Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops
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 "Wikipedia in Teaching and Learning – a webinar for Queen's University Belfast" |
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| "Stories of Student Empowerment - a compilation of student feedback on the Wikimedia residency – showcased at OER18 on 18 April 2018" |
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| "What does the Open Web mean to me? – a few quick thoughts at the Coventry Gathering at the University of Coventry's Disruptive Media Learning Lab" |
Upcoming Events
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| Wikipedia Women in Red meetup - a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 5 April 2019 12:30pm-5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
| LILAC Information Literacy Conference in Nottingham | 24-26 April 2019 | University of Nottingham | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Includes presentation on Embedding Wikimedia in the Curriculum from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Wikipedia Women in Red meetup - a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 3 May 2019 12:30pm-5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
| Remembering Scotland's Accused Witches, Dunfermline | 19 May 2019 | Glen Pavilion, Dunfermline | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | A one day conference looking at the history of accused witches in Scotland with presentation & workshop from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) |
| Wikipedia Women in Red meetup - a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 31 May 2019 12:30pm-5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
| Young Academy Scotland editathon 2019 | 5 June 2019 | The Royal Society of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Hosted by Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh in partnership with Young Academy Scotland. |
| Association of Commonwealth Universities editathon | 8 June 2019 | Training Room 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | More details to be announced. Hosted by Anne-Marie Scott and Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Learning and Teaching Conference 2019 | 19 June 2019 | John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | A one day conference themed on evidencing the value of teaching and learning at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh. Including presentation from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) on embedding Wikipedia in the Curriculum. |
| Conectando: Scottish Encounters with Spanish & Portuguese editathon 2019 | 20 June 2019 | Teaching Room, Digital Scholarship Centre, 6th floor, University of Edinburgh Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Conectando: Scottish Encounters with Spanish & Portuguese is an exhibition and a Wikipedia editing event hosted at the University of Edinburgh Library. |
| Portobello Wikipedia Editathon | 29 June 2019 | Portobello Library, Edinburgh | Gavin Willshaw (Wikimedian for Portobello) | An editathon focused on Portobello's rich local history; its people and places. |
| Celtic Knot 2019 | 4-5 July 2019 | Exeter University, Penryn, Cornwall | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Wikipedia Language Conference focused on supporting regional and minority language Wikipedias. |
| Feminist Writers editathon | 10 July 2019 | Venue to be decided, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Hosted by Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh with guest talk by Professor Liz Stanley on the Olive Schreiner Archive. |
Past Wiki events at The University of Edinburgh
edit| Event Name | Date | Location | Organiser | Event Details |
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| International Women's Day 2019 | 8 March 11am-5pm | University of Edinburgh, The Brenda Moon Room, Floor K, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Women of Edinburgh Wikipedia editathon event to celebrate IWD2019. |
| Wikipedia Diversithon event for Festival of Creative Learning 2019, LGBT History month and Black History Month | 20 February 2019 12:30pm-5pm | Room LG.07, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a day of celebration aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to improve diversity on Wikipedia through creating new pages on notable women, LGBT and BAME professionals missing from the free and open encyclopedia. Free, open to all. With guest speakers from UncoverEd and WellComm Kings. |
| Getting started with Histropedia workshop - creating timelines of everything at Edinburgh University Main Library | 19 February 2019 4.30pm-5.20pm | Room 1.10, first floor, University of Edinburgh Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to create visually dynamic timelines in minutes using Wikipedia articles and open licensed images in Wikimedia Commons. Free, open to all. |
| Wikipedia Women in Red meetup - a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 1 February 2018 12:30pm-5:30pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
| Wikipedia in the Classroom - Translation Studies MSc - 2018/2019 Semester Two | 25 January 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to get started on the second semester's Wikipedia course assignment in Translation Studies MSc. |
| Train the trainer: getting started as a Wikipedia trainer at Edinburgh University Main Library | 10 December 2018 2pm-4pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to train others how to edit Wikipedia - for use either inside or outside the curriculum. |
| Wikipedia Women in Red meetup - a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 6 December 2018 2pm-7pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 2pm and 7pm. |
| Introduction to Wikipedia's sister project: Wikisource - the Free Digital Library at Edinburgh University Main Library | 4 December 2018 2pm-3pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | In this session we will introduce you to Wikisource: Wikimedia’s free library of openly-licensed source texts. |
| Scotland's suffragettes: a St. Andrew's Day Wikipedia editathon for Vote100 | 30 November 2018 1:30pm to 5.30pm | *Digital Scholarship Centre, 6th floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square. | The University's Information Services team are holding an event focused on Scotland's suffragettes for Vote 100 at the university's Centre for Research Collections in their brand new Digital Scholarship Centre. Our guest speaker will be Rachel Hosker, Archives Manager at the University of Edinburgh, who will share what has been discovered in the University of Edinbrugh Archives before the afternoon editathon focuses on writing and illustrating Wikipedia pages about the lives and contributions of Scotland's suffragettes. | |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: What do I need to know first? at Edinburgh University Main Library | 22 November 2018 11:30am-1pm | Room 1.11, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to Teach with Wikipedia and includes examples of recent best practice at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface at Edinburgh University Main Library | 22 November 2018 10am-12pm | Room EW.09, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh. | Andrew Kirk (Digital Skills trainer at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia but, up until now, were never entirely sure how or why to begin. |
| Facts and Fallacies: Cultural representations of Mental Health. An event for Wellbeing Week 2018 | 14 November 2018 11am to 7.30pm | *Project Room 1.06 in 50 George Square (morning)*Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square (afternoon).*Screening Room G.04 in 50 George Square (evening). | *Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | The University's Information Services team are holding an event focused on Mental Health Awareness for Wellbeing Week 2018 at the university's School for Literatures, Languages and Cultures. The morning will feature short talks from colleagues at the Counselling Service, Neuroscience, Lothian Health Service Archives and more. The afternoon will feature a Mental Health Awareness Wikipedia editathon to improve the information available online. The evening will close with a discussion of Mental Health representations in film chaired by Film Lecturer, David Sorfa, in the Screening Room. |
| Edinburgh Gothic Wikipedia editathon for Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2018 | 13 November 2018 11.15am to 5:30pm | Room LG.07 in David Hume Tower (morning) and Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square (afternoon). | *Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | The University's Information Services team partnered with the University of Sheffield's Centre for the History of the Gothic to run a a morning of talks and a Gothic Literature edit-a-thon to celebrate Fanny Stevenson this Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2018 and all things Gothic. |
| Witchy Wikidata - celebrating Wikidata's 6th birthday with a Halloween hack | 31 October 2018 10:45am-2:30pm | Room LG.07, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a day of celebration aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning the how & why of Wikipedia's sister project, Wikidata and will include a Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database hackathon. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface at Edinburgh University Main Library | 31 October 2018 10am-12pm | Room EW.09, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh. | Andrew Kirk (Digital Skills trainer at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia but, up until now, were never entirely sure how or why to begin. |
| Ada Lovelace Day 2018 | 9 October 11am-7:30pm | University of Edinburgh - JCMB Building. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Three bookable events to celebrating Women in STEM with a day of guest talks, fun tech activities, Contemporary Women in STEM Wikipedia edit-a-thon, Women in STEM Wikidata hackathon and networking event in the evening. |
| Introduction to Open Data with Wikidata and Histropedia - the timeline of everything at Edinburgh University Main Library | 4 October 2018 4:30pm-6pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | In this session we will introduce you to Histropedia and explain why Wikidata is so special, why its users are so excited by the possibilities it offers, why it may overtake Wikipedia in years to come as the project to watch and how it is quietly on course to change the world. |
| Wikipedia in the Classroom - Translation Studies MSc - 2018/2019 Semester One | 1 October 1pm-3pm | University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Second Wikipedia workshop on the Translation Studies MSc course. Includes introduction to the Content Translation tool and starting to translate the chosen article. |
| Wikipedia in the Classroom - Reproductive Biomedicine Hons. 2018/2019 | 26 September 9am-1pm | University of Edinburgh LG.07, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Second Wikipedia workshop on the Reproductive Biology Hons. course - students will add their research to create new articles on Wikipedia on hitherto unrepresented terms from Reproductive Biology. |
