EWM-NL Wikipedia Project Launch Event

European Women in Mathematics – The Netherlands (EWM-NL) has started a Wikipedia project:

“The goal is to contribute pages to Wikipedia about (Dutch) female mathematicians. Contributing could take the form of writing, expanding, or translating a page.

On Wednesday January 27, 2021 we will launch the project with a kick-off event. This online Wikipedia edit-a-thon will last from 14.30 till 17.00. The event will consist of two parts: we will start with a short training session by Wikimedia volunteer Ellywa, meant as an introduction to Wikipedia editing. This will be followed by a writing session. You can register for both parts or only one.

If you register to the writing session, you will be asked if you have preferences for (Dutch female) mathematicians to write/edit/translate a page for. The suggestions we give are based on the brainstorming session held at our online annual event, but please feel free to make other suggestions as well. While you can certainly tick multiple boxes, please bear in mind that we are aiming to create teams of participants to work together on these pages.

Nearer the event, we will send you the necessary details to join the meeting. In any case, we encourage you to create an account on Wikpedia. If you have time, you could even already practice a bit beforehand!”