A public 'editathon' event was held at the Institution of Civil Engineers headquarters in London on 19 July 2013.
The intention was to improve articles on engineering and engineers, using the ICE's extensive and historic archives. Training and support for people new to editing Wikipedia and its sister projects was available, using the venue's Wi-Fi. Refreshments and lunch were provided.
See also: http://www.ice.org.uk/News-Public-Affairs/ICE-News/Wikipedia-Editathon-19-July-2013
Venue edit
Institution of Civil Engineers One Great George Street Westminster London SW1P 3AA
Programme edit
- 10-10.30 Arrival; coffee.
- 10.30: Welcome & housekeeping
- 10:45: GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)-Wiki (Talk by GLAM-wiki presenter Andy Mabbett on and how the event will work)
- 11:00: ICE (Talk by ICE staff on highlights of its archives)
- 11.30 Coffee
- 11.50 Backstage tours (attendees in small groups are taken on tours of the building, library, archives, etc)
- 13.00 Lunch & networking
- 13.45 Editing. (during which, small group can be taken back to the archives/ round the building, for photography & scanning of documents)
- 15.00 Tea served as people work
- 16.30 Wrap up & thank-yous
- 16:45 End
Articles edit
Requested edit
- W. F. Spear - worked for the ICE, ODNB contributor of interest to wikisource
- Binnie & Partners
- redlinks at List of presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers:
- Peter Frank Stott
- Roy Thomas Severn
- Robin Lee Wilson
- Michael Norman Tizard Cottell
- Stuart Norman Mustow
- Tony Melville Ridley
- David F. Green
- Roger Norman Sainsbury
- George Fleming (civil engineer)
- Joseph Dwyer (civil engineer)
- Adrian Long
- Douglas Oakervee
- Colin John Clinton
- Gordon Grier Thomson Masterton
- Quentin John Leiper
- Richard Coackley
- Geoff French
- Associated societies
- Medals
To expand edit
Other tasks edit
For each winner of each ICE medal, ensure that the award is mentioned in their article, with citation and a link to the article about the medal.
Created edit
People edit
- Alan Cockshaw
- James Forrest (engineer) (Article created by sprocketonline)
- Charles Manby (sprocketonline)
- Alastair Craig Paterson (sprocketonline)
- Geoffrey Binnie (Paul W)
- Paul Jowitt (Paul W - reinstating some work done by Editorcj that was subsequently deleted for copyright reasons)
- Jean Venables (Hajimi)
- Thomas Yeoman (Chris55)
Organisations edit
- British Dam Society (started Paul W)
- British Geotechnical Association (started Paul W)
- International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (started Paul W)
- British Hydrological Society (started Paul W)
Other edit
- James Alfred Ewing Medal (incomplete, but other medal lists would be useful too (Chris55)
Improved edit
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- British Tunnelling Society
- Telford Medal
- Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers
- List of civil engineers
- Crystal Palace transmitting station
- Peter Hansford
- List of presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers
- Alec Skempton
...
Images edit
- 77 images by Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing) uploaded to Commons:Category:ICE editathon - 19 July 2013 (sub category of Commons:Category:Institution of Civil Engineers and Commons:Category:One Great George Street)
Templates edit
- {{WikiProject Civil engineering}} - goes on talk pages
For biographies edit
- {{Infobox person}} using {{infobox engineering career}} as a module. See Peter Hansford for example.
- Succession boxes for presidents; see Jean Venables for example.
- {{WikiProject Biography}} or {{WikiProject Biography}} - goes on talk pages
For organisations edit
Interested editors edit
Note: You may indicate your participation (remote or actual) here, but please don't forget to sign up with the ICE if you wish to attend the event.
- Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs) (convening)
- Paul_W (talk · contribs)
- Sprocketonline (talk · contribs)
- Nonameatall (talk · contribs). My interest is in the Municipal engineering page. - Four years ago, this was a small article, I expanded it into a longer piece following consultation with the Secretary General of IFME (International Federation of Municipal Engineering). Since then Robert Huxford and I have added bits and pieces on an an occasional basis. I'd like to add a link to this year's Smeaton Lecture on James Newlands, the first Borough Engineer.
- Chris55 (talk · contribs)
- Sizer (talk · contribs)
- PaulGordon1979 (talk · contribs)
- Neilglover (talk · contribs)
- Editorcj (talk · contribs)
- Tonysidcup (talk · contribs)
- Hajimi (talk · contribs)
Apologies edit
- Dumelow (talk · contribs).
I'd love to come down and take a look around but I will have to rearrange a few things and would probably be able to come just for the morning.Unfortunately I am not going to be able to make it. However, as an ICE member and Wikipedia editor with an interest in historical engineering, I would love to attend any similar future events (would be easier for me with a bit more notice). Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 14:47, 29 June 2013 (UTC) - Rstory (talk · contribs). Thank-you for the invitation, but I am not able to make it this time round.
- Apologies. Not this time. Have a successful day. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 14:15, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry I couldn't make it - clashed with a hospital appointment. Will catch up now by seeing what I can do with those red links. Andrew Davidson (talk) 10:28, 20 July 2013 (UTC)