| Wikipedia in the Classroom - Translation Studies MSc - 2018/2019 Semester One | 21 September 1pm-3pm | University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to get started on the Wikipedia course assignment in Translation Studies MSc. |
| Wikipedia Women in Red meetup - a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 19 September 2018 2pm-6pm | Room 1.11, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 2pm and 6pm. |
| Wikipedia in the Classroom - Reproductive Biomedicine Hons. 2018/2018 | 19 September 9am-1pm | University of Edinburgh LG.07, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to Wikipedia editing as part of the Reproductive Biology Hons. course. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface at Edinburgh University Main Library | 4 September 2018 10:30am-12.30pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Andrew Kirk (Digital Skills trainer at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia but, up until now, were never entirely sure how or why to begin. |
| Wikipedia Women in Red meetup - a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 16 August 2018 1pm-7pm | Room 1.11, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 2pm and 7pm. |
| Introduction to Open Data with Wikidata and Histropedia - the timeline of everything at Edinburgh University Main Library | 15 August 2018 2pm-3pm | Room 1.07, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | In this session we will explain why Wikidata is so special, why its users are so excited by the possibilities it offers, why it may overtake Wikipedia in years to come as the project to watch and how having a centralised hub of structured, machine-readable, multilingual linked open data is quietly on course to change the world. |
| PhD thesis authors - a Wikipedia editathon for Library & University Collections staff at Edinburgh University Main Library | 2 August 2018 10am-4pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Gavin Willshaw (Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh) | In this session we will introduce you to Wikipedia and support L&UC staff to create new articles about notable PhD thesis authors. |
| Wikipedia Women in Red meetup - a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 17 July 2018 2pm-7pm | Room 1.11, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 2pm and 7pm. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface at Edinburgh University Main Library | 17 July 2018 10:30am-12.30pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Andrew Kirk (Digital Skills trainer at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia but, up until now, were never entirely sure how or why to begin. |
| Wikipedia editathon workshop at EAHIL 2018 | 13 July 2018 | Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Castle Grounds, North Rd, Cardiff CF10 3ER | Marshall Dozier (Academic Support Librarian, University of Edinburgh) | This is the first European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) Conference to be held in Cardiff the capital city of Wales. Our How to run a Wikipedia editathon is a practical workshop on 13 July which will be run by three Academic Support Librarians from the University of Edinburgh; Marshall Dozier, Donna Watson and Ruth Jenkins. |
| Train the Trainer event - Learn how to run Wikipedia training for inside/outside the curriculum at Edinburgh University Main Library | 12 July 2018 2pm-4pm | Room 1.07, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | The University's Information Services team will run a training session for anyone who wants to learn how to run Wikipedia editing sessions for use inside or outside the curriculum. |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: What do I need to know first? at Edinburgh University Main Library | 12 July 2018 12pm-1pm | Room 1.11, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to Teach with Wikipedia with examples of recent best practice at the University of Edinburgh. |
| PhD thesis authors - a Wikipedia editathon for Library & University Collections staff at Edinburgh University Main Library | 2 August 2018 10am-4pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Gavin Willshaw (Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh) | In this session we will introduce you to Wikipedia and support L&UC staff to create new articles about notable PhD thesis authors. |
| The Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference 2018 | 5-6 July 2018 | The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3BU. | Jason Evans (National Wikimedian for Wales) | The Celtic Knot Conference 2018 is the second Wikipedia language conference focusing on supporting Celtic & Indigenous Languages. This year the conference will be organized in collaboration between the National Library of Wales and Wikimedia UK. |
| Introduction to Wikipedia's sister project: Wikisource - the Free Digital Library at Edinburgh University Main Library | 28 June 2018 2pm-4pm | Room 1.07, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | In this session we will introduce you to Wikisource: Wikipedia’s sister project and a free digital hyper library of openly-licensed source texts. We will provide an introduction to what Wikisource is and how you can engage with it, a short practical activity where you will learn how to navigate Wikisource and proofread a page of text; examples of how an out-of-copyright/openly-licensed PhD thesis has been transcibed to Wikisource so the text is now 100% searchable, quality-checked and linked to from Wikipedia just 1 click away. |
| Introduction to Open Data with Wikidata and Histropedia - the timeline of everything at Edinburgh University Main Library | 28 June 2018 11:30am-12:30pm | Room 1.07, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | In this session we will explain why Wikidata is so special, why its users are so excited by the possibilities it offers, why it may overtake Wikipedia in years to come as the project to watch and how having a centralised hub of structured, machine-readable, multilingual linked open data is quietly on course to change the world. |
| Sharing research to Wikipedia and Wikidata - disseminating knowledge and improving impact at Edinburgh University Main Library | 27 June 2018 4pm-5pm | Room 1.07, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Citing high quality academic research on Wikipedia improves the quality of the information people access every day and it has never been easier thanks to Wikipedia's new Visual Editor interface. These citations are automatically picked up by impact-measuring tools like Altmetric. In this session, open to all University of Edinburgh staff, we will discuss best practice when adding University of Edinburgh research to Wikipedia and Wikidata pages. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface at Edinburgh University Main Library | 21 June 2018 10:30am-12.30pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Andrew Kirk (Digital Skills trainer at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia but, up until now, were never entirely sure how or why to begin. |
| Academia and Wikipedia: Critical Perspectives in Education and Research | 18 June 2018 | Maynooth University, County Kildare, Ireland. | Dr Alison Hood, Maynooth University | An exciting one-day exploration of research into Wikipedia and its use as a teaching instrument, featuring contributions from academics in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America. Full Conference Programme. |
| Processions - Celebrate 100 years of votes for women on Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 8 June 2018 12pm-7:30pm | Room 1.11, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Join us to write new Wikipedia articles to surface knowledge about the suffragettes, the women's rights movement, the history of marching and the history of banner-making. |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: What do I need to know first? at Edinburgh University Main Library | 6 June 2018 12:30pm-2pm | Room 1.09, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to Teach with Wikipedia with examples of recent best practice at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Amnesty International: Human Rights Defenders editathon at the Glasgow Women's Library | 19 May 2018 10am-4pm | Events Space at Glasgow Women's Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow G40 1BP | Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Co-ordinator for Wikimedia UK | Come to a masterclass on how to become a Wiki-Editor and create Wikipedia entries on women human rights defenders! |
| The Digital Day of Ideas 2018 | 16 May 2018 | University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9JS. | Helen Bradley, CAHSS Digital Scholarship, University of Edinburgh | In the morning, keynote lectures from Professor Susan Halford (Director of Web Science Institute, University of Southampton), and Dr Tod Van Gunten (Lecturer in Economic Sociology, University of Edinburgh), will explore the use of Big Data in Social Science, and its values and limitations. In the afternoon, we will be hosting Wikipedia and Wikidata: the sum of all knowledge - a practical 2hr workshop from 1-3pm followed by a roundtable discussion to close the day with Melissa Terras, Kirsty Lingstadt, Tim Squirill and Ewan McAndrew. |
| WikiProject: Law edit-a-thon at Edinburgh University Main Library | 15 May 2018 2pm-5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Jemima John, 4th year law undergraduate and Digital Skills intern | This event is aimed towards adding and/or improving legal articles on Wikipedia as part of the WikiProject Law. The articles to be edited will be in the area of technology law, specifically intellectual property. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface at Edinburgh University Main Library | 7 May 2018 10:30am-12.30pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Andrew Kirk (Digital Skills trainer at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia but, up until now, were never entirely sure how or why to begin. |
| (Re)Making Middlesbrough - a Wikipedia editing event at Teesside University | 27 and 28 April 2018 | Teesside University Library, Teesside University, Tees Valley, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) and Sophie Nicholls, Teesside University | The internet doesn't know everything. The media gets a lot of things wrong about Middlesbrough. Come and help us change that. On 27-28 April 2018, Teesside University will run (Re)Making Middlesbrough, a student, staff and community edit-a-thon. We'll be looking at how Middlesbrough and surrounding areas, its people, history and culture are represented online, through internet searches and Wikipedia pages. We'll be looking at what and who is missing from the stories and information that the world sees about our town and community. Friday 27 April Wikipedia editing training will be provided by Ewan McAndrew. Come along to this session to learn Wikipedia and Histropedia skills. Saturday 28 April The edit-a-thon will focus on improving the quality of articles about the history, inhabitants and culture of Middlesbrough. Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and help us to remake the way that the world understands Middlesbrough! |
