The Planetary Science Wiki Edit-a-thon

The Planetary Science Wiki Edit-a-thon aims to highlight diversity within the planetary science community.

EPSC2021 Wiki-Edit-a-thon

The Diversity Committee of the Europlanet Society, in collaboration with Women in Red and WikiDonne, is organising a second edition of the Planetary Science Wiki Edit-A-Thon that was first held during EPSC2020. The 2021 Edit-A-Thon will continue to create and translate Wikipedia profiles to highlight diversity within the planetary science community.

• Introduction:
  • Friday,  September 17, 17:30-19:00

• Writing/editing sessions:
  • Monday, Sepember 20, 19:00-20:30
  • Tuesday, Sepember 21, 12:45–14:15
  • Wednesday, September 22, 12:45–14:15
  • Friday, Sepember 24, 17:30–19:00

A group has met for ongoing monthly meetings and continued to add and translate profiles. EPSC2021 will be an opportunity to expand the group and develop more new profiles and translations.

Sign up to participate during EPSC2021

For more information, please contact arianna.piccialli@aeronomie.be.

EPSC2020 Wiki-Edit-a-thon

The project was presented on Tuesday 22 September during a splinter meeting convened by Arianna Piccialli (BIRA-IASB) and which hosted Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (Women in Red), Camelia Boban (WikiDonne), Jessica Wade (University of London), and Maryam Zaringhalam (500 Women Scientists):

Splinter SMW5 Wiki Edit-a-thon from Europlanet Society on Vimeo.

A training session took place one week before the #EPSC2020 on 17 September:

The EPSC2020 Planetary Science Wiki Edit-a-thon is organized by the Diversity Committee of the Europlanet Society and Europlanet 2024 RI, in collaboration with Women in Red and WikiDonne.

If you would like to participate in the project or have more information, please contact Arianna Piccialli (arianna.piccialli@aeronomie.be)

List of Resources:

• WikiProject Women in Red: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23875215
• The world’s largest network of library content and services: https://www.worldcat.org/
• 500 Women Wiki Scientists: https://wikiedu.org/500-women-wiki-scientists/

The primary language of the Wiki-Edit-a-thon is English, but Wikipedians contributing articles in other languages are also welcome.

See the results of the EPSC2020 Planetary Wiki Edit-a-thon.

Presentation of the Planetary Wiki Edit-a-thon at EGU2021

More about Outreach at EPSC 2021