Around the Web: Ada Lovelace Day, Wikipedia & Women in Science [Confessions of a Science Librarian]

(Before It's News)

My library is hosting a Ada Lovelace Day event tomorrow (ok, a little late…). Continuing in a tradition of having Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thons, we’re hosting our own Wikipedia Women in Science Edit-a-thon!

I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading over the last couple of years about Wikipedia culture and especially how it relates to the under-representation of women both as editors and as subjects of articles. So I thought I’d share some of my readings here with all of you.

Of course, this list is in no way comprehensive or complete. I welcome suggestions for further readings in the comments, either on edit-a-thons, women in science, Wikipedia culture or any of the intersections of those topics.

About Wikipedia Edit-a-thons

• Wikipedia:How to run an edit-a-thon (with a list of past edit-a-thons)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women’s History/Ada Lovelace Day 2012
• Edit-a-thon gets women scientists into Wikipedia
• Stop female scientists being written out of Wikipedia history
• The Mission to Get Women Scientists on Wikipedia
• Royal Society edit-a-thon to improve Wikipedia articles about women in science
• Wiki editors boost entries on female scientists to mark Ada Lovelace Day
• How Hosting an Edit-A-Thon Made Me Trust Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Royal Society/Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Royal Society, March 2014
• Wikipedia: Women in Science edit-a-thon / Bodelian Library
• Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon III / Smithsonian
• WOMEN IN SCIENCE WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON / UNC WISE
• Wiki editing recognizes women in science / Brown U
• Lilavati’s Daughters Edit-a-thon / Indian Academy of Sciences
• NIH Marks Women’s History Month with All-Day Wikipedia Edit
• Ada Lovelace Day at SFU

About Wikipedia and Editor Culture More Generally

• Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence
• Wikipedia:Systemic bias
• How do I use Wikipedia for research?
• The Wikipedia wars: does it matter if our biggest source of knowledge is written by men?
• Wikipedia votes to ban some editors from gender-related articles
• Wikipedia’s Women Problem
• 90% of Wikipedia’s Editors Are Male—Here’s What They’re Doing About It
• The Problem of Women in Science in Wikipedia
• Yes, Wikipedia Is Sexist — That’s Why It Needs You
• Wikipedia, Cynicism And Idealism.
• Love, hate, and the Wikipedia contributor culture problem
• The Decline of Wikipedia
• Who Killed Wikipedia?
• Can Wikipedia Survive?
• Number of women in tech ‘disastrous’: Wikipedia founder
• What do Wikipedia, Bing, Reddit, and the FBI Have in Common?
• Harvard’s Looking for a ‘Wikipedian in Residence’
• ‘I’ve Got a Hunch’
• Research Report Looks at Wikipedia Article Creation Trends
• The distorted mirror of Wikipedia: a quantitative analysis of Wikipedia coverage of academics
• “Rise and decline” of Wikipedia participation, new literature overviews, a look back at WikiSym 2012
• Can Automated Editorial Tools Help Wikipedia’s Declining Volunteer Workforce?
• Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages
• Does The ‘Neutral Point Of View’ Make Wikipedia Boring?
• Student Hoaxes World’s Media on Wikipedia
• Why Wikipedia + Open Access = Revolution
• Marathon Editing Brings New Rigor to Wikipedia Physics
• The most-edited Wikipedia pages from House of Commons IP addresses
• Anti-Science Trolls are Starting Edit Wars on Wikipedia
• Is Wikipedia Being Hit By a Google Penalty?
• Google Still Loves Wikipedia (More Than Its Own Properties)
• This free online encyclopedia has achieved what Wikipedia can only dream of
• Wikipedia Bans Hundreds Of “Black Hat” Paid Editors Who Created Promotional Pages On Its Site
• The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay
• Wikipedia edits performed on government computers extends beyond Hillsborough disaster
• Expenses and sex scandal deleted from MPs’ Wikipedia pages by computers inside Parliament
• Victoria Police edits Wikipedia page of police shooting victim Tyler Cassidy
• Wikimedia Foundation employee ousted over paid editing
• Elsevier access donations help Wikipedia editors improve science articles
• “WikiGate” raises questions about Wikipedia’s commitment to open access
• Should Wikipedia work with Elsevier?
• Is a Giant Academic Publisher Trying to Paywall Wikipedia?

I’m working on a LibGuide for the event which I’ll post here once I make it live.

• Briefs: Law School Under Fire
• Friends of Science start new campaign for Paris #COP21
• The View from Washington: CISA Security Bill Passes Senate
• PEN announces launch of graphene-based product for use in pharmaceuticals
• MPA-capped CdTe quantum dots exposure causes neurotoxic effects through affecting the transporters and receptors of glutamate, serotonin and dopamine at the genetic level in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
• Graphene may enable dense, energy-efficient memory chips
• StoryShop Is A Story Planning App For Writers So Your Dragon Killers Can Kill The Dragon
• Google Play Games Now Lets You Record And Share Gameplay
• Variation in Archaeopteryx and basal bird radiation
• Customer Reviews Are Important. Why Are Few Biz Doing It? Freshbooks Has A Solution.