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Event details

  • Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013
  • Time: 9 am - 12 pm CST
  • Location: Faculty Technology Commons Lab on the 3rd floor of the Howard Tilton Library, Tulane University
  • Event: A wikithon event to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the history of women in higher education.
  • Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/507985489240728/

Celebrate Women's History Month by contributing to Wikipedia articles relating women. This event will take place in conjunction with Fatima Jinnah Women University as part of the WikiWomen's History Month. You will learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and edit articles relating to the topic of women and higher education.

What to bring

  • Yourself
  • (Optional) Topic ideas or articles you might want to work on
  • (Optional) Any relevant reference materials or digital photos to incorporate into Wikipedia

Topic Suggestions


Stubs
Find more ideas
  • Lots of women on this list: Louisiana Center for Women and Government Hall of Fame
  • Some LA names in this article are also education/writing related: [9]
  • More names of LA women here: [10]
  • Website with LA history, not all is on Wikipedia already: [11]
  • Minimal information, but some names of Pakistani women: [12]
  • List of "100 Most Important Women in Pakistan": [13]
  • More Pakistani women, including one who runs a school: [14]

Attendees Sign-in

Jscheuer (talk) 15:10, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Omahlerhaug (talk) 15:12, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

cody.marie.wild (talk) 15:12, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Sallyjkenney (talk) 15:27, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Roofijasim (talk) 15:27, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Farzana Awais (talk) 15:29, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Mehreen1234 (talk) 15:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Cgonzal7 (talk) 15:38, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

LeahJaques (talk) 12:47, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Jmonterr13 (talk) 6:39, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Jazmia (talk) 19:11, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Resources

Wikipedia:Cheatsheet

Wikipedia:Tutorial

Welcome to Wikipedia Brochure

WikiWomen's Collaborative

United States Education Program

Other Tulane University Hosted Edit-a-thons

Fall 2013