Women in Science
World Virtual Edit-a-thon

Lobby, New York Academy of Sciences
Dates	Sunday, November 8 to Sunday, November 29, 2015
Location	This is a virtual, global event... you can participate from anywhere in the world
Sponsor	New York Academy of Sciences
Hosts	Women in Red & Women scientists
Facilitators	Rosiestep, Pharos, Keilana
Twitter hashtags	#WomenSciWiki & #wikicontentgendergap

The New York Academy of Sciences is sponsoring a Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thon, an editing event for improving and increasing the coverage of historic, technical and biographical information on Wikipedia pertaining to the lives and works of women in science. The event is to be launched in the afternoon of Sunday, November 22 in New York City and will continue over the following week.

In this connection, Women in Red, in close cooperation with WikiProject Women scientists, is running a three-week virtual editathon from November 8 to 29. Anyone can take part whatever their previous experience. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies of some of the many past and present notable women in science who are still red-linked on the English Wikipedia. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work. See the List of red-linked articles to be created for guidance.

The main goals of the edit-a-thon are:

• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
• to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
• to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works

• There is a list of historic and/or prominent female members of the New York Academy of Sciences →here←.
• And there is an evolving, crowd-sourced list of red-linked articles broken down by scientific sectors and countries →here←.
• Or create an article about one of the redlinked women whose photographs appears in this section (hint: each has an article on another language Wikipedia).
• Or pick from one of these (references provided):

• Jean Dollimore (b. 1934) UK, taught FORTRAN and involved in COSMOS project, oral history
• Alix Generous, biology researcher, advocate for Asperger's Syndrome, co-owner of Autism Sees, [1], [2], [3], [4]
• Helen Matusevich Oujesky, microbiology and environmental pollution, [5], [6], [7]
• Elisabeth Schiemann, German botanist/geneticist [8], [9], [10], [11]
• Natalie Shlomo, Professor of Social Statistics [12]

Add your name here ...

1. Rosiestep (talk) 00:47, 27 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
2. SusunW (talk) 02:37, 27 October 2015 (UTC) (maybe just the first week, but we'll see how my schedule shakes out)Reply[reply]
3. Ipigott (talk) 07:24, 27 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
4. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:01, 27 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
5. Keilana (talk) 15:15, 27 October 2015 (UTC) (I'll be dedicating my #100wikidays articles in November just to women scientists!)Reply[reply]
6. gobonobo ^{+ c} 19:13, 27 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
7. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 02:37, 28 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
8. Nvvchar. 10:00, 28 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
9. ♦Definitely, one of the weakest areas on wikipedia, women in science.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:23, 28 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
10. Pharos (talk) 19:20, 28 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
11. 97198 (talk) 12:48, 30 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
12. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 10:50, 31 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
13. Dgorsline (talk) 12:07, 31 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
14. Penny Richards (talk) 14:01, 31 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
15. Duncan.Hull (talk) 14:11, 31 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
16. T. Anthony (talk) 14:57, 31 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
17. LovelyLillith (talk) 17:12, 31 October 2015 (UTC) This is an area close to my heart, I'm in!Reply[reply]
18. Rich Farmbrough 17:29, 31 October 2015 (UTC) I'll be there! (Virtually.)Reply[reply]
19. Ambrosia10 (talk) 18:15, 31 October 2015 (UTC) Will definitely participate!Reply[reply]
20. Zpeopleheart (talk) 02:21, 1 November 2015 (UTC) lovelyReply[reply]
21. Psanchez820 (talk) 14:21, 1 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
22. Alexisclements (talk) 17:23, 1 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
23. Alafarge (talk) 17:37, 1 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
24. --Animalparty! (talk) 18:19, 1 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
25. jaldous1 (talk) 19:22, 1 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
26. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 23:20, 1 November 2015 (UTC) Virtually yours... :-)Reply[reply]
27. Fuzchia (talk) 20:44, 2 November 2015 (UTC) Can't wait!Reply[reply]
28. Big_iron (talk) 11:08, 3 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
29. The Vintage Feminist (talk) 12:03, 4 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
30. Sam Walton (talk) 16:06, 8 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
31. Victuallers (talk) 17:52, 8 November 2015 (UTC) Written a few - working on a few moreReply[reply]
32. Opabinia regalis (talk) 19:36, 8 November 2015 (UTC) (virtually, but jealous of people who get to visit NYAS :)Reply[reply]
33. Jocelyn^{Talk to me} 00:31, 9 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
34. Djembayz (talk) 04:14, 11 November 2015 (UTC), gnoming on this listReply[reply]
35. PamD 17:00, 11 November 2015 (UTC) - will just chip in remotely, starting off with Christine Williams (professor) as she's from the same side of the pond.Reply[reply]
36. Afernand74 (talk) 13:08, 15 November 2015 (UTC) mainly translating from ES, FR and NL wikipedia.Reply[reply]
37. GorillaWarfare (talk) 00:15, 16 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
38. Blythwood (talk) 21:51, 25 November 2015 (UTC) (might do something this weekend if I have time)Reply[reply]

