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Your 1,2,3 to get started![edit]

  1. Create your Wikipedia account
  2. Once you have created your account join the Wiki dashboard (click 'Allow' to permit your Wikipedia account to interact with the Wikimedia dashboard).
  3. Grab a cuppa and get comfy!

and a LOT of useful resources are on |our student-created website which recently won an Education Global award.

Schedule[edit]

  • 1:45 pm - 2:00pm: Everyone log-in and housekeeping
  • 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm: Welcome
  • 2:15pm - 3pm: Wikipedia training from Ewan McAndrew.
  • 3:00pm - 4:30pm Research and Editing with aim to publish by 5pm
  • 4:30pm - 4:50pm: Publish articles with help from Ewan McAndrew
  • 4:50pm - 5:00pm Event close

Join us as we help make Wikipedia better!

Editing[edit]

Questions about editing? Read the Wiki-editing FAQ!

Really simple edits:

  • Add people to categories by clicking Edit and then the three horizontal lines.
  • Add a name to a list such as List of cardiologists.
  • Add a citation of someone's work to improve a page about their field of research.

Worklist[edit]

Link to worklist spreadsheet

Articles to create[edit]

  1. Creative Informatics - (https://creativeinformatics.org/) - adding section on X (Melissa).
  2. CodeBase - (https://www.thisiscodebase.com/)
  3. Creative Edinburgh - likely with reference to wider Creative... cities across the UK and beyond (https://www.creative-edinburgh.com/)
  4. Creative Industries Clusters Programme - CICP (https://creativeindustriesclusters.com/)
  5. Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre - led by nesta (https://www.pec.ac.uk/) - CI Editor to draft
  6. Clwstwr - already referenced at Cardiff Capital Region. Include Media Cymru? (https://clwstwr.org.uk/)
  7. InGame - (https://www.innovationforgames.com/)
  8. Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology - BFTT (https://bftt.org.uk/)
  9. XR Stories - (https://xrstories.co.uk/)
  10. StoryFutures - (https://www.storyfutures.com/)
  11. Future Fashion Factory - (https://futurefashionfactory.org/)
  12. Future Screens NI - (https://www.futurescreens.org/)
  13. Bristol + Bath Creative R+D - (https://bristolbathcreative.org/)
  14. Audience of the Future - (https://audienceofthefuture.live/)
  15. Data Driven Innovation - the term as used in the DDI programme
  16. Creative AI - the broader term, which doesn't have a definition. To inc links to The New Real as example [1], PEC publications calling for a centre for AI, etc.
  17. Data Driven Innovation Initiative - and wider programme of work around this. (https://ddi.ac.uk/)
  18. Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland - MASTS (https://masts.ac.uk/)
  19. Scottish Games Network - (https://scottishgames.net/)
  20. Tinderbox - (https://tinderboxcollective.org/)
  21. TouchLab - note that there is a reference on the StartupBus page to another US start up with the same name (https://www.touchlab.io/)
  22. ANA Avatar X Prize - (https://www.xprize.org/prizes/avatar)
  23. Viapontica - (https://viapontica.ai/)
  24. Black Goblin Audio - (https://www.blackgoblinaudio.co.uk/)
  25. SENSEcity - (https://www.sensecity.co/)
  26. South of Scotland Enterprise - (https://www.southofscotlandenterprise.com/)
  27. Playable Technologies - there is already a page for their previous product Skoog (https://www.playable.tech/)
  28. Civic Digits - to include reference to Big Data Show and Data Driven Actor (https://civicdigits.com/)
  29. Amicable Animal - to include reference to BAFTA and SOLAS 128 (https://www.amicableanimal.com/)
  30. Pianodrome - include Leeds Piano Trail, Festival, Pianola Nova etc (https://www.pianodrome.org/)
  31. Drake Music Scotland - may need to disambiguate/carefully write to ensure clarity/distinction from Drake Music (England) (https://drakemusicscotland.org/)
  32. Edinburgh City of Literature - precedent and model for this for Melbourne City of Literature, include Literature House and Scotsman coverage of announcement (https://cityofliterature.com/)
  33. Vintage Vibes - (https://vintagevibes.org.uk/)
  34. The Big Light (podcast production company) - extended title needed to disambiguate from German silent film (https://www.thebiglight.com/)
  35. Children's Parliament - note that there is a redirection to Youth Council which may also need an associated edit (https://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/)
  36. Insurgent Studios - (http://insurgentstudios.com/)
  37. Prewired - (https://www.prewired.org/)
  38. The Flock - (https://flockmag.com/)
  39. Boom Saloon - (https://www.boomsaloon.com/links/)
  40. Edinburgh Tool Library - (https://edinburghtoollibrary.org.uk/)
  41. Screen Language - (https://screenlanguage.co.uk/)
  42. Chara AI - (https://chara.ai/)
  43. New Media Scotland - (https://www.mediascot.org/)
  44. inChat - (https://inchat.design/)
  45. Ray Interactive - (https://www.rayinteractive.org/)

Articles to edit[edit]

  1. Edinburgh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh) to add DDI Initiative to City Region Deal mention.
  2. Fruitmarket Gallery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitmarket_Gallery) to update and extend.
  3. The List (Magazine) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_List_(magazine)) to extend and update and include recent data work.
  4. Historic Environment Scotland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Environment_Scotland) to extend, update and add Historiscope.
  5. Traverse Theatre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_Theatre) to update and extend (ref Challenge?).
  6. Skoog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoog) to extend to update and also point to new Playable Technologies page if created.
  7. Armor Games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor_Games) to fix issues with the page (and point to new Amicable Animal page if created).
  8. Jupiter Artland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Artland) to extend and update, e.g. new work by Rachel McLean (ref Challenge?).
  9. Edinburgh Science (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Science) fix page issues; update and extend inc. their move away from fossil fuel funding. Inc. recent innovations, Jonathan Elders basking shark sculpture, etc.
  10. Michael Begg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Begg) - to include Ocean ARTic work and Earth Percent Day work, extensive media coverage in 2021/2.

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:
  • A speedy guide on where to find the different buttons on Wikipedia, and explaining what they do - useful for complete beginners!
    A speedy guide on where to find the different buttons on Wikipedia, and explaining what they do - useful for complete beginners!
  • Very straightforward step-by-step instructions on how to add a piece of information to an existing Wikipedia page - useful for complete beginners!
    Very straightforward step-by-step instructions on how to add a piece of information to an existing Wikipedia page - useful for complete beginners!
  • A guide to elements to include in a wiki-biography, with a checklist to ensure you include as many as you can when editing.
    A guide to elements to include in a wiki-biography, with a checklist to ensure you include as many as you can when editing.
  • A guide to adding infoboxes (those handy things on the right side of a page with a summary of key info).
    A guide to adding infoboxes (those handy things on the right side of a page with a summary of key info).
  • A complete beginner's introduction to adding information onto Wikidata. If in doubt, take a look at someone else's Wikidata entry for inspiration!
    A complete beginner's introduction to adding information onto Wikidata. If in doubt, take a look at someone else's Wikidata entry for inspiration!
  • 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.
    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.
  • Guide to creating your Wikipedia userpage to introduce yourself to other editors.
    Guide to creating your Wikipedia userpage to introduce yourself to other editors.
  • Using talk pages
    Using talk pages
  • Citing your sources
    Citing your sources
  • Avoiding plagiarism
    Avoiding plagiarism
  • Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
    Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
  • Polishing your articles
    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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