Wikipedia:GLAM/Wellcome/Events and Workshops/UCL LGBTQ+ 2020

Info about the event

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Take part in a LGBTQ+ Wikipedia Edit-a-thon that will to celebrate the LGBTQ+ people who deserve a more prominent place in the online record.

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Click here to go to the Dashboard so we can log your involvement! There are several articles on the Dashboard that you might like to improve - lots of them need infoboxes, for instance. You can also find more basic articles to improve on this list of articles that the folks at Wikiproject LGBT have classfied as "start class".

Suggested Wikidata edits

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If you'd like to edit Wikidata, take a look at WikiProject LGBT and especially the section "How can I help?"

Suggested Wikipedia pages for creation

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Suggested Wikipedia biographies for creation

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Be cautious of pronouns (he/him/his, she/her/hers, them/their/theirs), dead-naming someone (using their previous name prior to transition), or revealing personal information that may out somebody (i.e. reveal their sexuality w/o it being publicly known prior). If in doubt, use their surname rather than pronouns or avoid writing about their personal life.
There is excellent advice on writing about LGBTQ+ people on WikiProject LGBT studies.
To check notability guidelines for academics: Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)

Listed resources are not complete!

As well as the articles suggested on the dashboard, there are also lots of articles you can find to edit in the Wikipedia category for sexual orientation and science and here as suggested by the folks at Wikiproject LGBT Studies. And for some nice easy edits, check that all people are in the right categories, translate information between different language versions of Wikipedia (see the bar at the left of every article to find the different language versions), check that people and their research are mentioned on relevant pages, and check that biography articles are included on relevant lists.

Resources to find information for profiles of LGBTQ+ scientists

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Articles written by or interviewing named LGBTQ+ scientists

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Other relevant articles

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Surveys and research

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Groups and initiatives

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See what a difference you're making

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