| Wikidata in the Classroom at OER18 | 19 April 2018 11am-12pm | Waterside Two, The Watershed, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | The implementation of Wikidata in the curriculum presents a massive opportunity for educators. A Wikidata assignment allows students to develop their understanding of, and engagement with, issues necessary in today’s digital economy such as: data completeness; data ethics; digital provenance; data analysis; data processing; as well as making practical use of a raft of tools and visualisations. The fact that Wikidata is also linked open data means that students can help connect to & leverage from a variety of other datasets in multiple languages; helping to fuel discovery through exploring the direct and indirect relationships at play in this semantic web of knowledge. This lightning talk presentation will provide an example of this real-world application of teaching and learning as part of a Data Science for Design MSc and how Wikidata can enable insights in a variety of disciplines; be it in open science, digital humanities, cultural heritage, open government and much more. |
| Stories of Student Empowerment: Wikipedia in the Classroom. A return on investment straight from the horse’s mouth at OER18 | 18 April 2018 2.35-3.35pm | Cinema One, The Watershed, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | This 15 minute presentation discusses the first 27 months of the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh; highlighting its efforts working with Wikipedia both as an ally in its mission to disseminate verifiable open knowledge and an important tool in its information literacy and digital skills strategy; delivering an informed understanding of how Wikipedia operates and supporting both student-created OER and student-led projects. It will showcase stories of student empowerment; providing exemplars of how students have engaged with, and been motivated by, researching and publishing their scholarship online in a real-world application of their teaching and learning. Importantly, these stories will be told by the students themselves through showing, as part of the presentation, short video interviews. This presentation will also combine these stories of empowerment with key performance indicators and detailed metrics for any open educator to make the case why working with Wikipedia is a worthwhile return of investment. |
| The EdTech Wikipedia editathon at OER18 | 18 April 2018 1.30-2.30pm | Waterside One, The Watershed, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | During this workshop session, a short training period will allow OER18 delegates to experience a brief demonstration of training in an edit-a-thon. A short editing practical with support from tutors will give experience of editing Wikipedia articles focused on education & learning technology. |
| Portobello: People and Places Wikipedia Editathon at Portobello Library | 14 April 2018 10am-4.30pm | Portobello Library, 14 Rosefield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH15 1AU. | Gavin Willshaw (Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh) | Join us for a day of editing Wikipedia to help improve pages on the online encyclopedia about the people and places of Portobello. Wikipedia is the world's most visited information resource - play your part to make sure information about our local area is up to date and backed up by reliable sources. This event is being run in partnership between the Portobello Heritage Trust and Portobello Library. |
| Women in Red: Wikipedia meetup #11 | 30 March 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.10, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wiki meetup to create/edit articles about notable women as part of WikiProject Women in Red. |
| Getting started as a Wikipedia Trainer/Course Leader - Train the Trainer event | 30 March 12pm-2pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.10, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | This is for anyone who would like to become a Wikipedia trainer or Wikipedia in the Classroom Course Leader. This role will mean being able to train others how to navigate & edit Wikipedia, running editathons (inside or outside the curriculum), giving advice to colleagues where possible and being a point of reference to & from Wikimedia UK as appropriate |
| Sharing Knowledge Between Languages: the Wikipedia Translate-a-thon | 28 March 12:30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.10, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | This introductory workshop is aimed at proficient bilingual and multilingual speakers interested in gaining experience of Wikipedia's new Content Translation tool to help share knowledge between different language Wikipedias. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface | 13 March 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia but, up until now, were never entirely sure how or why to begin. New editors are very welcome as full Wikipedia editing training will be given. |
| Vote 100 editathon for International Women's Day 2018 | 8 March 1:30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.07, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Join us to celebrate lives & contributions of the suffragettes and all the incredible women missing from Wikipedia! |
| Vote100 and Women in Medicine editathon for the Festival of Creative Learning (Women in Red Wikipedia meetup #10) | 22 February 10am-4.30pm | University of Edinburgh Room 4325C, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Celebrating the lives and contributions of women in medicine for the Festival of Creative Learning. |
| Wikidata Hackathon for the Festival of Creative Learning | 21 February 12:30pm-4:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1206C, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to working with Wikidata (inc. data hackathon) for the Festival of Creative Learning 2018. |
| Histropedia workshop for #FCL18 – knowledge from Wikipedia visualised as dynamic timelines | 20 February 1:30pm-2:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room 4325C, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to working with Histropedia for the Festival of Creative Learning 2018. |
| Histropedia workshop for #FCL18 – knowledge from Wikipedia visualised as dynamic timelines | 20 February 11:30am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room 4325C, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to working with Histropedia for the Festival of Creative Learning 2018. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface | 14 February 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia but, up until now, were never entirely sure how or why to begin. New editors are very welcome as full Wikipedia editing training will be given. |
| #1Lib1Ref - 1 Librarian adding 1 Reference to Wikipedia | 1 February 2018 | Argyle House, University of Edinburgh | Gavin Willshaw (Digital Curator) Ewan McAndrew |
To mark Wikipedia's 17 birthday, approx. 21 colleagues at the Library & University Collections division helped add over 100 citations to back up facts on Wikipedia using the Citation Hunt tool. This was augmented by the efforts of colleagues at Learning, Teaching and Web. In total, we added 184 citations - trebling last year's total. |
| Women in Red: Wikipedia meetup #9 | 26 January 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.10, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wiki meetup to create/edit articles about notable women as part of WikiProject Women in Red. |
| Getting started as a Wikipedia Trainer/Course Leader - Train the Trainer event | 24 January 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.10, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | This is for any member of staff who would like to become a Wikipedia trainer. This role will mean being able to train others how to navigate & edit Wikipedia, running editathons (inside or outside the curriculum), giving advice to colleagues where possible and being a point of reference to & from Wikimedia UK as appropriate. |
| Learning, Teaching & Web Services All-Staff meeting | 5 December 2017 | Playfair Library | Organiser:Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal, University of Edinburgh | This was the Christmas all-staff meeting of the University of Edinburgh's Learning, Teaching & Web Services Division. I provided a one hour Wiki Games practical workshop where staff were introduced to Wiki Races, Citation Hunt and Histropedia. |
| MOOC snippet video clips on Wikimedia Commons | 27 November 2017 | Floor D, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Organiser:Lucy Kendra, Media Production | Follow-up discussion to see if the openly-licensed snippet video clips from the University of Edinburgh MOOCs could be hosted on Wikimedia Commons and added to relevant Wikipedia pages. Uploaded the drone footage of Arthur's Seat Wikimedia Commons and inserted into the Wikipedia page for Arthur's Seat. |
| Thesis catchup | 14 November 2017 | Floor E, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Organiser:Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator | This session proposed how the data from 27,000 records in the Edinburgh Research Archive should be modelled on Wikidata to the University's satisfaction so our proposal was then shared to the Wikidata community for discussion. Once agreed, the import can then be achieved. |
| MOOC snippet video clips on Wikimedia Commons | 7 November 2017 | Floor D, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Organiser:Lucy Kendra, Media Production | Informal discussion to see if the openly-licensed snippet video clips from the University of Edinburgh MOOCs could be hosted on Wikimedia Commons and added to relevant Wikipedia pages. Demonstrated how the VideoConvert tool worked. |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 2 November 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editing training for staff & students |
| Data Science for Design MSc | 26 October 2017 | University of Edinburgh Venue to be confirmed. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Data Fair event for students on the Data Science for Design MSc course to determine which group projects they wish to work on for the remainder of the Autumn/Winter semester. |
| Black History month editathon - History Society of University of Edinburgh | 25 October 12:30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh - Computing lab at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editathon for Black History month in collaboration with the History Society of the University of Edinburgh. |
| When Education Becomes Possible- Part of the International Storytelling Festival 2018 | 25 October 2017 | The University Chaplaincy, University of Edinburgh, 1 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL | The University Chaplaincy | Lightning Talk presentation with Tomas Sanders (Open Education team intern and History Society representative) on the opportunities for collaboration between Wikimedia and university educators; showcasing the work of the residency in the curriculum and our Black History Month event. |
