Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/23rd Month Report

Running total of staff & student engagement
In addition: we now have 3219 items of data on the accused witches in Wikidata (Spanning 1563 to 1736). We also now 2356 individuals involved in trying these accused witches. Finally we have items of data on the 3210 witch trials themselves.

Strategic Goal 1
Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on cultural content.

Outcomes

 * Two editathons for Women in Red held on 24 November 2017:
 * Lost Literary Women editathon and the AHRC Festival 2018 on 24 November in collaboration with James Loxley, Professor of Early Modern Literature, and the LitLong project. The editathon resulted in 8 published articles, 11 drafted articles and 5 improved articles.
 * Scottish Living Artists editathon on 24 November in collaboration with The university's Centre for Design Informatics and the Fruitmarket Gallery. The editathon resulted in 8 new published articles and 1 improved.
 * Ran a Wikisource workshop with Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator, on 7 December 2017 to demonstrate how to add texts to Wikimedia Commons, transcribe to Wikisource and proofread so that it can be enjoed by others in 100% searchable HTML. We used a text, Daughter of the Rich, by one of the new Lost Literary Edinburgh authors, Mary Ella Waller, as our practical exercise. 15 pages proofread.
 * Met with Siobhan O'Connor from Edinburgh Napier University on 7 December 2017 to discuss her proposed plan for a three day editathon to improve coverage on Wikipedia relating to women working in Nursing Informatics.

Image statistics

 * All uploads can be monitored via Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh
 * BaGLAMa (page views for Wikipedia articles containing images from the University of Edinburgh)
 * Baglama2 (page views for only those images released by the Centre for Research Collections
 * Total number of page views for images released from University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections for November 2017: 552,407
 * Total number of page views for images released from the University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections for 23 months of monitoring: 13,741,765.
 * Number of monthly pageviews for images in the category: Images Uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh: 1,085,705 including:
 * Iceland: 283,294 views (Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (24696368309).jpg).
 * Escherichia coli: 104,998 views (E.coli image.jpg).
 * Rabbit: 94,620 views (Set of wax models showing development of the rabbit heart, twentieth century (24226156252).jpg).
 * Oslo: 64,599 views (Railway between Christiania and Bergen - 1916).
 * Alexander McQueen: 44,753 views (Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone Back.png and Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone.png)
 * Noah's Ark: 50,642 views (Woodcut of Noah's Ark from Anton Koberger's "German Bible"}.
 * Stan Laurel: 41,825 views (Stan Laurel plaque at Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow).
 * Electron microscope: 40,108 views (Bacillus subtilis)
 * Odessa: 35,420 views (Odessa during first days of Revolution - 1916).
 * Weaving:30,162 views(Weaving Pattern Cards.jpg and Weavers Loom.jpg).

Strategic Goal 2
Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level.

Outcomes

 * Met with Bruce Munro from BBC Scotland on 14 November and recorded an interview with him for his technology podcast.

Strategic Goal 3
To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK.

Outcomes

 * Wrote an article about Wikidata in the Classroom for the Wikipedia in Education monthly newsletter and the Wikimedian in Residence blog.
 * Ran a 2 hour Wikipedia workshop in the curriculum of the Digital Sociology MSc course. This introduced the students to Wikipedia's main policies and guidelines, the state of the project, its areas of convergence with sociology and how to edit with the new Visual Editor.
 * Supported three drop-in clinics for the Wikipedia translation assignment on the Translation Studies MSc course this month and faciliated the publishing of 22 newly translated articles.
 * Trained 6 students on the Data Science for Design MSc how to mass edit Wikidata to add verifiable data referenced back to the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft. We now have 3219 items of data on the accused witches in Wikidata (Spanning 1563 to 1736). We also now 2356 individuals involved in trying these accused witches. Finally we have 3210 witch trials themselves. Now we can link and enrich the data further by adding location data, dates, occupations, places of residence, social class, marriages, penalties arising from the trial etc.
 * As a result of the project the two student groups produced two videos visualising their analysis of the datasets. These are both now available on Creative Commons licences on Media Hopper. Video 1. Video 2.
 * Trained Lucy Rodgers, the new Wikimedian in Residence for University of Stirling Archives, how to edit Wikipedia and invited her to attend further training sessions if she requires them.
 * Met with Alastair Kilpatrick, bioinformatician at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Little France, on 14th November. Alastair has been involved with WikiProject Computational Biology for a few years now and is the main organiser of a competition for students run by the WikiProject in collaboration with the International Society for Computational Biology (more details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computational_Biology/ISCB_competition_announcement_2017-18) He has also been trying to promote the use of Wikipedia in the (bioinformatics) classroom so we discussed the residency to date and explored whether there was scope for collaboration.

