Wikipedia:University of Sheffield/Events/Gothic edit-a-thon

About the editathon
On Saturday 12 November, the Centre for the History of the Gothic (University of Sheffield) in partnership with the University Library presents a Gothic edit-a-thon, in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh and Wikimedia who are running a dual, Robert Louis Stevenson themed Edit-A-Thon in Edinburgh.

Programme

 * 10.00: Welcome


 * 10.30-11.30: Frances Babbage, ‘Staging Carter’s Gothic’


 * 11.30-12.00: Andy Smith, ‘The Centre for the Gothic’, Peter Barr, ‘Library Resources', Lauren Nixon '(tbc)'


 * 12.00-12.30: Lunch


 * 12.45-5.00: Training and Editing

Trainers
Delphine Dallison - Delphine has been a Wikimedia UK volunteer since 2013 and became a Wikimedia UK certified trainer in 2014. The training for today's editathon was prepared in collaboration with Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh.

Sheffield focus pages

 * Ann Radcliffe – Improvement, journal articles, citations
 * John Keats, Eve of St. Agnes – Improvement, citations
 * H.P. Lovecraft – Improvement and creation, add citations, create ‘Macabre Stories’ page on Lovecraft’s 1905-1920 works
 * Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber – Improvement, journal articles
 * Flowers in the Attic – Improvement, plot summary, citations need improving
 * Wilkie Collins, The Haunted Hotel - Needs creating
 * Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Feminism section – Improvement, citations needed
 * Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles – Improvement, citations needed
 * Varney the Vampire – Improvement, citations needed
 * Gothic, film (1986) – Improvement, citations needed, reception section to be expanded
 * Charlotte Smith – Improvement plus possible creation, add citations, journal articles, create pages for novels – include citations etc
 * The Old English Baron – Improvement,improve plot summary
 * Regina Maria Roche – Improvement, improve The Children of the Abbey and Clermont pages
 * Eliza Parsons, The Mysterious Warning – Improvement, add citations
 * Eleanor Sleath – Create author page
 * The Midnight Bell – improve plot summary
 * Paul Feval – plot summary for novels, add citations, journal articles etc
 * Patrick McGrath – author page needs improving, novel pages need improving and adding citations. Some novels need creating, including Dr Haggard’s Disease, Martha Peake, Part Mungo, and Constance
 * Mervyn Peake – Improvement, Boy in Darkness needs improved plot summary
 * Brian DeLeeuw – author page needs creating

The Manual of Style
Wikipedia has help pages which set out style guidelines for pages being created on certain subject areas. Please have a look at the following pages:
 * Manual of Style for Biographies including how to begin the lead paragraph.
 * Manual of Style for Novels which includes how to begin the article and what the body of the article should broadly include.
 * Manual of Style for Writing about Fiction
 * Manual of Style for Biographies of Living Persons
 * Wikipedia:Notability (books) - Check that the article is notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia
 * WikiProject_Novels/ArticleTemplate
 * Citing_sources

Featured articles
Some times it is a good idea to see how see how other similar articles have been structured. The following are considered to be of Featured Article quality.


 * Mary Shelley
 * Edgar Allan Poe
 * Mary Wollstonecraft
 * Robert Louis Stevenson
 * In Our Time (short story collection)
 * The Left Hand of Darkness
 * Ulysses (poem)
 * The Penelopiad
 * The Turn of the Screw (2009 film)
 * Big Two-Hearted River - short story.
 * The Murders in the Rue Morgue - short story.

University Library Sources (University of Sheffield)
As well as the items listed on the Edinburgh Event page, the below resources are available to attendees at the Sheffield event:

University Library Catalogue
Starplus - Sheffield's Library Catalogue

''You can search the items in the University of Sheffield Collection. In the actions tab you can get correct citation information for your references. To access full-text versions of electronic items you will need to be a student or member of staff of the University''

† requires a University of Sheffield login for access

Other Reference Sources
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography†

NCCO - 19th Century Collections†
 * British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture - primary sources related to the arts in the Victorian era
 * European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection - volumes from the Corvey Castle Library collection in English, French and German
 * Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform - church publications, missionary society papers and personal archives
 * Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Parts I and II - includes journals, books, reports and personal documents
 * Women: Transnational Networks - primary sources on gender and class, including European and North American social reform movements

ECCO - 18th Century Collections†

LION - Literature Online†

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals

Open Library of Humanities - Open Access arts & humanities journals

White Rose Research Online - Open Access articles and papers from research at the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York

Citation Indexes
''Indexes of academic articles and papers, indicating items that may not be held at Sheffield. Very useful for checking references.''

MLA Bibliography†

Humanities Index†

Scopus†

Web of Science†

Newspapers
Guide to newspaper archives at the University of Sheffield.

Theses
Proquest Dissertations & Theses†

White Rose E-Theses Online - eTheses submitted to the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York

EThOS - UK University Theses submitted to the British Library eTheses service

Special Collections
NFA Digital - National Fairground & Circus Archive
 * Images of magicians, circuses, fairgrounds, 19th Century 'Freakshows', Ghost trains and more...

Sheffield Digital Special Collections
 * Beet Lantern Slide Collection - 19th Century magic lantern slides on a number of topics
 * Sorby Collection - architectural photographs of historic English buildings
 * More...

Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search)

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) [mailto:gothicreadinggroup@gmail.com RSVP]
 * 2) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #3
 * 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


 * Delphine Dallison (talk) 10:37, 12 November 2016 (UTC) I will be delivering the Wikimedia training for the Sheffield Gothic Editathon and I'll be on hand to guide you during the edit session. Drop me a message on my talk page if you have any questions before or after the event.
 * Maz Going (talk) 12:57, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Edwardx (talk) 13:03, 12 November 2016 (UTC) (contributing remotely from London)
 * Shefflib (talk) 13:09, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Danny.i.southward (talk) 14:47, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * MissM86 (talk) 14:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Jasmine Sahu 14:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC) The Diamond is the most un-Gothic setting for this wiki-edit-a-thon. Discuss.
 * Littleljn (talk) 15:05, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Articles started on the day

 * Eleanor Sleath

Articles expanded on the day

 * Patrick McGrath