Suffrage Science Wikipedia edit-a-thon

The Suffrage Science awards, founded by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) in 2011, celebrates women in science for their outstanding scientific research, communication work, and support of women in STEM. The Suffrage Science family is now 148 strong, with a further 12 joining on Monday 8th March, 2021, on what will be the tenth anniversary of the scheme.

As part of the activities for the milestone year, the incredible Dr Jess Wade and Dr Maryam Zaringhalam will be leading a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to help you create and edit the pages of past awardees, with the overall aim of expanding the encyclopaedia of scientists on the internet.

This is a drop-in event, so if you’re an experienced editor then feel free to join after the introductory talks, or if you can only spare an hour then do join us and continue your editing at a later date.

Running Order

14:00 - Welcome and introduction to Wikipedia editing

14:15 - Overview of Suffrage Science

14:20 - How to edit workshop

14:45 - Editing time

16:00 - Event close

You will receive a Zoom meeting link for the workshop when you register for a ticket.

Find out more about the Suffrage Science awards here: https://www.suffragescience.org/