Projects/events in development

 * Confirmed with Felix Stein at Social Anthropology about a Wikipedia editing assignment for the Global Health MSc course - postponed until October 2018 due to Felix working in Haiti at the moment.
 * Discussed with Sophie Nicholls at Teeside University about doing a 'Regeneration' editathon and Train the Trainer events down there - dates in Spring 2018 now finalised as April 28th 2017.
 * Continuing to support colleagues, Andrew Kirk and Christina Hussell, at the University of Edinburgh's Digital Skills team to run regular Wikipedia training workshops. Scheduled extra monthly workshops in January to March which they will now lead.
 * Showcase 'Wiki Loves Libraries' event for SDLC and SLIC representatives still mooted - liaising with Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator on date and format.
 * Planned Wikisource workshop on 7 December 2017 with Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator, in addition to continuing the import of thesis data to Wikidata from the Edinburgh Research Archive.
 * Three events for the university's Festival of Creative Learning (19-23 February 2018) are going ahead: a Wikidata hackathon, a Histropedia workshop and a Women in Medicine editathon.
 * Liaising with Susan Ross, Gaelic Wikipedian at the National Library of Scotland, on a submission for the Gaelic Studies Conference at the University of Edinburgh next summer.
 * Proposals accepted for three presentations at the Open Educational Resources Conference (OER18): Wikidata in the Classroom (lightning talk), Stories of Student Empowerment - Wikipedia in the Classroom (15 minute presentation) and an EdTech editathon workshop.

Upcoming events in 2017/2018

 * December 21 - Wiki Women in Red meetup #7.
 * January 18 - Wikipedia editing training.
 * January 24 - Train the Trainer event.
 * January 26 - Practice run through of Wikipedia Training with new trainers.
 * January 26 - Women in Red meetup.
 * February 1 - #1Lib1Ref meetup
 * February 2 - Translation Studies MSc assignment - Semester Two project begins.
 * February 3 - Wikimedia UK meetup in London - Talk between Lucy Crompton-Reid and Katherine Maher.
 * February 14 - Wikipedia editing training.
 * February 16 - Train the Trainer event.
 * February 20 - Histropedia workshop for the Festival of Creative Learning 2018.
 * February 21 - Wikidata Hackathon for the Festival of Creative Learning 2018.
 * February 22 - Women in Medicine editathon for the Festival of Creative Learning 2018.
 * March 23 - Presentation with Gavin Willshaw at the SCURL event, University of Strathclyde.
 * April 18 - OER18 Conference.
 * April 19 - OER18 Conference.
 * April 28 - Regenerating Middlesbrough event.
 * April 29 - Regenerating Middlesbrough event.
 * May 3 - Webinar for Queens' University, Belfast.
 * July 5 - Celtic Knot 2018, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
 * July 6 - Celtic Knot 2018, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
 * July 9-13 - Wikipedia editathon workshop at the EAHIL Conference.

