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Women, Science and Scottish History on Wikipedia: University of Edinburgh 2015 Innovative Learning Week editathons
Where?
M2b, Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9LE
When?
Monday 16 February - Friday 20 February, 14:00-17:00
Point of contact:
Ally Crockford
NLS Wikimedian in Residence
Marshall Dozier, Academic Support Librarian, University of Edinburgh
Twitter:
Follow updates via the #ILWeditathon hashtag and stay in touch if you're a distance learner joining in!
Cost:
Free
How do I sign up?
Register via the Eventbrite booking pages for each day:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
and
Thursday
Contents
About the event
1.1
Workshop schedule
1.2
How each day's session will work
How do I prepare?
2.1
Articles to edit
Material
Attendees
4.1
Trainers
Outcomes
5.1
Articles improved
5.2
Articles created
5.3
Other outcomes and coverage
About the event
Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others? During the University of Edinburgh's 2015 Innovative Learning Week, the University's
Information Services
team will run a series of four Wikipedia 'editathons' with the support of the
School of Literature, Languages and Cultures
, the
Moray House School of Education
EDINA
, and the
National Library of Scotland
. Each editathon will focus on improving the quality of articles about women in Scottish history, such as 'the Edinburgh Seven', the first women to study medicine at UoE and who caused a riot by doing so.
Working together with archivists, academic colleagues and Wikimedia experts, we will provide training on how to edit and add information and participate in an open knowledge community. We will explore how writing Wikipedia articles develops digital literacy and academic writing skills. Participants will be supported to develop articles covering women in science, Scottish women in history, Edinburgh as the birth place of medicine, The Edinburgh Seven, University history, distinguished Edinburgh alumni etc.
This series of events will run over a series of afternoons with focused topics. Participants can attend just once or on multiple days, and can select topics that engage them and which need development on Wikipedia. Training, technical support and subject area advice will be provided throughout.
Each workshop is open to all: campus-based students, distance learning students, all staff and members of the public who are interested in the topics we are working on.
Workshop schedule
This series of events will run over a series of afternoons. Each day, the one-hour introduction to editing Wikipedia will focus on offering tips and insight into different approaches as well as practical training. Participants can attend as many days as they would like: everyday we will we will cover something new! A Wikimedia trainer or trainers will be on hand all afternoon to provide assistance, and we will also provide specialised materials focusing on the subjects covered in the articles to edit section below.
To register for an event, please click on the links provided in the description below. You can register for as many days as you would like!
Monday 16 February
- Editathon:
People
Learn how to create or improve biographical articles on Wikipedia before putting your skills into practice! In addition to showing you how to edit a Wikipedia article, we will also cover important guidelines for writing neutral biographical articles on Wikipedia. We will show you how to determine whether a person is notable enough to warrant an article, and how to show that when you're writing; we'll also look at what kinds of sources are valuable, and what you should avoid. Did you know that writing a biography for a living person is different than writing about a historical figure? We'll show you how to do both! Once the training is complete, we will provide support and resources from the University of Edinburgh Library and Archive to help you improve or create Wikipedia articles about important Scottish women, specifically involved in the history of medicine and science, and Edinburgh Alumni. Leave your mark on the world's largest online encyclopaedia by helping to close Wikipedia's gender gap!
Register now!
Join us this Innovative Learning Week as we help make Wikipedia better!
Tuesday 17 February
- Editathon:
Places
In this event we will focus on writing Wikipedia articles about places. We will teach you the basics for editing a Wikipedia article before offering tips and guidelines for writing specifically about places. We'll show you how to write about the history of an important building or site, as well as how to include factual information like geographical coordinates that will link your article to data from around the world, all in a few simple steps! Once the training is complete, you are welcome to edit on a new topic or continue working on an article from the day before; once again we will provide support and resources from the University of Edinburgh Library and Archive to help you close Wikipedia's gender gap. We've even found some places with exciting significance in Scottish women's history!
Register now!
Wednesday 18 February
- Editathon,
Making Connections
This editathon will show you how to make connections across Wikipedia to improve coverage on a topic. In addition to giving you the basic tools to edit a Wikipedia article, we cover ways that you can create a strong infrastructure within Wikipedia to help bring information together. Create links between articles, add information that's been left out, and cover the events, organisations and influences that will make other articles better. We'll also show you how to use Wikipedia's categories to make less obvious connections and find new information. After the training is complete, you will once again be welcome to work on a new topic or to continue an article that you're already working on, and we will again provide support and resources from the University of Edinburgh Library and Archive to help you close Wikipedia's gender gap!
Register now!
Thursday 19 February
- Editathon,
Illustrating Wikipedia
A picture tells a thousand words, and that is something that Wikipedia has taken to heart. In this editathon we will show you how to add images to a Wikipedia article to make it even better. We will introduce you to Wikimedia Commons, the open access image library where every single image on Wikipedia is hosted. We'll not only show you how to find fantastic images to add to your Wikipedia article, we'll also teach you how to add your own. We'll cover important guidelines for copyright and using images from the internet, and we'll even give you tips on taking photographs especially to add to a Wikipedia article! Once training is complete, you will be able to finish working on an article from earlier in the week, or to work on something new. Again we will provide support and resources from the University of Edinburgh's Library and Archive. This will be our last day to work together to help close Wikipedia's gender gap!
