Wikipedia:Meetup/Institute of Historical Research, London, 25 February 2015

About the event
This is a joint event between Wikimedia UK and the Institute of Historical Research.


 * How do I prepare?
 * Create a Wikipedia account - Special:UserLogin/signup
 * Computers will be provided (with wi-fi)
 * Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

Attendees
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 * Ceorlisc (talk) 10:49, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Danny.millum (talk) 10:50, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Royalblue67 (talk) 10:51, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Digitalhist (talk) 10:52, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Forestperson (talk) 10:52, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 9tinchron (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Localhisted1 (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Localhisted2 (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Simonmacd (talk) 10:54, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Trainers

 * 1)  Edwardx (talk)

Image adding exercise



 * Image adding How to add an image from Commons to an article without one.

Here are some articles currently without images, for which we have suitable image(s) on Commmons. If you want to add an image to one of these, please speak to your Trainer, to avoid two people working on the same article! :
 * Chirton
 * Cranbourne, Berkshire
 * Egglesburn
 * Hermiston, Edinburgh
 * Hesleyside Hall
 * Horsebridge
 * Kinlochleven
 * Mitcham Library
 * Moodiesburn
 * Portskerra
 * Queensbury, London
 * Saint Georges Hotel, London
 * Southend, London
 * Wakerley

Hesleyside Hall
We tried to add an image to Hesleyside Hall earlier today, but without success. I've just discovered that the infobox despite having "static_image = " and "static_image_caption =" fields won't show an image! So, I changed it to, and now the image works fine. Edwardx (talk) 19:22, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Wakerley
Wakerley provided an unexpected learning experience. One of our cohort added an image at 11:12, and moved it to the infobox at 11:15. Then it disappeared. And a new one appeared! Wakerley must have been on someone's Watchlist, as it was deleted at 11:16, and the different image was added at 11:18. We learnt that there must be more than one place called Wakerley, and the value of watchlists. Edwardx (talk) 19:31, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

How to expand a Wikipedia article

 * Go to "History", start at the beginning and compare each successive version to see how it is done

Articles edited/expanded on the day itself
Plus at least one new article and other changes in sandboxes.
 * Agricultural History Review
 * Bill Carson (sportsman)
 * British History Online
 * Institute of Historical Research
 * Parrsboro
 * Victoria County History ‎
 * Viking metal

For (local) historians

 * English Heritage map search - enter a postcode to see all nearby listed buildings
 * UK Grid Reference Finder - enter postcode or grid reference to get latitude & longitude
 * Wikimedia Commons - 24 million images

Wikipedia statistics

 * Top 25 Report - the 25 most viewed articles on English language Wikipedia in the past week
 * Total edits on all Wikimedia projects
 * Wikimedia edits live stream
 * Statistics - a huge range of statistics about Wikipedia

More numbers

 * Top 1000 articles 2008-2014, and by year (Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga have all "peaked")

Future events
Wikimedia UK run a number of editathons. This is one you might be interested in attending:
 * National Maritime Museum, 15 April 2015 - focusing on articles about Longitude

Bespoke welcome
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