Timelines

 * [http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?q=SELECT%20?book%20?label%20?date%20?precision%20?image%20?Genre%20?Author%20?Country%20?articleEn%20(COUNT%20(distinct%20?article)%20as%20?rank)%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%0A%20%20%7B?book%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q571%20.%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20?book%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q7725634%20.%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20?book%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q49084%20.%7D%0A%20UNION%0A%20%7B%20?book%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q191067%20.%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20?book%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q20540385%20.%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20?book%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q3331189%20.%7D%0A%0A%20%20?book%20wdt:P50%20wd:Q1512%20.%0A%20%20?book%20p:P577/psv:P577%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20wikibase:timeValue%20?date%20;%0A%20%20%20%20wikibase:timePrecision%20?precision%20;%0A%20%20%5D%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20?book%20wdt:P136%20?genre%20.%0A%20%20?book%20wdt:P50%20?author%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B?book%20wdt:P495%20?country%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B?book%20wdt:P18%20?image%20.%7D%0A%20%20?article%20schema:about%20?book%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B?articleEn%20schema:about%20?book%20.%20?articleEn%20schema:isPartOf%20%3Chttps://en.wikipedia.org/%3E%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7B%20%0Abd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%22en%22.%0A?genre%20rdfs:label%20?Genre%20.%0A?author%20rdfs:label%20?Author%20.%0A?country%20rdfs:label%20?Country%20.%0A?book%20rdfs:label%20?label.%0A%7D%0A%7D%20%0AGROUP%20BY%20?book%20?label%20?date%20?precision%20?image%20?Genre%20?Author%20?Country%20?articleEn%20%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20(?rank)&md=true&g=articleEn&l=articleEn&t=label&s=date&sp=precision&i=image&c=Genre,Country,Author,rank&f=Genre,Country,Author&v=t Works by Robert Louis Stevenson timeline, filtered by genre]
 * Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes article created on Wikipedia about Stevenson's 2nd published book so it too could be added to the timeline of his works given we have the book on Wikisource and the illustrations on Wikimedia Commons.

SPLOT resources

 * Wiki Basics - SPLOT Wordpress site developed by Anne-Marie Scott and Ewan McAndrew to simplify how to get started with Wikipedia editing, specifically to aid new editors before an editathon. Used ahead of the Lost Literary Women editathon on 24 November 2017.
 * Wiki Games - SPLOT Wordpress site building from Anne-Marie Scott's Mozfest presentation with a view to enabling members of staff at Learning, Teaching and Web Services (and other new editors) to engage with short, fun ways of contributing to the Wikimedia projects. Used in the LTW Staff meeting on 5 December 2017.
 * Wikisource - Wordpress site to simplify the process of engaging with Wikisource, the free digital library. Used in the Wikisource workshop on 7 December 2017.

Blog posts this month

 * 1) Internet Transmitted Infections – I’ve got the SPLOTS - Anne-Marie Scott, 16 November 2017.
 * 2) Wikidata in the Classroom on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 22 November 2017.
 * 3) Open for all - Mansfield Traquair images hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Blog by Anne-Marie Scott 23 November 2017.
 * 4) After the Wiki rush - Blog post by Anne-Marie Scott following the Lost Literary Edinburgh editathon 26 November 2017
 * 5) Take an Equal Bite - Blogpost by Melissa Highton about EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education and the the positive power of wikipedia editathons. 2nd December 2017.

Videos

 * The MOOC snippet clip (right) was added to Wikimedia Commons and inserted in the Arthur's Seat Wikipedia page. 302 views from 27/11/2017 to 11/12/2017 already, averaging 20 views a day.
 * The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Media Hopper now has 224 videos. 52 views this month with 50 plays.
 * The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Youtube now has received over 22,261 views this month of its 61 videos with 107 subscribers (Two thousand two hundred more views approx. since last month and 11 more subscribers and 21 'likes' since last month).
 * Data Science for Design MSc students created two videos on the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft which are both now available on Creative Commons licences on Media Hopper. Video 1. Video 2.

