Wikipedia:Meetup/El Paso/March 2020

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| footer = Women in science Clockwise from top left: Director general of Moscow Zoo, Svetlana Vladimirovna Akulova, South African researcher, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Japanese chemist, Kato Sechi, Ukrainian malacologist, Nina Gural-Sverlova, Brazilian civil engineer,Carmen Portinho, Mexican astronomer, Margarita Rosado Solís.

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Only 18.2 percent of English Wikipedia biographies feature women. This number has increased by 2.7 percent in the past five years largely due to Wikipedia edit-a-thons – events in which participants work together to create and edit Wikipedia pages for notable women. These efforts increase the number of female role models and help to combat systemic gender biases.

The Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon will focus on creating and improving Wikipedia pages for women in the STEMM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, math and medicine). The event will be hosted [https://us.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/guest/15a28b99e3b74522a44bde4859095aad online] only and will be taught by {{u|Megalibrarygirl|Sue Barnum}} from the El Paso Libraries. This event is organized by 500 Women Scientists-El Paso Pod.

Participants MUST create a Wikipedia account prior to attending. Your account can be created via this [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Main+Page this link].

This event is online only, but please register so we know how many people to expect!

• Date: Thursday, March 26, 2020
• Time: 4:30pm - 6:30 MDT
• Location: Online. Sign up [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-stemm-wikipedia-online-edit-a-thon-el-paso-tickets-99405665020 here]
• Log in: Video event link [https://us.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/guest/15a28b99e3b74522a44bde4859095aad here]
• Worklist: Women in Science (general list, links to other more specific lists)