This page is a meetup page for an online editathon to improve and add information about Women in STEM into Wikipedia. Join Oregon State University Libraries, Stanford Libraries, and AfroCROWD on Friday, March 19 at 1 pm and ending at 5 pm (Pacific). The event is informal and you can drop into the event at anytime, according to your interests (see Event Agenda below). The event is free. Registration is Required.
Please use the hashtag #WikiWomenInSTEM
The goals of the event are to:

For beginners: Add one citation or one sentence to Wikipedia. Or, improve the readability of a Wikipedia page (edit).

Improve and add biographies about Women in STEM (in particular, women who have lived and worked on the west coast of the US).

Increase awareness of the benefits of contributing to Wikipedia.

To enhance the confidence of skills of scientists to edit Wikipedia.

Click here to formally register. You will receive the Zoom link to the event approximately one or two hours beforehand.

Step 1: Username[edit]

Make sure to add your username to the EVENT DASHBOARD, where we will track event activities (number of edits, editors, etc.).
Or, ask one of the OSU Wiki Team members to add your username to the dashboard during the event.

Event Agenda[edit]

Join us to add more information about women in STEM into Wikipedia! This will be an online editathon that includes training and breakout rooms in Zoom, along with a slack channel to ask questions of the trainers or other participants. Join us for the afternoon, or for the trainings that interest you.

Editing and conversation will happen throughout the afternoon in the "Main lobby". Individual sessions will take place in breakout rooms.

Friday, March 19, 1:00 (Pacific) - 5:00 (Pacific)

1:00 Hello and Welcome (main lobby)

Brief overview of the editathon schedule and format. +20 minute talk and conversation led by OSU librarians "The trouble with Wikipedia - women and the gender gap".

1:30-3:30 (breakout room 2)

Join Pete Forsyth (Wikipedian, Oregonian, and Wiki Strategies founder) in this breakout room to learn more about, and work with, Wikidata. (30 minute video of the presentation

1:30-2:00 Training for Beginners (breakout room 1)

Join Diana Park (OSU Librarian and co-instructor of the OSU Honors Course, "Wikipedia and Information Equity"). In this breakout room you will obtain a username (if you don't have one) and learn how to do basic editing in Wikipedia.

2:00-2:30 Review of women in STEM biographies identified for improvement (breakout room 1)

Join Amanda Whitmire, Stanford Librarian, and Tiah Edmunson-Morton, OSU Archivist and Librarian, and Ella, High School intern, as they review the articles they've identified for expansion. They've been preparing folders of information to share with you, to cut down on the amount of "research" you need to do before you start editing!

2:30 - 3:00 Drafting your first full article in the sandbox (breakout room 3)

NEW! Interested in drafting your first article in the sandbox? Join Laurie and she'll show you the basics of how the sandbox works, adding content, and publishing your page!

3:00-3:30 Instructor conversation about teaching with Wikipedia (breakout room 1)

Are you an instructor who has used Wikipedia in class? Or are you considering using Wikipedia? Come and chat with Laurie Bridges and Diana Park, who teach "Wikipedia and Information Equity" a two-credit course at Oregon State University. This is an open conversation (round table) where we can learn from each other.

3:30-4:00 Writing with an Archivist (breakout room 1)

Join OSU's Tiah-Edmunson Morton as she actively edits and writes for Wikipedia. She'll walk you through her personal process from identifying Women brewers (her passion project), conducting research, and adding to Wikipedia.

3:30-4:00 Training for Beginners (breakout room 2)

Join Laurie Bridges (OSU Librarian and co-instructor of the OSU Honors Course, "Wikipedia and Information Equity"). In this breakout room you will obtain a username (if you don't have one) and learn how to do basic editing in Wikipedia.

4:15-5:00 Open Share (main lobby)

At the beginning of the event we will have a google spreadsheet where you can sign up to talk for 5 minutes (or less) about something you have worked on today, or at any time, relating to Women in STEM in Wikipedia. The sign up sheet will be used to determine the order of participants who are sharing.

Social Media: Tweet, like, comment or follow us on social media. Our hashtags for today are #OSUWikiEdit and #AfroCROWD. Our Twitter handle is @AfroCROWDit and on Instagram and Facebook @AfroCROWD.
PRIZES Please see this page for information about the prizes (left column). You must have your username on the dashboard to be eligible. The three users (who are located within the US and Canada) with the most "words added" from between 12 pm (PST) on March 19 and 12 pm (PST) February 20th will be awarded the prizes. You will be contacted on your Wikipedia user page and via email (if you have gave us your email during the registration or during the event) if you are a top contributor.

