Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women in Natural History Wikipedia Editing Workshop
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Women in Natural History Wikipedia Editing Workshop
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Join us for the Women in Natural History Wikipedia Editing Workshop hosted by the Biodiversity Heritage Library and Smithsonian Libraries with support from Wikimedia DC.
With the help of experienced Wikipedians, attendees will learn to edit Wikipedia and improve or create Wikipedia articles related to women in natural history, drawing on the Biodiversity Heritage Library's free and extensive online collections as source materials. No editing experience is necessary.
Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.
This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so register today. Lunch will be provided.
There will also be an option to participate remotely. For remote participants, the workshop will be live-streamed via YouTube Live here: https://s.si.edu/NHWomenWikiLive
When
- Wednesday, March 13, 2019 10AM-2PM
Where
- Smithsonian Libraries | National Museum of Natural History Library
- 1000 Constitution Ave NW
- Washington, DC 20560
Register
- In-person participation: Register here with Eventbrite
- Remote participation: Register here with Eventbrite
For Remote Attendees
Please sign in[edit]
- This is for use on the day of the event.
- 1) Select 'Sign in'
- 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.
- Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.
Presentation[edit]
Wikimedia Projects[edit]
- Wikimedia movement
- Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)
- Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects
- Wiktionary, a dictionary
- Wikibooks, educational textbooks
- Wikinews, news articles
- Wikiquote, a collection of quotations
- Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents
- Wikiversity, educational material
- Wikivoyage, a travel guide
- Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red
Wikipedia Policies[edit]
- Wikipedia:Five pillars
- Wikipedia:Core content policies
- Wikipedia:General notability guideline
- Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
- Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
- Wikipedia:No original research (Examples of Original Research)
- Wikipedia:Citing sources
- Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources
Quick Editing Tips[edit]
Tools and Other Resources[edit]
Coordination[edit]
Please use the Etherpad link below to share what you are currently editing. Remember to type 'Done' or 'Finished' when you are through making changes.
Suggested Article Work List[edit]
This Work List is based predominantly on the research of Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10) and Michelle Marshall.
About the Article Assessment Quality Scale
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:First African American woman to present a research paper before the Virginia Academy of Science. Professor of biology at Hampton Institute. See her entry in "African American Firsts in Science and Technology":
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:Current Wikipedia article makes no mention that Duprey was also an accomplished botanist and author of the (unpublished) Botany of the Antilles, the most comprehensive study of flora in the Caribbean at the beginning of the 20th century. Resources on her botanical work:
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:Was the senior curator for mammals at the National Zoological Park and managed all aspects of the giant panda program. More info:
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* https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?stype=F&searchTerm=%22margaret+santiago%22#/titles
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Participants[edit]
- 100.1.209.224 (talk) 14:53, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- Caitínbeag (talk) 17:28, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- Susannasart (talk) 22:53, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
- Wieselkind (talk) 11:36, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Lowkeyhighflyer (talk) 13:29, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Parsleychef (talk) 13:33, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- 216.197.220.190 (talk) 13:37, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- 216.73.253.184 (talk) 13:49, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Mikestahl12 (talk) 13:54, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Llivermore (talk) 14:03, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Brock-brac (talk) 14:05, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- QuinnPiper (talk) 14:07, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Phytanthrope (talk) 14:07, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Aliciaglory (talk) 14:09, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Micolenarino (talk) 14:09, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- 160.111.250.108 (talk) 14:11, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Nataliemhowe (talk) 14:13, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Gengrubber (talk) 14:15, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- alycejenni (talk) 14:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- ZMSimmidae (talk) 14:19, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- MakerOfTools (talk) 14:19, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Parsleychef (talk) 14:40, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Varanger05 (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- WDCGardener (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Niekraszej (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- NickyPenttila (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Caroline Cornish (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Verseverso (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- SweetBriarOcto (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Peterjharnik (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- QuinnPiper (talk) 14:42, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Abhisheka K Gopal (talk) 14:42, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Leila Shultz (talk) 14:42, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- 213.48.60.4 (talk) 14:42, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Varanger05 (talk) 14:42, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- 168.16.176.243 (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Mysmyshere (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- AshleysGeology (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Waspcracker (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Annikakj6103 (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- MargaretRDonald (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- AshleysGeology (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- noranoodle (talk) 14:44, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Maedchen100 (talk) 14:44, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Varanger05 (talk) 15:05, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Burgopsidae (talk) 15:46, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- AshleysGeology (talk) 15:57, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ferry12345 (talk) 16:08, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Prof XSpacetations (talk) 16:37, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- 172.97.186.8 (talk) 18:12, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- MargaretRDonald (talk) 21:23, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
- Susannasart (talk) 05:33, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
Outcomes[edit]
- Wikis: *.wikipedia, commons.wikimedia, en.wikipedia
- Start date: 2019-03-13 10:00 (America/New York)
- End date: 2019-03-13 15:00
| Bytes changed | Edits | Files in use | Files uploaded | New editors | Pages created | Views to pages created | Pages improved | Avg. daily views to pages improved | Unique pages with uploaded files | Participants | 7 day retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36,937 | 123 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 5 | 207 | 50 | 2,962 | 3 | 68 | 36 |