Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/Ada Lovelace Day 2020

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About the event edit

On Tuesday 13th October 2020, the University's Information Services team are running a Wikipedia 'edit-a-thon' to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2020 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

Starting at 12pm, there will be a range of guest speakers giving lightning talks followed by fun & impactful Wikipedia editing activities from 1:30pm to 5pm. Full Wikipedia editing training will be given at 1:30pm. Thereafter the afternoon's editathon from 2:15pm-4:45pm from will focus on improving the quality of articles related to historic and contemporary Women in STEM!

Submit your STEM heroine nomination

 
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Mary Somerville

Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others?
Did you know that, as of 22nd September 2020, approximately only 18.58% of the biographies on Wikipedia relate to notable women? Working together with liaison librarians, archivists & academic colleagues we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. New editors are very welcome and participants will be supported to develop Wikipedia articles; creating new role models for young and old alike.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater understanding of Women in STEM!

Trainer edit

Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

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Booking edit

The day is split in four parts:

12pm to 1pm: Lightning Talks edit

Lightning Talks from 12pm to 1:30pm - online Zoom meeting.
Book here-

1:30pm to 5pm: a Women in STEM editathon edit

A Wikipedia editing event celebrating Women in STEM from 1:30pm to 5pm - Zoom meeting.
Book here.

5pm to 7pm: Evening networking event - Women in STEM Society edit

  • Women in STEM Society Networking event from 5pm-7pm - online event.

For Ada Lovelace 2020 we will be virtually celebrating our role models with lightning talks, followed by a networking social to allow students to meet each other, industry professionals and our amazing speakers.Book here

7pm to 8:15pm: Evening networking event - Chemistry edit

  • Women in Chemistry Networking event from 7pm-8.15pm - online event. Book here

All events are open to staff and students at University of Edinburgh. Book to attend one session, two, three or all four. Booking is not yet open for the evening events.

Programme edit

1. Talks edit

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  • 12pm-12:10pm - Housekeeping and welcome from Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal for Online Learning.
  • 12.10pm to 1pm - Lightning talks.
    • Professor Jane Hillston, Deputy Vice Principal for Research and Head of School of Informatics will reflect on her experiences and the importance of mentors in STEM careers.
    • Dr. Athina Frantzana along with the Edinburgh University Women in STEM (EUWiSTEM) Society, Spread the Word conducted an investigation into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students’ experiences of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at the University of Edinburgh. Athina will present her findings.
  • Kirsty Lingstadt, Head of Digital Library, and Mike Boyd, manager of UCreate Makerspace will introduce the huge range of creative making opportunities available to students and staff at the University of Edinburgh.
    • Dr. Victoria Madden, Digital Safety Officer will present her findings which highlight the experiences of women online.
  • Lilinaz Rouhani, Equality and Data Officer will present the findings from her research into how different groups have experienced the shift to working digitally from home.
  • Ruth Boreham, writer and researcher will tell us stories of Ada Lovelace‘s Scottish mentor, Mary Somerville after whom the data centre at Kings Buildings is named.

2. The Wikipedia editathon on Zoom edit

Register here

3. Evening networking event - Women in STEM Society (5-7pm) edit

Register hereFor Ada Lovelace 2020, the University of Edinburgh Women in STEM Society will be virtually celebrating our role models with lightning talks, followed by a networking social to allow students to meet each other, industry professionals and our amazing speakers.

4. Evening networking event - Women in Chemistry (7pm-8.15pm) edit

Register here. Hosted by the School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh and ScotChem this free online event will feature talks from our invited speakers followed by a panel discussion to raise awareness, promote discussion and celebrate women in STEM. Our speakers include:

Emily Temple-Wood - Writing Diversity back into History (2minutes27seconds)

Hit list of articles to be created or improved edit

Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

All are welcome to add names to the list which is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles in this important but somewhat neglected sector on the English Wikipedia.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Articles to be created edit

Women in STEM - nominations for pages edit

Check the notability criteria for academics.

