Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Edinburgh Award

Getting started

 * Creating your user page on Wikipedia.
 * Switching on the Visual Editor interface and Content Translation.
 * Creating your sandbox.
 * Creating your Talk page.
 * Posting a message of Wiki Love to another Wikipedia editor.
 * How to choose a high quality Wikipedia article to translate.
 * Making an article on Wikipedia (7 min video)
 * Moving your drafted content from your sandbox into the main article space (1-2 min video).
 * How to create your project page on Wikipedia (and dashboard link) and how to add them to this page.

Task for 15th December workshop - writing AND publishing your 1st page

 * Research an article missing from Wikipedia. We are looking to draft 50-100 words+ in your own words and where you cite what you write (citations after the full stop) with at least 2-3 references. e.g. something like this or longer.
 * Use the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women to write your new Wikipedia page in your Sandbox and use the ISBN number 978-1-4744-3627-4 when citing this book (and add the page number consulted also).
 * Add your chosen page here so class mates know you have reserved an article to work on

Ideas for articles to create

 * 1) Margaret Laidlaw - m. Hogg, born Ettrick 1730, died Ettrick 1813. Tradition-bearer.
 * 2) Robena Anna Laidlaw (later Anna Robena), m. Thomson, born Bretton, Yorkshire, 30 April 1819, died London 29 May 1901. Pianist.
 * 3) Mary Lamond - born Edinburgh 22 Feb. 1862, died 15 March 1949. Deaconess and president, Church of Scotland Woman’s Guild.
 * 4) Murdina May Lamont Stewart (Ena), n. Lamont, born Glasgow 10 Feb. 1912, died Dalmellington 9 Feb. 2006. Playwright.
 * 5) Margaret Troup Laws - n. Gray, born Aberdeen, 4 Feb. 1849, died Edinburgh 17 Sept. 1921. Teacher, translator, missionary. ✅
 * 6) Margaret Mary Leigh, born Oxford 17 Dec. 1894, died Inverness 7 April 1973. Author and farmer.
 * 7) Rev. Dr Mary Irene Levison, n. Lusk, born Oxford, 8 Jan. 1923, died Edinburgh, 12 Sept. 2011. Church of Scotland minister.
 * 8) Jennifer McCrindle aka Jenny McCrindle, born Glasgow 19 Sept. 1968, died Glasgow 26 Oct. 2014. Actor. Daughter of Libby Robertson, office worker, and George McCrindle, insurance agent.
 * 9) Ann Smith MacDonald aka Annie Smith MacDonald n. Johnston, born Barony, Lanark, 20 Nov. 1849, died Edinburgh 21 Oct. 1924. Artistic bookbinder. Daughter of Lucy Leitch, and Fred Johnston, bank cashier.
 * 10) Louisa MacDonald (scholar) born Arbroath 10 Dec. 1858, died Marylebone, London, 28 Nov. 1949. Scholar, pioneering college principal, Australia. Daughter of Ann Kidd, and John Macdonald, WS and town clerk.
 * 11) Margaret MacDonald (estate manager), of Sleat, n. Montgomerie, born Eglinton c. 1716, died 30 March 1799. Estate manager. Daughter of Susanna Kennedy of Culzean, and Alexander, 9th Earl of Eglinton.
 * 12) Mary MacDonald (poet) n. MacDougall, born Ardtun, Isle of Mull, 1789, died Ardtun 21 May 1872. Gaelic poet and hymn writer. . Daughter of Anne Morrison, and Duncan MacDougall, farmer.✅ - being worked on by Backfire1122
 * 13) Lily McDougall aka Lily Martha Maud McDougall, born Glasgow 25 July 1875, died Edinburgh 21 Dec. 1958. Artist and hostess. Daughter of Matilda Milne, and William Henrie McDougall, banker.
 * 14) Agnes McDouall, n. Buchan-Hepburn, born East Linton 27 Sept. 1838, died Logan 15 March 1926. Gardener and plant collector. Daughter of Helen Little, and Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn. ✅
 * 15) Hope MacDougall, MACDOUGALL of MacDougall, Margaret Hope Garnons, born Athlone, Ireland 21 Jan. 1913, died Oban 22 Dec. 1998. Historian and collector. Daughter of Colina MacDougall, and Alexander James MacDougall, Chief of the Clan MacDougall.
 * 16) Helen MacFarlane, [Howard Morton], m1 Proust, m2 Edwards, born Barrhead 25 Dec. 1818, died Baddiley, near Nantwich, 29 Mar. 1860. Radical journalist, first translator of The Communist Manifesto. Daughter of Helen Stenhouse, and George Macfarlane, owner of calico-printing mills.
 * 17) Jessie MacFarlane, m. Brodie, born Edinburgh 20 Jan. 1843, died Edinburgh 18 August 1871. Itinerant preacher. Daughter of Mary Maxwell Turner, and Archibald McFarlane, clothier.
 * 18) Margaret McGhie, fl. 1760–1770s, Aberdeen. Innkeeper.
 * 19) Betty MacGregor aka Elizabeth MacGregor Janet Elizabeth (Betty), MD, FRCPath, OBE, n. McPherson, born Glasgow 12 Jan. 1920, died Lynn of Lorne 8 Oct. 2005. Doctor and cytol�ogist. Daughter of Jean (Jennie) Craig, and Andrew McPherson, company secretary.
 * 20) Margaret Macgregor Margaret Ann Kinniburgh, n. Burns, baptised Edinburgh 11 Nov. 1838, died Glasgow 20 Jan. 1901. Bible Woman and Lady Mission Superintendent. Daughter of Jeanie Marshall, and James Burns, clerk. ✅
 * 21) Frances McIan Frances Matilda (Fanny), n. Whitaker, m1 McIan, m2 Unwin, born Bath c. 1814, died London 7 April 1897. Artist, painter of Highland scenes. Daughter of Sarah Hawkins, upholsterer, and William Whitaker, cabinetmaker. ✅
 * 22) Have a look at the Women in Red redlist index for other ideas for pages to write

