Wikipedia:Meetup/SCAR 2016

SCAR Open Science Conference 2016
Women of the Antarctic Wikibomb

When and Where
When	Tuesday, 23 August 2016 6.30 – 9.30pm MYT
Where	Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Kuala Lumpur 50088 Malaysia
Website	Wikibomb Event
Hashtag	#AntarcticWomen @SCAR_tweets @WikiWomenInRed
Wikiproject Women in Red Celebrating Polar Women WiR August Editathon

This is the organisation page for the 2016 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Women of the Antarctic Wikibomb in collaboration with the Women in Red. Here we can coordinate our editing efforts and discuss relevant issues. A celebration of the pages created will be held at the SCAR2016 conference in Kuala Lumpur. These efforts aim to recognise the work of women in Antarctic research, to help redress some of the gender bias prevalent throughout the encyclopaedia, and to provide more visible female role models.

2016 process timetable

15 April
Nominations close

16 May
Volunteers submit initial drafts

30 May
Review each other's entries
Upload to Wikipedia as "Draft:Jane_Smith" page

13 June
Submit drafts for review by Wikipedia community and conversion to final "Jane_Smith" pages

23 August Final event and celebration
18:50 – Doors Open
19:00 – Talks and panel discussion
20:10 – Food and drinks
20:30 – Unveiling of new and improved pages and thanks to volunteers!
21:30 – Closing
In affiliation with: The Tinker foundation · The Korea Polar Research Institute · La Trobe University · International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators

Attendees

Outcomes

See meta:Grants:Project/Rapid/SCAR2016/Report for report on the 23 August 2016 event at SCAR Open Science Conference 2016

Press

One biography tweeted per day by @SCAR_Tweets for the month of August with hashtag #AntarcticWomen
Alphabetical by name of organization

1. Savage, Sara; Strugnell, Jan; Shafee, Thomas (31 August 2016). "Parallel Lines" (Audio interview). 3RRR radio.
2. Williams, Robyn; Strugnell, Jan (12 August 2016). "Science Show: Women in Antarctica making up for lost time" (Audio interview). ABC Radio National.
3. Hinchliffe, Jessica (30 August 2016). "Wikibomb dropped to raise profile of female scientists in Antarctica". ABC Brisbane.
4. Goddard, Ryk; Strugnell, Jan (1 September 2016). "Wikibomb event promotes 100 women in Antarctic Science" (Audio interview). ABC Hobart.
5. "Wikibomb celebrates women in Antarctic science". Australian Antarctic Division. Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy. 18 August 2016.
6. "Wikibomb event raises profile of ANU Antarctic scientists". Australian National University. 30 August 2016.
7. Mitchell-Whittington, Amy (31 August 2016). "'Wikibomb' to celebrate more than 90 Antarctic female scientists". The Canberra Times.
8. "Christine Siddoway Honored at Celebration of Women in Antarctic Research". Colorado College's Around the Block. 1 September 2016.
9. Strugnell, Jan; Shafee, Thomas (10 August 2016). "Female scientists are role models on ice". La Trobe University.
10. Waeda, Julianna (2 September 2016). "Wikibomb event gives greater recognition to Australia's Antarctic female scientists". Loop PNG.
11. Bogle, Ariel (11 August 2016). "New Wikipedia project champions women scientists in the Antarctic". Mashable.
12. Strugnell, Jan; Shafee, Thomas; Wilson, Nerida; Downey, Rachel; Stevens, Craig; Shaw, Justine; Baeseman, Jenny (10 August 2016). "Profiles: Kudos for female Antarctic researchers". Nature. 536: 148–148. doi:10.1038/536148b.
13. Tippet, Harrison (23 August 2016). "Female scientists come in from the cold". Preston Leader - Herald Sun. Melbourne. p. 10.
14. Shafee, Thomas (18 August 2016). "Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica". The Signpost.
15. "Antarctic Scientists Overlooked on Wikipedia for Years Because of Their Sex". Sputnik International. 12 August 2016.
16. "Push for Female Recognition". Swan Hill Guardian. 17 August 2016.
17. "Antarctic women scientists put the heat on Wikipedia". uq.edu.au. University of Queensland UQnews. 25 August 2016.
18. "Radical action for gender equality in Antarctic science". Voxy. 11 August 2016.
19. Tippet, Harrison (31 August 2016). "Thawsome women". leader.newspaperdirect.com. Melbourne: Whittlesea Leader.
20. Strugnell, Jan (July 2016). "An Antarctic Women Wikibomb: raising the profile of female scientists" (PDF). Women in Polar Science (3): 6.

