Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/29th Month Report

Institution Resident's Name Period Covered Date of Report List of reports to date
University of Edinburgh Ewan McAndrew 12 May - 11 June 2018 (Twenty-ninth month of residency) 12 June 2018 Click here to view all reports.


Running total of staff & student engagement

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Institution Resident's Name Number of training sessions delivered Number of students trained Number of staff trained Members of the public trained Number of editathons Total articles created Total articles improved
University of Edinburgh Ewan McAndrew 120 446 348 201 47 425 1814

Projects delivered

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Strategic Goal 1

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Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on cultural content.

Outcomes

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Shackelia Jackson (cropped)

Activities delivered in the past month with stats:

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Event Name Date Location Attendees New Users Gender breakdown
Processions 2018 Wikipedia Editathon: adding content to Wikipedia to celebrate 100 years of votes for women.
List of usernames recorded:
User:Victuallers
User:Ammienoot
User:Melissa Highton
User:Kaybeesquared
User:Kangarooth
User:Dewatso52
User:Mafrado
User:Lauriecb
User:Dace2018
User:Cecplascott
8 June 2018 12pm-7:30pm University of Edinburgh, Room 1.11, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. 10 3 90% female
Wikipedia Editathon - Law and Technology: this editing event was aimed at adding and/or improving legal articles on Wikipedia as part of the WikiProject Law.
List of usernames recorded:
User:Globetrotter83
User:Kangarooth
User:Ddc1991
User:Mafrado
15 May 2018 2pm-5pm University of Edinburgh, Room 1.08, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. 4 1 100% female

Image statistics

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UoE Centre for Research Collections images Total for May 2018 1,127,528 views
All images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh Total for May 2018 1,678,911 views
UoE Centre for Research Collections images Total for 29 months of monitoring 18,930,457 views
 
The 17th Century map of Iceland from the Centre for Research Collections remains our most viewed upload on Wikipedia with 300,000 views this month alone.
 
The image of Lee Alexander McQueen's Headstone received double the number of pageviews this month as people clicked to read his page. Likely, people were interested to read about Alexander McQueen following the release of the new documentary about his life and work.
Clip of Timelapse of clouds over Arthur's Seat sneaks in our top 15 this month.

The most viewed images for May 2018 were:

Rank Wikipedia page Monthly views Link to image/video on Commons
1 Iceland 300,702 views Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (24696368309).jpg
2 Scotland 235,923 views Scottish country dancing (Source).webm
3 Escherichia coli 119,136 views E.coli image.jpg
4 Alexander McQueen 106,996 views Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone Back.png and Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone.png
5 Rabbit 100,027 views Set of wax models showing development of the rabbit heart, twentieth century (24226156252).jpg
6 Football 98,953 views Men kicking footballs.webm
7 Glasgow 89,155 views Pedestrians in Buchanan Street, Glasgow.webm
8 Oslo 68,785 views Railway between Christiania and Bergen - 1916, from the WW1 diary of Ethel Moir.
9 Noah's Ark 57,670 views Woodcut of Noah's Ark from Anton Koberger's "German Bible".
10 Stan Laurel 48,424 views Stan Laurel plaque at Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow. Uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2017..
11 Odessa 42,738 views Odessa during first days of Revolution - 1916. From the WW1 diary of Ethel Moir.
12 Electron microscope 31,841 views Bacillus subtilis
13 The Wicker Man 29,312 views Scotland - Culzean Castle - 20150927175751.jpg
14 Weaving 25,101 views Weaving Pattern Cards.jpg and Weavers Loom.jpg
15 Arthur's Seat 22,585 views Clip of Timelapse of clouds over Arthur's Seat and George Square and Appleton Tower - Edinburgh.

Activities in the past month with stats:

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Strategic Goal 2

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Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level.

