Editing #Wikipedia is not just all about creating new articles. There's lots other other ways you can contribute and @hildabast.bsky.social shows you how.

Prof Val Curtis engineer epidemiologist anthropologist. Applied evolutionary theory of concept of disgust to improve domestic hygiene & sanitation across 🌍 Director of Environmental Health Group @lshtm.bsky.social Described self as 'disgustologist' b #OTD 20 Sep 1958 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Cur...

We were very pleased to get the news today that the Australian National Dictionary Centre will be saved, thanks to an anonymous donation and the halt on involuntary redundancies under the Renew ANU plan. We thank everyone for their generous support through these difficult times.

Marguerite Massart 1st woman #engineering graduate in #Belgium. Set up foundry business in #Ghent & introduced #desalinisation project & early #solar panels in 1st hotel on Sal Island #CapeVerde @wes1919.bsky.social member. b.#OTD 19 Sept 1900 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...

On rainy day in #Vienna Slawa Dulig complained "Can't they invent a small folding umbrella which could be easily carried in a bag?" then invented it herself. Patent issued #OTD 19 Sep 1929️ had telescopic handle & folding metal ribs, called ‘Flirt’ 10k sold in 1st yr en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slawa_D...

Isabel Hardwich #ElectricalEngineer & #Photometry expert at Metropolitan Vickers. Specialised in #physics @newnhamcollege.bsky.social & campaigned to educate, recruit & support young women into #engineering President @wes1919.bsky.social 1961/2. b. #OTD Sept 19 1919 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_...

Beverley Bolin 1st woman registered #architect in South #Australia in 1949. @wes1919.bsky.social journal reported 1948 arrival in #London where she continued to practice #architecture. 1988 President of Women’s Architectural League in LA d. #OTD 19 Sep 2014 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverle...

For the LIANZA conference next week I only have ten minutes to talk about @wikisource.bsky.social so I make a little zine—or perhaps a wikitract—to hand out.

Dr Lucy Oldfield, chemist & #glass technologist, awarded a Glass Slipper 👠 for her work by Society of Glass Technology. Sat on BSI Committees on street lanterns & electric lamps. Work on borosilicate glass brought international recognition. b #OTD18 Sep 1925 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Ol...

Dr Frances Heywood #metallurgist Proudly part of history of women in metal trades in 1947 rebuffed query about #engineering being new for women by quoting 469 female blacksmiths & 322 smelters in 1840 census. @wes1919.bsky.social president 1948 d. #OTD 18 Sep 1994 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...

Dorothy Martin Simon, US physical chemist in aerospace combustion & development of polymers. Worked on heat shield construction& improvement of rocket engine designs @ NACA. Work @ DuPont led to invention of polymers Dacron & Orlon. b. #OTD 18 Sep 1919 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Marie-Louise Compernolle 1st #Flemish woman chemical engineer in #Belgium 1932 grad Uni of Ghent. Succeeded in getting assistant jobs, subjected to sexism from colleagues who didn't approve of women in workplace. 4 daughters all had STEM careers. b. #OTD 17 Sep 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...

George Pendergast, known as "G3," turned 100 and still edits Wikipedia daily. Since starting in his 80s, he has created and improved articles on WWII and overlooked women’s histories. His work shows that contribution has no age limit. Read more ➡️ w.wiki/FJi5

Michiyo Tsujimura #Japanese agricultural scientist #biochemist. Researched green tea. 1924 found Vitamin C, 1929 isolated flavonoid catechin, 1930 extracted tannin in crystal form, 1934 isolated gallocatechin. 1st woman in Japan w agriculture PhD b. #OTD 17 Sep 1888 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiyo...

"The stadium would 'diminish the economic welfare' of Tasmania (and) would have an 'irrevocable and unacceptable' impact on Hobart's landscape. "The govt would need to accumulate $1 bil in debt for construction costs, which would rise to $1.8 bil over 10 years" Govt proceeding anyway. Awesome.

A familiar face from around our shoreline is featured on the front page of Wikipedia today 🐦‍⬛ The kawaupaka, or little pied shag (Microcarbo melanoleucos), is a species of waterbird with three unique subspecies commonly recognised, one of which can be found across Aotearoa. Learn more: w.wiki/FMqD

I've been watching the livestream of Together for Palestine. now Annie Lennox is singing and I'm crying www.youtube.com/live/RWBVHFv...

Benedict Cumberbatch reciting powerful words by the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish at the Together for Palestine concert at Wembley, London. Happening right now and live streamed (link below).

‘..the stadium would "diminish the economic welfare" of Tasmania, the government's cost-benefit remains significantly overestimated, and it would have an "irrevocable and unacceptable" impact on Hobart's landscape.’ how’s Rockliff gonna spin dis? #politas #nostadium www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

‘Too big for the site’: Tasmanian AFL stadium should not be built, says independent planning commission

This Saturday in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland — Join the New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject, which works to address gender disparity on Wikipedia, and celebrate the incredible mahi by women and non-binary people in architecture. 🗓️ Sat 20 Sept ⏰ 11am–4pm Free event, please book below 👇

#OTD 16 Sept - Papua New Guinea celebrates 50 years of independence - photo of Michael Somare at Sydney Uni, Sept 1968. Somare was PNG's first Prime Minister. CC 4.0 @StateLibraryNSW courtesy SEARCH Foundation ON 161/item 368 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6a... #PNG50, #50PNGIndependence

Noteworthy because it's only my second time! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Eleanor (Nellie) Shelley-Rolls signed @wes1919.bsky.social's founding document & was a shareholder in Atlanta Co. Ltd, a women owned & operated #engineering firm set up in 1920s. A keen #balloonist & sister of Charles Rolls of Rolls Royce fame. d. #OTD 15 Sep 1961 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor...