Press about the residency

 * 1) Edinburgh University searches for 'Wikimedians' - Edinburgh Evening News, 8th October 2015.
 * 2) University of Edinburgh to employ ‘Wikimedian in Residence’ web editor - The Student Newspaper.org, October 13th 2015.
 * 3) The History of Medicine gets mentioned in the ILW Awards 2016
 * 4) The OER16 Conference, co-chaired by Melissa Highton and Lorna M. Campbell, won Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year Award
 * 5) 'Wikidata and Wikisource Showcase' mentioned on IS News site.
 * 6) The Wikimedia Residency, as part of the University Of Edinburgh's Open Education team, won 3rd place in ALT's Learning Technologist of the Year awards.
 * 7) Open Education team (including Wikimedia residency) come third in ALT Learning Technologist of the Year awards - story on the IS News site.
 * 8) Wikipedia's women problem - Melissa Highton writes for the Dangerous Women project 10th October 2016
 * 9) STV News 'Live at Five' covers the Ada Lovelace Day - Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon.
 * 10) New College take on Wikipedia edit-a-thon - Women and Religion 2 November 2016.
 * 11) Brenda Moon remembered in Wikipedia editathon - article in IS News
 * 12) Wikipedia editathon and Mary Stewart - Edinburgh Gothic Sat 12 November.
 * 13) Wikipedia editathon at the University of Sheffield's Centre for the History of the Gothic
 * 14) Collaborating to built a city of information literacy, a city of Wikipedia - Interview by OEPS Scotland
 * 15) #1Lib1Ref at the University of Edinburgh - Blog article by Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator - 2nd February 2017
 * 16) Fake News and Wikidata - a roundup of the Wikimedia UK Education Summit
 * 17) Host a Wikimedian - You can't afford not to (blog article)
 * 18) 'Wikipedia, research and representation- - Dr Amy Burge, Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh.
 * 19) Mary Susan McIntosh and the Women in Red - Lorna Campbell.
 * 20) What do you do with a dead chemist? - Anne-Marie Scott.
 * 21) Wikipedia and Writing - Michael Seery, Reader in Education, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
 * 22) Language and Politics - my takeaways by Mina Theofilatou.
 * 23) How is it almost August? - Lorna Campbell.
 * 24) While in Scotland - Käbi Suvi, Wikimedia Estonia.
 * 25) Celtic Knot Conference 2017 in Edinburgh - Astrid Carlsen, Wikimedia Norge.
 * 26) Wikipedia in the Classroom: developing information literacy, online citizenship and digital research skills - Teaching Matters blog 13th June 2017.
 * 27) Congratulations to our Wikimedian of the Year - Wikimedia UK blog 1st August 2017.
 * 28) University of Edinburgh journal vol.48 no.1 - Article about the Edinburgh residency on p.25
 * 29) Ada Lovelace Day 2017 - celebrating Women in STEM - article on the WiR blog on 1st September 2017.
 * 30) Scotland loves monuments - article for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 on the Wir Blog - Friday 8 September 2017.
 * 31) Wanderings with a Wikimedian - Blog article by Anne-Marie Scott for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 - Monday 11 September 2017.
 * 32) Mortuary Chapel, Revisited - Anne-Marie Scott's blog September 30 2017.
 * 33) Ada Lovelace Day – Professor Elizabeth Slater - Lorna Campbell's blog on October 10 2017.
 * 34) Ada Lovelace Day - knitting resources
 * 35) Ada Lovelace Day 2017 photos.
 * 36) Wikipedia is a very lovely place to be - Anne-Marie Scott's blog.
 * 37) The 17th century map of Iceland released by the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Research Collections gets a mention in Creative Commons' influential 'State of the Commons report'.
 * 38) Wikipedia has always depended on the kindness of strangers - Outcomes of Ada Lovelace 2017 on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 19 October 2017.
 * 39) Wikipedia assignments – getting past the ‘Penguin effect’ and down to the brass tacks of sharing open knowledge - Teaching Matters blog.
 * 40) Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – Celebrating women in STEM - Edinburgh University Science Magazine.
 * 41) Another Story about Maps - Blogpost by Anne-Marie Scott 27 October 2017.
 * 42) Open Tumshies for Halloween - blogpost by Lorna Campbell 31 October 2017.
 * 43) Internet Transmitted Infections – I’ve got the SPLOTS - Anne-Marie Scott, 16 November 2017.
 * 44) Wikidata in the Classroom on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 22 November 2017.
 * 45) Open for all - Mansfield Traquair images hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Blog by Anne-Marie Scott 23 November 2017.
 * 46) After the Wiki rush - Blog post by Anne-Marie Scott following the Lost Literary Edinburgh editathon 26 November 2017
 * 47) Take an Equal Bite - Blogpost by Melissa Highton about EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education and the the positive power of wikipedia editathons. 2nd December 2017.