Welcome to the editathon![edit]

	The AfroCROWD User Group AfroCROWD
When and Where
Date	March 19, 2021
Time	1:00 pm – 5:00 pm PDT/ 4:00 -8:00 pm EDT
Address	Online ;

This event follows the friendly space policy.

Our mission for today[edit]

Thanks for coming today and helping make history with the #AfroCROWD, Oregon State University Libraries, and Stanford Libraries to help close the Wikipedia diversity gap. Today's goals:

The goals of the event are to: 1. For beginners: Add one citation or one sentence to Wikipedia. Or, improve the readability of a Wikipedia page (edit). 2. Improve and add biographies about Women in STEM (in particular, women who have lived and worked on the west coast of the US). 3. Increase awareness of the benefits of contributing to Wikipedia. 4. To enhance the confidence of skills of scientists to edit Wikipedia.

Let’s begin:[edit]

Get your account/create a username: Please don’t use your real name. It should be 6-8 characters. If you need help, please ask an OSU Wiki Team member
Add your user name to the EVENT DASHBOARD.
Listen to the training or head here for the basics overview. Head here for a simplified tutorial.
View the Short articles to improve below and choose a topic to edit (or if you already have one skip to the next step).
(Optional) Conduct additional research.
Edit: in short - (1) click edit (2) add a sentence (3) provide a citation (4) repeat.
Ask for help: Don’t worry about perfection, the OSU Wiki Team is here to help you.

How to make a citation (bibliographical reference):[edit]

1) First, click on the pencil icon on the right to begin using "Visual Editor". Visual editor makes editing easier - like writing a school paper.

2) In Visual Editor, click on the area you want to add the citation. Then click cite. If you have a website as a source, add the website to the blank area.

If you do not have a website source, click manual and follow the prompts. Then click publish. If you have questions, ask an OSU Wiki Team member or go to Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing sources.

3) Then click publish.

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Articles to improve about the Women in Science[edit]

WikiProject: Women Scientists. This WikiProject and working group is dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biographies of women scientists.

Women in Red: Articles to be improved or create about US women (you can sort and search the columns to find scientists).

List of African-American women in STEM

List of Science and Technology Awards (which often contain lists of awardees)

List of Oregon State University Faculty and Staff with Wikipedia pages

List of OSU Alumni from the Sciences with Wikipedia Pages

Names identified by the OSU/Stanford Team for this event (with corresponding folders of information available on the day of the event).

Lois Sather McGill: Food Scientist at Oregon State University
Kelly Benoit-Bird: Marine ecologist at Oregon State University (now MBARI)
Te May Ching: Seed Physiologist at Oregon State University
Helen Margaret Gilkey: Botanist at Oregon State University
Georgia Mason: Botanist at University of Oregon
Cherri M. Pancake: Computer Scientist at Oregon State University
Harriet Jane Lawrence: Pathologist in Oregon
Lilla Leach: Botanist in Oregon
Joan Priscilla Kilbourn: Microbiologist in Oregon
Kwan Hsu: Biophysicist at Portland State University
Frances Naomi Clark: Marine ichthyologist
June Pattullo Physical Oceanographer with Oregon State University
Kelly Benoit-Bird Marine biologist formerly at Oregon State University

Individuals we may focus on in the discussion of Wikidata at 1:30pm.

(Please resist the urge to edit these Wikidata items prior to the presentation; they are selected for their varied level of completeness. We will use them as examples, and work on them and others during the Wikidata session.)

Jane Stanford (wikidata item): Founder of Stanford University
Bethenia Angelina Owens-Adair (Wikidata item): One of Oregon's first women doctors; advocate of eugenics
Kwan Hsu (Wikidata item): (see above)
Mary Thompson (Oregon doctor) (Wikidata item to be created during presentation): Another early Oregon doctor
Max Binheim (Wikidata item): Editor of Women of the West. Almost certainly not notable enough for a Wikipedia biography; Wikidata can fill the need to capture some information.

Relevant videos and other media[edit]

Optional:

Introduction to adding images to Wikipedia via Wiki Commons

Attendance[edit]

Add your Username to the EVENT DASHBOARD. Or, ask one of the OSU Wiki Team members to add your username.

Partners[edit]

The AfroCROWD User Group

WikiGap