Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/28th Month Report

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

 * 5 new articles created at the Portobello Library event hosted by University of Edinburgh's digital curator, Gavin Willshaw User:Gweduni. Ned Barnie - the first Scot and oldest person ever to swim the English Channel in 1950, a record unequalled for 28 years. Portobello Open Air Pool, the George Cinema, Portobello, Bellfield (Community Centre), Portobello, Portobello Power Station.
 * 42 images added to Wikimedia Commons of historic buildings in Middlesbrough.
 * 4 images added by Graphic Design student NicoleDaae and inserted into relevant articles inc. Tees Transporter Bridge.
 * 1 new article created on Middlesbrough's oldest nightclub, Bongo club.
 * 27 new images of the murals by noted artist Phoebe Anna Traquair added to Wikimedia Commons.
 * Images of murals by celebrated artist Phoebe Traquair inserted into a brand new article, Mortuary Chapel, Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Images uploaded and article written by Ammienoot.
 * Video of presentation by Ammienoot at the 2018 Open Educational Resources conference in Bristol on 19 April 2018.
 * Brand new article created by new Wikimedian in Residence at University of Stirling Archives, Lucy Rodgers User:LMRodger: Stirling District Lunatic Asylum and linked to 23 other psychiatric hospitals in Scotland through the creation of a new Psychiatric hospital navbox by the University of Edinburgh's Wikimedian.

Image statistics
The most viewed images for April 2018 were:
 * All uploads can be monitored via Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh.
 * Baglama2 (page views for only those images released by the Centre for Research Collections
 * Baglama2 (page views for images in the parent category - Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh.

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

 * Delivered 3 presentations at the annual Open Educational Resources conference in Bristol on 18-19 April.
 * Delivered a webinar presentation to Queen's University Belfast on 3rd May 2018.
 * Attended a meetup of open educators at the University of Coventry on 17 April 2018.
 * Delivered Wikipedia training to Teesside University students, staff and members of the public on 27-28 April 2018.

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

Outcomes

 * Created videos of staff and student feedback and shared this at the Open Educational Resources 2018 conference.
 * Discussed the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh and offered guidance to those exploring collaborations with Wikimedia at the American University in Cairo, Teesside University, Coventry University, Queen's University Belfast and more this month.
 * Supported Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator, in the run-up to his first editathon at Portobello Library.
 * Supported Academic Support Librarians Marshall Dozier, Ruth Jenkins and Donna Watson to help prepare for their first editathon at the EAHIL Conference in July.
 * Supported Anne-Marie Scott to co-lead the EdTech editathon at the OER18 Conference making use of a resource to demonstrate how anyone can run an editathon quite simply; OER18 EdTech editathon SPLOT resource.

Projects/events in development

 * Discussing with Hannah Evans at Wikimedia UK about the production of a new UK-based booklet of Wikipedia in the Classroom case studies.
 * Meeting with Gavin Willshaw, digital curator at the University of Edinburgh, to support his preparations for first series of Wikipedia editathons taking place for Library and University Collections Staff.
 * Another iteration of the Wikipedia assignment in the Reproductive Biology Hons. course has been confirmed to go ahead in September 2018.
 * Wikipedia editing assignment for the Global Health MSc course - postponed until October 2018 due to Felix Stein working in Haiti at the moment.
 * Finalised preparations with Pauline Kelly & Lois Wolffe (Amnesty Scotland) and Sara Thomas (Wikimedian at SLIC) on a Human Rights Defenders - Global Wikithon event for Amnesty International at the Glasgow Women's Library on Saturday 19 May 2018.
 * A collaboration with Michael Seery at the School of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Chemistry to be confirmed.
 * Ada Lovelace Day 2018 is confirmed as going ahead at the School of Chemistry again in October 2018; working with Michael Seery and Jenni Garden. The focus this year may be on contemporary women in chemistry.
 * Further monthly Women in Red meetup scheduled for 8 June 2018 to mark the Processions event on 10 June 2018; celebrating 100 years of votes for women, marches and bannermaking.
 * Awaiting word from Sara Mortsell at Wikimedia Sweden about her plan to collaborate on a Wikipedia in Education knowledge sharing exercise between Wikimedia Sweden, Stockholm University, the University of Edinburgh and Tel Aviv University.
 * Finalised arrangements for the rescheduled Law and Technology Society editathon arranged - to be led by law student Jemima John. This has been rescheduled for 15 May 2018 along with a collaboration on an article designed to provoke discussion of Wikipedia in the Law curriculum at a later date.
 * Showcase 'Wiki Loves Libraries' event for SDLC and SLIC representatives still mooted - awaiting word from Kirsty Lingstadt (Head of Digital Library) and liaising with Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator on date and format.
 * Continuing to liaise with Gavin Willshaw and Mike Bennett at Library & University Collections on the import of thesis data to Wikidata from the Edinburgh Research Archive. Completed necessary preparatory work; just awaiting Mike finishing developing the tool that converts ALMA library catalogue data into a Wikidata-friendly import.
 * Continuing to add more data to Wikidata from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database. More to be added at the Digital Day of Ideas event on 16 May 2018 for digital scholars working at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
 * 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. Awaiting word on this from Susan.

