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U.S. Ada Lovelace Day 2014 edit-a-thon, Simon Fraser University (remote participants also welcome)

Now in its sixth year, Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Participants from around Metro Vancouver are invited to gather together at Simon Fraser University to edit and create Wikipedia entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields. SFU Research Commons event details Date: Tuesday, October 14th, 9:00am to 1:30pm Venue: Research Commons , Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University (7th floor); 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5A 1S6. FYI: Cost: Free Participants: The event is open to anyone who wishes to help preserve women’s STEM history! No Wiki editing experience necessary; as needed, help will be on hand for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Can’t be there the whole time? No problem. Join us for as little or as long as you like. Details: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Coffee will be provided. Confirmed Wikipedians attending -- kitchenerd -- RCommons Online participation If you cannot make it to SFU Burnaby in person but would still like to participate, you are more than welcome to do so remotely. Suggested articles appear below, or you may add or contribute to one of your choosing. So that we can count you as having participated, please also add any and all contributions under the #Results section below. (Note: There will not be a webinar aspect for online participants; simply log in and log your contributions below to have them "counted!") Suggested Topics for U.S. edit-a-thon The following is a sampling of suggested articles to create or add upon. However, feel free to come up with your own ideas! Articles needing creation Jennifer Gardy (Genomics & Molecular Epidemiology; Science Communication) http://www.bccdc.ca/util/about/UBCCDC/People/Faculty/DrJenniferGardy.htm Joy Johnson (Nursing; Gender and Health) http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/contact/Johnson.html Gail Anderson (Criminology; Forensic Entomology) http://www.sfu.ca/~ganderso/ Articles needing additions/cleanup/etc Margaret Benston Resources: Women in STEM Note: Wikipedia pages that include lists of important women are all missing plenty of key people, so feel free to add to those lists List of female mathematicians List of women scientists Women in computing Women in engineering List of astronomers Women in medicine Women in geology List of female Nobel laureates History of women in engineering Timeline of women in dentistry Women and the environment through history Biographies of Women Mathematicians Encyclopedia of Women in Medicine Indian Academy of Sciences - List of Women Scientists Lilavati's daugters Biographical Memoirs of the National Academies of Science Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society Women in Aviation and Space History Changing the face of Medicine (women in medicine) Resources: Editing Wikipedia Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing) Five Pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to Edit a Page Article Development Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish) Manual of Style Citation Examples Bookshelf Results Articles created or expanded: Further events