Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2024 Cornell

Where?: Cornell University, Mann Library 112, CALS Zone
When?: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 from 11:00AM - 5:00PM
Point of contact: Geewhizkid (talk)
Cost: Free Event, with free food and activities
How do I sign up?: HERE.

About the event

Ada Lovelace Day is an international day to celebrate the contributions of self-identifying women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Cornell Students and Ithaca Community members are invited to gather together at Mann Library CALS Zone to edit and create Wikipedia entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields.

While Wikipedia is the fifth most popular website in the world, notching up more than 32 million views a day, less than 18% of its English-language biographies are about women. So in honor of Ada Lovelace—and her contributions to mathematics and computing—we’ll work to add more entries to Wikipedia and give you the tools to keep making the Internet less sexist after our Wiki-thon. All you have to do is come!

Working together with 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!

Schedule

Drop by anytime during the event. There will be editing from 11AM - 5PM and activities.

1. Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

11Am - 5pm Editing with Wikipedia editors to offer assistance as needed

(see Suggested Articles to improve below).

2. Makerspace

11AM to 5PM – CALS Zone is open for button making, zines and games

What to do in an edit-a-thon

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!

Participants

Prior to the event:
1. *Create a Wikipedia account

2. Sign up to attend.

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event!