| Women in Red - Wiki Meetup #6 | 24 October 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.10, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wiki meetup to create/edit articles about notable women as part of WikiProject Women in Red. |
| Getting started as a Wikipedia Trainer/Course Leader - Train the Trainer event | 24 October 10:30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to run Wikipedia editing workshops (for inside or outside the curriculum) |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: What do I need to know first? | 19 October 11am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.09, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to get started with a Wikipedia course assignment. |
| Ada Lovelace Day 2017 | 10 October 10am-5pm | University of Edinburgh - Kings Buildings (venue tba). | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Celebrating Women in STEM with a day of guest talks, fun tech activities and Wiki edit-a-thon to create articles about notable Women in STEM missing from Wikipedia. |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 5 October 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editing training for staff & students |
| Translation Studies - 2017/2018 Semester One | 2 October 1pm-3pm | University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Second Wikipedia workshop on the Translation Studies MSc course. Includes introduction to the Content Translation tool and starting to translate the chosen article. |
| Women in Red: Wikipedia meetup #5 | 29 September 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.10, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wiki meetup to create/edit articles about notable women as part of WikiProject Women in Red. |
| Selected Themes in World Christianity (Autumn 2017) | 27 September 3pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh McIntyre Room, New College, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to Wikipedia editing as part of Selected Themes in World Christianity (Autumn 2017). |
| Reproductive Biomedicine 2017 | 27 September 9am-1pm | University of Edinburgh LG.07, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Second Wikipedia workshop on the Reproductive Biology Hons. course - students will add their research to create new articles on Wikipedia on hitherto unrepresented terms from Reproductive Biology. |
| Getting started as a Wikipedia Trainer/Course Leader - Train the Trainer event | 26 September 10:30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to run Wikipedia editing workshops (for inside or outside the curriculum) |
| Translation Studies - 2017/2018 Semester One | 22 September 1pm-3pm | University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to get started on the Wikipedia course assignment in Translation Studies MSc. |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: What do I need to know first? | 21 September 11am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.09, Ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to get started with a Wikipedia course assignment. |
| Reproductive Biomedicine 2017 | 20 September 9am-1pm | University of Edinburgh LG.07, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to Wikipedia editing as part of the Reproductive Biology Hons. course. |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 11 September 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editing training for staff & students |
| Women in Red: Wikipedia meetup #4 | 25 August 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.10, ground floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wiki meetup to create/edit articles about notable women as part of WikiProject Women in Red. |
| Women in Red: Wikipedia meetup #3 | 28 July 12pm-2pm | University of Edinburgh 5th floor boardroom, Evolution House, 78 West Port, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wiki meetup to create/edit articles about notable women as part of WikiProject Women in Red. |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 27 July 10:30am-12.30pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editing training for staff & students |
| Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference 2017 | 6 July 2017 | University of Edinburgh, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9JS. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | This Wikimedia UK event focused on Celtic Languages and Indigenous Languages, showcasing innovative approaches to open education, open knowledge and open data that support and grow language communities. |
| Introduction to Gaelic: a pre-Celtic Knot conference event | 5 July 2017 2-4pm | University of Edinburgh Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Free event presented by Dr. Susan Ross, Gaelic Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland and Dr. Sharon Arbuthnot, Queen's University Belfast. |
| Introduction to Wikidata and the Wikidata Query Service | 4 July 2017 11am to 1pm | University of Edinburgh, Room EW.11, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Free event presented by Léa Lacroix, Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata, Wikimedia Deutschland. Open to staff, students and members of the public. |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: What do I need to know first? | 30 June 3pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to get started with a Wikipedia course assignment. |
| Getting started with Wikipedia - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface | 30 June 1pm-2:30pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to edit Wikipedia for beginners. |
| Getting started as a Wikipedia Trainer/Course Leader - Train the Trainer event | 23 June 1pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to run Wikipedia editing workshops (for inside or outside the curriculum) |
| Wikipedia in Translation: Workshop for Translators | 22 June 4pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to how to get started with translating an article from one language Wikipedia to another using Wikipedia's new easy-to-use Content Translation tool. For use inside or outside the curriculum. |
| Histropedia and Wikidata workshop | 22 June 2pm-3:30pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Introduction to working with Wikidata and Histropedia. |
| Women in Red: Wikipedia meetup #1 | 9 June 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Meeting Room EW.07, Argyle House, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wiki meetup to create/edit articles about notable women as part of WikiProject Women in Red. |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 7 June 12pm-1.30pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.12, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editing training for staff & students |
| Anthropology and Global Health editathon | 11 May 2017 1pm-4:15pm | University of Edinburgh Rm EW.09, University of Edinburgh, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Edit-a-thon event for staff and students at the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh. |
| Follow up Wikipedia editing training for Digital Skills staff | 3 May 2017 11:30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Rm 1.08, University of Edinburgh Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Training event for Digital Skills staff. |
| Open Knowledge Network event | 28 April 2017 9am-5pm | University of Edinburgh Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Event for Open Knowledge practitioners from around Edinburgh to share best practice; including presentations in the morning and practical workshops in the afternoon. |
| Train the Trainer event: Skills training for Digital Skills staff | 13 April 2017 12:30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Rm EW.09, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Training event for the Digital Skills team. |
| Open Education Resources Conference 2017 | 5-6 April 2017 | Resource for London 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA. | Association for Learning Technology (ALT) | OER17 presents an opportunity for open practitioners, activists, educators and policy makers to come together as a community to reflect on ‘The Politics of Open’. |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: Event for Course Leaders | 3 April 2017 11:00am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh R, G.06, 50 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Event for course leaders with Dr. Chris Harlow (MRC Centre for Reproductive Health) and Dr. Greg Singh (University of Stirling - Communication, Media and Culture Division) will share best practice from recent Wikipedia in the Classroom assignments. |
| Introduction to Wikidata and Histropedia | 31 March 2017 3.30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower, Room LG.07 | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Staff skills training event. |
| How to run a Wikipedia editathon | 17 March 2017 2.30-5pm | University of Edinburgh Main Library, Rm 1.11, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Staff skills training event. |
| 'Bragging Writes': Wikipedia editathon for International Women's Day 2017 themed on Women in Art and Women Writers | 8 March 2017 12.30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Editathon for Gather Festival 2017. |
| World of Wikipedia: Future Teacher Series | 6 March 2017 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh | Jo Spiller | Series of events framed around the theme of the Future Teacher. |
| Wikipedia: the Front Matter to All Research | 2nd March 11am to 11.20am | University of Edinburgh, Astronomy Department. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | 'Coffee talk' format - presentation open to staff of the Astronomy department. |
| Wikipedia in Education: Event for Course Leaders | 1st March 2017 11am to 12.30pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. G05, ground floor, 50 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Event to share best practice from the 3 Wikipedia in the Classroom events conducted last semester. Open to all University of Edinburgh staff. |
| History of Medicine 2017 | 23 & 24 February 2017 12.00pm-5.30pm | Surgeons' Hall Museum | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editathon for staff, students & members of the public to celebrate Edinburgh's role in the history of medicine. |
| History of Veterinary Medicine 2017 event - CANCELLED | 22 February 2017 | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush campus, University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editathon for staff & students to celebrate the history of veterinary medicine for Welfare Week |
| Gender, Global Health & Justice Wikipedia editathon | 21 February 2017 10.30am-4.30pm | University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editathon open to staff to improve Wikipedia's coverage relating to gender, global health & justice for the Festival of Creative Learning. |
