The current representation of our field on Wikipedia is not great. The main entry is poorly organised and mixes some useful content with much that is not so relevant. Other related pages are similarly patchy, and there are many potential new pages that could (and should?) be added. The "Artificial life" category index is similarly in need of attention.
The purpose of this discussion is to start organising a community-led effort to improve the standard or ALife-related content on Wikipedia. During the session, we can share useful resources for those new to editing Wikipedia pages, start to map out the current state of ALife on Wikipedia, and plan what we would like to do to improve the situation.
Everyone interested in being a part of this effort (whether you can attend the discussion in Newcastle or not) is encouraged to sign up to our new discussion group: https://isal.groups.io/g/wikipedia
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As analyzed by Achten et al. (2013), professional mobility constitutes about 75% of the carbon emissions of a representative PhD project, with 35% of total emissions being associated with conference attendence alone. In light of the latest IPCC reports on the climate impact of aviation, we want to discuss different options that individual academics, academic institutions and last but not least ISAL have in their hands in order to reduce the ecological impact of their profession. The outcome of the discussion will be taken up by the professional services of Newcastle University as well as the ISAL board of directors.