Register now!
Friday 20 February
Innovative Learning Week Fair
, 4:30 - 6:30 in the Main Library Concourse, George Square
The Innovative Learning Week 2015 Fair is a celebration of all the artefacts that have been created during the week of events. Students, staff, and anyone involved in this year's ILW are invited to experience the creations made during the week. The team behind the ILW editathons will be there, showing off some of our exciting improvements to Wikipedia and sharing stories about learning innovatively by contributing to the world's largest online encyclopaedia. If you haven't been able to join any of the editathon through the week but are interested in hearing more about working with Wikipedia, stop by and have a chat, pick up a badge or a sticker, and see what we've been working on! Everyone is welcome, no booking required!
**Please note that this event is at a different time and held in a different venue than the previous editathons.**
Free swag for participants: specially made jute bags and t-shirts
How each day's session will work
You work on topics selected by the organisers with source materials brought to the editathon, or you can select topics that you would prefer to work on (you need to bring source materials if needed).
The first hour of each day will provide tailored training for that day’s focus, and technical support and subject area advice will be provided throughout.
How do I prepare?
Once you have registered to attend an editathon or a couple of editathons, there are a few things you can do to prepare before you attend:
Create a Wikipedia account
If you are joining online, please prepare in advance using this
preparation & joining information
Learn about editing if you like: visit the
Wikipedia Tutorial
, or
Getting started on Wikipedia
for more information
Think about what article you would like to edit - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
Bring a laptop if it is convenient - it's not essential. Some desktop computers with internet access will be provided but sharing may be necessary.
Note, refreshments will be provided - please notify organisers of any special dietary requirements if you have not already
Articles to edit
Lists of suggested or requested articles to create or improve can be added here. Please feel free to make your own suggestions on the talk page
here
***For those participating in person or online, please add your signature next to the article that you intend to create or improve by typing four tildes (~~~~) next to it. This will ensure that there are no conflicts or duplicate articles. Note: you may need to log in separately to Wikimedia UK even if you are logged in to Wikipedia. Once you have finished working on an article, you can remove your signature to allow others to contribute to it***
Edinburgh Seven and Women in Medicine:
Edinburgh Seven
Isabel Thorne
Edith Pechey
- being worked on by
Spillerjzy
Matilda Chaplin
Margaret Todd
Helen Evans
being worked on
Murphie
Mary Anderson
- being worked on by
en:user:Evamariak
Pechey-Phipson Sanatorium for Women and Children
Bruntsfield Hospital
Masson Hall
- being worked on by Christine
Cama Hospital for Women and Children
Edinburgh University Women’s Union
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women
Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital
Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service
Elsie Inglis' maternity hospice at 219 the High Street
Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women
Louisa Stevenson
Elsie Inglis
Emily Blackwell
Christian Guthrie Wright
Frances Simson
Jessie MacLaren MacGregor
- one of the two women to first graduate from the University of Edinburgh's medical school in 1898
Mona Geddes
- (also Alexandra (Mona) Mary Chalmers Watson) one of the two women to first graduate from the University of Edinburgh's medical school in 1898
Emily Bovell
- being worked on by AnneMarie
Mary Anderson
(also Mary Anderson Marshall)
the Surgeons' Hall riot
Sarah Mair
Flora Stevenson
Marion Newbigin
Margaret Houldsworth
Mary Crudelius
David Masson
Noreen Murray
-being worked on by Melissa
Elsie Stephenson
- being worked on by
en:user:semames
Robert Christison
being worked on by
en:user:spillerjzy
Agnes McLaren
- being worked on by Melissa
Kate Fraser
- a Scottish physician and
mental health pioneer
- Being worked on by Aoife McKenna
Margaret Fairlie
Margaret Ida Balfour
Scottish physician
and
medical pioneer in India
being worked on by
Gweduni
Gertrude Herzfeld
Isabel Emslie Hutton
- Mental health pioneer and author - being worked on by
Quirey
Alexandra Mary Chalmers Watson
(Mona; née Alexandra Mary Geddes, 1872–1936)
, medical practitioner and
head of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Louise McIlroy
Margaret Menzies Campbell
Dental surgeon
and
author
. First woman ever to be granted an
Honorary Dental Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Additional topics that could be of relevance to some of the above articles also include the St Giles debate about the university education of women and
Lister
’s letter in opposition of clinical placements for women medical students at the Royal Infirmary.
