Wikipedia:GLAM/MGS/Events and Workshops/UWS Paisley Editathon

About the event
Since Wikipedia began in 2001, lecturers around the world have integrated the free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, into their curriculum. In 2010, the Wikimedia Foundation started the Wikipedia Education Program to provide more support for the use of Wikipedia as a teaching and learning tool.

Sara Thomas is the Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland, working across the Scottish Museums sector to open up Scotland’s museum collections to the world. So far this year she’s trained nearly 150 people to use Wikipedia and worked with museums and heritage organisations across the country to harness the reach of Wikipedia for the benefit of their collections. She’s also worked with both the University of Edinburgh and Napier University, training students and staff to use Wikipedia in (and out of) the classroom.

An Editathon is a focused period of editing around a particular subject, preceded by a training session for those who haven’t used Wiki before. Staff and students are all invited to participate in this event, which will be an exciting opportunity to get experience of creating and expanding articles, using Paisley Museum as the focus, and to learn more about Wikipedia and how it can be used in teaching and learning. Participants will need to create a Wiki account in advance of the event, and places are limited so book early!



How do I prepare?

 * Sign up for the event
 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
 * Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
 * Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day

Programme
10am - 4pm


 * The morning will include a full training session for those who have not used Wikipedia before. No prior training is required, although basic familiarity with a computer is needed.
 * Paisley Museum staff will be on hand to assist with details pertaining to their collection and our "hit list" of articles to be created.
 * In the afternoon we will prepare, create and publish new Wikipedia articles, and improve existing ones!

Trainers
Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland

Content created or improved
Articles improved
 * Paisley Abbey
 * Lucy Rie
 * John Jackson (astronomer)
 * John Byrne
 * Glen Cinema disaster

Articles created
 * John Jackson (astronomer) on Scots Wiki
 * William Kennedy (painter) on Scots Wiki
 * Glen Cinema disaster on Scots Wiki
 * Paisley Shawls
 * R & J Beck

Images added
 * 22 images added in the Commons category Images from Paisley Museum.

What can I do after the event?


You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:
 * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Video_tutorials
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Instructional_videos_on_using_Wikipedia