Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/WWII Women of Bletchley Park, October 2017

WWII Women of Bletchley Park, Middlesex University in a nutshell:

Where?: Middlesex University
Nearest tube - Hendon
When?: Ada Lovelace Day, 10 October 2017, 11:00-17:00
Point of contact: Stefan Lutschinger (Middlesex University)
Twitter:
Cost: Free

About the event

The event will focus on editing Wikipedia pages about the women who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II

How do I prepare?

Sign up
Create a Wikipedia account - Special:UserLogin/signup
Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
Learn about editing if you like: Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

Refreshments will be provided

Agenda

11:00 - how to edit Wikipedia
13:00 - editing
17:00 - finish

Trainers

Edwardx (talk) 21:34, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Leutha (talk) 12:30, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Eva.pascoe 12:32, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Andros.Sprecher (talk) 12:36, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Attendees

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Philafrenzy (talk) 09:47, 10 October 2017 (UTC) (remotely)[reply]
ReneAustin (talk) 12:37, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Noarroyo (talk) 13:21, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Miriam.Eidesen (talk) 14:33, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
GoodHuman (talk) 14:35, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Image adding exercise

Please go to WP:Shakyi.

Articles to be expanded

Margaret Allan (racing driver), not much in her article about Bletchley, but little online either
Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, could perhaps be more on Bletchley, she retires this month, aged 95
Mavis Batey, decent article, but she was one of the leading codebreakers, so could be more
Susan Elizabeth Black (born 1962), major role in saving Bletchley Park, comprehensive article, perhaps more could be added
Audrey Ruth Briggs, very short article, probably much more could be added
Christine Brooke-Rose, novelist and critic. Article mentions "worked at Bletchley Park as a WAAF in intelligence", but that is it. Needs expanding!
Irene Brown, author and codebreaker, could be more on her time at Bletchley
Joan Clarke, cryptanalyst and numismatist, briefly engaged to Alan Turing
Rozanne Colchester, short bio, must be more to add!
Dorrit Dekk, Czech-born British graphic designer, printmaker and painter. Only one sentence on her Bletchley Park work.
Dorothy Du Boisson, needs rewriting and more references
Diana Elles, Baroness Elles, almost nothing on her role as a codebreaker
Jane Fawcett, codebreaker, singer, and heritage preservationist, could be expanded a bit
Sigrid Augusta Green, short bio, needs fleshing out
Gwen Hollington, uncited passing mention only - needs more work!
Rosalind Hudson, could be expanded, needs more sources!
Dorothy Hyson, American actress, passing mention only - needs more work!
Eleanor Ireland, computer science pioneer, still alive?
Barbara Mauritzen, short article, needs more references
Cicely Mayhew, Britain's first woman diplomat, little on her Bletchley work
Ann Katharine Mitchell, needs rearranging, and separate sections for "Early life" and "Personal life"
Margaret Rock, mathematician, okay coverage, could be expanded
Miriam Rothschild, scientist, "During the war, she worked at Bletchley Park on codebreaking" - needs expanding
Mair Russell-Jones, she wrote a book, so bio could be expanded
Joy Tamblin, Director of the Women's Royal Air Force from 1976 to 1980. "She worked at Bletchley Park between 1943 and 1945" - that's it.
Jean Valentine, bombe operator, still involved today with the Bletchley Park Museum

New articles that could be started

Osla Benning, Canadian linguist, debutante and "Prince Philip's first love"
Ruth Bourne, bombe operator, just about enough to justify an article
Hilary Brett-Smith, worked in Hut 8, married Harry Hinsley, might be enough for an article
Margaret Cooper, Telegraph obituary, Times obituary
Peggy Erskine-Tulloch, bombe operator and instructor, might be enough for an article
Marjorie Kennedy, librarian, short Scotsman obit, Papers of Marjorie Jean Oswald Kennedy . Should be just enough for an article.
Anne Segrave or Anne Hamilton-Grace, daughter wrote a book about her Guardian review
Rosemary Brown Stanton, Williamson Herald obituary

New articles best NOT to start

Valerie Glassborow (redirects to Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, more famous for being Kate Middleton's grandmother. Article has been started twice and redirected both times, so probably best NOT to start it again!

Adding references

<ref></ref> is the simplest option. Just copy and paste the webpage address (URL) between the ref tags, and save.
Best to cite every sentence, not just every paragraph. That way you can rearrange your content more easily. Okay to cite the same source many times.
"Bare URLs" are okay - someone else will fix them sooner or later. But there is any easy way to turn them into more proper references. When you're ready, go to reFill, type/copy in the article name and click on "Fix page". If it looks okay, then save. If you realise something is not right later, you can always tweak it - you can't break Wikipedia!
For Google Books, you can use Reftag (type it into a search engine - it will be the first result, or go to Reftag. Copy the Google Books URL into the search box and click "Load". It will generate a full reference, and you can tweak the various fields to produce a full reference (click the "Make citation" button) in the box below that you can copy and paste into your Wikipedia article.
For the "cite templates", click on the drop down arrow next to "Templates" in the menu bar above. For "cite book", all you need is the ISBN and the page number.

Pirate pad

http://piratepad.net/F8tWDm95oW

Sources