Outcomes

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  • Submitted a proposal on 31st May 2018 to the Repository Fringe 2018 conference for a 10 x 10 presentation (10 slides in 10 minutes) on Wiki Wicca: the Wikidata in the Classroom project importing the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database.
  • Took part in the end-of-day panel session at the Digital Day of Ideas on 16 May 2018, an annual showcase and networking event for digital scholarship across the University of Edinburgh, featuring workshops, seminars and invited speakers from the wider Digital Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences community. The panel discussed the place of the university (not just Edinburgh but The University) at this stage of the digital society, and the role of arts, humanities, and social science research, in the wider discussions surrounding our increasing reliance on the digital.
  • Attended two Data in the City events organised by the Edinburgh Living Lab.
  • Presented on the Edinburgh residency at the ALT Scotland event on 11 June 2018.
  • Held a catchup meeting with Hannah Evans at Wikimedia UK on 6 June to discuss the new Wikimedia UK booklet of Wikipedia in the Classroom case studies.
  • Attended book launch of EqualBITE on 29 May 2018 which has includes a recipe for how to run a Wikipedia editathon to address gender inequality through contributing new articles about missing women role models in order to increase their visibility and help inspire others.
  • Met with Gavin Willshaw, digital curator at the University of Edinburgh, on 7 June 2018 to plan a University of Edinburgh editathon for Library & University Collection staff.
  • Met with Theo Andrew, Scholarly Communications Manager, and Damon Querry, Research Information Systems Manager, on 6 June 2018 to discuss Wikipedia and Wikidata in terms of the university's research outputs and formulating guidance for how the university can better demonstrate its commitment to Open Science.
  • Met with Vice Principal Lesley McAra and the Edinburgh Local team on 17 May 2018 to discuss the University’s institutional approach to public engagement with research in terms of how Wikipedia, Wiki Commons, Wikidata and Histropedia can help.
  • Met with Academic Support Librarians Marshall Dozier, Ruth Jenkins and Donna Watson to support their preparations to run a How to run a Wikipedia editathon workshop at the EAHIL Conference in Cardiff on 13 July in order to encourage health infromation librarians attending the conference from around the world to run their own workshops at their own institutions to improve the health information available online around the world.

Activities in the past month with stats:

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Event Name Date Location / Organiser Attendees (approx) Description
The Digital Day of Ideas event at the University of Edinburgh's Business School 16 May 2018 9am to 5pm University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9JS
Organiser:
Helen Bradley
Melissa Terras
60 approx. Took part in the end-of-day round table session at the Digital Day of Ideas on 16 May 2018, an annual showcase and networking event for digital scholarship across the University of Edinburgh, featuring workshops, seminars and invited speakers from the wider Digital Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences community. The panel discussed the place of the university (not just Edinburgh but The University) at this stage of the digital society, and the role of arts, humanities, and social science research, in the wider discussions surrounding our increasing reliance on the digital.
Data in the City: Civic Innovation with Data and Citizens at the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum. 1 June 2018 9:30am to 12pm University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
Organiser:
Edinburgh Living Lab
50 approx. Drawing on the experience of the Edinburgh Living Lab (ELL) and their network of academic and city partners, this workshop explored the opportunities and challenges of working with city data. The primary aim of the workshop was to share knowledge from participant's experiences, inspire new ideas, and collect these into an open resource of case studies and guidance for anyone interested in working with city data.
Edinburgh Local Showcase event at St Cecilia's Museum. 4 June 2018 5pm to 8pm St Cecilia's Hall on Niddry Street, Edinburgh. (Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall and instrument museum).
Organiser:
Dr. Sarah Anderson, Edinburgh Local
100 approx. The Showcase and Forum took place as a way of inviting those involved in Edinburgh-based community projects to come together to meet each other, hear about what others are doing in Edinburgh communities, and also find out about the University’s commitment to contributing locally. Sara Thomas and Ewan McAndrew did a joint presentation on Wikimedia collaborations.
Community KPIs: Civic Innovation with Data and Citizens at the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum. 5 June 2018 2:30pm to 5pm University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
Organiser:
Edinburgh Living Lab
50 approx. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are widely used in business as a way of measuring success in achieving strategic objectives. The concept of Community KPIs adapts this idea into a component of a human centred and participatory design framework for the use of data and technology in cities. Community KPIs allow community members to co-design the metrics which should be used to inform and evaluate initiatives which deploy new technologies and data collection methods for social benefit. They also encourages citizens to gather data and evidence, interpret their findings, build awareness and achieve tangible outcomes. This workshop presented the Community KPIs concept and explored how to implement it, including determining what indicators might be relevant for communities at the local level and how these could fed into policy objectives of local and national government.
Wikimedia: Embedding it in practice at the ALT Scotland annual catchup meeting. 11 June 2018 9:30am to 3.30pm City of Glasgow College (Riverside Campus), 21 Thistle St, Glasgow G5 9XB
Organiser:
Joe Wilson
30-50 approx. This ALT-Scotland event brought practitioners together from across sectors to share their experiences of strategy, practice and policy in learning technology. The day was hosted by Joe Wilson at City of Glasgow College (Riverside Campus).