| Wikipedia Education Summit 2017 | 20 February 2017 | Middlesex University | Josie Fraser | Wikipedia in Education event for educators to share good practice. |
| Edinburgh University Translation Society - Wikipedia Translation project | 16 February 5pm to 6.30pm | University of Edinburgh Computing room M2a, 1st floor, Appleton Tower, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editing training for EUTS students |
| Edinburgh University Translation Society - Wikipedia Translation project | 9 February 5pm to 6.30pm | University of Edinburgh Computing room M2a, 1st floor, Appleton Tower, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editing training for EUTS students |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 6 February 12pm-1.30pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editing training for staff & students |
| Translation Studies MSc - Wikipedia Translation assignment (Semester Two) | 3 February 2017 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia in the Classroom assignment. |
| Open Knowledge Network Event | 31st January 9am to 3pm | University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum | Lorna Campbell | New initiative that aims to bring together colleagues from across the institution who are working in the area of open knowledge, open data, open access, open education, open science, open collections & archives, etc, in order to support cross-fertilisation and promote the institution’s activities in these areas. |
| Engineering 150 | 11 January 2017 1pm-4.30pm | University of Edinburgh Kings Buildings | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | Wikipedia editathon for staff, students & members of the public to mark the School of Engineering's 150th anniversary. |
| Festival of Architecture 2016 Wikipedia editathon to celebrate finale of the festival of architecture. |
16 November 2016 3pm to 7.30pm | University of Edinburgh Main Library, Room 1.12, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | Edit-a-thon at the main library focussed on improving the quality of articles about architecture. | |
| Edinburgh Gothic Wikipedia editathon for Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2016 | 12 November 2016 10.30pm to 4.30pm | National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW. | The University's Information Services team partnered with the National Library of Scotland to run an edit-a-thon to celebrate Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2016 and all things Gothic. | |
| Women and Religion 2016 Wikipedia editathon | 2 November 2016 1:15pm to 5pm | University of Edinburgh Baillie Room, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX. | Edit-a-thon at the School of Divinity in New College focussed on improving the quality of articles about women and religion. | |
| Between the worlds of the living and the dead: Wikipedia editathon for the Gaelic festival of Samhuinn. | 31 October 2016 12.30pm to 4.30pm and 1st November 2016 10am to 4.30pm | University of EdinburghProject Room, 50 George Square, Edinburgh (31st October) and the Raeburn Room, Old College, University of Edinburgh (1st November) | Samhuinn is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. The souls of the dead were also thought to revisit their homes seeking hospitality. This editathon was focused on remembering the dead and setting a place for them on Wikipedia. | |
| Wikipedia Training session for staff & students | 12 October 2016 12pm-1.30pm | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building, Room LG.07 | Training session for students & staff to learn how to edit Wikipedia. | |
| Ada Lovelace Day 2016 - Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon (with added focus on Women in Maths this year) | 11 October 2016 10.30am to 4.30pm | University of Edinburgh The Greenfield Computer Suites, Hugh Robson Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh. | Day of celebration of Women in STEM. Further details are on the Ada Lovelace Day event page. | |
| Wikipedia Training session - Divinity | 5 October 2016 2pm-3.30pm | University of Edinburgh McIntyre Room, New College, Mound Pl, Edinburgh EH1 2LX | Training session for students & staff at Divinity to learn how to edit Wikipedia. | |
| Reproductive Biomedicine 2016 editathon | 21 & 28 September 2016 9.30am to 12.30pm | University of Edinburgh Medical School, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB. | Wikipedia research session for 4th year Reproductive Biology students | |
| Wikipedia Training session | 12 September 2016 12pm-1.30pm | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building, Room LG.07 | Training session for students & staff to learn how to edit Wikipedia. | |
| Wikipedia Training session | 24 August 2016 11.30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.09, Edinburgh University Main Library | Training session for students & staff to learn how to edit Wikipedia. | |
| Train the Trainer event | 23 August 2016 12-5pm | University of Edinburgh Main Library, Meeting room 1.11 | Training session for staff to become Wikipedia trainers themselves. Email [email protected] if you are interested in attending in future sessions to become a Wikipedia trainer. | |
| Eurostemcell Editathon | 20 July 2016 12-5pm | MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh Bioquarter, Little France Drive, Edinburgh | Editathon for staff, the Wellcome Library & European partner labs | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface Bookable through Event Booking - http://edin.ac/294Lr93 |
Tuesday 5th July 2016 6-8pm | University of Edinburgh, Training Room 1.07, Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| History of Veterinary Medicine edit-a-thon Bookable through Event Booking - http://edin.ac/1TrxE05 |
4 July 2016 10.30am-4.30pm | Easter Bush Veterinary Medicine, Roslin, Edinburgh | Editathon for staff | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface | Friday 1st July 2016 2.30-4pm | University of Edinburgh, Room 1.12, Meeting Suite, first floor, Main Library, George Square. | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface | Thursday 30th June 2016 1.30-3pm | University of Edinburgh, Room 1.10, Meeting Suite, first floor, Main Library, George Square. | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface | 27 May 2016 3.30-4.45pm | Teaching Studio LG.07, David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface | Thursday 26th May 2016 12-1pm | University of Edinburgh, Room 1.10, Meeting Suite, first floor, Main Library, George Square. | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface Bookable through Event Booking - http://edin.ac/1XgbsFP |
Thursday 19th May 2016 12-1pm | University of Edinburgh, TLK, Fleeming Jenkins Building (Kings Buildings) | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface Bookable through Event Booking (Search for 'Wikipedia')- http://edin.ac/1XpdkKx |
Thursday 28th April 2016 2-3pm (Students) and 3.45-4.45pm (Staff) | University of Edinburgh, Room 1.10, Meeting Suite, first floor, Main Library, George Square. | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface Bookable through Event Booking (Search for 'Wikipedia') - http://edin.ac/1XpdkKx |
Tuesday 26th April 2016 2-3pm (Students) and 3.45-4.45pm (Staff) | Edinburgh College of Art, Computer lab (Room 2.14), 2nd floor, Evolution House, 78 Westport, Edinburgh EH1 2LE. | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| OER16 Editathon - Women in Art, Science & Espionage | 19 & 20 April 2016 | John McIntyre Conference Centre,University of Edinburgh, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5AY | The #OER16: Open Culture Conference was chaired by Melissa Highton, Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services at the University of Edinburgh, and Lorna Campbell, OER Liaison at the University of Edinburgh and EDINA Digital Education Manager. | The vision for the 7th Open Educational Resources conference was to focus on the value proposition of embedding open culture in the context of institutional strategies for learning, teaching and research. As such, we held a Wikipedia training session for OER delegates to engage with & practise editing Wikipedia along with drop-in advice clinics and a Wikisource demonstration lead by Martin Poulter. |
| Wikipedia & Academic research session | 15 April 2016 2-3.30pm | Teaching Studio LG.07, David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh | Session to discuss Wikipedia and Academic Research - open to staff members of the Altmetric pilot group. | |
| Women in Espionage editathon for Spy Week 2016 Full programme of events at Spy Week listed here: http://www.spyweek.llc.ed.ac.uk/ |
13-14 April 2016 2-4.30pm | Teaching Studio LG.07, David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh | Wikipedia Editathon on 'Women in Espionage'. Open to staff, students & members of the public. | |
| Getting Started with Wikipedia: How to Edit using the new Visual Editor interface http://edin.ac/1U8bsWJ |
10th March 2016 3.30-5pm | Room M2c, Appleton Tower,University of Edinburgh, 11 Crichton Street, Edinburgh | CPD event open to Edinburgh University staff and students. | |
| International Women's Day 2016 editathon | 8th March 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library |
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During International Women's Day 2016, the university held an editathon as part of the Art Feminism international project to create & improve articles on notable women artists building on the work begun in previous collaborations with the National Galleries of Scotland. 5 new Wikipedia articles were created and 2 improved. Of the 45 artists featured in the Modern Scottish Women exhibition only one remains a red-linked: Ivy Gardner Proudfoot. And sources have been found to complete this article so soon all 45 will be represented. |
| History of Medicine Wikipedia editathon series for Interactive learning Week 2016 | 16-18 February 2016 | University of Edinburgh, David Hume Tower Building - Room LG.07 |
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During the University of Edinburgh's 2016 Innovative Learning Week, the University's Information Services team ran a series of Wikipedia 'editathons' over three days. Each editathon focused on improving the quality of articles about the history of medicine and medicine in literature. In all 56 articles were improved, 4 brand new articles created and over 500 images uploaded to Wiki Commons. |
| #1Lib1Ref Campaign to celebrate Wikipedia's 15th birthday | 15 January 2016 | University of Edinburgh Library & University Collections, Research & Learning Services |
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Using the Citation Hunt tool to locate Wikipedia articles where a citation was needed and adding these citations using reliable sources such as journals, books and official websites. In total, 32 new citations were added during this event. Details here: Wikipedia 1lib1ref Campaign at UoEWell done all! |
| Women of the University of Edinburgh - Ada Lovelace Day Editathon 2015: An international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). | 2nd October 2015 | The Greenfield Suite, George Square, University of Edinburgh. |
