https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Bridging_the_Gender_Gap_with_Women_ScientistsEstablished and aspiring women scientists are an untapped resource for
the Wikimedia movement and could be invaluable to fixing the gender gap
and systemic bias issues. In this presentation at Wikimania 2013, Emily Temple-Wood shares her
experiences working with women scientists (along with some success
stories of their participation) and suggestions for getting women
scientists on board with various projects. She also shares the
mission of WikiProject Women Scientists and explain why it is a crucial
project.
"By recruiting women scientists actively, we can also acquire
dedicated expert editors in the sciences, who are desperately needed
across the projects. One-on-one or one-on-few discussion and hands-on
teaching is, I believe, the best way to get women hooked on the project;
I will give some methods for making these kinds of interactions happen.
Furthermore, I will report on WikiProject Women Scientists, an
initiative on English Wikipedia founded by myself and Sarah Stierch to
collaborate, improve the existing articles on women scientists, and
create articles on the literally thousands of notable scientists that
are missing from Wikipedia. We have already made some significant
headway on this." - Emily Temple-Wood, Wikimania 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientistsWikimania is the annual international conference of the
Wikimedia movement. It's organized by a different local team each year. In 2013 the conference took place in the
Hong Kong Polytechnic University.