Wikipedia:GLAM/SLIC/Events/Lost Poets of Scotland Editathon

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About the event
With 47 million articles in 229 different languages, Wikipedia is now both a well-established force for the democratisation of knowledge, and a key outreach tool, with one recent study showing that the encyclopedia shapes, as well as reflects, scientific thought. However, Wikipedia has a gender problem: the encyclopedia and its content is weighted toward men. In a, the Foundation found that only around 9% of contributors identified as female, and less than 1% as trans*. This imbalance in demographic leads to a content gap - as of 1 January 2018, just 17.37% of biographies on English Wikipedia were about women. It’s a form of systemic bias that both the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikipedia community are working to fix, with projects like Wikiproject Women in Red and the Gender Gap Task Force. But we need more people to help.

Using the resources available at the Scottish Poetry Library, this event will work to create new, and expand existing Wikipedia articles about forgotten female poets of Scotland. As well as English, participants are also encouraged to work in Scots or Gaelic Wikipedia. No prior experience of editing Wikipedia is necessary, as full training will be given on the day, but participants should create a Wikipedia account in advance (see below).



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 - if there's a poet on the hit list who particularly catches your eye, feel free to do some research in advance & bring materials with you on the day.
 * Learn about creating women's biographies: Primer for creating women’s biographies
 * Learn more about good practice for writing about women on Wikipedia: Writing about women

Link to Wikiproject: Women in Red

 * This Wikiproject links to some great resources. WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00

Programme

 * 10:00 - 10:30 Welcome, housekeeping & getting started
 * 10:30 - 11:30 Wikipedia training: introduction to the basics
 * 11:30 - 13:00 EDIT!
 * 13:00 - 13:30 Break for lunch
 * 13:30 - 14:00 A little more Wikipedia training: infoboxes, pictures & categories
 * 14:00 - 16:15 EDIT!

Trainers
Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Library and Information Council

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!

Articles to be created

 * Jean Guthrie Smith (fl.1922) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/jean-guthrie-smith
 * Mary Symon (1863-1938) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/mary-symon
 * Margaret Armour (18?-1943) http://desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/margaret-armour.html
 * Nannie Katharin Wells (1875-?) https://scottishwomenpoets.wordpress.com/poets/twentieth-and-twenty-first-century-poets/nannie-k-wells/
 * Christina MacLeod / Ciorstair NicLeòd (1880-1954)
 * Margaret Winefride Simpson (1888-1971)
 * Bessie J. B. MacArthur (1889-1983)
 * Maimie A. Richardson (fl. 1926-37)
 * Kate Y.A. Bone (1897-1986) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CjODax6xN3gC&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=Kate+Y.A.+Bone+1897+obituary&source=bl&ots=btCey5JF0s&sig=4uyq5jNVtgZJ92zCdc_nR5JSLnE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO1fLp8ZPYAhWEIMAKHcwjAtQQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=Kate%20Y.A.%20Bone%201897%20obituary&f=false
 * Margot Robert Adamson (referenced in Modern Scottish Poetry) (1898 - ?) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/margot-robert-adamson
 * Alice Vandockum Stuart (1899-1983)
 * Janetta I. W. Murray (fl.1922-52)
 * Marion Cleland Lochhead (1902-85) https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/crc/collections/special-collections/scottish-literature/lochhead/about
 * Dorothy Margaret Paulin (1904-?) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/dorothy-margaret-paulin
 * Dorothy Seward Walton (fl. 1934-52)
 * Janet Caird (1913-92)
 * Christina Mackay / Curstaidh NicDh'àidh (1914-2001)
 * Christina Ann Stewart / Carstìona Anna Stiùbhart (1914-83)
 * Elise McKay (1922)
 * Margaret Gillies Brown (1929-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/margaret-gillies-brown
 * Lillias Scott Chisholm (Lillias Scott Forbes) (fl 1966-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/lillias-scott-forbes
 * Ellie McDonald (1937-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/ellie-mcdonald
 * Jenny Robertson (writer) (1942-) http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/profile-author/110307
 * Sally Evans (writer) (1942-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/sally-evans
 * Joy Pitman (1945-) http://www.joypitman.co.uk/
 * Val Warner (1946-) (mentioned here: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/douglas-dunn)
 * Valerie Gillies (1948-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/valerie-gillies
 * Morelle Smith (1949-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/morelle-smith
 * Catherine Lucy Czerkawska
 * Morag Montgomery / Mòrag NicGumaraid (1950-) http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/teagasg/artaigealan/gaelicgenesis.pdf (p16)
 * Liz Niven (1952-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/liz-niven
 * Marion Lomax (Robyn Bolam) (1953-) https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/robyn-bolam
 * Marcella Evaristi (1953-) writer and actress https://www.stellarquines.com/2013/01/05/marcella-evaristi/ http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSS00031
 * Magi Gibson (1953-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/magi-gibson
 * Helena Nelson (1953-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/helena-nelson
 * Gerrie Fellows (1954-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/gerrie-fellows
 * Deborah Randall (1957-) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/the-daily-poem-the-gardeners-1409203.html
 * Angela McSeveney (1964-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/angela-mcseveney
 * Alison Kermack (aka Alison Flett) (1965-) (referenced in Informationist poetry) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/alison-flett
 * Gillian K. Ferguson (1967-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/gillian-k-ferguson
 * Anna Frater (1967-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/anna-frater
 * Tracey Herd (1968-) http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/tracey-herd

Articles to be improved

 * Dorothy Dunbar (writer) (1915-)
 * Kathrine Sorley Walker
 * Anne Turner
 * Tessa Ransford
 * Maud Sulter
 * Eleanor Brown (poet) (1969-) http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/eleanor-brown

Pages Published

 * Gillian K. Ferguson
 * Morelle Smith
 * Helena Nelson
 * Magi Gibson

Pages in Draft

 * Draft:Valerie Gillies
 * Draft:Sally Evans
 * Draft:Tracey Herd
 * Draft:Joy Pitman
 * Draft:Liz Niven

Pages Improved

 * Joanna Baillie

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