Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Test Event/International Women's Day 2017


 * Where: David Hume Tower Teaching Studio
 * When: 6 March 2017
 * Point of contact: Feminist Society
 * Cost: Free
 * Who can attend?: University of Edinburgh staff and students
 * How do I sign up?: email Feminist Society



About the event
Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others, especially about women? On Friday 6 March 2017, the University's Feminist Society are running an edit-a-thon to celebrate the lives of significant women whose achievements are under-recognised. Full Wikipedia editing training will be given in the morning before a break for lunch. Thereafter the afternoon's editathon will focus on improving the quality of articles on Wikipedia!

Working together with Wonderful Women of Edinburgh, academic staff and librarians, we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to develop articles covering areas which could stand to be improved.

Thanks to fantastic support from Wonderful Women of Edinburgh, there will refreshments, wikipedia swag, and prizes!

How do I prepare?

 * Sign up for the event
 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided and the room includes PCs for those without laptops)
 * Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
 * Think about what you would like to edit - please prepare some materials to bring with you on the day

Programme

 * 10:30 am – 10:45 pm: Housekeeping and Welcome
 * 10:45 pm –  12:00 pm:  Wikipedia training
 *  12:00 pm –  1:00 pm:  Break for lunch
 *  1:00 pm –  4:30 pm:  EDIT!



Trainers

 * Nick Daniels
 * Stephanie (Charlie) Farley
 * Marshall Dozier

Hit list of articles to be created or improved
Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

All are welcome to add names to the list which is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles in this important but somewhat neglected sector on the English Wikipedia.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Articles to be created

 * List to be provided by the Feminist Society

Articles to be improved

 * List to be provided by the Feminist Society

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

Outcomes - Content created
TBD

What can I do after the event?


You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:
 * Video tutorials
 * Instructional videos on using Wikipedia

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: Feminist Society
 * 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


 * 129.45.88.57 (talk) 19:30, 29 March 2018 (UTC)