The Department of Pharmacology is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women’s History Month on the theme of Women in STEM, supported by the Postgraduate and Postdoc Committee, WIDER and Wikimedia UK.
This event aims to edit, expand or create Wikipedia pages for people who have made significant contributions to science, but who have been overlooked on Wikipedia so far due to their gender, race, or any other marginalised identity.
“Less than 20% of the biographies on English language Wikipedia are about women,” while “research from 2022… found there were more Wikipedia entries about football and footballers than there were about women.” [Robyn Vinter, 2024, writing for The Guardian].
The event will run as a workshop on Friday 28th March from 10 AM to 1 PM, and will begin with a training session led by a representative of Wikimedia UK on researching and writing for Wikipedia, so please don’t hesitate to come along as a total beginner!
There’ll be the chance to work in groups or separately, to pick your own subject or to choose one from a list of suggestions.
The edit-a-thon is open to undergraduates, postgraduates, and staff members from Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biochemistry. Space may be limited, so please sign-up now to receive more information on the event and secure your place:
Date:
Friday, 28th March, 2025, 10 AM to 1 PM
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