Strategic Goal 3

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To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK.

Outcomes

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  • Met with Law undergraduate Jemima John and course leaders, Rachael Craufurd-Smith and Hector MacQueen, on 7 June 2018 to discuss how a Wikipedia in the Classroom assigment could be implemented in the School of Law curriculum for postgraduate students, undergraduate students or both.
  • Wrote an article with law undergraduate, Jemima John, about how Wikipedia could be incorporated to enhance curriculum work at the School of Law. Blog article: How students are shaping the open web.
  • Met with Vicki Madden to discuss a Mental Health Awareness Wikipedia editathon for Wellbeing Week in November 2018.
  • Delivered two hour practical Wikidata workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas 2018. This result in 240 edits to Wikidata, adding place of residence data for accused witches from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database as a means of demonstrating a real world dataset being incorporated into Wikidata and the WDedit feature of the Listeria tool. New SPLOT workshop resource showcased.
  • Mass imported all recorded occupations for the accused witches in the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database into Wikidata using the QuickStatements tool during the Wikidata Workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas. Bubble chart of occupations. As a result, we now know that if you were a) female b) middle class and c) a midwife, domestic worker or a vagrant in 16th/17th century Scotland your chances were not great. Tweet.
  • Met with Susan Greig, Learning Technology Adviser at the University of Edinburgh, on 24 May 2018 to discuss running an Educational Technology (EdTech) Wikipedia editathon for colleagues with CMALTs in order to improve the educational technology information available online.

Activities delivered in the past month with stats:

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Event Name Date Location Attendees New Users Gender breakdown
Wikidata workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas 2018
List of usernames recorded:
User:LornaMCampbell
User:Jheald
User:Gregjp48
user:Wltictacofalady/User:192.41.131.251
16 May 2018 1pm-3pm 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh. 4 2 50% female

Projects/events in development

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  • Continuing to liaise with Hannah Evans at Wikimedia UK about the production of a new UK-based booklet of Wikipedia in the Classroom case studies.
  • Drafting text on how Wikipedia and Wikidata can support the university's research outputs and help demonstrate the university's commitment to Open Science.
  • Gavin Willshaw, digital curator at the University of Edinburgh, has planned in 2 Wikipedia training events to take place 11am to 4pm for Library and University Collections Staff over the Summer months.
  • Another iteration of the Wikipedia assignment in the Reproductive Biology Hons. course has been confirmed to go ahead in September 2018.
  • Wikipedia editing assignment for the Global Health MSc course - postponed until October 2018 due to Felix Stein working in Haiti at the moment.
  • A collaboration with Michael Seery at the School of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Chemistry to be confirmed.
  • Ada Lovelace Day 2018 is confirmed as going ahead at the School of Chemistry again in October 2018; working with Michael Seery and Jenni Garden. The focus this year may be on contemporary women in chemistry.
  • Awaiting word from Sara Mortsell at Wikimedia Sweden about her plan to collaborate on a Wikipedia in Education knowledge sharing exercise between Wikimedia Sweden, Stockholm University, the University of Edinburgh and Tel Aviv University.
  • Showcase 'Wiki Loves Libraries' event for SDLC and SLIC representatives still mooted - awaiting word from Kirsty Lingstadt (Head of Digital Library) and liaising with Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator on date and format.
  • The import of thesis collection data to Wikidata from the Edinburgh Research Archive is to go ahead now Library Developer Mike Bennett's contract is continuing. Completed necessary preparatory work; just awaiting Mike finishing developing the tool that converts ALMA library catalogue data into a Wikidata-friendly import. Met with him briefly on 8 June 2018 to discuss this.
  • Continuing to add more data to Wikidata from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database. More to be added at the Digital Day of Ideas event on 16 May 2018 for digital scholars working at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Upcoming events in 2018

