Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/Franklin Women 2019
This is the page for the Franklin Women Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women in Health and Medical Research, held on 25 July 2019.
To celebrate Rosalind Franklin’s birthday, Franklin Women is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. We’ll be working together to increase the visibility of women in STEMM on Wikipedia, particularly those working in the health and medical research sector.
Please join in the fun on Twitter using #FWonWiki #Editathon and #WomenInSTEMM.
Let's get started![edit]
- If you don’t have a Wikipedia account yet, please create one. Remember you may choose to make your username anonymous and gender-neutral.
- Register your username at the Event Dashboard so we can track the outcomes of today’s edit-a-thon.
- Update your user page to record that you are “Participating in an editathon on 25 July” and hyperlink to this project page. This lets other editors know that you are a new contributor and still learning.
What should I work on during the editathon?[edit]
There are many different ways for you to contribute today. Wikipedia is the product of millions of individual contributions and every change that is made, no matter how small, makes a difference! We’ve prepared a list of suggested subjects and assembled some preliminary sources to get you started. These are grouped into categories depending on the type of contribution that is required. Keep in mind Wikipedia’s Conflict of Interest guidelines when selecting your subject to make sure it is appropriate for you to make the edits. Once you’ve decided which task you’d like to tackle, add your username to the table.
Write a new article[edit]
Writing a new article means making a brand new Wikipedia page - exciting stuff! The women listed in this table have received considerable media coverage yet they do not yet have their own Wikipedia article. You can change that!
For inspiration, here are some examples of existing articles for Women In STEMM:
- Professor Anne Kelso AO, CEO NHMRC and previous Franklin Women guest (April 2015)
- Professor Jenny Martin, founder of Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE)
- Professor Minoti Apte OAM, first in the world to successfully isolate pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs), the cells associated with pancreatic fibrogenesis
- Professor Maria Kavallaris AM, Australian Financial Review and Westpac’s 100 Women of Influence, 2015
- Professor Sandra Eades, first Aboriginal medical practitioner to be awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in 2003
Expand a stub article[edit]
Stubs are very short articles that need to be expanded. A fellow Wikipedian may have started the page but only added minimal details. Expanding stubs by including more information and citations is important because it prevents these pages from being deleted and means readers can find out more. The women listed below already have stub articles but we’ve found some sources with additional information to be included.
Improve an existing article[edit]
Existing articles can always be improved, whether that be by fixing grammar and spelling, correcting the tone (to be more neutral, like an encyclopedia rather than a CV), adding missing in-line citations, or refreshing outdated articles. The articles listed below have been flagged by other Wikipedians to say they need improvement. They include orphan pages, which need to be linked to other Wikipedia pages to ensure their relevance and increase traffic to them. Improving existing articles makes them more credible and, in some cases, might save them from deletion.
Before you begin editing, check the text box at the top of the existing Wikipedia page to see what needs improving.
| Subject | Notes and links to resources | Working on it? Add your username | How'd you go? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Lyn Beazley | Need to add in-line citations. Page also needs to be rewritten because a major contributor appears to have a close connection to the subject. AAS Fellow 2019, WA’s first female Chief Scientist | User:Dr JBW | Added citations, re-wrote |
| Professor Gabrielle Belz, WEHI | WEHI staff profile, ABC Radio Melbourne, ABC Radio National, ABC Local, ABC News | ||
| Professor Julie Bernhardt, The Florey | Tone needs to be adjusted. Awards could be updated. The Florey staff profile, Science & Technology Australia profile, Women in STEM Australia profile, Award Sir William Kilpatrick Churchill Fellowship, 2012 [67], RACGP Research Keynote, 2017 [68], Interview at World Federation of Neurology [69] | User:DrPlantGenomics | Adjusted Tone |
| Professor Judith Clements AC, QUT | Page needs to be rewritten as content may have been copied and pasted. QLD Great Premier Medal | ||
| Professor Melissa Little, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute | Tone needs to be adjusted because this page reads like a press release. MCRI staff profile, AAS Fellow 2017, Alfred Newton Richards Award | User:RRDLetstalkaboutmee | Improved |
| Professor Jane Visvader, WEHI | Needs to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines. WEHI staff profile | User:TrailblazerOz | Improved |
| Professor Julie Campbell AO, UQ | Tone needs to be adjusted. Encyclopedia of Australian Science, AAS Fellow 2000 [70] [71] | ||
| Professor Karen Reynolds, Flinders University | Page needs to be rewritten because it reads like a resume. Flinders University staff profile, SA Scientist of the Year 2012 | User:DrPlantGenomics | Tone adjusted and added citations. Added ORCID # |
| Professor Vicki Anderson, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute | MCRI staff profile | ||
| Professor Vanessa Hayes, Garvan Institute of Medical Research | Page needs updating (outdated) Garvan profile, Appeared on SBS Insight in October 2018 [72], SBS News | ||
| Professor Aileen Plant | ASC Unsung Hero of Science Communication 2007, Obituaries [73] [74] | ||
| Professor Jennifer Stow, UQ | Contributions to The Conversation, Elected to European Molecular Biology Organisation [75] [76] [77], Elected new member of Australian Cancer Research Foundation [78], Microscopy and Analysis | User:Gentoosquawk | Improved |
| Dr Stacey Lynch, AgriBio, Victoria | User:UTSSB | Improved, but more references and in-line citations needed. Notability has been queried. | |
| Dr Mary Ann Augustin, CSIRO Food Science Research Program | |||
| Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | |||
| Eleanor Clarke Slagle | American Journal of Psychiatry In Memoriam, Encyclopaedia Britannica, American Occupational Therapy Association's 100 Influential People | User:Living on Sonoma | Improved |
Improve a list[edit]
A Wikipedia list is a collection of existing pages that are grouped together by a common theme. Linking existing pages to established lists means more people can find those pages if they are searching a topic. By expanding the two lists below, we can improve the visibility of high-profile Australian women scientists and highlight the major discoveries made by them.
| Subject | Notes and links to resources | Working on it? Add your username | How'd you go? |
|---|---|---|---|
| List of female scientists in the 21st century | Search for existing pages and hyperlink to list. Prioritise by notability, history.
Search "Category:Australian women scientists" and "Category:Australian medical researchers" to bring up existing pages. Choose from the list below or any of the subjects mentioned as 'stubs' and 'needing improvement' on this project page. |
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| Timeline of Women in Science | Think of major discoveries by female scientists. Search for existing pages and hyperlink. Add Australian scientists where you can. |
Helpful links[edit]
- Check out our cheatsheet and annotated Wikipedia page
- A simplified guide for contributing to Wikipedia
- Tips for writing your first article
- Detailed editing tutorial
- List of Wiki markups
- Adding pictures to an article
- Manual of style
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red - Wikipedians who create and edit articles about women, a good place to get help and inspiration.
Adding your name to a table[edit]
This page is edited using wikitext (also known as wiki markup or wikicode). To add your name beside an entry, you will need to edit the relevant table. An example is below, showing the coding that makes the table and where you need to put your username.
| Column 1 (Name of the article subject) || Column 2 (Links to resources) || Column 3 (Your username here) || Column 4 (Update when you're finished, to say how you got on)
The || each represent a new column. Each row in the table is represented with |-. Table headings use similar formatting, except with ! rather than |
To write and link to your username, use this coding (replace "Username" with your actual username): [[User:Username]]
For more general help with editing, see Help:Editing.
Read more about the gender gap on Wikipedia[edit]
Get help![edit]
If you're having any issues, feel free to contact Wikipedian Caddie Brain at caddie.brain@wikimedia.org.au
You can also access her cheat sheets here!