Notable University of Edinburgh Alumni:
Lesley Yellowlees
being worked on by
Madda
Anneila Sargent
Mary Broadfoot Walker
Clare Blackburn
Suad Amiry
Charlotte Auerbach
Edith Mary Brown
Barbara Mawer
Eleanor Campbell
Theresa Clay
Barbara Clayton
Justine Cassell
Honor Fell
Margaret Donaldson
Anne Glover
Marion Cameron Gray
Elizabeth Gunn
Ruth Milne Hall
Jane Hillston
Carmel Heah
Lilian Lindsay
Sheila Scott Macintyre
Anna MacGillivray Macleod
Heather Reid
Anya Reading
being worked on by Drlmshillito
Anne Marie Rafferty
Flora Philip
Marion Ross
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Eve Johnstone
Judith Mackay
Material
Information about the research material available for use will be provided here as topics are confirmed. Participants are encouraged to make full use of the University of Edinburgh's
extensive online resources
, such as databases and e-journals, as well as any of their own research material that they may have access to.
Additional resources are available through the National Library of Scotland's
digital galleries
and
licensed digital collections
. Any NLS reader has free access to the licensed digital collections with an online account, and if you are not a reader, you can become one quickly and easily
by registering as a new user or a new online user
using any residential address in Scotland.
If it is your first time editing Wikipedia, you might find some of the following instructional videos helpful. There will be training on the day, but these videos can act as refreshers if you need them!
Video: Creating a user page
Video: Talk pages
Video: Sandboxes
Video: Basic editing techniques
Video: Improving an article on Wikipedia
Video: Creating an article on Wikipedia
Video: Understanding Wiki Categories
Attendees
Once you have signed up and created your Wikipedia account, why not add your username below? Don't worry about formatting if you aren't sure, we can help you on the day!
Ally Crockford (
User:ACrockford
Marshall Dozier (
User:Mafrado
Sheila Fisken (
User:Fiskensl
Narelle Gillies (
User:NarelleJoan
Melissa Highton (
User:Melissa Highton
Nicola Osborne (
User:NicolaOsborne
Christine Sinclair (
User:CMSinclair
Ellen Spaeth (
User:EllenSpaeth
Paula Sivanandan (
User:Psiva
Laurie Mackay (
User:BrunetteKoala
Fiona MacAlister (
user:Fionajm
User:MathCrow
User:Ngilber
User:Debs72 at napier
User:Mamgu
Pauline Ward (
User:PaulineDataWard
Karon McBride (
user:karonMcB
Fiona Brown (
User:Fionajl
Deirdre Shepherd (
User:Quirey
Evamaria Krause (
User:Evamariak
Aoife McKenna (
User:ASP.McKenna
Gavin Willshaw (User:
gweduni
Anne-Marie Scott (User:
Ammienoot
Fiona Wright (
User:FxWright
Stephanie Farley (
User:CharlieRhiann
]])
kc7683
User:newfiescot
Eugenia Twomey (User:
ETwomey
Anouk Lang (User:
2012 al
Sian Bayne (User:sianbayne1)
Lisa-Marie Shillito (User:
Drlmshillito
Anne Donnelly (User:
Anniepedia57
Sarah Ames (
User:Semames
Neil Turner (
User:Neilturn
User:Languedu
User:The Old Mill
User:Monamaclean
User:Madeleine.aase.remedios
Mike Shaw (
User:Mikejamesshaw
Doug Rocks-Macqueen (
User:DougRM
Chris Williams (
User:Drchriswilliams
Jingyan Sun (
User:Sunjane7
James Toon (
user:jamestoon
Spillerjzy
Murphie (
User:Murphie
Claire Knowles (
User:seesmith
User:madda
Trainers
Below is the list of trainers that will be present at each workshop.
User:ACrockford
User:lirazelf
(Monday & Tuesday sessions)
Outcomes
Articles created or improved, and other outcomes from the editathons as they develop
Articles improved
Emily Davies
Sophia Jex-Blake
Margaret Todd
Marion Ross
Isabel Thorne
Edith Pechey
Lesley Yellowlees
Edinburgh Seven
Noreen Murray
Mary Crudelius
Elsie Inglis
Matilda Chaplin Ayrton
Eleanor Campbell (scientist)
Agnes McLaren
Christian Maclagan
Annie Altschul
Scottish Women's Hospitals
Surgeons' Hall
Articles created
Edinburgh University Settlement
Annie Clark (Physician)
Gertrude Herzfeld
Isabel Emslie Hutton
Emily Bovell
Margaret Ida Balfour
Edinburgh University Women's Union
Elsie Stephenson
Surgeons' Hall riot
Masson Hall
Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall
Christian Shaw
Other outcomes and coverage
Edinburgh University Wikipedia Hour of Power
Student Newspaper article, 3rd March 2015,
Where are Wikipedia's Women?
Video on the editathon
event featuring our guest, and director of the Previously... History festival, Susan Morrison.
Related event:
Women of the University of Edinburgh - Ada Lovelace Day Editathon 2015
Related event:
Edinburgh University Wikipedia: MeetUp
events including:
Wiki Hour of Power: Edinburgh International Science Festival
Wiki Hour of Power: International Women's Day
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