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{{In a nutshell|title=''Women in STEM Wikithon''|
*'''Where?:''' ''[[UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health]], 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH''
*'''When?:''' ''Monday 2nd March, 2020, 1-3PM''
*'''Cost:''' ''Free!!!''
*'''How do I sign up?:''' ''Register on [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-stem-wikithon-tickets-91141852735 here].''
}}

==Info about the event==
[[UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health]] and [[Wellcome Trust]] are joining forces to host a Women in STEM Wikithon. Join us to celebrate the women that deserve a more prominent place in the online historical record. You'll learn how to edit Wikipedia in order to harness the power of the web to share your knowledge.

==Links to get editing==
<big>'''[https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/UCL_GOSIoCH/Women_in_STEM_Wikithon?enroll=awhceiqo Click here] to go to the Dashboard so we can keep track of all the editing'''</big>

<big>For nice easy edits, check that all people are in the right categories, translate information between Wiki's, check out Wikidata, and check that people's articles are included on [[Lists_of_scientists|lists like these]] and mentioned on relevant pages.</big>

==Even more things to edit==
Take a look at the list of [[w:Category:20th-century women scientists|20th-century women scientists]] and [[W:Category:20th-century women engineers|20th-century women engineers]] for lots of examples of pages. 

Some that especially need improving are here:
*[https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=Women_scientists&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Stub-Class Mid importance stubs].
*[https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=Women_scientists&importance=Low-Class&quality=Stub-Class Low importance stubs].

Also here: 
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists|Wikiproject Women Scientists]]
*[[Wikipedia:Under-representation_of_science_and_women_in_Africa:_Wikimania_2018_an_opportunity_to_bridge_the_gap|Women Scientists in Africa]]

==Tips on how to edit==
Here are some more useful links to help you with your editing:
* Learn more editing: see [[mediawikiwiki:Help:VisualEditor/User guide|Visual Editor user guide]] for more information.
* Think about what you would like to edit about check that you have enough sources to help with [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability]].
* Check out the [[Wikipedia:Notability|notability guidelines]] and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
* Think about whether you have any [[Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide|conflicts of interest]].
* All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found on the [[Wikipedia:GLAM/Wellcome/Resources|Wellcome Library Wikimedian in Residence Project Page]]. Here's a selection:
<gallery>
File:What's Where on Wiki.pdf|A speedy guide on where to find the different buttons on Wikipedia, and explaining what they do - useful for complete beginners!
File:Editing a Wikipedia Page - Beginners guide.pdf|Very straightforward step-by-step instructions on how to add a piece of information to an existing Wikipedia page - useful for complete beginners!
File:Building a Biography - simplified.pdf|A guide to elements to include in a wiki-biography, with a checklist to ensure you include as many as you can when editing.
File:Adding infoboxes - Beginners guide.pdf|An instruction page for adding infoboxes to Wikipedia articles.
File:Wikidata for Complete Beginners.pdf|An instruction page explaining what Wikidata with instructions for doing basic edits.
</gallery>
* You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons]. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.

==See what a difference you're making==
Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:
* You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking [[Special:Contributions|"Contributions"]] (in the top right of this page).
* The [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/ 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.


[[Category:Wikipedia edit-a-thons]]
[[Category:Wikipedia meetups in March 2020]]