Wikipedia:Edit-a-thon/Teesside University/Events and Workshops/(Re)making Middlesbrough

Let us know you're coming
There is no need to book for this event but please contact Sophie Nicholls on s.nicholls@tees.ac.uk to let us know you're coming along.

About the (Re)Making Middlesbrough Editathon
'''The internet doesn't know everything. The media gets a lot of things wrong about Middlesbrough. Come and help us change that.'''

On 27-28 April 2018, Teesside University will run (Re)Making Middlesbrough, a student, staff and community edit-a-thon. We'll be looking at how Middlesbrough and surrounding areas, its people, history and culture are represented online, through internet searches and Wikipedia pages. We'll be looking at what and who is missing from the stories and information that the world sees about our town and community. We'll be asking what needs to be rewritten, how we see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us.

Central to this are the many misconceptions and prejudices that are often made about our region. We want to change this. We have a lot to be proud of and to celebrate.

Come and get involved - and learn to edit Wikipedia at the same time.

There are two main ways that you can get involved in this event.

Friday 27 April Wikipedia editing training will be provided by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian of the Year 2017. Come along to this session to learn Wikipedia and Histropedia skills. We hope that you might also then help us as 'champions' during our edit-a-thon on Saturday 28th April.

Saturday 28 April The edit-a-thon will focus on improving the quality of articles about the history, inhabitants and culture of Middlesbrough.

You don't have to know anything about Wikipedia to come along and contribute on Saturday 28 April.

We'll provide training on how to edit and how to participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to develop Wikipedia pages that need to be improved or further developed. But we also need people to contribute their knowledge about Middlesbrough, its history and stories. And we need people to take photographs of buildings and places that can be added to the Wikipedia pages.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and help us to remake the way that the world understands Middlesbrough!



How do I prepare?

 * Let Sophie Nicholls know you're coming. Drop her a line at: s.nicholls@tees.ac.uk
 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Bring a laptop if you can or let Sophie know if you need to borrow one.
 * Learn about editing in advance if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information. We will provide you with a crash course and plenty of support on the day.
 * Think about what you would like to edit - please take a look at the list of suggested pages below. There may be materials - articles, ideas, pictures - that you'd like to bring with you.

Friday 27 April 2018
Wikipedia training in Teesside University Library Room L2.05


 * 10:30 am – 12:00pm: Welcome and Wikipedia training
 *  12:00 pm –  1:00 pm:  Break for lunch
 *  1:00 pm –  4:30 pm:  Second Wikipedia training session - or stay and EDIT!

Saturday 28 April Teesside University Library
(Re)making Middlesbrough - Edit-a-thon Room L2.05'''


 * 10:00am - 10:30am: Welcome
 * 10:30 am – 12:00 am: Training in Wikipedia editing
 *  1:00 pm –  4:30 pm:  EDIT!

Trainers
Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Hit list of articles to be created or improved
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 creating new articles in this important but somewhat neglected sector on the English Wikipedia.

Articles to be created
Linthorpe Art Potteries Localism (a major crowd-sourced exhibition at mima) Temenos (a sculpture by Kapoor at Middlehaven)

Helen Collingwood Hopkins (Middlesbrough botanist)

Missing wards linked from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough

Ayresome Beckfield Beechwood Brookfield Central Middlesbrough Clairville Gresham Kader Ladgate Marton West Middlehaven St. Hilda's Town Centre Town Farm

Articles to be improved, revised or expanded

 * Middlesbrough
 * Mary Pennyman
 * Ormesby Hall
 * Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

News sources

 * Factiva

Outcomes - New pages created
At the end of the edit-a-thon, we'll update this space with everything that we've made together.

What can I do after the event?


You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:
 * Video tutorials
 * Instructional videos on using Wikipedia

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event: 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!
 * 1) RSVP: [mailto:s.nicholls@tees.ac.uk s.nicholls@tees.ac.uk] 
 * 2) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) 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