Expand physics on Wikipedia
Wiki Scientist trains physicists to update Wikipedia to share the accomplishments of women and other underrepresented groups in physics, improve the public’s access to physics knowledge and grow as science communicators.
Types of Wiki Scientist events
Wiki Scientist Courses
Edit Wikipedia and Wikidata to tell the stories of women and other underrepresented groups in physics.
Wiki Scientist Edit-a-thons
Edit-a-thons bring physicists together to learn to edit and write Wikipedia pages to elevate women and other underrepresented groups in physics.
Wikipedia editing resources
These resources can help you edit Wikipedia on your own or in hosting an edit-a-thon.
Wiki Scientist successes
Through our courses and edit-a-thons, we have trained hundreds of physicists to creat and update hundreds of Wikipedia pages on groundbreaking physicists with millions of viewers.
Participants
Wiki Scientist has trained 122 participants to edit Wikipedia.
New articles
Our participants have created 98 new Wikipedia articles.
Edited articles
Our participants have edited 667 Wikipedia articles.
References
Our participants have added 2,790 references to Wikipedia articles.
Views
Articles created and updated through our courses have recieved 44.1 million views.
Contact
Email the APS Public Engagement team for information about Wiki Scientist, financial assistance to attend courses, sponsoring students in a course or joining our Slack space.