List of articles to create and improve

Below are a list of researchers who could have pages written about them, or whose pages could be expanded upon.
Information and references have been provided by members of SCAR and Wikiproject Women in Red.

To adopt a page to create, click on one of these red links. To improve an existing article, click one of the blue links.

Thanks

This effort was made possible by the dedication of an amazing group of volunteers - thank you for your time!

Allison Lee, Carol Devine, Morgan Seag, Christel Hansen, Tristy Vick-Majors, Nicole Hill, Alix Post, Nor Radziah, Aitana Forcen, Jenna Knox, Siti Musalmah, Jesse Blackadder, Christine Siddoway, Sharon Robinson, Will Pena, Gisela Gacitua, Nur Sakinah, Tammy Russell, Aitana Forcen, Hanne Nielsen, Gabriela Roldan, Jennifer Austin, Katya Uryupova, Ana Maria Barrios, Bryn Dhir, Laurton McGurk, Nicole Dakin, Nicola Wilmot, Jessica Rosenfels, Tebogo Masebe, Jenna Tracy Knox, Emma Jefferys, Nadezhda Filimonova, Michaela Louise Coote, YongMei Gong, Kiran Gurung, Maddie Brasier, Charlotte Ditlevsen, Lena Padukova, Jordan Owen

Many thanks to the supporters of our Wikibomb celebration event

The GoFundMe crowdfund, La Trobe University, the Korean Polar Science Institute, Tinker Foundation, International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

Special thanks to

Jan Strugnell, Thomas Shafee, and and Wikipedia’s amazing Women in Red and the rest of the Wikibomb Committee: Nerida Wilson, Craig Stevens, Justine Shaw and Jenny Baeseman and to everyone who nominated outstanding women and contributed to this unprecedented activity.

Feedback

Photos of the event

Feel free to add to this list by uploading an image and adding the file name below

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  Strugnell and Shafee in front of conference promotional banner at SCAR 2016
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  Drinks before the talks
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  Panel discussion with Hong Kum Lee, Ian Allison, Terry Wilson, Steven Chown, Jane Francis, and Thomas Shafee
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  Panel discussion with Hong Kum Lee, Ian Allison, Terry Wilson, Steven Chown, Jane Francis, and Thomas Shafee
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  Audience during panel discussion
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  Question from audience during panel discussion
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  Presentation by Strugnell and Shafee
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  Audience standing room at the rear of the hall during presentation
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  Committe at the end of the presentation, Baeseman, Shafee, Strugnell, Wilson, and Shaw
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  Shaw, Wilson, Shafee, Baeseman, and Strugnell after presentation event
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  Prof. Hong Kum Lee (Korea Polar Research Institute) and Dr. Burcu Ozsoy (Director of Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center) after event
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  Prof. Karin Lochte (Director of Alfred Wegener Institute) and Dr. Burcu Ozsoy (Director of Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center) after event
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  Terry Wilson (Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center) and Dr. Burcu Ozsoy (Director of Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center) after event
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  Wilfred Madius Tangau (Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia) mentioning Wikibomb event during speech at the conference dinner
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  Robert Dunbar mentioning Wikibomb event during SCAR medal acceptance speech at the conference dinner
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  Francisco Hervé mentioning Wikibomb event during SCAR medal acceptance speech at the conference dinner
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  Jerónimo López-Martínez (SCAR president) mentioning Wikibomb event during speech at the conference dinner

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  Main presentation
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  Editing handout booklet
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  Banner
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  Declaration of support signed at event (page 1)
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  Declaration of support signed at event (page 2)

Resource pages

• 10 minute editing tutorials
• Five pillars
• Notability criteria for academics
• How to request an image of the article subject
• Detailed biography guidelines

WikiProjects

• WikiProject Women in Red
  • Celebrating Polar Women Editathon: August 2016
• WikiProject Women scientists
• WikiProject Antarctica