Kingston University Women in Science event
Wikimedia UK and Kingston University are organising a Women in Science themed editing event on Monday 28 October in London.
- Date: Monday 28 October 2013
- Venue: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Games Lab, Sopwith Building SB1026, Penrhyn Road Campus, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE.
- Book: Here - there are up to approximately 45 places
- Cost: Free
- Twitter hashtag: #WISWIKI
- Resources to edit: see below
- Participants: The editing session is for Wikipedia newcomers to learn how to edit or anyone wanting to contribute.
Agenda
- 09:30 – Registration and refreshments
- 10:00 – Guidance on how to edit Wikipedia
- 11:00 – Message from Professor Edith Sim
- 11:15 – Editathon
- 13:00 - Light lunch
- 13:30-14:00 - Close and peer feedback
At the workshop, representatives from Wikimedia UK will explain how Wikipedia works and answer questions about editing and improving Wikiepdia articles. Staff will be on hand to introduce available resources and provide guidance on finding information.
The day will begin with a tutorial on how to edit Wikipedia, and the attendees will be able to put this into practice afterwards, creating and editing articles.
How to get there?
What to bring
- Details of your Wikipedia username (create one now! - by clicking on here)
- Ideas of topics you want to edit on
- There will be computers at the venue, though wifi access is available and you are welcome to bring and use your own laptops
Kingston participants
Please register here. If you cannot attend, you are welcome to participate online.
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Online participation
We welcome participants to communicate with us online:
- Twitter hashtag: #WISWIKI
- @wikimediauk
- IRC: #wikimedia-uk
- Useful links for new contributors:
- The National Institute for Medical Research has created a guide of how to search for biographical information for this type of events here.
- Useful resources for editing articles about Fellow of the Royal Society are here.
- A general useful resource is the Archives of Women in Science and Engineering at Iowa State University
Online participants
- please add your name here
Potential topics for the editathon
Resources
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies
- Sections of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century - will be available on the day
Trainers
Please email volunteering
wikimedia.org.uk if you are interested in helping out.
Further information
For further information about the programme, please contact Katie at katie.chanwikimedia.org.uk, 020 7065 0990.