In this article I reflect upon the problems connected with writing women in mathematics into Wikipedia. I discuss some of the current projects and efforts aimed at increasing the visibility of women in mathematics on Wikipedia. I present the rules for creating a biography on Wikipedia and relate my personal experiences in creating such articles. I hope to provide the reader with the background and resources to start editing existing Wikipedia articles and the confidence to create new articles. I would also like to encourage existing editors to look out for and protect new articles about women mathematicians and submit new articles.
@article{arxiv.1710.11103,
title = {Writing Women in Mathematics into Wikipedia},
author = {Marie A. Vitulli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.11103},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
10 pages, see also http://pages.uoregon.edu/wmnmath/Statistics/WikipediaVitulli2017.pdf, corrected name of Susan Barnum; made update on 11-29-17