, with tea and biscuits provided.

2:00 Introduction to Library
2:15 Training on how to edit
2:45 Editing!
5:50 Wrap-up and summary of progress made

Trainers[edit]

Edwardx (talk) 12:51, 6 August 2014 (BST)
Roberta Wedge
Gordo (talk) 12:55, 12 August 2014 (UTC) (not present!)[reply]

Attendees[edit]

Sign up here

James Moulding James Moulding (talk) 14:48, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I contributed information on health to the article for chinchilla. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:04, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disability[edit]

Wikimedia UK has a hearing loop which can be brought if booked at least one working day in advance.

Topics for articles (women)[edit]

Name	Role	Known for	Wikipedia page	Alive?	Sources	User writing article
Name	Role	Known for	Wikipedia page	Alive?	Sources	Username here
Agnes Claypole Moody	Zoologist	First woman appointed to a teaching position at Cornell University in the Medical Department	Poor	Yes	http://www.amazon.com/Women-Field-Americas-Pioneering-Naturalists/dp/0890964890	Username here
Alice Eastwood	Botanist	-	Poor	No	-	Username here
Althea Sherman	Ornithologist	-	-	No	No	Username here
Ann Haven Morgan	Zoologist	The 1933 edition of American Men of Science listed her along with two other women among the 250 total entries	Poor	No	http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revealing-New-Worlds-Victorian-Naturalists/dp/0415270693	Username here
Anna Botsford Comstock	Conservationist	-	Poor	No	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-5661.00024/abstract	Username here
Biruté Galdikas	primatologist, conservationist, ethologist	World's orangu-tan expert	Yes	Yes	http://www.amazon.com/American-Women-Afield-Naturalists-Environment/dp/0890966346	Username here
Caroline Dormon	Ecologist	-	No	No	http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_femmes_scientifiques	--CathyHensman (talk) 14:45, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Christine Petit	Geneticist	-	No	No	http://lesaventuresdeuterpe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/les-femmes-de-lannee-2011.html	Username here
Cordelia Stanwood	Ornithologist	-	No	No	-	Username here
Cornelia Clapp	Zoologist	Marine biology	Poor	No	-	--Biscottibiscotti (talk) 14:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Edith Clements	Ecologist	Wife of Frederic Clements	Yes	No	-	Username here
Edith Marion Patch	Entomologist	-	No	No	-	Username here
Eleanor Anne Ormerod	Naturalist	Entomology	Yes	No	-	--NHMFiona (talk) 13:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Eleanor Glanville	Entomologist	-	-	-	-	Username here
Elizabeth Gault Fisher	Naturalist	The Glanville Fritillary is named after her	No	No	-	Username here
Elizabeth Peckham	Behavioural Ecologist	-	Yes - shared with husband	No	-	Username here
Ellen Quillin	Naturalist	"Flower Lady of Texas"	No	No	-	CMD (talk) 14:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ethel Sargant	Botanist	-	Poor	No	-	Username here
Eugenie Clark	Ichthylogist	The shark lady	Yes	Yes	-	Username here
Evelyn Cheesman	Entomologist	First women to be given a job at London Zoo	Poor	No	-	Username here
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey	Naturalist	"First lady of ornithology"	Yes	No	-	Username here
Florence Peebles	Geneticist	Genetics -- student of T.H. Morgan	No	No	-	Username here
Georgina Mace	Ecologist	BES president, FRS, IUCN red list	Poor	No	-	--Elutris1 (talk) 12:49, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Graceanna Lewis	Naturalist	Expert ornithologist	Yes	No	-	Username here
Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige	Naturalist, Museum curator	Herpetologist and Icthyologist	Poor	No	-	electronpink
Isabelle Bird	Natural Historian	-	Yes	No	-	Username here
Jane Colden	Botanist	First female botanist?	Poor	No	-	Zabbals
Karen Steel	Geneticist	Genetics of hearing	Poor	Yes	-	Username here
Margaret Gatty	Writer	Marine biology - wrote a book on British seaweeds	Poor	No	-	--Allisonhensman (talk) 14:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Marianne North	Naturalist	Botanical art	Poor	No	-	Username here
Martha Maxwell	Naturalist & Vegetarian	Helped found modern taxidermy	Poor	No	-	Username here
Mary Agnes Chase	Botanist	considered one of the world's outstanding agrostologists	Yes	No	-	Username here
Mary Elizabeth Barber	19th century scientist	Botany, ornithology and entomology	Yes	No	-	Username here
Mary J. Rathbun	Zoologist	Crustaceans	Yes	No	-	Username here
Mary Murtfeldt	Entomologist	-	Poor	No	-	Username here
Mary Rice	Zoologist	Worms	No	Yes	-	Username here
Mary Sophie Young	Botanist	-	No	No	-	--PhyloDom (talk) 13:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mary Treat	Naturalist, friend of Darwin	Entomology	Yes	No	-	Username here
Metrodora	Polymath, physician	First medical book written by a woman	Poor	No	-	Username here
Nancy Grimm	Ecologist	Urban ecology -- all the major reviews and insights are by her or in her publications	No	Yes	-	Username here
Olive Thorne Miller	Naturalist	-	No	No	-	Username here
Polina Mendeléef	Cancer researcher	Daughter of Mendeleev	No	No	https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polina_Mendel%C3%A9ef	Username here
Pythias of Assos	-	Aristotle's first wife	No	No	-	James Moulding (talk) 14:50, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Roger Arliner Young	Zoologist	First African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Zoology	Quite good -- but could be improved	No	-	Username here
Rosa Smith Eigenmann	Marine Biologist	first notable female ichthylogist	Yes	No	-	Username here
Rosemary Gillespie	Ecologist	-	No	Yes	-	Username here
Sandra Diaz	Ecologist	Largest plant database	No	Yes	-	Username here
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh	Primatologist	-	-	-	-	Username here
Susan Fenimore Cooper	Naturalist	-	Poor	No	-	Username here
Susan Trumbore	Ecologist	-	No	Yes	-	Username here
Ynes Mexia	Botanist	Mexican and South American plant collection	Yes	No	-	Username here
Louise-Anastasia Serment	Natural philosopher	-	Very poor	No	-	Username here
Margaret Morse Nice	Ornithologist	Song Sparrow	Yes	-	-	Username here
Nellie Harris Rau	Behavioural Ecologist	Wife of Phil Rau. Wasps	-	-	-	Username here
Jane Sharp	-	-	-	-	-	--Username here
Annie Morrill Smith	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Amelia Laskey	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Lorenna Strozzi	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Emma Lucy Braun	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Ruth Harris Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Barbara De Wolfe	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Bessa Vugo	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Jeanne Villepreux-Power	-	-	-	-	-	--Holrob2000 (talk) 14:26, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Marie Lachapelle	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Caroline Dormon	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Anna Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Laura Boulton	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Marie Boivin	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Kathleen Haddon	-	-	-	-	-	--MCMLowe (talk) 13:17, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Helen Frances James	Palaeontologist/ornithologist	Fossil birds of Hawaii, curator of birds at the Museum of Natural History, Washington.	Yes	Yes	-	--Flakkarin (talk) 12:44, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Alison Jolly	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Amalie Dietrich	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Käthe Hoffmann	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Harriet Mann Miller	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Margaret Clay Ferguson	-	-	-	-	-	--PhyloDom (talk) 14:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Tamara Mkheidze	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Liane Russell	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Carolina Dodel Port	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Margaretta Hare-Morris	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Anna Thynne	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Juliet Clutton-Brock	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Marie Sibille Merian	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Mary Roberts (author)	-	-	-	-	-	--Helenherself (talk) 12:46, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Elizabeth Gould	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Elsie Wilkins Sexton	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
N. B. Eales	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Marie Victoria Lebour	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Sidnie Manton	-	-	-	-	-	Username here

