Wikipedia:Meetup/UK/KCL/Maughan Library/International Women's Day 2017
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When and Where | |
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Date | Wednesday, March 8, 2017 |
Time | 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
Address | Maughan Library Kings College London Chancery Lane |
City, Country | London, England |
Date | Wednesday, March 8, 2017 |
Event information
[edit]- Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- Time: 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
- Location: Maughan Library
Kings College London
Chancery Lane, London, England WC2A 1LR
Women make up only 17% of the biographies on Wikipedia. Women editors make up under 15% of Wikipedia’s regular editing community.
Please bring a laptop if you have one, as only a small number of laptops will be available on the day.
Image adding exercise
[edit]Please go to WP:Shakyi
List of articles to edit
[edit]This is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!
List of King's College London alumni has plenty of KCL alumni, but not just women.
- See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks
To start:
- Louise Archer (academic), professor of sociology of education, KCL
- Gillian Douglas, professor, dean of school of law, KCL
- Irene Higginson, professor, head of department and director of KCL's Cicely Saunders Institute
- Margo Marrone, KCL pharmacy graduate, co-founder of The Organic Pharmacy
- Joanna Newman, MBE, vice-principal of KCL, secretary-general of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
- Margaret O'Flynn (1920-2014), gynaecologist, contraception pioneer[1][2][3]
- Chibundu Onuzo, Nigerian author and KCL history graduate
- Patricia Reynolds, professor of dentistry, Guy's graduate
- Janice Rymer, professor of gynaecology, vice-president of RCOG
- Maureen Young (1915-2013), graduate and professor (perinatal physiology) of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
- tba
To improve (stub pages):
- tba
- tba
To improve (need images):
- Isabel dos Santos, richest woman in Africa
- tba
To improve (page has issues):
- Deborah Bull, assistant principal at KCL, former ballet dancer, needs references
- Anne McLellan, Canadian academic and politician, needs more references
- Cicely Saunders, needs better references
- Gilli Smyth, musician with Gong, needs more references
- Dobrinka Tabakova, composer, needs more references
- Errollyn Wallen, composer, needs references
Resources for editing
[edit]- Art+Feminism resources
- WikiProject Women artists worklist
- When considering names for inclusion, please consider Wikipedia's criteria for notability:Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Creative_professionals
- WikiProject Women artists/Assessment
- Writing about women
- Gender-neutral language
- Finkbeiner test is a checklist to help avoid gender bias media articles
- Gender gap resources
- Writing about women
- Gender-neutral language
- Finkbeiner test is a checklist to help avoid gender bias media articles
- Example of a Good article - Nadia Kaabi-Linke
- Example of a Featured article - Hilda Rix Nicholas
- Art+Feminism resources
- WikiProject Women artists Worklist
- When considering names for inclusion, please consider Wikipedia's criteria for notability:Wikipedia:Notability (academics)
Articles created
[edit]List of Wikipedia articles attendees started:
- Charlotte Roueché
- Maria Rosa Antognazza
- Joanna Newman
- Gillian Douglas
- Chibundu Onuzo
- Maureen Young
- Irene Higginson
Articles improved
[edit]List of Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to improve:
External links
[edit]Trainers
[edit]Participants - Sign Up Here!
[edit]Prior to the event:
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- Yes? Go to Step #2
- Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
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