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'With my laptop and enthusiasm': This physicist is adding hundreds of women scientists to Wikipedia

Posted by Catt
Tags: women, representation, wikipedia, encyclopedias, scientists, radio broadcasts, jessica wade, source.cbc
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/with-my-laptop-and-enthusiasm-this-physicist-is-adding-hundreds-of-women-scientists-to-wikipedia-1.4771469

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Published
Aug 3 2018
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3 comments

  1. Catt
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    I posted this in ~science because Jessica Wade's goals are specific to adding Wiki entries for women in STEM.

    I posted this in ~science because Jessica Wade's goals are specific to adding Wiki entries for women in STEM.

    4 votes
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    ScienceForDessert
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    Off topic, but I know a scientists that kept trying to add a Wikipedia page for himself. The page kept being deleted because he wasn't relevant enough. Self-promotion didn't even come into play.

    Off topic, but I know a scientists that kept trying to add a Wikipedia page for himself. The page kept being deleted because he wasn't relevant enough. Self-promotion didn't even come into play.

    3 votes
    1. Catt
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      That's good know :P

      That's good know :P