Wikipedia:Meetup/Irvine/Gender equity 2019

Wikipedia + the 17.82%
UC Irvine's edit-a-thon focused on gender equity

Hello and welcome!

When, Where, Who
Date	Friday, May 17, 2019 10:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT (UTC-7)
Location	Langson Library, Room 228 University of California, Irvine Irvine, California link to the library with map link to the second floor map of the library showing the room Park at UCI Student Center (SCPS) Lot or at Social Sciences (SSPS) Lot.
Hosts	Moderator: Prof. Adriana Briscoe Facilitators: Roger Bamkin & Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight

Schedule
9:30am to 10:00am	Arrivals & background video
10:00am	Welcome & introductions
10:15am	Wikipedia training & Q&A
12:00pm	Networking lunch
12:30pm to close	Editing & small group discussions WikiCommons training
4:00pm	End

Social Media
Hashtag	#UCIWikiWomen

Some Wikimedia projects
.	Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia in 301 language versions Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject) Wikidata, a common source of structured data, also accessible by the other projects Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species
Wikipedia policies
.	Wikipedia:Five pillars Wikipedia:Core content policies Wikipedia:General notability guideline Wikipedia:Verifiability Wikipedia:Conflict of interest Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources Wikipedia:No original research (Examples of Original Research) Wikipedia:Citing sources Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources
Editing resources
.	Getting started Your first article Referencing for beginners Using categories Cheatsheet for Wiki markup Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

Help after the event
.	Wiki Education Foundation WikiProject Women in Red The Wikipedia Teahouse

Wikipedia's Women in Red co-founders are joining forces with a variety of UCI organisations to host a wiki event to talk about and improve gender equity and diversity on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an openly-editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for many individuals looking about you name it! During this training, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating articles related to American women in STEAM fields, humanities, as well as areas of diversity.

The main goals of the event are:

• to have fun and learn something
• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies
• 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, women's works, and women's issues
• to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter).

Logistics

Let us know you are coming

• Register to attend here.
• Create a Wikipedia account here.
• Remote/virtual participants, sign in here.

Bring

• Laptop
• Any research resources you would like to refer to.
• You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures.

At the event

• No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary, as training will be provided.
• No background in STEAM, humanities, diversity, or women's history is required, as we will have resources on hand to cite.
• UCI welcomes visitors of all abilities. Request for accessibility services can be made by contacting Adriana Briscoe via email (abriscoe@uci.edu).
• Public WiFi, lunch, snacks, and beverages will be provided.
• Photos will be taken during the event; please notify us at check-in if you do not wish to be photographed.
• If you can't attend the event in person, you can participate virtually. Edit along with us on the day of the event and help us improve articles from our worklists.

Articles and images

Workbench

Emily Rosenberg, UCI, professor of the year

Lists of notable women who don't have an article on Wikipedia

Key: Wikidata list (WD); crowd-sourced list (CS)

• Scientists (CW) (WD)
• Technologists (WD)
• Women in technology (CS)
• Engineers (CS) (WD)
• Mathematics (CS) (WD)
• LGBTQ (CS) (WD)
• Marginalized populations CS
• Minority genders (CS)
• U.S. Afro-Americans (CS)
• U.S. Latinas (CS)
• Alumni or employees of U.C. Irvine (WD)

Find articles which need improvement

• Category:Women in science and technology
• Category:Women engineers
• Category:Women mathematicians
• Category:LGBT people
• Category:American people of African descent
• Category:American people of indigenous peoples descent
• Category:American people of Latin American descent

Outcomes

Articles created

Articles improved

Images added

Editors

Upon arrival, please sign in

• This section is for use on the day of the event.

1. Select 'Sign in'
2. Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Save changes'.

Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees at the bottom of this page.

Attendees

1. Roger Bamkin (Victuallers) (talk) 24 March 2019 (UTC)
2. Adriana Briscoe (adbriscoe) (talk) 24 March 2019 (UTC)
3. Rosiestep (talk) 16:55, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
4. Penny Richards (talk) 01:21, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
5. Worldbruce (talk) 23:49, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

• DougHill (talk) 02:16, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
• Oronsay (talk) 20:58, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
• (Add username here)

• Adanga5 (talk) 18:10, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• Adbriscoe (talk) 18:12, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• Dufourjennalibrarian (talk) 18:12, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• Sanjanasen29 (talk) 18:12, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• AnnabelAdams (talk) 18:12, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• Ailifflaw (talk) 18:12, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• FriederC (talk) 18:12, 17 May 2019 (UTC)