Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Student Experience Project/LGBTQ+ Page

Info about the event
As part of a wider Wikipedia project this strand is seeking to improve public knowledge of Scotland's LGBTQ+ history, and to help make Scotland's long-standing connections to the LGBTQ+ community understood. Wikipedia is one of the most widely used means by which people get information, but it has lots of gaps. This project will work to make it better representative of LGBTQ+ communities. This might mean creating a page for alumni, an exhibition, or project, ensuring that it fully represents research-based understandings of this activity.

Editing
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Articles Created

 * Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard - First Gay and Lesbian Switchboard in the UK
 * Sheila MacAskill - executive board member of Scottish Minorities Group, established their first premises, and first Gay Centre in UK. Campaigned for decriminalisation of homosexuality in Scotland.
 * Heather Black (campaigner) - AIDS activist in Edinburgh who set up SHADA (Support Help and Advice for Drug Addiction), establishing a needle exchange
 * SQIFF - only active LGBTQ+ film festival in Scotland
 * Cordelia Ditton - founder of Glasgay! festival
 * Sigrid Neilsen - co-founder Lavender Menace - in progress
 * GLITCH Film Festival - QTIBIPOC Film Festival
 * Cordelia Ditton - founder of Glasgay! festival
 * Sigrid Neilsen - co-founder Lavender Menace - in progress
 * GLITCH Film Festival - QTIBIPOC Film Festival
 * GLITCH Film Festival - QTIBIPOC Film Festival

Articles to create

 * Maruska Greenwood - outgoing CEO of LGBT Health and Wellbeing
 * Bob Orr - co-founder Lavender Menace
 * Gerrie Douglas-Scott and Susan Douglas-Scott - first same sex couple married in Scotland. Disability rights activism.
 * Stewart Brown - Campaigner - first LGBT officer in the Fire Brigade Union
 * Gay Scotland magazine
 * Gay Sweatshop - theatre company
 * Jaime Valentine - founder OurStory Scotland
 * Gay Sweatshop - theatre company
 * Jaime Valentine - founder OurStory Scotland

Articles to edit

 * Elsie Inglis - Update with information about her relationship with Flora Murray.
 * - A Lesbian History of Britain: Love and Sex Between Women Since 1500, by Rebecca Jennings (2010)
 * Iona McGregor - Update and clarify involvement in Befriending Service - Lothian Lesbian and Gay Switchboard (LGLS) - complete
 * Switchboard (UK) - update name of LGLS - complete
 * PHACE West - citations needed
 * OurStory Scotland - tiny page, probably lots of updates to add
 * Scottish AIDS Monitor - citation needed
 * Marriage in Scotland - section doesn't seem to have been updated since 2014 and still talks about expected first same-sex marriages
 * Glasgow LGBT Centre - citations needed. This is also listed as the only Scottish LGBT community centre - are there others to add?
 * Glasgow Women's Library - add more on Lesbian archive
 * Category Is Books - update if it has now reopened post-Covid?
 * James Ley (dramatist) - page needs lots of improvements
 * Monstrous Regiment Publishing - orphaned page (needs other pages to link to it) and tone not encyclopaedic
 * ScotsGay - citation needed. Could also create an article for the editor, Hein, if enough citations can be found?
 * Nora Radcliffe - citations needed
 * Pauline McNeill - citations needed
 * Pride Scotia - multiple issues, see banner for pointers
 * Section 28 - several statements relating to Scotland need citations.
 * Outright Scotland - citations needed

Things to remember
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 * 1) Wikipedia is a tertiary source. Articles are backed up by facts from reliable, published secondary sources. Primary sources tend not to be used.
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 * 6) Page numbers, volume numbers and book chapters should be included in your citation information too.
 * 7) Write in your own words as much as possible. Even close paraphrasing counts as copyright violation.
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After today
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 * 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
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 * Is your topic notable enough for an article?
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 * Learn from others
 * How to write a great article
 * A simplified manual of style


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 * If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.
 * Check out upcoming Wikimedia in Scotland editing events.
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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 30 mins
 * How to edit an existing article the right way
 * How easy is Wikipedia's Visual Editor? 5 min walkthrough
 * 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
 * Moving a drafted article into Wikipedia's live space.
 * Create visually dynamic timelines in minutes with Histropedia
 * Use the 'Find Link' tool to add links BACK to your page from other pages that SHOULD link to your page.

Notable(?) people
How do we approach this? What thinking do we need to do around writing these histories?