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Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/HIV Scotland Wikipedia editathon

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Info about the event edit

Help acknowledge activists and organisations that blazed a trail for HIV and AIDS awareness and treatment in Scotland.

About this Event edit

When we want to find something out, the first port of call for many people is Wikipedia – in fact, it is the 5th most visited website in the world. But although anyone can edit Wikipedia, it lacks diversity in its editors and its articles. This is where you come in! Join us on Thursday 28th January, with special guests from HIV Scotland, to help redress the balance and acknowledge activists and organisations that blazed a trail for HIV and AIDS awareness and treatment in Scotland.

Everyone is welcome, and you don’t need to have any previous experience of editing Wikipedia. The online event will include a workshop covering the basics of how to set up an account and start editing Wikipedia. Everyone will be welcome to help create new pages for notable activists and organisations who are not currently on Wikipedia and/or help improve already existing Wikipedia pages.

Throughout the event there will also be ongoing support for any questions relating to Wikipedia and an opportunity to chat over a beverage of your choice later in the event.

About HIV Scotland edit

HIV Scotland is the HIV Charity for Scotland. They’re known for over 25 years of detailed policy work and successful advocacy for people living with and at risk of HIV. Their mission is to forge a positive path to overcoming barriers to healthy lives in Scotland for people living with HIV, PrEP users and people at risk of HIV. In line with UNAIDS targets, HIV Scotland has asked everyone to be a part of Generation Zero; the generation that sees new HIV transmissions, stigma and HIV-related deaths eliminated by 2030. This is ambitious but achievable if we all play our part.

Your 1,2,3 to get started! edit

  1. Link to online webinar will be posted here
  2. Create your Wikipedia account
  3. Once you have created your account join the Wiki dashboard

Schedule edit

Online training webinar on Thursday 28th January 2021 will begin at 5pm (GMT). Please login at 5pm.

  • 5:00 Introduction from the Staff Pride Network, Disabled Staff Network, HIV Scotland and Ewan McAndrew, the University of Edinburgh’s Wikimedian in Residence)
  • 5:30-6:30 Wikipedia basics workshop with Ewan McAndrew
  • 6:30 Coffee break – grab a beverage and a snack and catch up with other participants
  • 6:45 Wrap up and thanks from the Staff Pride Network & Disabled Staff Network
  • 8:00 End of event. Feel free to keep editing if you want though!

Join us as we help make Wikipedia better!

Editing edit

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More useful links edit

Here are some useful links to help you with your editing:

  • Read up to find out more about sources and verifiability.
  • Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
  • Consider whether you have any conflicts of interest.
  • You can find advice on how to search for relevant sources on any scientist here.
  • All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found below:
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    A speedy guide on where to find the different buttons on Wikipedia, and explaining what they do - useful for complete beginners!
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    Very straightforward step-by-step instructions on how to add a piece of information to an existing Wikipedia page - useful for complete beginners!
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    A guide to elements to include in a wiki-biography, with a checklist to ensure you include as many as you can when editing.
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    A guide to adding infoboxes (those handy things on the right side of a page with a summary of key info).
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    A complete beginner's introduction to adding information onto Wikidata. If in doubt, take a look at someone else's Wikidata entry for inspiration!
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    Steps to adding a photograph to Wikimedia Commons so you can use it in a Wikipedia article - the picture has to be your own for you to add it.
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    Guide to creating your Wikipedia userpage to introduce yourself to other editors.
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    Using talk pages
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    Citing your sources
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    Avoiding plagiarism
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    Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
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    Polishing your articles
  • You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:

  • You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
  • The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

After today edit

Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. As a first step you may like to check out what What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.

  • Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The   or   button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
  • If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.
  • Check out upcoming Wikimedia in Scotland editing events.
  • Check out upcoming Wikimedia UK editing events.

Video guides to editing Wikipedia edit

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