Upcoming events in 2018

 * May 15 - WikiProject Law editathon - run by Law undergraduate Jemima John.
 * May 16 - Digital Day of Ideas: Wikidata workshop.
 * May 19 - Human Rights Defenders event for Amnesty Scotland at the Glasgow Women's Library.
 * June 8 - Processions Wikipedia editathon - a Wikipedia Women in Red event to mark 100 years of votes for women, marches and bannermaking.
 * June 18 - Academia and Wikipedia Conference at Maynooth University, Ireland.
 * 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.
 * September - 4th iteration of Reproductive Biology Hons. - Wikipedia in the Classroom project.

New blogposts this month

 * The OER 18 EdTech editathon 'SPLOT' resource.
 * Wikimedia at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2018

Videos

 *  23 new videos  uploaded to the Media Hopper channel this month.
 * Click to see the number of views for April 2018 for the MOOC snippets on Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedian in Residence - University of Edinburgh Media Hopper channel
The most played videos were:
 * The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Media Hopper now has 247 videos. 49 views this month with 161 plays (a 667% increase since last month).

Interviews with students

 * 1) Stories of Student Empowerment - a compilation of student feedback on the Wikimedia residency
 * 2) Wikipedia in the Classroom - Eve Sealy, Senior Honours student on the Reproductive Honours programme
 * 3) Wikipedia in the Classroom - Mark Bradshaw, Translation Studies MSc
 * 4) Wikipedia and Women in STEM - Athina Frantzana, PhD student at the School of Physics and Astronomy
 * 5) Wikipedia and History - Tomas Sanders, History undergraduate at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology
 * 6) Wikipedia in the Classroom - Psychology student Karoline Nanfeldt
 * 7) Wikipedia and Law - Interview with Law undergraduate student, Jemima John.
 * 8) And finally... what's your favourite Wikipedia article?

Interviews with staff

 * 1) Wikipedia and Chemistry - Interview with Dr. Jenni Garden and Dr. Michael Seery
 * 2) Wikipedia and Libraries - Interview with Digital Curator, Gavin Willshaw.
 * 3) Wikipedia and Information Literacy - Academic Support Librarian Ruth Jenkins.
 * 4) Wikipedia in the Classroom - Simon Riley and Richard Smith on the Reproductive Biology Wikipedia assignment.

OER18 presentations

 * 1) #OER18 Welcome and Lorna Campbell Keynote - The Long View: Changing perspectives on OER.
 * 2) #OER18 Session: Student & Community OER Co-Creation - Charlie Farley, University of Edinburgh.
 * 3) #OER18 Session: Wikidata, the Semantic Web, and the emerging global knowledge base - Martin Poulter, University of Oxford.
 * 4) #OER18 Keynote: Dr. Momodou Sallah - Pedagogies of Disruption as Resistance: Developing Counter Narratives Through Open Educational Practice.
 * 5) #OER18 Session: Catherine Cronin - Continually becoming: Open learners and open educators.
 * 6) #OER18 Session - Anne-Marie Scott: "A piece of illumination enlarged – using OER for access and activism in cultural heritage"

Miscellaneous videos

 * 1) 'Disrupting the Publisher-Academic Complex' - a talk by Peter Murray-Rust at the British Library on 21 April 2018.

New video tutorial

 * 1) How to edit Wikipedia in 30 mins - 2018 tutorial.
 * 2) How to Edit Wikipedia - unabridged version.
 * 3) Moving a drafted article into Wikipedia's live space.
 * 4) Isabella Skea - writing the Wikipedia article on "The Lass o' Pairts"

Wikimedian in Residence - Youtube channel

 * Added  4 new videos  to the Wikimedian in Residence channel on Youtube which has now received over 32,269 views in total of its 67 videos with 152 subscribers (2,122 more views and 7,622 minutes watched approx. since last month with 10 more subscribers, 10 'likes', and 16 'shares' since last month). These videos have been viewed in over 104 different countries this month and in 165 countries around the world over the course of the channel's lifetime.

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) 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.
 * 47) Wikipedia Games / SPLOTPoint - Anne-Marie Scott blog, January 1st 2018.
 * 48) 2017 Highs, Lows and Losses - Lorna Campbell blog, January 3rd 2018
 * 49) Wikipedia at 17 – Facts matter. - January 16th 2018.
 * 50) Reflections on International Women’s Day 2018 and Wikipedia – A Gude Cause - 8 March 2018.
 * 51) New SPLOT Wikidata tutorial - Wikidata Basics.
 * 52) Collaborated with John Lubbock at Wikimedia UK to produce Wikimedia UK blogpost: Data on the history of Scottish witch trials added to Wikidata on 9 March 2018.
 * 53) Libraries, Literacies & Learning – presentation at SCURL event 23 March 2018
 * 54) Digital Transformation and Data — The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh on Medium.com
 * 55) Wikimedia resources – how to get started.
 * 56) The OER 18 EdTech editathon 'SPLOT' resource.
 * 57) Wikimedia at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2018
 * 58) Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye – reflection on 12 months by Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.