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[[File:Talk about female paleontologists in the earth sciences library, Natural History Museum, London.JPG|thumb|Talk about female paleontologists in the earth sciences library as part of the event]] | [[File:Talk about female paleontologists in the earth sciences library, Natural History Museum, London.JPG|thumb|Talk about female paleontologists in the earth sciences library as part of the event]] | ||
* A writeup of the event can be found on the Natural History Museum website [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/library/blog/tags/mary_home_smith_%281784-1866%29?fromGateway=true here]. | |||
*The event was attended by 20 people, most were new to Wikipedia: | *The event was attended by 20 people, most were new to Wikipedia: | ||
*People new to Wikipedia learned the skills to contribute | *People new to Wikipedia learned the skills to contribute | ||
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- Date: Saturday 19th October 2013
- Time: 10:30am - 5.00pm
- Venue: Board Room, Natural History Museum
- Main event page: Click here for the event page on Wikipedia
- For more information contact: Tori Herridge from Team TrowelBlazers (teamtrowelblazers@gmail.com) or John Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence at the Natural History Museum (j.cummings@nhm.ac.uk)
Outcomes
- A writeup of the event can be found on the Natural History Museum website here.
- The event was attended by 20 people, most were new to Wikipedia:
- People new to Wikipedia learned the skills to contribute
- Earth science library staff presented archival material related to women scientists including Dorothea Bate, Dorothy Garrod, Helen Muir-Wood, and Barbara Hastings (pictured).
- Many new articles were created
Feedback
Was captured on SurveyMonkey. The response received described the event as "constructive, important, fun".