Example articles: Antonella De Santo and Wendy Atkin

Use the PrepBio tool edit

Edinburgh University Science Magazine - 17 September worklist edit

Click to view worklist

Women in STEM Connect - 16 August worklist edit

Link to worklist spreadsheet

Articles to create edit

  1. Anne Harper Anderson (social sciences) - [50]
    1. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  2. Toni Scullion [51]
  3. Catherine Price (neuroscientist) [52]

Articles to edit edit

  1. Leopoldo Pando Zayas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldo_Pando_Zayas)
  2. Sharon Ashbrook (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Ashbrook)
  3. Carol Prives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Prives)
  4. Marian Holness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Holness)
  5. Else Marie Friis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Marie_Friis)
  6. Barbara Sherwood Lollar(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Sherwood_Lollar)
  7. Lucy Carpenter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Carpenter)
  8. Judy Hirst (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Hirst)
  9. Angela Strank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Strank)
  10. Sheila Rowan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Rowan_(physicist))
  11. Ingrid Scheffer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Scheffer)
  12. Wendy Bickmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Bickmore)

Women in Medicine edit

  1. Elizabeth Innes  YBMJ obit [53]BMJ. Obituary[54]Scotsman. Obituary [55]RCPE. Obituary [56]

Women in Chemistry edit

  1. May Badger - Being worked on by Ewan
    1. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women edit

Biology edit

Engineering edit

Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics edit

Pages from Quicksilver edit

Useful links to help with your editing edit

Here are some useful links to help you with your editing:

  • Read up to find out more about sources and verifiability.
  • Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
  • Consider whether you have any conflicts of interest.
  • You can find advice on how to search for relevant sources on any scientist here.
  • All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found below:
  • You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:

  • You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
  • The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

Articles to be improved edit

[94][95]

Looking for ideas? edit

Climate change researchers edit

There is a list of women working in the field of climate change - any name with a little external link square beside it probably indicates a person who doesn't have a Wikipedia page yet!

"Fearless Pioneers" edit

Surprisingly, the pages for a number of the women in Rachel Ignotofsky's excellent book Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers who Changed the World are quite sparse. It would be great if some of these could be improved to help those looking for more information after reading:

Women chemists past and present edit

This table contains notable women chemists from history (mostly found in the Chemistry Was Their Life book if you need a source to get you started!) and from the present day (most of whom are winners of big prizes or Fellows of societies, for whom you can find university websites and news stories about their award/fellowship).