Upcoming important dates for the diary
You should have received event invites to the following important sessions for the Award. Let me know if not received.
 * 1st November 4.30-7pm in 1.07 Main Library - Full Wikipedia training and writing/publishing your first 50-100+ words Wikipedia page.
 * Wed 15th November 4.30-6pm in 1.07 Main Library - project discussion & setting up your project page on Wikipedia.
 * Wed 29th November 4.30-6.30pm in 1.07 Main Library - group research and editing workshop. OPTIONAL
 * 6th December 4.30-6pm in Room Lg.06 in 40 George Square - Input 2 session - mandatory group session for award achievement.
 * 7th January midnight - Submission deadline for Input 2 - Fortnightly log document and your 2nd updated GA ranking document to be submitted on MS teams channel.
 * 17th January 4.30-7pm in 1.07 Main Library - group research and editing workshop. (MIDPOINT PROJECT DISCUSSION)
 * 31st January 4.30-7pm in 1.07 Main Library - group research and editing workshop. (SETTING PROJECT GOALS DISCUSSION) - TO BE AGREED BY MIDNIGHT 1ST FEB
 * 27th March 4.30-6.30pm in 1.07 Main Library - Input 3 session - mandatory group session for award achievement.
 * 31st March midnight - Submission deadline for Input 3 - Completed fortnightly log, 3rd updated GA ranking document, links to project page and dashboard, final report (800 word report or 5-6 minute video submission) to be uploaded on Teams channel.

Group research sessions on Fridays
I run monthly Wikipedia editing sessions in Room 1.07 and the CRC in the Main Library that you are welcome to join for any part of the afternoon. '''Book via MyEd
 * Fri 24th November 1-5pm in 1.07 Main Library.
 * Friday 15th December 1-5pm in CRC 6th floor Main Library.

Projects
Main training tutorial: How to begin editing Wikipedia (53 mins)  Some short video tutorials
 * Link to main award dashboard.
 * Link to Wikimedia dashboard.
 * Link to exemplar project page.
 * Link to example worklist as a Google sheet
 * 1 page cheat sheet guide to editing on a project page
 * 2022 Edinburgh Award project page.
 * 2021 Edinburgh Award project page.
 * 1) 	Exploring the main page of Wikipedia (4 mins)
 * 2) 	How to create an account on Wikipedia (1 min 30 secs)
 * 3) 	How to switch on the (easier to use) Visual Editor interface (1 min 20secs)
 * 4) 	How to create a user page and play around with formatting (4 mins)
 * 5) 	How to create an article on Wikipedia (7 mins)
 * 6) 	How to move your drafted article to the main article space on Wikipedia (2 mins)
 * 7) 	How to add bold, headings, links, italics to a Wikipedia page (3 mins)
 * 8) 	How to add citations and references to a Wikipedia page (3 mins)
 * 9) 	How to upload an image to Wikimedia Commons (Wikipedia’s sister project) - 4 mins
 * 10) 	How to insert an image from Wikimedia Commons onto a Wikipedia page (3 mins)
 * 11) 	How to edit existing pages on Wikipedia (4 mins)
 * 12) 	 Some printable resources are here.

These are all embedded in our student-created Wikimedian in Residence website here to make the how & why of editing Wikipedia much easier to engage with. Undergraduate student Hannah Rothmann’s work creating this website and the video resources above in lockdown Summer 2020 won an Open Education Global award recently. Because we felt that students, educators and everyone should be able to do this much more simply and have this ‘need to know’ information readily and openly available so I hope this is of use to you.  The basics  Further reading The main policies and guidelines can be found at the following pages:
 * 1) How to create a Wikipedia user page (pdf guide) - More pdf guides below.
 * 2) Wikipedia Basics site (how to add a link, citation, image and more).
 * 3) How to edit - video playlists ((how to add a link, citation, image and more).
 * 4) Have a look at our new Histropedia timeline of Women's suffrage in Scotland.
 * 5) Have a look at our Navigation box template we add to the foot of pages about the Scottish suffragettes. We can create, amend and add more Women in Red to these templates and make these pages more discoverable.
 * 6) There is a draft biography you can look at and use as an exemplar: Mary Blathwayt.
 * Five pillars
 * Neutral point of view
 * No original research
 * Verifiability
 * Conflict of Interest
 * Identifying reliable sources
 * Manual of Style
 * Notability

Helpful links
Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. I've added some booklets and some links below that you may find useful. As a first step you may like to check out what What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.


 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page - a fun tutorial introducing new editors to Wikipedia
 * Visual Editor user guide
 * Questions – a guide on where to ask questions
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages
 * Article wizard – a Wizard to help you create articles
 * The simplified ruleset – a summary of Wikipedia's most important rules
 * Guide to Wikipedia – a thorough step-by-step guide to Wikipedia
 * Is your topic notable enough for an article?
 * Be Bold!
 * Don't let grumpy users scare you off.
 * Learn from others
 * How to write a great article
 * A simplified manual of style


 * Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes ( ~ ). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The [[File:Button sig.png]] or [[File:Insert-signature.png]] button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
 * If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.

General

 * DiscoverEd to find books, ebooks, journals, ejournals and more.

News sources

 * Factiva
 * British Newspaper Archive
 * More at: Edinburgh University Library - Newspaper database

Theses databases

 * Edinburgh Research Archive. For theses produced at the University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Research Archive
 * Proquest Dissertations
 * More at: Edinburgh University Library - Theses database

Video guides to editing Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia - It's main policies & guidelines
 * Navigating Wikipedia's front page
 * How to structure an article on Wikipedia: the Featured Article
 * Wikipedia editing in under 25 mins
 * How to edit using with Visual Editor Part 1: Creating an Account
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.1 Adding Headings
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.2 Adding bold & italics
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.3 Adding bullet points
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.4 Adding links
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.1 Adding citations and references
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.2 Further practice with citations (DOI and Pubmed IDs)
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor:Part 2.3 Adding an image
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.4 Adding categories
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 3 Creating a new article in the Sandbox
 * Editing Wikipedia: Communicating with others using the Talk page and Help Desk

Tutorials on Wikipedia editing

 * Visual Editor User Guide
 * manual of style
 * Wikipedia cheat sheet (Bookshelf), another markup cheatsheet
 * Training for students, a tutorial for beginners
 * Beginners' guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five pillars of Wikipedia, philosophical guidelines and best practices for editing
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page
 * Wiki markup quick reference, PDF version of printed handout
 * Article development
 * Your first article (using the Article Wizard, if you wish)
 * Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources
 * Biographies of Living Persons

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event: Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
 * 1) RSVP: [mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk] 
 * 2) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page