Wikipedia is Earth's most widely read knowledge repository, with approximately two billion unique device visits per month. Despite this, less than 20% of Wikipedia biographies are about women and in 2023 a search of 'Women in Biomechanics' on Wikipedia by Emeritus Professor Julie Steele returned no results.
Throughout 2024, we’ve been working with a team of volunteers to create and update Wikipedia biographies of notable women in biomechanics, e.g., Professor Taija Finni. The Women in Biomechanics Wikibomb is an initiative of the International Society of Biomechanics and will ensure that women biomechanists are visible to younger female scientists on Wikipedia so they can imagine education and careers in biomechanics – just like us!
We are again calling on the biomechanics community to volunteer their time to help! We learnt loads during the 2024 cycle, so have made some improvements to the process for 2025!
Please sign up to create or update a page for a woman in biomechanics here. When you sign up, you will be given access to the Public Google Drive supported by International Women in Biomechanics. This folder will contain a list of women in biomechanics who meet the Wikipedia notability criteria that you can sign up to write a biography for, and clear instructions on how to write biographies and upload them. Once you sign up, we request you aim to publish your biography by the end of May so that it can be edited and approved before ISB 2025 in Stockholm.
Thank you,
Celeste & Fraje
(Women in Biomechanics Wikibomb Coordinators)
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