Wikipedia:Meetup/Columbus/Women in Computing Edit-a-thon 2017

Women in Computer Edit-a-thon 2017
at the Ohio State University

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Time	6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Address	Ohio State University Dreese Labs (Room 264)
Facebook Event Page	Link

On February 15, 2017, Wikipedia Connection will be working with Ohio State's Assocation of Computing Machinery Women's chapter to host the Women in Computing Edit-a-thon 2017, an edit-a-thon focused on improving Wikipedia's articles on women in computing and related fields. Wikipedia currently has over 330 articles on women computer scientists, with the potential for more.

Food and refreshments will be available. Anyone with an interest in the cause and editing is welcome to join - no prior editing experience is required! Please be sure to bring a laptop, and be aware of our Friendly Space Policy.

Event information

Please bring a laptop with you!

• Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2017
• Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
• Location: Dreese Labs (Room 264) at the Ohio Sate University
• Information for Non-OSU Wikipedians
• Who should participate:
  • Everyone is welcome! While this event takes place on campus and is run by a university student organization, you do not have to be affiliated with the Ohio State University to attend. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and Wikipedians from all around the area to join us, regardless of skill level.
• What to expect:
  • The goal of this event is to create and improve Wikipedia articles related to women in computer.
  • The event will begin with a presentation of Wikipedia a quick guide to editing - previous editing experience not required!
  • Food, snacks, and refreshments will be provided, along with some goodies.
• Hosts: Wikipedia Connection and Assocation of Computing Machinery Women's OSU Chapter

Participants

Around 23 students attended this edit-a-thon. The Program Dashboard for the event is available here.

1. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs
2. HiddenFigure
3. Rimmel.Edits Talk
4. Wintonc7 (talk)
5. Beccaedits
6. User:Amarean
7. Blervis
8. Chorn0327
9. Crobalino
10. Emilysambuco
11. HiddenFigure
12. Khetawat
13. KirstinBoni
14. LilNors
15. Lilabard
16. SarahRyherd

List of articles to edit/create

You can explore existing content on Wikipedia through the following links. Try to find articles that pique your interest and look like they can be improved (short articles, lacking sources, etc.).

• WikiProject Women in Technology, a meta project that focuses on improving Wikipedia's coverage of women in tech.
  • Auto-generated task report
  • Requested improvements and creations.

• Women in computing
• Category:Women in technology
  • Category:Women in computing
    • Category:Women computer scientists
• Category:Organizations for women in science and technology

Articles to improve

• Sophie Vandebroek, former CTO of Xerox. Article needs expansion and updating (e.g. no longer CTO of Xerox).
• WorldWIT, a defunct discussion community for women in business and technology. Article needs clean-up, expansion, and sources.
• WOUGNET, Ugandan non-governmental organization dedicated to aiding women in information and communication technologies. Needs clean-up, expansion, and sources.
• DC Web Women, nonprofit professional organization for women in technology. Needs expansion and sources.
• Systers, international electronic mailing list for technical women in computing. Needs organization, better sources, and updates.
• Martine Kempf, French computer scientists. Needs expansion (only a sentence long!).
• Margaret K. Butler, early developer of computers. 'Early life and education' section needs content.
• Carol Shaw (video game designer), former Atari employee. Content is a bit hectic and can be split into sections.
• ACM-W, article could use come expansion.
  • Better, transparent logo? Is an SVG available?
  • Could use more third-party sources.
• List of ACM-W Celebrations, can probably be updated.
• List of ACM-W chapters, needs updating (missing Ohio State's chapter!).
• Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing needs updating (missing 2016 and 2016 events; needs sources and re-writing).

Articles to create

These subjects are not guaranteed to be notable, but they have potential and are worth looking into!

• Athena Lecturer Award, an annual award from ACM-W that honors outstanding women researchers.
• Women's Technology Empowerment Centre, a non-profit in Nigeria. Has partnered up with Facebook and has created other initiatives.
• Redhat Women in Open Source Academic Award

Resources

Editing resources

• Writing an article
• Biographies of living people
• Writing about women
• Determining the notability of people
  • Determining the notability of academics
• Verifying reliable sources

Outcomes

In ~1 hour of editing, event participants created 2 articles, improved 11 articles, and uploaded 1 file through over 45 edits. This list is likely not 100% complete, due to several untracked editors.

New articles

1. Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (started in sandbox)
2. Teresa Carlson

Article improvements

1. Martine Kempf
2. DC Web Women
3. Systers
4. Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards
5. Nina Amenta
6. Carol Shaw (video game designer)
7. Margaret K. Butler
8. Sophie Vandebroek
9. List of ACM-W chapters
10. Thelma Estrin
11. Corinna Cortes

File uploads

1. File:Frances Spence.jpg

External links

• ACM-W at Ohio State