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Wikipedia:Meetup/ZSL London Zoo editathon, 12 August 2014

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Most of the participants who were physically as opposed to virtually present.

Our hosts

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The Zoological Society of London has one of the world's finest zoological libraries.

About the event

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The afternoon will comprise an introduction to the library with refreshments and a library tour. Afterwards there will be a chance to use the reference works to improve content on Wikipedia and/or other Wikimedia Wikis.

The event is intended for people who are already comfortable with editing wikis, and there is an absolute maximum of 20 attendees.

How do I prepare?
  • Bring a laptop or book one from Wikimedia UK (wi-fi will be provided)
  • Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
  • Refreshments will be provided

Programme

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2pm to 6pm, with tea and biscuits provided.

  • 2:00 Introduction to Library
  • 2:15 Training on how to edit
  • 2:45 Editing!
  • 5:50 Wrap-up and summary of progress made

Trainers

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Attendees

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Sign up here

James Moulding James Moulding (talk) 14:48, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disability

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Wikimedia UK has a hearing loop which can be brought if booked at least one working day in advance.

Topics for articles (women)

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Name Role Known for Wikipedia page Alive? Sources User writing article
Name Role Known for Wikipedia page Alive? Sources Username here
Agnes Claypole Moody Zoologist First woman appointed to a teaching position at Cornell University in the Medical Department Poor Yes http://www.amazon.com/Women-Field-Americas-Pioneering-Naturalists/dp/0890964890 Username here
Alice Eastwood Botanist - Poor No - Username here
Althea Sherman Ornithologist - - No No Username here
Ann Haven Morgan Zoologist The 1933 edition of American Men of Science listed her along with two other women among the 250 total entries Poor No http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revealing-New-Worlds-Victorian-Naturalists/dp/0415270693 Username here
Anna Botsford Comstock Conservationist - Poor No http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-5661.00024/abstract Username here
Biruté Galdikas primatologist, conservationist, ethologist World's orangu-tan expert Yes Yes http://www.amazon.com/American-Women-Afield-Naturalists-Environment/dp/0890966346 Username here
Caroline Dormon Ecologist - No No http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_femmes_scientifiques --CathyHensman (talk) 14:45, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Christine Petit Geneticist - No No http://lesaventuresdeuterpe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/les-femmes-de-lannee-2011.html Username here
Cordelia Stanwood Ornithologist - No No - Username here
Cornelia Clapp Zoologist Marine biology Poor No - --Biscottibiscotti (talk) 14:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Edith Clements Ecologist Wife of Frederic Clements Yes No - Username here
Edith Marion Patch Entomologist - No No - Username here
Eleanor Anne Ormerod Naturalist Entomology Yes No - --NHMFiona (talk) 13:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Eleanor Glanville Entomologist - - - - Username here
Elizabeth Gault Fisher Naturalist The Glanville Fritillary is named after her No No - Username here
Elizabeth Peckham Behavioural Ecologist - Yes - shared with husband No - Username here
Ellen Quillin Naturalist "Flower Lady of Texas" No No - CMD (talk) 14:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ethel Sargant Botanist - Poor No - Username here
Eugenie Clark Ichthylogist The shark lady Yes Yes - Username here
Evelyn Cheesman Entomologist First women to be given a job at London Zoo Poor No - Username here
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey Naturalist "First lady of ornithology" Yes No - Username here
Florence Peebles Geneticist Genetics -- student of T.H. Morgan No No - Username here
Georgina Mace Ecologist BES president, FRS, IUCN red list Poor No - --Elutris1 (talk) 12:49, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Graceanna Lewis Naturalist Expert ornithologist Yes No - Username here
Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige Naturalist, Museum curator Herpetologist and Icthyologist Poor No - electronpink
Isabelle Bird Natural Historian - Yes No - Username here
Jane Colden Botanist First female botanist? Poor No - Zabbals
Karen Steel Geneticist Genetics of hearing Poor Yes - Username here
Margaret Gatty Writer Marine biology - wrote a book on British seaweeds Poor No - --Allisonhensman (talk) 14:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Marianne North Naturalist Botanical art Poor No - Username here
Martha Maxwell Naturalist & Vegetarian Helped found modern taxidermy Poor No - Username here
Mary Agnes Chase Botanist considered one of the world's outstanding agrostologists Yes No - Username here
Mary Elizabeth Barber 19th century scientist Botany, ornithology and entomology Yes No - Username here
Mary J. Rathbun Zoologist Crustaceans Yes No - Username here
Mary Murtfeldt Entomologist - Poor No - Username here
Mary Rice Zoologist Worms No Yes - Username here
Mary Sophie Young Botanist - No No - --PhyloDom (talk) 13:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mary Treat Naturalist, friend of Darwin Entomology Yes No - Username here
Metrodora Polymath, physician First medical book written by a woman Poor No - Username here
Nancy Grimm Ecologist Urban ecology -- all the major reviews and insights are by her or in her publications No Yes - Username here
Olive Thorne Miller Naturalist - No No - Username here
Polina Mendeléef Cancer researcher Daughter of Mendeleev No No https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polina_Mendel%C3%A9ef Username here
Pythias of Assos - Aristotle's first wife No No - James Moulding (talk) 14:50, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Roger Arliner Young Zoologist First African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Zoology Quite good -- but could be improved No - Username here
Rosa Smith Eigenmann Marine Biologist first notable female ichthylogist Yes No - Username here
Rosemary Gillespie Ecologist - No Yes - Username here
Sandra Diaz Ecologist Largest plant database No Yes - Username here
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Primatologist - - - - Username here
Susan Fenimore Cooper Naturalist - Poor No - Username here
Susan Trumbore Ecologist - No Yes - Username here
Ynes Mexia Botanist Mexican and South American plant collection Yes No - Username here
Louise-Anastasia Serment Natural philosopher - Very poor No - Username here
Margaret Morse Nice Ornithologist Song Sparrow Yes - - Username here
Nellie Harris Rau Behavioural Ecologist Wife of Phil Rau. Wasps - - - Username here
Jane Sharp - - - - - --Username here
Annie Morrill Smith - - - - - Username here
Amelia Laskey - - - - - Username here
Lorenna Strozzi - - - - - Username here
Emma Lucy Braun - - - - - Username here
Ruth Harris Thomas - - - - - Username here
Barbara De Wolfe - - - - - Username here
Bessa Vugo - - - - - Username here
Jeanne Villepreux-Power - - - - - --Holrob2000 (talk) 14:26, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Marie Lachapelle - - - - - Username here
Caroline Dormon - - - - - Username here
Anna Atkins - - - - - Username here
Laura Boulton - - - - - Username here
Marie Boivin - - - - - Username here
Kathleen Haddon - - - - - --MCMLowe (talk) 13:17, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Helen Frances James Palaeontologist/ornithologist Fossil birds of Hawaii, curator of birds at the Museum of Natural History, Washington. Yes Yes - --Flakkarin (talk) 12:44, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Alison Jolly - - - - - Username here
Amalie Dietrich - - - - - Username here
Käthe Hoffmann - - - - - Username here
Harriet Mann Miller - - - - - Username here
Margaret Clay Ferguson - - - - - --PhyloDom (talk) 14:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Tamara Mkheidze - - - - - Username here
Liane Russell - - - - - Username here
Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson - - - - - Username here
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps - - - - - Username here
Carolina Dodel Port - - - - - Username here
Margaretta Hare-Morris - - - - - Username here
Anna Thynne - - - - - Username here
Juliet Clutton-Brock - - - - - Username here
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe - - - - - Username here
Marie Sibille Merian - - - - - Username here
Mary Roberts (author) - - - - - --Helenherself (talk) 12:46, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Elizabeth Gould - - - - - Username here
Elsie Wilkins Sexton - - - - - Username here
N. B. Eales - - - - - Username here
Marie Victoria Lebour - - - - - Username here
Sidnie Manton - - - - - Username here