Topics for articles (men)[edit]

Name	Role	Known for	Wikipedia page	Alive?	Sources	User writing article
Michael Akam	Zoologist	FRS	Very short	Yes	Sources	Username here
Malcolm Burrows	Zoologist	FRS	Very short	Yes	http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/malcolm-burrows	Username here
Tim Coulson	Zoologist	Professor of Zoology	No	Yes	http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/coulson_t.htm	Username here
Nick Davies	Behavioural ecologist	FRS	Very short	Yes	http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-davies	Username here
Kevin Foster	Evolutionary biologist	Professor of Evolutionary Biology	No	Yes	http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/foster_k.htm	Username here
Charles Godfray	Zoologist	Professor of Zoology	No	Yes	http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/godfray_hcj.htm	Username here
Paul H. Harvey	Evolutionary biologist	FRS	Short	Yes	http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/harvey_p.htm	Username here
Edward Hindle	Biologist and Entomologist	FRS	No	No	http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2601&type=P	Username here
Murdoch Mitchison	Zoologist	FRS	Very short	No	http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-murdoch-mitchison-scd-frs-frse-zoologist-and-biologist-1-1545371	Username here

Topics for articles (all other articles)[edit]

Title	Context	Related info	Wikipedia page	Sources	User writing article
Cnemaspis_Girii	Gecko	Very short	Yes		Username here
Black-eyed gecko	Gecko	Very short	Yes		Username here
Jucaraseps	Prehistoric lizard	Stub?	Yes		Username here
Actinoposthia_beklemischevi	Acoel flatworm	Very short	Yes	Acoel	Username here
Eichstaettisaurus	Missing genus		No	Jucaraseps	Username here
Sakurasaurus	Missing genus		No	Jucaraseps	Username here
Hooded_scaly-foot		Clean up required	Yes		Username here
Lialisinae	Missing subfamily		No	Pygopodidae	Username here
Pygopodinae	Missing subfamily		No	Pygopodidae	Username here
Infanticide in primates			No	Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology	Username here
Shingle urchin		Expand	Yes	Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology	Username here
Wholphin		Expand	Yes	Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology	Username here