Writing for Wadewitz: An
Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-Thon |
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When: May 22, 1:30-6pm You do not need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor in order to attend, just bring a willingness to learn. Hashtags: #wadewitz and #wikiwomen RSVP by signing your username below (preferred). If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature. Or, sign up on the Meetup page This edit-a-thon is part of a worldwide series of tributes. |
Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz was an influential member of the Wikipedia community who died suddenly in April 2014. This loss has deeply affected Wikipedia and the academic world. Her work is recognized internationally as helping to encourage more women to contribute to Wikipedia to tackle the gender gap and systemic bias in its content. Wadewitz was one of the first academics to bring Wikipedia into the classroom as part of the Wikipedia Education Program, working with her students to improve Wikipedia instead of writing traditional term papers. At the time of her death, she was Mellon Digital Scholarship Fellow at Occidental College. She had over 50,000 edits and wrote numerous featured and good articles, including Mary Wollstonecraft.
You can read more about Wadewitz and her contributions via The Wikipedia Signpost, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and the Omaha World-Herald.
Tentative: Subject to Change:
1:30pm-1:45pm:Check-in and welcome
1:45pm-2:30pm: Beginner intro to Wikipedia editing, Q&A, self-organization
2:30pm- 5:00pm: Editing Time
5:30 - 6:00pm:Wrap-up and Thanks
More coming soon. Until then, here are some possible topics to start thinking of (feel free to add your own). Also see WikiWomen's History Month To-do List, which links to a lot of other great to-do lists.
Much of this is taken from the 2013 Ada Lovelace Wikipedia Write-In at Brown:
Links coming soon:
Bedi, J.E.
"Innovative Lives: Exploring the History of Women Inventors".
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Smithsonian.
Satrom, Heater.
"Papers Illustrates Woman Inventor's Life and Work".
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Smithsonian.
Women of Invention: Women Inventors and Patent Holders (Library of Congress) Bibliography
Laxton, Glenn V. Hidden History of Rhode Island: Not-to-be-Forgotten Tales of the Ocean State. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009.
Women in R.I. History: Making a Difference. Providence: Providence Journal Co., 1994.
Gornick, Vivian.
Women in Science: Then and Now. Revised 25th Anniversary Edition. New York: The Feminist Press (NYU), 2009.
Jardins, Julie Des.
The Madame Curie Complex. New York: The Feminist Press (NYU), 2010.
Writing for Wadewitz: An
Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-Thon |
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When: May 22, 1:30-6pm You do not need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor in order to attend, just bring a willingness to learn. Hashtags: #wadewitz and #wikiwomen RSVP by signing your username below (preferred). If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature. Or, sign up on the Meetup page This edit-a-thon is part of a worldwide series of tributes. |
Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz was an influential member of the Wikipedia community who died suddenly in April 2014. This loss has deeply affected Wikipedia and the academic world. Her work is recognized internationally as helping to encourage more women to contribute to Wikipedia to tackle the gender gap and systemic bias in its content. Wadewitz was one of the first academics to bring Wikipedia into the classroom as part of the Wikipedia Education Program, working with her students to improve Wikipedia instead of writing traditional term papers. At the time of her death, she was Mellon Digital Scholarship Fellow at Occidental College. She had over 50,000 edits and wrote numerous featured and good articles, including Mary Wollstonecraft.
You can read more about Wadewitz and her contributions via The Wikipedia Signpost, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and the Omaha World-Herald.
Tentative: Subject to Change:
1:30pm-1:45pm:Check-in and welcome
1:45pm-2:30pm: Beginner intro to Wikipedia editing, Q&A, self-organization
2:30pm- 5:00pm: Editing Time
5:30 - 6:00pm:Wrap-up and Thanks
More coming soon. Until then, here are some possible topics to start thinking of (feel free to add your own). Also see WikiWomen's History Month To-do List, which links to a lot of other great to-do lists.
Much of this is taken from the 2013 Ada Lovelace Wikipedia Write-In at Brown:
Links coming soon:
Bedi, J.E.
"Innovative Lives: Exploring the History of Women Inventors".
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Smithsonian.
Satrom, Heater.
"Papers Illustrates Woman Inventor's Life and Work".
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Smithsonian.
Women of Invention: Women Inventors and Patent Holders (Library of Congress) Bibliography
Laxton, Glenn V. Hidden History of Rhode Island: Not-to-be-Forgotten Tales of the Ocean State. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009.
Women in R.I. History: Making a Difference. Providence: Providence Journal Co., 1994.
Gornick, Vivian.
Women in Science: Then and Now. Revised 25th Anniversary Edition. New York: The Feminist Press (NYU), 2009.
Jardins, Julie Des.
The Madame Curie Complex. New York: The Feminist Press (NYU), 2010.