Historic or modern? Name Field Keywords Notability Claimed by...
M Carol V. Robinson Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry Oxford, Cambridge, proteins First woman appointed chemistry professor at the University of Oxford. Page exists but very brief on her actual work.
H Draft:Isabel Hadfield Analytical chemistry WWI, NPL, Aeronautics Microchemicals Development of microanalytical measurements
H Emily Lloyd (chemist) Analytical chemistry Aberystwyth, education, University of Birmingham First woman associate at the Royal Institute of Chemistry
H Draft:Margaret Seward Chemical reactions Natural Science, Somerville, nutrition First Oxford woman student to be entered for honour school of Mathematics, founding lecturer of Royal Holloway College, MBE
H Draft:Cecilie French Magnetochemistry UCL, ICI, Bedford College, Queen Mary College Senior Lecturer at QMC, extensive research into electrochemistry of nonaqueous solvents, synthesised novel boron compounds, Invited to give the Marie Curie Lecture at Penn. State.
H Draft:Mary Corner Microanalysis Fabric (cotton & leather) industry research Head of the Microanalytical Section of the Chemical Research Laboratory
H Martha Annie Whiteley Research chemistry Editor of the Dictionary of Applied Chemistry (3rd Edition), mustard gas President of the Imperial College Women Students' Association, OBE
H Frances Micklethwait Research chemistry Mustard gas, Boots, Principal at Swanley Horticultural College Prolific author of chemistry publications, MBE
H Sibyl Taite Widdows Chemistry education Education, Royal Holloway College Head of the Chemistry Department at London School of Medicine for Women
H Draft:May Badger Inorganic analysis Glass, pottery and coal Head of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratories at the University of Manchester
H May Sybil Leslie Industrial chemistry Nitric acid, explosives, A Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Leeds Author of key text on kinetics of the iodination of acetone, Chemist in Charge of Laboratory at His Majesty's Factory in Litherland
H Evelyn Hickmans Blood chemistry Phenylketonuria, Horst Bickel, University of Birmingham, University of Toronto Awarded the John Scott Medal, Head of Children's Diseases Department in the Children's Hospital, Birmingham.
H Clara Millicent Taylor Organic chemistry β-eucaine, University of Bristol One of the first women admitted to the Chemical Society, Head of Science at Cheltenham Ladies' College
H Delia Simpson Spectroscopy Cambridge Chemistry Laboratories, energy fuels, fluorescence and infrared. Director of Studies in Natural Sciences, Newnham
H Draft:Soshelia Ram Analytical chemistry Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, University of Delhi, University of Cambridge Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
H Rosemary Murray Already quite a full page, but needs some citations, etc.
H Catherine Steele Biochemistry Page exists though very short, might be tricky to find information to expand it.
H Ishbel Campbell Organometallic compounds University of Southampton, chemical warfare, St Andrews University One of the first women to receive a Commonwealth Fellowship, key figure in organometallic compounds of groups V and VI with numerous publications.
H Christina Miller Analytical chemistry Diffusion, Carnegie Research Fellowship, tetraphosphorus hexaoxide. Key studies in phosphorous and luminescence, Keith Prize from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Director of the Inorganic Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh
H Elizabeth Kempson Biochemistry University of Edinburgh, carbohydrates, polysaccharide chemistry, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, issue of Carbohydrate Research journal dedicated to her
H Ruth Pirret Radiochemistry Ellen Gleditsch, Frederick Soddy, University of Manchester, metal corrosion First woman graduate in Science from the University of Glasgow, discovery of uranium isotopes
H Draft:Mary Andross Food chemistry Nutritional value of food, vitamin C, Society for Chemical Industry Fellow of the Institute of Food Science Technology, creator of first courses for training dieticians
H Edith Willcock Food chemistry Iodoform, radiation, tryptophan (& Frederick Gowland Hopkins) First studies to show the damaging effects of exposure to radioactive elements, work on vitamins, popular author
H Muriel Wheldale Onslow Biochemistry Pigments, plant breeding, genetics, artist, University of Cambridge Landmark work on pigmentation and genetics, one of the first three women elected to the Biochemical Club, Fellowship from the British Federation of University Women
H Rose Scott-Moncrieff Biochemistry Page exists but is quite short considering her achievements
H Dorothy Jordan Lloyd Biochemistry Page exists but no references really, and no infobox
H Polly Porter Crystallography Mentor to Dorothy Hodgkin, National Museum in Washington DC, Oxford Museum & University of Oxford, X-ray crystallography, The Barker Index of Crystals. Member of Council of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain, authored classic work, published some of earliest work on x-ray crystallography
H Ellie Knaggs Crystallography University of Cambridge, Imperial College, Royal Institution, Burroughs Wellcome. Hertha Ayrton Fellowship, determined crystal structures such as that of cyanuric triazide, elected Visitor to the Royal Institution
H Agnes Pockels Physical chemistry Surface science Page exists but more could be added from Women in Chemistry
H Dorothy Cayley Mycology Tulips, Page exists but rather brief.
H Draft:Caroline Pellew Genetics Flower colour, peas, chromosome theory, William Bateson, Genetical Society Extensive work on the genetics of peas and primula, "right hand man" to Bateson, first Secretary of the Genetical Society
H Muriel Bristol Mycology Algae, tea, Involvement in pioneering statistical work
M Margaret Buckingham Developmental biology Muscles, genetics, Pasteur Institute ForMemRS
H Charlotte Kipling Biology Fish, University of Cambridge, computing Fellow of the Statistical Society
H Patricia H. Clarke Biochemistry The Rising Tide, microbiology, UCL, bacteria FRS