During the editathon...

• Add the titles of your new or upgraded articles here – most recent at the top
• Add ((Authority control)) at the foot of every biography; it will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
• Add to talk page: ((WikiProject Biography|s&a-work-group=yes|s&a-priority=)) and ((WikiProject Women scientists)).
• As appropriate, add to the List of female scientists before the 21st century or the List of 21st-century women scientists.

Main session – 8 November 2015 onwards

• Add the titles of your new or upgraded articles here – most recent at the top

Early start – up to 7 November

Did You Know? articles

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Women in Red meetup 4 articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

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• ... that cell biologist Margaret Reed Lewis may have been the first person to successfully grow mammalian tissue in vitro? (2015-12-27)
• ... that the British orthopaedic surgeon Samantha Tross made long jumps during her education? (2015-12-23)
• ... that of the more than 3,000 midwives working in the state of Florida in the early 1920s, Victoria Joyce Ely was the only one who was trained and licensed? (2015-12-21)
• ... that gastroenterologist Sara Murray Jordan co-wrote a cookbook titled Good Food for Bad Stomachs? (2015-12-21)
• ... that physiotherapist Janet Carr specialised in rehabilitation after stroke? (2015-12-21)
• ... that while working on her graduate degree in chemistry, Emīlija Gudriniece won the Latvian Women's Motorcycle Championship in 1949, and then won it again in 1953? (2015-12-20)
• ... that Ruth Schmidt, an employee of the United States Geological Survey, was questioned in two McCarthyist hearings because of her association with a bookstore? (2015-12-19)
• ... that molecular cell biologist Mónica Bettencourt-Dias also studied scientific communication, the way scientists communicate with the public? (2015-12-19)
• ... that conservationist Rose Gaffney, known as "The Belle of Bodega Bay," helped halt the construction of a nuclear power plant in Bodega Bay, California? (2015-12-18)
• ... that Elisa Oricchio identified that the ephrin receptor EphA7 plays a role in tumor development of follicular lymphoma? (2015-12-18)
• ... that Doris Calloway studied farts, space food, and broccoli? (2015-12-18)
• ... that collaboration between botanists Elinor Francis Vallentin and A.D. Cotton resulted in the first comprehensive study of cryptogams from the Falkland Islands? (2015-12-17)
• ... that Anne Beloff-Chain founded the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Buckingham? (2015-12-16)
• ... that astrophysicist Naomi McClure-Griffiths discovered a new spiral arm in the Milky Way? (2015-12-14)
• ... that May Owen discovered that the talcum powder used on surgical gloves caused infection and peritoneal scarring? (2015-12-14)
• ... that Lidija Liepiņa worked with a team of other scientists in a mobile laboratory in a train boxcar, testing filters to create Russia's first functional gas mask? (2015-12-13)
• ... that Catherine Feuillet led a team to successfully map the largest wheat chromosome, 3B? (2015-12-13)
• ... that Japanese physicist Toshiko Yuasa studied in Paris under Frédéric Joliot-Curie and developed her own beta-ray spectrometer in Berlin? (2015-12-11)
• ... that Vera Faddeeva's 1950 book Computational methods of linear algebra was one of the first publications in that field of mathematics? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Una Ryan and Una Ryan both emigrated from their countries, study infectious disease, and were honored with the Order of the British Empire and Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, respectively? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Marguerite Lehr conducted a televised lecture course on mathematics in the 1950s? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Louise Hay was the only woman to direct a math department at a major research university in her era? (2015-12-10)