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A day of inspiration and creative activities which included:
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| Research Skills in Reproductive Biology | September 2015 | David Hume Tower Building - Room LG.07 |
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29 Reproductive Biology Honours Students researched the term 'Neuroangiogenesis' and 3 students volunteered to compile this research into a new article which was then uploaded onto Wikipedia. |
| Women, Science and Scottish History editathon series | Monday 16 February - Friday 20 February 2015 | M2b, Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, University of Edinburgh |
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During the University of Edinburgh's 2015 Innovative Learning Week, the University's Information Services team ran a series of Wikipedia 'editathons' with the support of the School of Literature, Languages and Cultures, the Moray House School of Education, EDINA, and the National Library of Scotland. Each editathon focused on improving the quality of articles about women in Scottish history, such as the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to study medicine at UoE and who caused a riot by doing so. |
Past conferences & presentations
edit| Event Name | Date | Location / Organiser | Attendees (approx) | Title |
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| Presentation to University of Edinburgh's Web Publishing Community | 3rd February 2016 | 50 George Square, Edinburgh. Organiser: Neil Allison |
30 | Introduction to the Wikimedian in Residence |
| Presentation at the University of Edinburgh's Learning Technology Monthly Showcase and Network | 25th February 2016 | Room G21, Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh. Organiser: Jo Spiller & Nicola Osborne. |
20 | Introduction to Wiki Residency, Wiki editing with Visual Editor and Wikidata/Histropedia |
| Presentation at the Edinburgh College of Art's Learning & Teaching Fair | 22nd March 2016 | Boardroom, 5th floor, Evolution House, 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. Organiser: Alex Burford | 15 | Introduction to Wiki Residency, Wiki editing with Visual Editor, teaching with Wikimedia and updates on past/upcoming events. |
| Presentation & Drop-in advice sessions at the OER16 Conference | 19th-20th April 2016 | Boardroom 2, 1st floor, John McIntyre Conference Centre, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5AY. Co-chairs: Melissa Highton & Lorna Campbell | 10 | Drop-in Wikipedia training session & advice during the lunch hours. |
| Wikimania Conference 2016 | 24-27 June 2016 | Esino Lario, Northern Italy. | 1100-1200 Wikimedians | The annual Wikimedia conference was held in the tiny Alpine town of Esino Lario, Northern Italy, and hosted 1100-1200 Wikimaniacs. |
| Wikisource & Wikidata Showcase Event for Repository Fringe 2016 | 1st-2nd August 2016 | Pentland West Suite, 1st floor, John McIntyre Conference Centre, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5AY. Co-organisers:Pauline Ward & Lorna Brown | 20-30 | 2 hour plus showcase of the latest developments in Wikisource and Wikidata with practical demonstrations. Co-presented by Ewan McAndrew, Navino Evans, Sean McBirnie and Martin Poulter. |
| Open Knowledge Network Event | 31st January 9am to 3pm | University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum, Organiser:Lorna Campbell | 50 appprox. | New initiative that aims to bring together colleagues from across the institution who are working in the area of open knowledge, open data, open access, open education, open science, open collections & archives, etc, in order to support cross-fertilisation and promote the institution’s activities in these areas. |
| Wikipedia Education Summit 2017 | 20 February 2017 | Middlesex University. Organiser:Wikimedia UK |
50 | Wikipedia in Education event for educators to share good practice. |
| Wikipedia in Education: Event for Course Leaders | 1st March 2017 11am to 12.30pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. G05, ground floor, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. Organiser:Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) |
7 | Event to share best practice from the 3 Wikipedia in the Classroom events conducted last semester. Open to all University of Edinburgh staff. |
| Wikipedia: the Front Matter to All Research | 2nd March 11am to 11.20am | University of Edinburgh, Astronomy Department. | 20 approx. | 'Coffee talk' format - presentation open to staff of the Astronomy department. |
| World of Wikipedia: Future Teacher Series | 6 March 2017 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh. Organiser:Jo Spiller |
5 | Series of events framed around the theme of the Future Teacher. |
| Presentation about the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh, 2 lightning talks and a workshop on Gamifying Wikimedia at the OER17 Conference | 5th-6th April 2017 | Resource for London, 356 Holloway Rd, London N7 6PA. Co-chairs: Josie Fraser & Alek Tarkowski |
185 | Lightning talks on WikiCite initiative and Wikipedia's Content Translation tool. Workshop on 'Gamifying Wikimedia'. 15 minute presentation on the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Open Knowledge Network Event | 28 April 2017 | University of Edinburgh, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh. Organiser: Ewan Klein and Lorna Campbell |
50 approx. | This event included two talks on recent Wikipedia in the Classroom assignments from Dr. Chris Harlow (Reproductive Biology) and Dr. Alexander Chow (World Christianity MSc) as well as a practical Wikidata and Histropedia workshop. |
| Gamifying Wikimedia workshop at E-learning@Ed 2017 conference | 28 June 2017 3pm-3:45pm | University of Edinburgh Classroom 7, Hudson Beare building, Edinburgh | 14-20 approx. | Showcasing Histropedia, Wiki Races, Citation Hunt and the Wikidata Game as part of a practical workshop at the University of Edinburgh's annual Elearning@Ed conference. |
| Introduction to Gaelic: Pre-conference event | 5 July 2017 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. 1.07, Edinburgh University Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | 10 approx. | Pre-conference satellite event presented by Dr. Susan Ross (Gaelic Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland) and facilitated by the University of Edinburgh residency. |
| The Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference 2017 | 6 July 2017 9pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh. | 53 | Hosted a Celtic and Indigenous Wikipedia languages conference at the University of Edinburgh Business School. |
| Wikipedia and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit | 20 July 2017 | University of Glasgow, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow. Organiser:Gillian Fergie |
3 | Introductory meeting with the University of Glasgow's MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit team to explore how they can benefit from and contribute to the Wikimedia projects. |
| Building SPARQL queries in the Wikidata Query Service Workshop at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans (Histropedia) |
4 August 2017 | University of Edinburgh - John McIntyre Conference Centre. Organiser:Pauline Ward |
7 | Practical workshop to demonstrate how easy it is to build up Wikidata queries. (This session was recorded and added to Media Hopper). |
| Wikidata I/O Part 1: Adding data to Wikidata Workshop at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans (Histropedia) |
4 August 2017 | University of Edinburgh - John McIntyre Conference Centre. Organiser:Pauline Ward |
25 | Practical workshop to demonstrate how easy it is to add verifiable data manually to Wikidata (with references) and how to add data in bulk using live imports from UNESCO data. |
| Wikidata I/O Part 2: Consuming the data Presentation at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans (Histropedia) |
4 August 2017 | University of Edinburgh - John McIntyre Conference Centre. Organiser:Pauline Ward |
25 | Part presentation and part practical workshop to showcase the variety of recent real world use cases of data imported into Wikidata and to demonstrate how that data can be queried, visualised and analaysed in any number of ways. |
| Wikimania 2017 Attended the annual Wikimedia Conference in Montreal |
8-13 August 2017 | Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Canada Organiser:Phoebe Ayers (Wikimedia) |
900 | Attended a variety of presentations, discussions and practical workshops during the pre-conference hackathon and conference proper with a view to knowledge exchange, skills development and advocacy of the sharing of open knowledge in UK educational contexts. Delivered a presentation with Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal at the University of Edinburgh, on the Value of Wikimedians in Residence on Sunday 13th August to an audience of 20-30 attendees. |
| Summer of Data event | 21 August 2017 | Room 1.33A, Jack Cole Building, School of Computer Science, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SX Organiser:St Andrews Institute for Data-Intensive Research |
20-30 | The third event of the Summer of Data 2017: presented on Wikidata for Research: Enabling Open Science and Resource Discovery. |
| IAD Annual Lunch | 24 August 2017 | The Outreach Centre, Holyrood Road EH8 8FP Organiser:The Institute for Academic Development |
50 | Informal buffet lunch to thank those who have been involved with the Institute for Academic Development and share developments for the next academic year. |
| Open education and digital strategy meeting | 13 September 2017 | Floor K, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh Organiser:LornaMCampbell |
5 | Informal presentations and discussions with members of the Open Education team at the Université catholique de Louvain to share best practice. Lorna has been invited back to Louvain for a return visit on the back of this meeting. |
| When Education Becomes Possible - planning meeting | 19 September 2017 | The University Chaplaincy Centre, 1 Bristo Place, Edinburgh Organiser:Harriet Harris, University Chaplain |
15 approx. | Planning discussion to build on the support for refugees at the university and the Light for Aleppo initiative by inviting colleagues from around the university to share best practice about the power of education to transform lives as part of the International Storytelling Festival. I represented the Open Education team at this meeting and suggested an Open Education Stall, a Black History Month & Wikipedia talk and a Histropedia workshop. |
| Hidden Gems Editathon | 6 October 2017 | Edinburgh Central Library Organiser:Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Libraries & Information Council (SLIC) |
10 approx. | The first event of the new Scottish Libraries and Information Council residency to improve the on-wiki coverage of Scotland's history, heritage and archaeology and to introduce history, heritage, archaeology and library/information professionals to learn more about Wikipedia/media and its usefulness for their sector. Attended to lend support and created a new article on the Govan Stones; winner of the Hidden Gems competition. |
