Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/ACS

Join us at the American Chemical Society for an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of notable chemists on Wikipedia. All are welcome to participate, newcomer and veteran alike. Bring your laptop! Check out the event's Meetup page.

Where and When

• American Chemical Society – 1155 16th Street NW.
  • Metro Station: Farragut North (Red Line) or McPherson Square (Orange and Blue Lines)
  • Guests will be asked to sign in at the security desk.
  • Meet at ACS's Marvel Halls.
• Saturday, July 12 from 10 AM to 4 PM

RSVP

I'm going!

1. Harej (talk) 13:06, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
2. KLindblom (talk) 21:32, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
3. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 18:55, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
4. Taylordw (talk) 15:53, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
5. John M. (via email)
6. Nancy M. (via email)
7. Joan C. (via email)
8. Moriasmith (talk) 18:55, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
9. CourtneyOSwecker (talk) 13:43, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
10. Nancy B. (via email)
11. econterms (talk) 21:36, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
12. Friend of Smokey the Bear (hooray!!) ~ who's gonna stop the forest fire?
13. Chembeth
14. Djembayz (talk) 12:51, 12 July 2014 (UTC) (arriving later)
15. Association Chemist (talk) 14:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Maybe

1. Kirill ^[talk] 11:57, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Regrets

1. DMacks (talk) Dang, really had hoped to be able to make it:(

Articles to create

• Thomas J. Barton (President of ACS)

Journals and magazines:

• ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
• Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Articles to work on

• A list of articles about chemists is available on the List of chemists page.
• A list of requested articles about chemists is available on the Wikipedia:Requested articles/Natural sciences/Chemistry page.
• Some Nobel Prize winners in chemistry have very short articles.
• Many Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology winners have no articles.
• Priestley Medal
• Tolman Award
• Presidents of the American Chemical Society
• United States National Chemistry Olympiad
• Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award
• ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
• Division of Chemical Health and Safety
• E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
• Garvan–Olin Medal
• John E. Bercaw
• Irving Langmuir
• Elias James Corey
• Linus Pauling
• Willard Libby

Resources

Templates

• Wikipedia Infobox Scientist

Research

• ACS library resources will be available in hardcopy
• ACS Awards (indicating notability; click "Search All Awards" to locate a specific subject), http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards.html
• ACS National Historic Chemical Landmarks, http://www.acs.org/landmarks
• NobelPrize.org, http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/
• Chemical Heritage Foundation collections, http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/index.aspx
• CHF Women in Chemistry, https://web.archive.org/web/20150104192418/http://www.chemheritage.org/research/policy-center/oral-history-program/projects/women-in-chemistry.aspx
• About.com, Famous Chemists, (indicating notability) http://chemistry.about.com/od/historyofchemistry/a/famouschemists.htm
• Biography.com, Chemists, (indicating notability) http://www.biography.com/people/groups/scientists-chemists

Outcomes

Articles created

• Charles Musgrave
• Makhluf Haddadin-- new article
• Marion C. Thurnauer

Articles expanded

• Thomas J. Barton
• Rainbow Herbicides
• Edited Neil Bartlett (chemist)
• Davis-Beirut reaction -- expanded article with wikilinks and sources ; it was co-discovered by Makhluf Haddadin
• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request -- (added a needed References section and Category)
• Katharine Burr Blodgett -- added citation
• Donna Nelson -- expanded
• Robert Curl -- expanded 5x and off to DYK