• ... that biochemist Kathryn Ferguson Fink developed radiolabeling techniques that were used to study the success of chemotherapy? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Katherine Belov discovered that the contagious cancer decimating the Tasmanian devil spreads due to lack of genetic diversity? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Singaporean fungi expert Gloria Lim was once summoned by her country's Ministry of Defence when their storage area developed mold? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Diana Marcela Bolaños Rodriguez studies marine flatworms to learn about their regenerative abilities? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Charlotte Sahl-Madsen introduced multiple intelligences into the Universe? (2015-12-10)
• ... that after Cecilia Bouzat was given a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science she was received by the President of Argentina? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Catherine A. Lozupone created the UniFrac algorithm, which has allowed researchers to plot the relationships between microbial communities in the human gut? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Andrea Ablasser discovered a molecule that warns nearby cells when it encounters a pathogen? (2015-12-10)
• ... that American mechanical engineer Alice Agogino won the NSF's Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1985? (2015-12-10)
• ... that Vera Fedorovna Gaze, who discovered around 150 emission nebulae, had a minor planet and a crater on Venus named for her? (2015-12-08)
• ... that Stephanie Burns, an organosilicon chemist, served as President and CEO of Dow Corning? (2015-12-08)
• ... that Yueh-Lin Loo invented nanotransfer printing, a technique that allows electrical circuits to be printed onto plastic surfaces? (2015-12-06)
• ... that German astrophysicist Hanna von Hoerner designed the cosmic dust analyser onboard Rosetta? (2015-12-05)
• ... that Dorothea Leighton is one of the founders of the field of medical anthropology? (2015-12-05)
• ... that Patricia Numann founded the Association of Women Surgeons, chaired the American Board of Surgery, and was president of the American College of Surgeons? (2015-12-04)
• ... that the Armitt Library is named for the polyglot Mary Louisa Armitt? (2015-12-03)
• ... that Idelisa Bonnelly pushed for the first humpback whale sanctuary to be established and was inducted into the Global 500 Roll of Honour of UNEP for her defense of the environment? (2015-12-03)
• ... that Tebello Nyokong is helping to pioneer a safer method of cancer detection and therapy that does not have the harmful side effects of chemotherapy? (2015-12-02)
• ... that Omowunmi Sadik has developed highly sensitive microelectrode biosensors that can detect explosives? (2015-12-02)
• ... that Frances Gertrude McGill, a Canadian forensic pathologist, was referred to as the "Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan"? (2015-12-02)
• ... that after Olga Fedchenko's husband died on Mont Blanc in 1873, she was asked to continue their work by Moscow's Society of Natural Scientists? (2015-12-01)
• ... that bacteriologist Maria von Linden received a patent for her discovery that copper salts could be used as a disinfectant? (2015-12-01)
• ... that Ida Shepard Oldroyd curated the world's second largest collection of mollusk shells? (2015-12-01)
• ... that Tsuruko Haraguchi, the first Japanese woman to receive a PhD, helped establish an experimental psychology laboratory at Japan Women's University? (2015-11-30)
• ... that towards the end of her life, biologist Mary Cynthia Dickerson had hallucinations of the Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson? (2015-11-30)
• ... that Soviet physician Vera Lebedeva instituted a successful program to reduce infant mortality in her country? (2015-11-29)
• ... that Marie Lebour studied the life cycles of marine animals until she was 88? (2015-11-28)
• ... that biologist Kono Yasui was only allowed to study outside of Japan if she listed "home economics research" alongside "scientific research" on her application and agreed not to marry? (2015-11-26)