Jean Batten New Zealand #pilot. Made record-breaking solo flights across world 🌍 incl 1st-ever solo flight UK to #NewZealand in 1936. Took white silk dress on record-breaking flights, repairing lipstick💄 before exiting plane 🛩 "Garbo of the skies” b. #OTD 15 Sep 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ba...

There is going to be a walking tour and #editathon on Women in Architecture in #Auckland. If you are keen you can book FREE tickets here events.humanitix.com/a-w-nz-x-wik... #Wikipedia #Architecture

The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!! With 30 musicians and singers in the streets of Paris

So, just who is Emmy Noether? Read about her on #Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_No...

Antonina Pirozhkova #Soviet civil engineer & writer. @ Kuznetskstroi, skills so valued that stationmaster banned from selling her train ticket home. 1934 to Moscow where rose to chief engineer on Metro. #WWII engineered railway tunnels in Caucasus d. #OTD 12 Sep 2010 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin...

Grace Drummond-Hay UK journalist, 1st woman to travel around world by air in zeppelin. 1920/30s wrote on aerial adventures for US papers. Pilot licence 1930, flew herself, dictating to secretary from controls of plane w' Egyptian scarabs on wings. b. #OTD 12 Sep 1895 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_M...

2025 US National Book Award longlist in Nonfiction comprises reportage, criticism, biography, memoir, and science writing. via @pubperspectives.bsky.social

Beatriz Ghirelli #Argentinian engineer. 1938 1st woman mechanical & electrical engineering graduate from National University of La Plata, 2nd woman in Argentina to earn qualification. Spearheaded C20th Pan American standardisation. d. #OTD 11 Sep 1992 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatriz...

Cicely Ethel Wilkinson UK pioneer pilot. #OTD 11 Sep 1916 became possibly only woman to qualify as pilot in UK in #WWI in Caudron biplane at Hendon Aerodrome license no: 3522. Chauffeur for French Red Cross, may have been ambulance driver on Western Front en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_...

Winifred Spooner won 1929 Harmon Cup 🏆 as world's outstanding female #aviator. 1st British woman to earn living as personal #pilot, flying air racer MP William Lindsay Everard all over world. Series of crashes led to nickname 'bad luck Wimpey'. b. #OTD 11 Sep 1900 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifre...

Who pays? My @smh @theage cartoon.

##HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 7 - Surfers, North Bondi, 20 October 1938, photographed for PIX magazine by Ivan Ive @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWQ...

I've been managing BHL's #Bluesky account for 4 months now. It's an honour to share such beautiful & significant content, particularly at this critical time. BHL's future is uncertain, but hopeful. Follow along @biodivlibrary.bsky.social & on the #BHLblog: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/tag/transition

A Wikipedia page that I wrote about Yoolya, a Nyigina man who was a part of the Stolen Generations, is one of today's "Did you know" articles on the landing page of English @wikipedia.org It is an interesting read for all those interested: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoolya

Ida von Plomgren #Swedish #feminist #writer administrator #fencing champion. Plom worked @ Fredrika Bremer-förbundet women's rights org. 1934 film joked her door sign should read "Ask me about everything - because that's what the Swedish people do" b #OTD 9 Sept 1870 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_von...

My amazing #Wiki colleague @tiagolubiana.bsky.social has released this lovely video on the #BHLImageExporer. This tool (bhl-gallery.toolforge.org) explores @biodivlibrary.bsky.social images in #Wikicommons. It facilities image reuse in the #Wikiverse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK9i... #ILoveBHL

Back in April I ran a workshop in Adelaide on adding photos to Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, and ultimately Wikipedia, called The Commons Workflow. It went so well I've turned it into a three-session short course. It's NZ$20 to register, starting 1 Oct. the-commons-workflow-oct-2025.lilregie.com

I'm glad that many of the sessions at the #OpenRefine unconference are being recorded. Most take place between 11:00 pm and 4:00 am here in Sydney, when I definitely need to be sleeping! @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social openrefine.org/blog/2025/06...

Marta Ingarden Polish #architect #engineer 1950 designer at #NowaHuta social engineered socialist realist city in #Krakow #Poland. Designed & supervised construction of Chamber Theatre, Lenin Steelworks Administration Centre & Ludowy Theatre. b. #OTD 8 Sep 1921 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_I...

At #Wikipedia #WomenInRed this month, we are creating articles about women writers and their works, women from Microstates and women with a name beginning with Q or R. New contributors are welcome! @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Olga Lisikova, only woman in Soviet Air Force to pilot-in-command a C-47. 1934 joined aviation school flew Po-2 & R-5s. Grad 1937, pilot 4 Aeroflot Moscow-Leningrad. #WWII Winter War evacuated wounded soldiers from front while pregnant w 1st child d. #OTD 7 Sep 2011 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Li...

Unfortunately, many parents are idiots.. #vaccines #health #politics #idiots

California Odha Zertuche Díaz 1923–91 #Mexican civil engineer, primary developer of drinking water & sewerage system in #Ensenada #Mexico. 1st woman graduate @ Nat Autonomous Uni of Mexico School of Engineering. 1957 founding teacher Autonomous Uni of Baja California en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califor...

Hanna Hammarström 1st person in Sweden to produce phone wires commercially. Worked out how to make phone wires after making wire ornaments. Started factory making wires for Swedish phone company. Held monopoly 1880/90s. Employed only women. b. #OTD 4 Sep 1829 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_H...

Elsie Louisa Winterton #WWI draughtswoman for Great Western Railway #GWR & retained post war, sign she was good at job. Won prizes @uniofreading.bsky.social in 1920s. 1st woman member of UK's Institution of Railway Signal Engineers @irseglobal.bsky.social in 1923. d. #OTD 4 Sept 1984 bit.ly/3l7acWo