H Bella MacCallum Botany Wetlands, fungi, New Zealand (see Ladies in the Laboratory III) Fellow of the Linnean Society
H Elizabeth Lomax Botany Botanical Exchange Club, Torquay, collecting Herbarium donated to Manchester
H Elsie M. Burrows Botany Phycology, Liverpool University, macroalgae Page exists but needs information on the importance of her work
H Ethel Sargant Cytology and morphology Synaptic phase, triple fusion, Royal Society President of the Botanical Section of the British Association. Page exists but not many details of her work, no infobox.
H Frances Adams Le Sueur Botany and conservation Jersey, flowers, source, source. Page exists but much more could be added from sources and especially from International Women in Science (see Google books)
M Judith Howard Structural chemistry X-ray crystallography, five-star department head, Page exists but very brief and no explanation of her work
H Una Ledingham Biology Diabetes, pregnancy, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
M Anne Walton (chemist) Inorganic chemistry CChem, FRSC
M Madeline Jacobs Science communication CEO of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, former CEO of the American Chemical Society
M Suze Kundu Nanochemistry MRSC
M Ifat Shah Biochemistry MRSC
M Motaza Khater Analytical chemistry Founder of the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry, FRSC
M Eleanor Schofield Materials science Conservation manager for the Mary Rose
M Denise Conner Analytical chemistry Plastic pigments, LGBT campaigner Founder of Out in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM)
M Lorelly Wilson Science education CSci, CChem, FRSC, founder of Chemistry with Cabbage
M Hala Sultan Saif Al-Easa Organic chemistry Photochemistry, medicinal plants, Qatar University Head of Chemistry at Qatar University, President of Qatar Chemical Society
M Mary Garson Biochemist Page exists but no infobox
M Reiko Kuroda Materials chemistry L’Oréal–UNESCO prizewinner 2013, stereochemistry, chirality Page exists but very brief
M Zanariah Binti Abdullah Organic chemistry University of Malaya, Queen Mary University, outreach FRSC
M Sylvia Anie Healthcare and chemistry Commonwealth Secretariat, HIV and AIDS CSci, CChem, FRSC
M Geetha Srinivasan Physical chemistry Polymers, petrochemistry, electrochemistry CSci, CChem, MRSC, L’Oréal-UNESCO award-winner
M Ellen Kooijman Microanalysis Head of the Vegacenter for Microanalysis, inspiration behind the LEGO 'Research Institute'
M Romeela Mohee Environmental engineering University of Mauritius, waste reduction, biochar FRSC
M Helen Neville (chemist) Product research and development Proctor & Gamble FRSC, Vice-President of Research and Development at P&G
M Mah Hussain-Gambles Pharmacology Skincare, Sutherland University, University of Leeds, halal MBE, CChem, MRSC, founder of Saar Pure Skincare
M Katriona Methven Cosmetovigilance L’Oréal, regulation, cosmetics CChem, MRSC, judge of the L’Oréal-UNESCO awards
M Sue Gibson (chemist) Synthesis Rosalind Franklin Award, Royal Society, OBE, diversity campaigner Page exists but brief
M Bernadette Modell Genetics Blood, WHO, UCL, University of Cambridge Wellcome Trust PRF
M Cathy Price Neuroscience Language, MRI, UCL Wellcome Trust PRF
M Heidi Johansen-Berg Neuroscience Plasticity, rehabilitation, ageing Wellcome Trust PRF
M Patricia Simpson Biology Insects, evolution FRS, Wellcome Trust PRF, page exists but stub
M Linda Wicker Immunogenetics Diabetes, genetics Wellcome Trust PRF
M Patricia Jacobs Genetics Chromosomes, University of Southampton, abnormalities, Klinefelter syndrome FRS, Wellcome Trust PRF, page exists but relatively short
M Doreen Cantrell Immunology Winner of the 2017 Novartis Medal and Prize, page exists but short
M Bonnie Wallace (biochemist) Molecular biophysics Winner of the 2010 AstraZeneca Award, FRSC, FAAAS, FIOB, FIUPAC
M Helen Walden Biochemistry Winner of the 2015 Colworth Medal,
M Wendy Bickmore FRS
M Yvonne Jones FRS, page exists but stub
M Anne Neville (engineer) FRS, page exists but nothing on her work
M Josephine Pemberton FRS, page exists but not much on her work
M Sarah (Sally) Price FRS, page exists but nothing on her work
M Susanne von Caemmerer FRS, page needs infobox
M Kate Storey (biologist) Cell biologist Neural cells, University of Dundee Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
M Susan Michie Psychologist Health psychology, King's College FMedSci, page exists but needs citations and infoxbox
M Giovanna Mallucci Neuroscientist Toxicology, neuroscience, University of Cambridge FMedSci, page exists but is tiny
M Tracy Hussell Immunologist FMedSci
M Jane Apperley Haematologist FMedSci
M Dorothy C Bennett Geneticist FMedSci
M Anne Bertolotti Neurobiologist FMedSci, 2018 winner of the GlaxoSmithKline Award
M Azra Ghani Epidemiologist FMedSci
M Linda Greensmith Neurologist FMedSci
M Alison Holmes Microbiologist FMedSci
M Jill Pell Epidemiologist FMedSci
M Rhian Touyz Cardiologist FMedSci, page exists but no infobox
M Christine J. Watson Pathologist FMedSci, might be harder to source though
M Margaret Whitehead Public health adviser DBE, FMedSci, page exists but brief and no infobox
M Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins Psychiatrist learning disabilities Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry of Disability, St George’s, University of London. Page exists, no infobox
M Gill McGauley Forensic Psychiatrist Professor of Forensic Psychotherapy and Medical Education at St George’s, University of London (until her death in July 2016). She was also a Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy. (no page)
M Pippa Oakeshott General Practice Professor of General Practice at St George’s, University of London. Also a practising GP in Lambeth, London. (no page)
M Emma Baker (Professor) Clinical Pharmacology & General Medicine Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at St George's, University of London and Consultant Physician in Clinical Pharmacology and General Medicine at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. (no page)

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Photos from past Ada Lovelace Day celebrations edit