| When Education Becomes Possible- Part of the International Storytelling Festival 2018 | 25 October 2017 | The University Chaplaincy, University of Edinburgh, 1 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL | 35-50 | Lightning Talk presentation with Tomas Sanders (Open Education team intern and History Society representative) on the opportunities for collaboration between Wikimedia and university educators; showcasing the work of the residency in the curriculum and our Black History Month event. |
| WikidataCon | 28-29 October 2017 | The Tagesspiegel venue, in Berlin. | 200 | The first ever Wikidata Conference had over 200 attendees and a ram-packed 2 day schedule. Attended many interesting sessions and discussed variety of ways the University of Edinburgh could benefit from engaging with Wikidata; especially in terms of the import of the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft data. 12 videos of presentations from the conference have been added to Media Hopper and 9 videos to Youtube. |
| Community Heritage Conference | 10 November 2017 | Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 99 George Street, Glasgow | 15-20 | Presentation with Sara Thomas (Wikimedian at SLIC) on the opportunities for collaboration between heritage organisations and the Wikimedia projects. |
| Learning, Teaching & Web Services All-Staff meeting | 5 December 2017 | Playfair Library Organiser:Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal, University of Edinburgh |
40-50 approx. | This was the Christmas all-staff meeting of the University of Edinburgh's Learning, Teaching & Web Services Division. I provided a one hour Wiki Games practical workshop where staff were introduced to Wiki Races, Citation Hunt and Histropedia. |
| #1Lib1Ref - 1 Librarian adding 1 Reference to Wikipedia | 1 February 2018 | Argyle House, University of Edinburgh Organiser: Gavin Willshaw (Digital Curator) Ewan McAndrew |
25 approx. | To mark Wikipedia's 17 birthday, approx. 21 colleagues at the Library & University Collections division helped add over 100 citations to back up facts on Wikipedia using the Citation Hunt tool. This was augmented by the efforts of colleagues at Learning, Teaching and Web. In total, we added 184 citations - trebling last year's total. |
| Wikimedians in Residence meeting | 3 February 2018 | NewSpeak House, Shoreditch, London Organiser:Daria Cybulska, Wikimedia UK |
8 approx. | This was an informal catchup meeting to enable knowledge sharing between all the various Wikimedians working as WiRs in the United Kingdom and at UNESCO. |
| Wikidata Hackathon | 3 February 2018 | NewSpeak House, Shoreditch, London Organiser:John Lubbock, Wikimedia UK |
30-40 approx. | This was a practical workshop facilitated by developers of all experience levels and the Wikimedians in Residence to allow new & experienced Wikidata editors to find out more about Wikipedia's sister project. |
| The Future of Wikipedia | 3 February 2018 | NewSpeak House, Shoreditch, London Organiser:John Lubbick, Wikimedia UK |
60-70 approx. | This was a Q&A event between Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and Lucy Crompton-Reid, CEO of Wikimedia UK, and an opportunity to discuss the future of Wikipedia with community members. |
| Human Rights Defenders editathon discussion | 12 February 2018 | The National Library of Scotland, 12-320 Lawnmarket Edinburgh EH1 2PJ Organiser: Gill Hamilton (Digital Access Manager, National Library of Scotland) |
5 | Met with Amnesty International Scotland representatives, Lois Wolffe and Pauline Kelly, at the National Library of Scotland on 12 February 2018 to discuss a global Human Rights Defenders editathon on 19 May 2018. Sara Thomas (Wikimedian at SLIC) and Gill Hamilton (Digital Access Manager at the National Library of Scotland) were also in attendance. |
| Sharing collections to Wikimedia Commons discussion | 22 February 2018 | The Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh Organiser: Joseph Marshall (Head of Special Collections and Centre for Research Collections) |
2 | Joseph Marshall met with Alice White, Wikimedian in Residence at the Wellcome Library to discuss the Wellcome Library's sharing of their image collections to Wikimedia Commons. |
| Queen's University, Belfast, webinar discussion | 5 March 2018 | Organiser: Emma McAllister (Queen's University, Belfast) |
3 | Discussed content, structure, and technical considerations with Emma in preparation for the webinar taking place on 3 May 2018. |
| SCURL event on Libraries, Literacy and Learning. | 23 March 2018 10:30am to 3.30pm | University of Strathclyde, The Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD Organiser: Lorna Watt(Funding and Events Manager, Scottish Libraries and Information Council) |
50 approx. | Presentation on Digital Transformation and Data: the Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh Slides. Sara Thomas (Wikimedian at SLIC) and Gavin Willshaw (Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh Library) were also in attendance and also gave presentations. |
| Coventry Gathering at the University of Coventry's Disruptive Media Learning Lab. | 17 April 2018 9:30am to 4.30pm | University of Coventry, Disruptive Media Learning Lab Organiser:Daniel Villar-Onrubia |
20-25 approx. | During this unconference day-long event, we shared our thoughts on what the open web meant to us and a variety of ways of supporting one another in developing as a community of open practitioners with the focus of the end session on how Coventry University could run an event in October 2018. |
| The EdTech editathon at the Open Educational Resources conference 2018 event. List of usernames recorded: User:Jason.nlw User:Lucwrite User:Pantofool User:Postdigitalme User:Jrdingwall User:Annacpage User:Francesbell User:Ammienoot |
18 April 2018 1:30pm to 2.30pm | OER18 Conference, The Bristol Watershed Cinema, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX Organiser: Viv Rolfe and David Kernohan(Co-chairs) and Maren Deepewell (Association for Learning Technology) |
7 approx. | During this workshop session, a short training period allowed delegates to experience a brief demonstration of training in an edit-a-thon environment. A short editing practical thereafter with support from tutors gave delegates experience of editing Wikipedia articles focused on education & learning technology. |
| Stories of Student Empowerment: Wikipedia in the Classroom. A return on investment straight from the horse’s mouth at the Open Educational Resources conference 2018 event | 18 April 2018 2:35pm to 3.35pm | OER18 Conference, The Bristol Watershed Cinema, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX Organiser: Viv Rolfe and David Kernohan(Co-chairs) and Maren Deepewell (Association for Learning Technology) |
20-30 approx. | This presentation discussed the first 27 months of the Edinburgh residency. Importantly, these stories were told by the students themselves through showing a compilation film of their video interviews. Video link. |
| Wikidata in the Classroom: the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database project at the Open Educational Resources conference 2018 event | 19 April 2018 11am to 12pm | OER18 Conference, The Bristol Watershed Cinema, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX Organiser: Viv Rolfe and David Kernohan(Co-chairs) and Maren Deepewell (Association for Learning Technology) |
20-30 approx. | This lightning talk presentation provided an example of a real-world application of teaching and learning as part of the University of Edinburgh's Data Science for Design MSc and covered how Wikidata can enable insights in a variety of disciplines; be it in open science, digital humanities, cultural heritage, open government and much more. |
| Wikipedia in Teaching and Learning - a webinar for Queen's University, Belfast | 3 May 2018 1pm to 2pm | Adobe Connect webinar broadcast to Queen's University, Belfast Organiser: Emma McAllister, , Educational Developer, Centre for Educational Development |
20 approx. | This presentation and Q&A provided describe the work of the Wikimedia residencty at the University of Edinburgh, and some of the ways that Wikipedia and its sister projects are used to help students develop information literacy, data literacy and digital research skills. Video link |
| The Digital Day of Ideas event at the University of Edinburgh's Business School | 16 May 2018 9am to 5pm | University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9JS Organiser: Helen Bradley Melissa Terras |
60 approx. | Took part in the end-of-day round table session at the Digital Day of Ideas on 16 May 2018, an annual showcase and networking event for digital scholarship across the University of Edinburgh, featuring workshops, seminars and invited speakers from the wider Digital Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences community. The panel discussed the place of the university (not just Edinburgh but The University) at this stage of the digital society, and the role of arts, humanities, and social science research, in the wider discussions surrounding our increasing reliance on the digital. |
| Data in the City: Civic Innovation with Data and Citizens at the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum. | 1 June 2018 9:30am to 12pm | University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB Organiser: Edinburgh Living Lab |
50 approx. | Drawing on the experience of the Edinburgh Living Lab (ELL) and their network of academic and city partners, this workshop explored the opportunities and challenges of working with city data. The primary aim of the workshop was to share knowledge from participant's experiences, inspire new ideas, and collect these into an open resource of case studies and guidance for anyone interested in working with city data. |
| Edinburgh Local Showcase event at St Cecilia's Museum. | 4 June 2018 5pm to 8pm | St Cecilia's Hall on Niddry Street, Edinburgh. (Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall and instrument museum). Organiser: Dr. Sarah Anderson, Edinburgh Local |
100 approx. | The Showcase and Forum took place as a way of inviting those involved in Edinburgh-based community projects to come together to meet each other, hear about what others are doing in Edinburgh communities, and also find out about the University’s commitment to contributing locally. Sara Thomas and Ewan McAndrew did a joint presentation on Wikimedia collaborations. |
| Community KPIs: Civic Innovation with Data and Citizens at the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum. | 5 June 2018 2:30pm to 5pm | University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB Organiser: Edinburgh Living Lab |