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  • June 18 - Academia and Wikipedia Conference at Maynooth University, Ireland.
  • June 2-3 - Wikidata 10 x 10 presentation at Repository Fringe 2018.
  • July 5 - Celtic Knot 2018, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  • July 6 - Celtic Knot 2018, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  • July 9-13 - Wikipedia editathon workshop at the EAHIL Conference.
  • September - 4th iteration of Reproductive Biology Hons. - Wikipedia in the Classroom project.

Media

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New blogposts this month

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Videos

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  • Click to see the number of views for May 2018 for the MOOC snippets on Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedian in Residence - University of Edinburgh Media Hopper channel

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Number of videos Views this month Percentage increase Number of plays this month Percentage increase
247 49 0% 55 -66%

The most played videos were:

Position Video Plays this month
1 Stories of Student Empowerment - a compilation of student feedback on the Wikimedia residency 7 plays
2 Wikipedia and Women in STEM - Athina Frantzana, PhD student at the School of Physics and Astronomy 4 plays
3 Wikipedia and Information Literacy - Academic Support Librarian Ruth Jenkins. 4 plays
4 How to edit Wikipedia in 30 mins - 2018 tutorial. 4 plays
5 Moving a drafted article into Wikipedia's live space. 4 plays

Wikimedian in Residence - Youtube channel

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  • The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Youtube which has now received over 34,738 views in total of its 67 videos with 159 subscribers (2,108 more views and 7,795 minutes watched approx. since last month with 7 more subscribers, 32 'likes', and 20 'shares' since last month). These videos have been viewed in over 102 different countries this month and in 165 countries around the world over the course of the channel's lifetime.
Number of videos Views this month Number of countries watching this month Minutes watched this month New 'likes' New shares New subscribers Total subscribers Total views Total number of countries viewing the channel
67 2,108 102 7,795 32 20 7 159 34,738 165

