Wikipedia:Meetup/AWM/AWM Symposium 2022

AWM Symposium Edit-a-thon

Date	Fri June 17, Sat Jun 18, Sun June 19, 2022
Time	Varies, see below
Address	Great Hall, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (East Bank) Campus
City, State	Minneapolis, Minnesota

Join us in person at the AWM Symposium to add content about women in mathematics to Wikipedia. We’ll have experienced Wikipedians who can help you start editing ans suggestions for edits that need to be made. Please bring a laptop and some curiosity.

What to expect

This is a gathering for anyone, from seasoned contributors to people who are wanting to know more. Anyone can contribute. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you can get a head start with this this training module.

Details

Join us in person at any of the following times. This is a drop in event, so come and go as you please.

• Fri June 17, 2022, 10:15am-11:50am in the Great Hall
• Sat June 18, 2022, 3:20pm-4:55pm in the Great Hall
• Sun June 19, 2022, 8:50am-10:50am in Vincent 105

Resources

Getting Started

• Create a Wikipedia username here

Finding Articles

• DART's suggestions If you start working on an item from this list please add a comment to the file so everyone knows you are working on it.
• Women in Red list of mathematicians
• Awards recipients from AWM
• List of Math/CS biographies and awards that need pages created.

Suggested References

• Biographies of Women Mathematicians, hosted at The Women in Math Project
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians, hosted at Agnes Scott College
• Pioneering Women: Pre-1940 PhDs in Mathematics
• EvenQuads honorees

Additional Resources

• AWM Wikipedia google group
• Adding Math Reviews links to Wikipedia pages
• Template for Bio of Women Mathematician

Example Articles

• Rachel Kuske (short article)
• Georgia Benkart (detailed article with picture)
• Karen Vogtmann (article with picture)

Articles Worked On

• Dawn Lott added picture and info box
• Added links to Meet A Mathematician! videos for:
  • Carrie Diaz Eaton
  • Raegan Higgins
  • Emily Riehl
• Added EvenQuads citations for:
  • Maria Gaetana Agnesi
  • Nkechi Agwu
  • Beatrice Aitchison

Sign up

Attendees

Attending? Please, sign up here.

• Denise Rangel Tracy
• Kaitlin Hill
• Caitlin Lienkaemper
• Banjo001
• Margaret Lund

Regrets

If you can't make it, but are interested in future events, let us know. You may also email denise(DOT)rangel(DOT)tracy(AT)gmail(DOT)com.