Topics for articles (men)

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Name Role Known for Wikipedia page Alive? Sources User writing article
Michael Akam Zoologist FRS Very short Yes Sources Username here
Malcolm Burrows Zoologist FRS Very short Yes http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/malcolm-burrows Username here
Tim Coulson Zoologist Professor of Zoology No Yes http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/coulson_t.htm Username here
Nick Davies Behavioural ecologist FRS Very short Yes http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-davies Username here
Kevin Foster Evolutionary biologist Professor of Evolutionary Biology No Yes http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/foster_k.htm Username here
Charles Godfray Zoologist Professor of Zoology No Yes http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/godfray_hcj.htm Username here
Paul H. Harvey Evolutionary biologist FRS Short Yes http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/harvey_p.htm Username here
Edward Hindle Biologist and Entomologist FRS No No http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2601&type=P Username here
Murdoch Mitchison Zoologist FRS Very short No http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-murdoch-mitchison-scd-frs-frse-zoologist-and-biologist-1-1545371 Username here

Topics for articles (all other articles)

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Title Context Related info Wikipedia page Sources User writing article
Cnemaspis_Girii Gecko Very short Yes Username here
Black-eyed gecko Gecko Very short Yes Username here
Jucaraseps Prehistoric lizard Stub? Yes Username here
Actinoposthia_beklemischevi Acoel flatworm Very short Yes Acoel Username here
Eichstaettisaurus Missing genus No Jucaraseps Username here
Sakurasaurus Missing genus No Jucaraseps Username here
Hooded_scaly-foot Clean up required Yes Username here
Lialisinae Missing subfamily No Pygopodidae Username here
Pygopodinae Missing subfamily No Pygopodidae Username here
Infanticide in primates No Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology Username here
Shingle urchin Expand Yes Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology Username here
Wholphin Expand Yes Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology Username here