What's it about?
English mathematician and pioneer computer programmer Ada Lovelace has inspired a group of volunteers to hold a 24 hour global event to create more biographies of women in STEM on Wikipedia.
This combined New Zealand and Australia event on 12 August 2021will go from noon New Zealand time (NZST) until 8 pm Sydney time (AEST), covering 10 hours of the 24 hour event and then handing off to Wikipedia friends in Asia, Africa, and the UK.
This edit-a-thon is especially for people who want to learn how to edit Wikipedia and create new biographies about women. There will be coaching available for the duration of the event with four sessions run first by a team in Aotearoa and then a team in Australia.
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and covers a range of careers from architect through to aeronautical engineer, including chemist, data analyst, epidemiologist, biologist, doctor, food technologist, data analyst and software product designer.
Who do you want to see better represented in the world?
This event is part of Women In Red: an international group of editors of all genders who are reducing systemic gender bias in Wikipedia.
Date: Tuesday 12 October 2021
Time: Noon – 10.00 pm NZST / 10:00 am – 8:00 pm AEST
Location: online (zoom link). These workshop sessions also have open chat rooms for experienced editors to create content in an online collegial environment. Join the zoom link whenever you are able.
Session | NZST | AEST | Coaches | Register |
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1 | Noon–2:00 pm | 10:00 am–Noon | NZ | |
2 | 2:30–4:30 pm | 12:30–2:30 pm | NZ | |
3 | 5:00–7:00 pm | 3:00–5:00 pm | Australia | |
4 | 8:00–10:00 pm | 6:00–8:00 pm | Australia |
Goals:
Please register with the 'dashboard' - a place where progress is counted and articles are allocated. (Link to follow).
The team in Aotearoa is Lisa (User:Pakoire), Mike (User:Giantflightlessbirds), Tamsin (User:DrThneed) and Siobhan (User:Ambrosia10). The team in Australia is Caddie (Wikipedia Coordinator). We are volunteer Wikipedia editors who are passionate about addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia.
Attending
OPTIONAL
There are many notable New Zealand women in STEM who can have a Wikipedia article. Please look at our list of suggested articles to develop on Google docs, or you can use the Women In Red lists: Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Day
Articles need to pass notability, which typically means the person, company or event is well-known enough to be discussed by sources in the media or in academic articles.
Some examples are:
Some short entry level articles ready to expand are:
Add links to your expanded, completed or draft articles here
To be detailed
Start time 12.00pm
Please create an account before you arrive with an anonymous user name
For more information see: