Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/95th month report

Institution	Resident's Name	Period Covered	Date of Report	List of reports to date
University of Edinburgh	Ewan McAndrew	1 November 2023 - 31 December 2023 (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth month of the residency)	21 December 2023	Click here to view all reports.

Summary of main points these months[edit]

12 attended for the Input 2 workshop of the Edinburgh Award for extracurricular ‘Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia’ on 6 December 2023 and 4 course programmes have been running Wikimedia in the Curriculum projects this semester with Translation Studies MSc continuing into January 2024 but Global Health Challenges Pg Online, Design Informatics MA/MFA and Korean Studies Msc all concluded this semester. Online History MSc (Professor Charles West) want to discuss an in-curriculum assignment in Januaru 2024, Digital Sociology MSc (Dr. Karen Gregory) want to hold an editathon on 1st February 2024 and Digital Education Msc will host their annual two-week reading block on Wikipedia and Knowledge Equity in mid February 2024.
New videos published of the Witches in Word, not Deed event at the University Library and Design Informatics MA/MFA students' creative idea for visualising witchcraft data. in Wikidata.
Ruby Imrie is creating a Map of Witchcraft Memorials and has updated the 'About' page on the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland Wikidata-driveb site to acknowledge the full history of the website and its many contributors.
33,000 words added to Wikipedia by Global Health Challenges Pg Online students including the Niger gold mine collapse, floods in Vietnam and Fiji, 2020 Middle East storms, and 2023 jade mine collapse in Myanmar.

Running total of staff & student engagement[edit]

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	363	2,116	664	732	154	2,075	14,748

Strategic Aim 1 - Knowledge Equity[edit]

Develop partnerships that increase access to underrepresented cultural heritage
Support the development of minority and indigenous language Wikipedias
Encourage new and existing partners to help tackle the gender gap on Wikimedia
Identify other areas of inequality and bias and create partnerships to help address these
Engage with volunteers and partners across the UK, widening the charity’s geographic reach
Diversify content producers by recruiting new editors from under-represented communities
Support the development of a more inclusive culture across the Wikimedia projects
Ensure that Wikimedia UK’s own policies and practices support diversity and inclusion

Progress[edit]

Update on the Wikidata Map of Accused Witches project - our student intern continues 1 day a week until May 2024[edit]

Ruby Imrie's full-time internship came to an end of 25 August 2023 so she has been extended to continue work on a 0.2 FTE basis from w/c 11 September 2023 until May 2024 (and possibly back to full-time for 12 weeks in Summer 2024) to continue to (1) quality assure the witchcraft data in Wikidata (2) improve the site design and UX experience and (3) build new features e.g. an AI chat interface if possible and a map of memorials. Beta site is available to look at: test.witches.is.ed.ac.uk.
Ruby has been using R to compare Wikidata with the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft to quality assure the witchcraft data. Checked datasets are marked with a Y on the Wikidata project page.
Current progress since December 2023 includes:
- Added more text to the website's About page and did some reformatting to make look better.
- Added images to the About page (to appear in line with text on laptops but appear below text on mobiles).
- Finished looking for anomolies of Witchcraft Investigation start time
- Made needed changes on Wikidata, was left with some uncertaintinties which have started looking at (will send to Professor Julian Goodare if needed)
- Updated change log.

Witches in Word, not Deed[edit]

E.McAndrew hosted 3 presentations on Scottish witchcraft to mark the Witches in Word, not Deed exhibition in Room 1.07 in the University's Main Library on 24 November 2023.
- Outreach dashboard for the editathon event afterwards.
- New video published of the Witches in Word, not Deed event.

Women in Red workshops[edit]

One new Women in Red workshop was held on Friday 24th November 2023 - our 78th monthly workshop at the university had a witchcraft related theme.

61 new articles were created from the 24 November 2023 event.
- 291 articles were edited inc. Wikidata items this month.
- 1.37K edits in total.
- 7 editors.
- 81.3K words added this month.
- 635 references added.

Another Women in Red workshop was held on Friday 15th December 2023 - our 79th monthly workshop at the university came with tea, coffee and mince pies!

5 new articles were created from the 15 December 2023 event. Pages created included Edinburgh snowball riots of 1838 and accused Scottish witches Beatrix Watsone and Annaple Thomsone as well as the poet Mary MacDonald.
- 10 articles were edited inc. Wikidata items.
- 83 edits in total.
- 7 editors
- 3.56K words added this month.
- 38 references added.

Activities delivered with stats:[edit]

Events[edit]

Event Name	Date and duration	Location	Attendees	New editors	Trainers	Gender breakdown
Women in Red editathon #78 Monthly Women in Red editathon - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded	24 November 2023	University of Edinburgh, hybrid workshop.	7	2	Ewan McAndrew	71.4% female
Women in Red editathon #79 Women in Red editathon - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded	15 December 2023	University of Edinburgh, hybrid workshop.	7	3	Ewan McAndrew	85.71% female

Partnership interactions[edit]

Curious Edinburgh – new witch tour of Edinburgh E. McAndrew and student intern R. Imrie met with Curious Edinburgh’s Niki Vermeulen on 24 August 2023 to discuss how a Scottish witchcraft tour of Edinburgh could be added as a new walking tour on the Curious Edinburgh website and mobile app. Ewan McAndrew researched in October 2023 using the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, Wikidata, Wikipedia and witchcraft books including a new book about Agnes Finnie, the ‘Witch of Potterow’, to develop the walking tour of places in Edinburgh related to the Scottish witch hunts. E. McAndrew is liaising with Professor Julian Goodare on revising the draft text to ensure historical accuracy and further researching some of the locations and individuals/events mentioned (inc. Principal of University of Edinburgh William Colvill and the Witches’ Well) and met PhD researcher on Scottish witch memorials/memorialisation, Stephanie Shakay Tierney, on 24 November 2023 where she invited us to make use of her research in the final walking tour.

Image statistics - as of 10 January 2024[edit]

NB: Feb to December 2023 statistics do not seem available on the Baglama metrics tool at this time of writing. The Wikimedia Foundation's Tech Team have been made aware of this problem with metrics tools as of Wikimania 2023 in August. Am now trying the Glamorgan metrics tool instead as of 14 November 2023.

UoE Centre for Research Collections images	Total for December 2023	1,334,260 views
All images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh	Total for December 2023	2,365,562 views

The most viewed images for December 2023 across all Wikipedias were:

Rank	Wikipedia page	Monthly views	Link to image/video on Commons
1	Iceland	412,302 views	Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura
2	Tableau périodique des éléments	133,108 views	Periodic Table cupcakes at Ada Lovelace Day 2017 - King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh
3	Arthur Conan Doyle	129,137 views	Title page from Arthur Conan Doyle's thesis
4	Mahabharata	108,028 views	Part of the Mahabharata illustrated manuscript scroll. One linear metre scroll; 78 miniatures in lobed- and quatrefoil-shaped cartouches.
5	Rabbit	105,366 views	Set of wax models showing development of the rabbit heart, twentieth century (24226156252).jpg
6	Robert Louis Stevenson	83,649 views	Robert Louis Stevenson mit 7 Jahren.jpg
7	Escherichia coli	70,306 views	E.coli image.jpg.
8	Alexander McQueen	69,363 views	Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone Back.png and Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone.png.
9	Noah's Ark	67,100 views	Woodcut of Noah's Ark from Anton Koberger's "German Bible".jpg
10	Stan Laurel	61,251 views	Stan Laurel plaque at Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow.

Strategic Aim 2 - Information Literacy[edit]

Work with partners to develop digital, data and information literacy through Wikimedia

Support the education sector’s engagement with Wikimedia as a digital literacy tool
Facilitate Wikimedia-based digital, data and information literacy projects with other partners
Create content and resources for learners and educators
Advocate for the inclusion of Wikimedia in curriculum, syllabus and course development
Collaborate with the civil society sector and other partners to combat misinformation

Progress[edit]

Wikimedia in the Curriculum - current work[edit]

Six new case studies can now be added to the Wikimedia in Education - Booklet of Case Studies. Graphic designer, Nicky Greenhorn, has submitted a new proof design has been provided with amendments.update 10 January 2024 - Proof design from Nicky Greenhorn has been reviewed by E. McAndrew and changes suggested by Wikimedia UK and E.McAndrew to be made asap before end of January for final review.
The Reproductive Biology BSc Wikipedia assignment did not go ahead in academic year 2023/2024 owing to a packed course schedule. They will revisit this decision again for 2024/2025 as the course organisers are very positive about working with the residency and the learning outcomes being delivered. This particular assignment has been running every year for the last seven years so it is felt this makes a good time to review the last seven years and write up an article about the past work.
Translation Studies MSc Wikipedia assignment commenced on 27 September 2023 with 60-70 Masters students being trained how to contribute 2,000-2,500 word translations of high quality Wikipedia articles to another language Wikipedia by mid January 2024. update 10 January 2024 - The students have now chosen their articles to translate and have submitted their translations for peer review on 21 December 2023. Next step is to make the suggested alterations and publish their translations on Wikipedia before the end of January 2024. Assignment page is here with student names and article choices. - dashboard link.
Dr. Youngmi Kim on the Korean Studies MSc has requested E. McAndrew to run his annual Wikipedia training workshop (1.5-2hrs) to get interested Masters students thinking about how to improve representation of Korean history and culture on Wikipedia. This concluded in October 2023. This training session took place on 18 October 2023 with 3 students from Korean Studies MSc and East Asian Studies MSc learning how to edit.
Dr. Evelyn Balsells on the Global Health Challenges Pg Online course has requested E. McAndrew to run his annual Wikipedia training workshop (1.5-2hrs) to get interested Masters students thinking about how to improve representation of natural and man-made disasters on Wikipedia by group evaluating and improving stub articles by 1,500 words. This training session took place on 12 October 2023 with 18 students from the course programme learning how to edit. and they have now contributed over 32,000 words to Wikipedia by the assignment's end in December 2023.
E.McAndrew has submitted two Wikidata 'data challenges' to the Design Informatics MA/MFA's annual 'Data Fair' on 5 October 2023 where Masters students work in groups of 3 to analyse a dataset and come up with new creative visusalisations over the 6-7 weeks between October and December (Wiki Loves Monuments data and Witchy wikidata data). Link to 2023 Data Fair slides. The four groups presented their creative responses in the end of project showcase event in December 2023.
Renewing collaborations with History of Art's Dr. Glaire Anderson and initiating new collaboration with Professor Charles West, Online History MSc, are both under discussion.
Digital Education MSc will have a Wikipedia and Knowledge Equity 2 week component again in February 2024.
Digital Sociology MSc have requested a Wikipedia editathon for 1st February 2024 to improve the topic coverage of digital sociology as an understood discipline.

Conferences[edit]

No new conference news this month although E. McAndrew is discussing a Suffer the Witch symposium to take place in 2024 and discussing with possible stakeholders and participants as to its scope, format and date.
E.McAndrew to discuss with Karen Howie and Melissa Highton about whether to present/attend at this year's Wikimania Conference in August 2024 with 'Witchfinder General' Data Visualisation Intern Ruby Imrie potentially presenting on the newly relaunched Map of Accused Witches in Scotland Wikidata-driven website after 5 years' improvements.

Wikipedia Editing - 55-80hr Edinburgh Award in its 3rd iteration/year[edit]

Dates are set for the new 2023/2024 Edinburgh Award for Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia and new sessions to help guide the students in place for a) learning how to edit b) settling on an agreed project plan of attack and c) mutually agreeing final project targets. More details on the Edinburgh Award page here.
The first workshop took place on 18th October 2023 in Room 1.07 Main Library with 22 students registered already. 14 have now submitted their 400 word action plans and received Wikipedia training and feedback on their project proposals. Dashboard link.
12 attended the second Input Two workshop on 6th December 2023 and are due to submit their fortnightly log of activities on w/c 7 January 2024.

New Student Internships[edit]

Ruby Imrie has concluded her Summer internship (12 weeks 1.0 FTE) on the Map of Accused Witches Wikidata project as our third Summer Witchfinder General: Data Visualisation intern. Start date of 5 June 2023 and finish date 25 August 2023. This has now received a 0.2FTE extension during term time to start 14 September 2023 until May 2024. Update for January 2024: we are discussing extending her position for 12 weeks f/t through the Summer of 2024.
Interviewed a p/t role of Assistant Wikimedian in Residence to support the work of the residency in the longer term (events management and promotion, community building for Women in Red and Edinburgh Award, outreach to different geographically distant parts of the university and more) on a 1 year 0.2-0.4FTE basis. This role has now been appointed and Eleanor Whitehead has begun by planning her first Wikipedia editathon for 'Women in Red' to coincide with Burns Night on 25 January 2024.

New digital skills workshops[edit]

The University of Edinburgh's Digital Skills team have requested a list of upcoming Wikimedia workshops for Semester 2 (2023/2024) and E.McAndrew has prepared a list of dates and workshop descriptors to tie in with this upcoming semester's themed approach including: Workshops planned are as follows:

Learn to edit Wikipedia (1-2pm) and Women in Red workshop (2-5pm) - 1-5pm, Friday 26th January 2024, Room 1.07 Main Library
Witches and Wikidata - Introduction to linked open data with Wikipedia's sister project+ - 12-1pm, Wednesday 14th February 2024 in Room 1.08 Main Library
Teaching with Wikipedia - 12-1pm, Wednesday 21st February 2024 in Room 1.07 Main Library
Learn how to edit Wikipedia - 4-5pm, Wednesday 21st February 2024 in Room 1.07 Main Library
Learn to edit Wikipedia (1-2pm) and Women in Red workshop (2-5pm) -1-5pm, Wednesday 28th February 2024, Room 1.07 Main Library
Images, videos and timelines - help improve Wikipedia! - Wikimedia Commons and Histropedia workshop. 12-1pm, Friday 1st March 2024 in Room 1.08 Main Library.
Learn to edit Wikipedia workshop (students) 12-1pm, Wednesday 20th March 2024 in Room 1.07 Main Library
Witches and Wikidata - Introduction to linked open data with Wikipedia's sister project - 12-1pm, Wednesday 27th March 2024 in Room 1.07 Main Library
Learn to edit Wikipedia (1-2pm) and Women in Red workshop (2-5pm) 1-5pm, Friday 29th March 2024, Room 1.07 Main Library

Activities with stats:[edit]

Events[edit]

No new events this month.

Partnership interactions[edit]

Strategic Aim 3 - Advocacy[edit]

Create changes in policy and practice that enable open knowledge to flourish

Support and enable individual organisations to adopt more open policies and practice
Promote and facilitate sector-level change towards open knowledge
Work with national and international partners to build the case for free knowledge
Advocate for open knowledge within the UK’s public policy and legislative arena
Contribute to international advocacy activities and programmes as appropriate

Progress[edit]

E.McAndrew, R. Imrie and Professor Julian Goodare took part in a Witches of Scotland podcast hosted by Zoe Venditozzi in December 2023.

Activities delivered with stats:[edit]

Events[edit]

Partnership interactions[edit]

The Wikimedian in Residence received enquiries in November 2023 from Stephanie Shakay Tierney (PhD student researching witchcraft memorials), Design Informatics MA/MFA students, National Library of Scotland, Florence Boyle, Carolyn Sutton, Curious Edinburgh, Historic Environment Scotland, National Galleries, Gender.Ed, Alice White at Wellcome Collections, Zoe Venditozzi at Witches of Scotland, Evelyn Balsells at Global Health Challenges Pg online, Professor Julian Goodare, Nick Sheppard at University of Leeds, James Jarvis.
The Wikimedian in Residence received enquiries in December 2023 from History of Art lecturer, Alina Sinelnyk, and Professor of Machine Learning, Chris Williams FRSE. Further enquiries came from Karen Gregory about a Digital Sociology editathon, Jo Newman on a Data Driven Innovation programme editathon and Professor Charles West about an Online History MSc project.

Projects/events in development[edit]

Updated the Booklet of Case Studies of Wikimedia in UK Education to relaunch a new digital edition with Nicky Greenhorn, graphic designer, and Lorna Campbell, OER Service. Revamping the style of the booklet to communicate things better and including 6 new case studies.Update for 10 January 2024: Nicky Greenhorn has provided new proof design and changes to be made as suggested by Wikimedia UK and E.McAndrew next and finalised by Wikimedia UK and M. Highton at end January/early February 2024.
E.McAndrew has extended Ruby Imrie for new 0.2FTE (1 day a week) Witchfinder general Wikidata data visualisation position commencing w/c 11 Sept 2023 until May 2024. This may yet be extended further to a f/t 12 week position in Summer 2024.
E.McAndrew has appointed a new Assistant Wikimedian in Residence position to be recruited on a 0.2-0.4FTE basis for 1 year. Eleanor Whitehead has been appointed so will begin her first editathon on 25 January 2024 for Burns Night.
Professor Charles has been discussing a student assignment for the Online History MSc with the Wikimedian in Residence for Semester 2 (session 2023/2024).
Dr. Karen Gregory has requested a Wikipedia editathon for the Digital Sociology MSc to take place on 1st February 2024 at the University Library.
The OER Service is supporting the University of Oxford's Their Finest Hour project to digitise and collect the testimonies and digitally capture WW2 artefacts for a WW2 archive following the success of the WW1 Lest we forget project. E. McAndrew has discussed about being involved and seeing if some stories and images can be shared to Wikimedia though the project's Non-Commerical Creative Commons licence looks a barrier in some respects.

Upcoming events in 2024[edit]

Jan 17 - Edinburgh Award 2023/2024 - midpoint review and action planning.
Jan 25 - 'Burns Night' Wikipedia Women in Red editathon with training run by Assistant Wikimedian, Ellie Whitehead.
Jan 31 - Edinburgh Award 2023/2024 - Setting up your end of project targets.
Feb 1 - Digital Sociology MSc Wikipedia editathon at the University Library.
Mar 27 - Edinburgh Award 2023/2024 - Input 3 workshop.
Mar 31 - Edinburgh Award 2023/2024 - Final submission deadlines.

Media[edit]

New articles[edit]

No new articles in this period.

New videos and podcasts[edit]

Ruby Imrie and E.McAndrew were guests with Professor Julian Goodare and host Zoe Venditozzi on the Witches of Scotland podcast in December 2023. Broadcast date tbc.
New video published of the Witches in Word, not Deed event from 24 November 2023.
Design Informatics MA/MFA students' creative idea for visualising witchcraft data. in Wikidata.

Wikimedian in Residence - University of Edinburgh Media Hopper channel[edit]

The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Media Hopper now has 393 videos. 574 plays since 1 November 2023.

1 November 2023 to 31 December 2023

Number of videos	Impressions	Minutes viewed	Number of plays since 1 November 2023
393	3,193	2,262	574

Wikimedian in Residence - YouTube channel[edit]

The Wikimedian in Residence channel on YouTube which has now received over 452,720 views in total of its 140 videos with 1,653 subscribers. These videos have been viewed in 168 countries around the world over the course of the channel's lifetime.