Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/Lancaster University Edit-a-thon 8 April 2015

London Mathematical Society 150th anniversary Edit-a-thon in a nutshell:

Where?: Lancaster University ("Lab 1", Postgraduate Statistics Centre)
When?: Wednesday 8th April 2015, 15:30 - 18:00 (presentation at 16:00)
Point of contact: User:Mark L MacDonald - m.macdonald@lancaster.ac.uk

About the event

The London Mathematical Society is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2015, and as part of the Northern Regional Meeting and Workshop at Lancaster University, we will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. It will take place on the afternoon of 8th April 2015. The session will begin with a short talk about editing basics, and experienced Wikipedians will be available to provide assistance and answer questions throughout. The goal of the afternoon will be to have conference participants improve some Wikipedia articles related to mathematics. Since the conference is in celebration of the LMS, in addition to improving mathematical content, we would also welcome changes to articles relating to British mathematics and its history!

How do I prepare?

Create a Wikipedia account beforehand - en:Special:UserLogin/signup
Consider bringing your own laptop (wi-fi will be provided); there will also be computers in the room
Learn about editing if you like: Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
Think about what you would like to edit; then you could gather some relevant source material to bring with you on the day (such as papers or books)

Participants

User:Mark L MacDonald - organizer
Clem Rutter (talk) 10:55, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
User:QuantumGroupie
Andrew Brooke-Taylor
Mike Peel (talk)
Gordon Blower-local resident
Andy Baker
Pavel Sechin
Jmaunder (talk) 15:54, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Decapitatedfishmonger
plevyman
Nicholas Cooney
Jkock

Useful Links

Wikipedia:Wikipedia editing for research scientists
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics; and in particular the subsection #Typesetting of mathematical formulae
Help:Displaying a formula with a useful section showing examples of implemented TeX formulas
Help:Referencing for beginners
Wikipedia:Teahouse - A friendly venue where new (or old) editors can ask questions about anything, with very prompt response times (almost always within an hour, and often much sooner).
Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics (talk page) - A good place to discuss issues specific to mathematics articles; the talk page has quite a lot of traffic.
Template for Scientist infobox (how to typeset scientists' info box)

Resources about the history of the LMS

Adrian Rice (2005). "London Mathematical Society Historical Overview" (PDF).
E. F. Collingwood (1966). "A century of the London Mathematical Society" (PDF). Journal of the London Mathematical Society.
Rice, Adrian; Wilson, Robin (1998). "From National to International Society: The London Mathematical Society, 1867–1900". Historia Mathematica. 25.

Some articles needing creation, updating and/or editing

Add articles as appropriate. If you are currently working on an article listed below, please sign your name next to it.

London Mathematical Society - Could be expanded using the sources above
De Morgan Medal - Could be expanded using the sources above
Homotopical algebra - Could be expanded; this short article is mostly unchanged since 2004
Derived algebraic geometry - Could be expanded; this short article was written about a year ago by one person
Monad (category theory) - Could be updated and improved; article is mostly unchanged since 2006
Simplicial commutative ring - Could be expanded, and references improved; it was written in 2013 by one person
Special values of L-functions - Written in 2009; Beilinson conjectures currently redirects there; could be expanded using the multiple reviews about the Beilinson conjectures; see also Beilinson regulator; nowhere are the conjectures actually stated
Deligne cohomology - Could be expanded; written in 2011
Pre-Lie algebra - Could be expanded; written in early 2011
... add more here by clicking "edit"

Lists of mathematics articles in need of attention

Wikipedia:Requested articles/Mathematics - A list of hundreds of requested mathematics articles (roughly sorted by subject); these either need to be redirected to the appropriate article, or a new article needs to be created
Wikipedia:Requested articles/Mathematics#Mathematicians - A subsection of the above, specifically for requested articles about mathematicians
Category:Abstract algebra stubs - List of very short Abstract algebra articles that you could expand
Category:Topology stubs - List of very short Topology articles that you could expand
Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Mathematics - A very long list of mathematics articles which are sorted by the type of issue the article has (i.e. articles lacking sources, articles lacking context, confusing articles, etc)