Image uploads to Wikimedia Commons

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Press about the residency

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  1. Edinburgh University searches for 'Wikimedians' - Edinburgh Evening News, 8th October 2015.
  2. University of Edinburgh to employ ‘Wikimedian in Residence’ web editor - The Student Newspaper.org, October 13th 2015.
  3. The History of Medicine gets mentioned in the ILW Awards 2016
  4. The OER16 Conference, co-chaired by Melissa Highton and Lorna M. Campbell, won Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year Award
  5. 'Wikidata and Wikisource Showcase' mentioned on IS News site.
  6. The Wikimedia Residency, as part of the University Of Edinburgh's Open Education team, won 3rd place in ALT's Learning Technologist of the Year awards.
  7. Open Education team (including Wikimedia residency) come third in ALT Learning Technologist of the Year awards - story on the IS News site.
  8. Wikipedia's women problem - Melissa Highton writes for the Dangerous Women project 10th October 2016
  9. STV News 'Live at Five' covers the Ada Lovelace Day - Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon.
  10. New College take on Wikipedia edit-a-thon - Women and Religion 2 November 2016.
  11. Brenda Moon remembered in Wikipedia editathon - article in IS News
  12. Wikipedia editathon and Mary Stewart - Edinburgh Gothic Sat 12 November.
  13. Wikipedia editathon at the University of Sheffield's Centre for the History of the Gothic
  14. Collaborating to built a city of information literacy, a city of Wikipedia - Interview by OEPS Scotland
  15. #1Lib1Ref at the University of Edinburgh - Blog article by Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator - 2nd February 2017
  16. Fake News and Wikidata - a roundup of the Wikimedia UK Education Summit
  17. Host a Wikimedian - You can't afford not to (blog article)
  18. 'Wikipedia, research and representation- - Dr Amy Burge, Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh.
  19. Mary Susan McIntosh and the Women in Red - Lorna Campbell.
  20. What do you do with a dead chemist? - Anne-Marie Scott.
  21. Wikipedia and Writing - Michael Seery, Reader in Education, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
  22. Language and Politics - my takeaways by Mina Theofilatou.
  23. How is it almost August? - Lorna Campbell.
  24. While in Scotland - Käbi Suvi, Wikimedia Estonia.
  25. Celtic Knot Conference 2017 in Edinburgh - Astrid Carlsen, Wikimedia Norge.
  26. Wikipedia in the Classroom: developing information literacy, online citizenship and digital research skills - Teaching Matters blog 13th June 2017.
  27. Congratulations to our Wikimedian of the Year - Wikimedia UK blog 1st August 2017.
  28. University of Edinburgh journal vol.48 no.1 - Article about the Edinburgh residency on p.25
  29. Ada Lovelace Day 2017 - celebrating Women in STEM - article on the WiR blog on 1st September 2017.
  30. Scotland loves monuments - article for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 on the Wir Blog - Friday 8 September 2017.
  31. Wanderings with a Wikimedian - Blog article by Anne-Marie Scott for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 - Monday 11 September 2017.
  32. Mortuary Chapel, Revisited - Anne-Marie Scott's blog September 30 2017.
  33. Ada Lovelace Day – Professor Elizabeth Slater - Lorna Campbell's blog on October 10 2017.
  34. Ada Lovelace Day - knitting resources
  35. Ada Lovelace Day 2017 photos.
  36. Wikipedia is a very lovely place to be - Anne-Marie Scott's blog.
  37. The 17th century map of Iceland released by the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Research Collections gets a mention in Creative Commons' influential 'State of the Commons report'.
  38. Wikipedia has always depended on the kindness of strangers - Outcomes of Ada Lovelace 2017 on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 19 October 2017.
  39. Wikipedia assignments – getting past the ‘Penguin effect’ and down to the brass tacks of sharing open knowledge - Teaching Matters blog.
  40. Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – Celebrating women in STEM - Edinburgh University Science Magazine.
  41. Another Story about Maps - Blogpost by Anne-Marie Scott 27 October 2017.
  42. Open Tumshies for Halloween - blogpost by Lorna Campbell 31 October 2017.
  43. Internet Transmitted Infections – I’ve got the SPLOTS - Anne-Marie Scott, 16 November 2017.
  44. Wikidata in the Classroom on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 22 November 2017.
  45. Open for all - Mansfield Traquair images hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Blog by Anne-Marie Scott 23 November 2017.
  46. Take an Equal Bite - Blogpost by Melissa Highton about EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education and the the positive power of wikipedia editathons. 2nd December 2017.
  47. Wikipedia Games / SPLOTPoint - Anne-Marie Scott blog, January 1st 2018.
  48. 2017 Highs, Lows and Losses - Lorna Campbell blog, January 3rd 2018
  49. Wikipedia at 17 – Facts matter. - January 16th 2018.
  50. Reflections on International Women’s Day 2018 and Wikipedia – A Gude Cause - 8 March 2018.
  51. New SPLOT Wikidata tutorial - Wikidata Basics.
  52. Collaborated with John Lubbock at Wikimedia UK to produce Wikimedia UK blogpost: Data on the history of Scottish witch trials added to Wikidata on 9 March 2018.
  53. Libraries, Literacies & Learning – presentation at SCURL event 23 March 2018
  54. Digital Transformation and Data — The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh on Medium.com
  55. Wikimedia resources – how to get started.
  56. The OER 18 EdTech editathon 'SPLOT' resource.
  57. Wikimedia at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2018
  58. Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye – reflection on 12 months by Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
  59. Wikipedia in Higher Education (co-authored with Jemima John, 4th year Law undergraduate student.
  60. Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web.
  61. Tracings (don’t look too closely)
  62. NEW SPLOT resource created for the Wikidata Workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas.