{"id":776,"date":"2018-08-07T15:21:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T15:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=776"},"modified":"2018-08-07T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T15:25:30","slug":"ada-lovelace-day-2018-nominate-women-in-stem-heroines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/ada-lovelace-day-2018-nominate-women-in-stem-heroines\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada Lovelace Day 2018 &#8211; nominate Women in STEM heroines"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-264\" class=\"post-264 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ald18 category-news tag-ald18 tag-ald2018 has-author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>It\u2019s a little over two months until Ada Lovelace Day 2018, which is happening on Tuesday 9<sup>th<\/sup> October this year.<\/p>\n<p>Pop it in your calendar now and we\u2019ll announce further details about the University\u2019s plans on this website shortly.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more on the official Ada Lovelace Day website \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/findingada.com\">http:\/\/findingada.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-261\" class=\"post-261 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ald17 tag-kings-buildings tag-media-hopper tag-video has-author-avatar\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A regular activity for Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) at the University of Edinburgh is the Wikipedia editing event or editathon. This year the focus is contemporary women in <abbr title=\"Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics\">STEM <\/abbr> who do not currently have Wikipedia pages.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is your STEM heroine?<\/h2>\n<p>Nominate your contemporary STEM heroine for consideration at the Wikipedia editathon Tuesday 9th October. This should only take 5-10 minutes and it will really help us to create new role models for young and old alike on the world&#8217;s go-to source for information, Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Please note the deadline for submissions is Monday 3rd September.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/v9LwHFD82FiKafly1\">Submit your STEM heroine nomination (Google Form)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Previous editathons<\/h2>\n<p>Review the Wikipedia articles improved and created at previous ALD editathons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh\/Events_and_Workshops\/Ada_Lovelace_Day_2017\">ALD Wikipedia editathon 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh\/Events_and_Workshops\/Ada_Lovelace_Day_2016\">ALD Wikipedia editathon 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/edit-a-thon\/\">ALD Wikipedia editathon 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Ada Lovelace Day 2017 short film<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In celebration of International Women\u2019s Day (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IWD2018?src=hash\">#IWD2018<\/a>) watch footage from Ada Lovelace Day 2017 at the University of Edinburgh. Via <a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/\">Media Hopper Create<\/a> you can watch and download a Creative Commons licenced (CC BY-SA) full HD version for sharing\/repurposing\/remixing!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/media\/t\/1_foamgfhf\">Ada Lovelace Day 2017<\/a> (short film)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"entry-author\">\n<div class=\"entry-author-avatar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<section id=\"sidebar-right\" class=\"widget-area sidebar sidebar-right active\" role=\"complementary\">\n<aside id=\"text-2\" class=\"widget widget_text\">\n<h4 class=\"widget-title\"><\/h4>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a little over two months until Ada Lovelace Day 2018, which is happening on Tuesday 9th October this year. Pop it in your calendar now and we\u2019ll announce further details about the University\u2019s plans on this website shortly. 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