Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/Conectando editathon 2019

University of Edinburgh edit-a-thon

Booking

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To be assured of your place at the event, you can 'book through Event Booking and Eventbrite.

Welcome

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Women in Red

Please create an account on Wikipedia if you have not done so as yet.

  1. Join the dashboard page for today's workshop.
  2. Have a look at our new Histropedia timeline of Women's suffrage in Scotland.
  3. Have a look at our Navigation box template we add to the foot of pages about the Scottish suffragettes.
  4. There is a draft biography you can look at and use as an exemplar: Jocelyn Bell Burnell or the Mary Blathwayt.
  5. Would you like to do more editing after today? There is a WikiProject Women in Red you can join to take part in their monthly themed editing events and we hold in-person Wiki Women in Red editing events at the University of Edinburgh too.

About the event

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An exhibition at the University of Edinburgh library is celebrating 100 years of the Spanish Degree at the University of Edinburgh, with items from the archives and collections exploring connections between Scotland and the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds. The exhibition is arranged into five themed sections: Learning; The Student Experience; Journeys; Treasures; and Solidarity (the latter with a particular focus on Chile under Pinochet, and the Spanish Civil War). The exhibition runs until 29th June 2019 and we are holding a guided tour and Wikipedia editing event on Thursday 20th June to mark the occasion and ensure these stories are available to read online.

Full Wikipedia editing training will be given, followed by an editathon that will focus on improving the quality of articles about the university's solidarity with Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Working together with Academic Support librarians, archivists & academic colleagues we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to develop articles covering areas which could stand to be improved; including distinguished Edinburgh alumni, historic locations etc.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and improve the information available online!

 
We Can Edit

How do I prepare?

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Programme

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  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Tour of the exhibition by Dr. Fiona Mackintosh, Lecturer in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies.
  • 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm: Housekeeping and Welcome from Kirsty MacNab, Exhibitions Officer.
  • 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm: Light refreshments.
  • 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: Wikipedia training from Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence.
  • 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Tea break.
  • 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm: EDIT!
  • 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm: PUBLISH!

Trainers

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Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Hit list of articles to be created or improved

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Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

All are welcome to add names to the list which is intended to serve as a basis for improving existing articles in this important but somewhat neglected sector on the English Wikipedia.

Articles to be created and improved

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This list will be populated with pages to work on to improve or create. But you are more than welcome to suggest a page yourself.

Literature

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Music

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Politics

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People

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Use the PrepBio tool

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Sources

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Suggested sources:

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General
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  • DiscoverEd to find books, ebooks, journals, ejournals and more.
News sources
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Theses databases
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Outcomes - New pages created

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To be determined.

What can I do after the event?

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Join us for the event!

You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:

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Participants - Sign Up Here!

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Prior to the event:

  1. RSVP: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
  2. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
    No? Create a Wikipedia account
    Yes? Go to Step #2
  3. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.