• ... that Ragnhild Sundby's doctoral thesis concluded that fluctuations of miner moth populations were mainly caused by parasitic wasps? (2015-11-25)
• ... that German biochemist Ulrike Beisiegel is the first woman to serve as president of the University of Göttingen? (2015-11-22)
• ... that botanist and ecologist Edith Clements illustrated most of her own books? (2015-11-22)
• ... that Michiyo Tsujimura's discovery of vitamin C in green tea contributed to an increase in tea exports to America? (2015-11-21)
• ... that theoretical physicist Mariangela Lisanti was named on MIT Technology Review's TR35 list of innovators when she was 18 years old? (2015-11-21)
• ... that neuroscientist Kay Tye has used light to identify connections in the brain that are linked to anxiety? (2015-11-21)
• ... that Grace Medes discovered the human metabolic disorder of tyrosinemia in 1932? (2015-11-20)
• ... that Canadian oncologist Kathleen I. Pritchard was one of the most cited researchers in the world in 2014 and 2015? (2015-11-19)
• ... that Grace Oladunni Taylor was the first African to win the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and the second woman inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science? (2015-11-18)
• ... that Eva-Maria Neher, a German scientist in biochemistry and microbiology and founder of Göttingen Xlab, is married to Erwin Neher, a Nobel laureate? (2015-11-16)
• ... that Myeong-Hee Yu won a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 1998 for her work on the protein alpha-1 antitrypsin? (2015-11-15)
• ... that the seaweed expert Mary Philadelphia Merrifield learnt Swedish so she could correspond with the naturalist Jacob Georg Agardh? (2015-11-15)
• ... that biologist Marvalee Wake, an expert on caecilians, is married to an expert on salamanders? (2015-11-14)
• ... that the glaciologist Moira Dunbar is the only female recipient of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's Massey Medal? (2015-11-13)
• ... that medal-winning ice dancer Kakani Katija Young is a bioengineer studying the contribution of sea creatures to tidal movement? (2015-11-13)
• ... that the Japanese chemist Chika Kuroda helped to create an antihypertensive drug from an onion skin? (2015-11-13)
• ... that Agathe L. van Beverwijk left her research role at the Amsterdam Cancer Institute because she refused to experiment on animals? (2015-11-12)
• ... that Kathrin Barboza Marquez rediscovered a bat in Bolivia which had been thought to be extinct in the country? (2015-11-11)
• ... that Alice Alldredge, an expert on marine snow, has been in the top 0.1% of the Web of Science's highly cited researchers list since 2003? (2015-11-10)
• ... that Carden Wallace was in the team that discovered mass spawning on the Great Barrier Reef? (2015-09-09)
• ... that E. Gail de Planque was the first woman and first health physicist to become a Commissioner at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission? (2014-04-26)

• This event's invitation template: here
• This event's invitation distribution: here

• This event's thank you note: Wikipedia:Meetup/Women in Red/4/thankyou

Editing Wikipedia resources

• Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
• Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
• Tutorial
• How to Edit a Page
• Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
• Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
• Article Development
• Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Manual of Style
• Citation templates
• Infobox templates
• Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)

Tools and templates for the newer editor

• Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
• Infobox template - scientist
  • (alternate infoboxes include Infobox: scholar, Infobox: astronaut or the more general Infobox: person: use the one most relevant to the subject)
• Biographies of living persons policy
• Science stub templates
• Writing an article
• About the Sandbox
• Wikipedia Cheat Sheet – a Wikipedia markup cheatsheet
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