50 approx. | Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are widely used in business as a way of measuring success in achieving strategic objectives. The concept of Community KPIs adapts this idea into a component of a human centred and participatory design framework for the use of data and technology in cities. Community KPIs allow community members to co-design the metrics which should be used to inform and evaluate initiatives which deploy new technologies and data collection methods for social benefit. They also encourages citizens to gather data and evidence, interpret their findings, build awareness and achieve tangible outcomes. This workshop presented the Community KPIs concept and explored how to implement it, including determining what indicators might be relevant for communities at the local level and how these could fed into policy objectives of local and national government. |
| Wikimedia: Embedding it in practice at the ALT Scotland annual catchup meeting. | 11 June 2018 9:30am to 3.30pm | City of Glasgow College (Riverside Campus), 21 Thistle St, Glasgow G5 9XB Organiser: Joe Wilson |
30-50 approx. | This ALT-Scotland event brought practitioners together from across sectors to share their experiences of strategy, practice and policy in learning technology. The day was hosted by Joe Wilson at City of Glasgow College (Riverside Campus). |
| The Academia and Wikipedia Conference 2018 at Maynooth University | 18 June 2018 9pm to 5pm | Maynooth University, Collegeland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland Chair: Dr Alison Hood, Dean of Teaching and Learning, Maynooth University |
50 approx. | An exciting one-day exploration of research into Wikipedia and its use as a teaching instrument, featuring contributions from academics in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America. Full Conference Programme. Presented on Measuring the Impact of Wikimedians in Academia. - slides, text of presentation. |
| Repository Fringe Conference 2018 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 2 & 3 July 2018 9pm to 5pm | The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ. Organiser: Alexandra Delipalta, University of Edinburgh |
60-100 approx. | Repository Fringe is a gathering for repository managers and others interested in research data repositories and publication repositories. Participation is a key element – the event is designed to encourage all attendees to share their repository experiences and expertise. For 2018 we celebrated the achievements that have been made over the last decade as we progress to an open world of scholarship – open access, open repositories, open data, open educational resources and open science. Presented two 10 x 10 presentations: Wikidata and the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database; the University's Open Education Resources service. |
| Wikimedians in Residence meetup at the National Library of Wales | 4 July 2018 4:30pm to 6pm | The National Library of Wales, Penglais Rd, Aberystwyth SY23 3BU. Organiser: Jason Evans, National Wikimedian for Wales |
6 approx. | Discussion surrounded whether Wikimedia UK's current strategy needed to change/evolve to better meet the new global strategy of the Wikimedia Foundation in addition to updates on the current work being conducted by Wikimedians in Residence at institutions throughout the UK and any areas of development they may need assistance with and how Wikimedia UK can help meet these needs going forward. |
| The Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference 2018 at the National Library of Wales | 5 & 6 July 2018 9pm to 5pm | The National Library of Wales, Penglais Rd, Aberystwyth SY23 3BU. Organiser: Jason Evans, National Wikimedian for Wales |
50-60 approx. | The Celtic Knot Conference 2018 is the second Wikipedia language conference focusing on supporting Celtic and other indigenous languages following the first event at the University of Edinburgh in July 2017. This year the conference was organised in collaboration between the National Library of Wales and Wikimedia UK. Preseented a How to run a Wikipedia translation workshop. |
| The ScotWiki Partners' Meeting held at the University of Edinburgh Library | 10 July 2018 2pm to 5pm | Training Room 1.11, The University of Edinburgh Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Organiser: Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Co-ordinator for Wikimedia UK |
8 approx. | The aim of the first ScotWiki Partners' meeting was to forge closer links between Wiki partnerships in Scotland, to encourage knowledge-sharing, to help the Scotland Programme Coordinator to better understand the Scottish landscape, inform the setting of priorities for Scotland, and ensure partner learning is used as effectively as possible. This was followed by an evening social event open all Scotland-based Wikimedians. |
Wiki Events attended - Number of attendees
edit| Event Name | Date | Location | Attendees | New Users | Gender breakdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD thesis editathon for Library and University Collections' Staff: training session run by Gavin Willshaw (UoE's Digital Curator) for University of Edinburgh L&UC staff to edit Wikipedia and create articles about PhD authors. List of usernames recorded: User:FioMow User:Madeleine1 User:Albanianabalone User:Cahume User:SuffolkGael User:Elladine User:Meadows1 |
9 July 2018 10am-4pm | University of Edinburgh, Room 1.08, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | 7 | 7 | 85.7% female |
| Translation workshop at the Celtic Knot Conference 2018 List of usernames recorded: User:Eihe User:Sic19 User:Delire-a98 User:Pymouss User:Hadyelsahar |
5 July 2018 11:20am-12:45pm | The Education Room, The National Library of Wales,Penglais Rd, Aberystwyth SY23 3BU. | 5 | 1 | 40% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Digital Skills training run by Andrew Kirk at the University of Edinburgh library List of usernames recorded: User:K.J.Grant User:TweedIsBest User:Awatso13 |
21 June 2018 10:30am-12:30pm | Edinburgh University Library, Room 1.08, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | 3 | 3 | 66.66% female |
| Processions 2018 Wikipedia Editathon: adding content to Wikipedia to celebrate 100 years of votes for women. List of usernames recorded: User:Victuallers User:Ammienoot User:Melissa Highton User:Kaybeesquared User:Kangarooth User:Dewatso52 User:Mafrado User:Lauriecb User:Dace2018 User:Cecplascott |
8 June 2018 12pm-7:30pm | University of Edinburgh, Room 1.11, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | 10 | 3 | 90% female |
| Wikidata workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas 2018 List of usernames recorded: User:LornaMCampbell User:Jheald User:Gregjp48 user:Wltictacofalady/User:192.41.131.251 |
16 May 2018 1pm-3pm | 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh. | 4 | 2 | 50% female |
| Wikipedia Editathon - Law and Technology: this editing event was aimed at adding and/or improving legal articles on Wikipedia as part of the WikiProject Law. List of usernames recorded: User:Globetrotter83 User:Kangarooth User:Ddc1991 User:Mafrado |
15 May 2018 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh, Room 1.08, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | 4 | 1 | 100% female |
| (Re)making Middlesbrough: adding content to Wikipedia to improve its coverage of Middlesbrough and the North-East of England List of usernames recorded: User:NicoleDaae User:Natasha Vall User:Svnicholls |
28 April 2018 10:30am-2pm | Teesside University, Teesside University, Tees Valley, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX. | 5 | 5 | 60% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia editing workshop at Teesside University List of usernames recorded: User:pauld1960 User:Septimus18 User:Svnicholls User:Jkfh101 User:v0010333 User:Tikirussy User:Masseyattack User:EIngleby User:v0011488 |
27 April 2018 10:30am-4:30pm | Teesside University Library, Teesside University, Tees Valley, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX | 10 | 9 | 30% female |
| Portobello: People and Places Wikipedia Editathon: adding content to Wikipedia to improve its coverage of the people and places around Portobello. List of usernames recorded: User:Kenbowler User:Sebmelmoth User:Audreyeveriss User:Alice Goldie User:PortyG |
14 April 2018 10am-4:30pm | Portobello Library, 14 Rosefield Avenue,Edinburgh, EH15 1AU. | 7 | 7 | 42.85% female |
| Women in Red Meetup 11: Writing biographies of notable women missing from Wikipedia | 30 March 2018 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.07, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | 0 | 0 | 0% female |
| Drop-in clinic for Translation Studies MSc students List of usernames recorded: User:Loiter9 User:Thegiantelk User:Florasch |
26 March 2018 2pm-3.30pm | Computing Lab 1.02, First floor, 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 3 | 0 | 100% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia editing workshop with the University of Edinburgh Digital Skills team List of usernames recorded: User:Bmcroberts User:DudsDelmas |
13 March 2018 11am-1pm | Edinburgh University Library, Room 1.08, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 2 | 2 | 100% female |
| Suffragette100 for International Women's Day 2018: Writing biographies of notable suffragettes List of attendees |
8 March 2018 1:30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.07, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | 11 | 7 | 90.9% female |
| Vote100 and Women in Medicine editathon for the Festival of Creative Learning 2018: Writing biographies of notable women in medicine and suffragettes List of attendees |
22 February 2018 10pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Teaching Studio LG.07, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh | 16 | 10 | 87.5% female |
| Wikidata Hackathon: the Possibilities are Endless workshop for the Festival of Creative Learning List of usernames recorded: User:DanN085050 User:Muffin19 User:Elsie h User:Mikeridgill User:MinhTriP User:JWMackenzie User:Philbarker User:Zeromonk User:Andmikey User:Benjamin.elo User:Dylanthinnes 192.41.131.250 |
21 February 2018 at 12:30pm-4:30pm | King's Buildings, Teaching Studio 1206C, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Edinburgh | 12 | 10 | 25% female |
| Histropedia: the timeline of everything workshop for the Festival of Creative Learning | 20 February 2018 11:30am-12:30pm and 1.30pm-2.30pm |
King's Buildings, Room 4325C, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Edinburgh | 5 | 5 | 60% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia editing workshop with the University of Edinburgh Digital Skills team | 14 February 2018 11am-1pm | Edinburgh University Library, Room 1.08, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% female |
| Translation Studies MSc - Semester Two workshop List of usernames: User:Jiao Qiu User:Loiter9 User:Thegiantelk User:XUENIUMU User:FrancescaRebecca User:Florasch User:WarburtonBradshaw User:Vegowong5188 User:Yuyvonne |
2 February 2018 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 9 | 0 | 77.77% female |
| Wiki Women in Red monthly meetup: Writing biographies of notable women List of attendees PrometheasOre |
26 January 2018 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DS. | 1 | 0 | 100% female |
| Train the Trainer (practice) workshop List of usernames: User:Skillznthrillz User:Gweduni |
26 January 2018 11:15am-1pm | University of Edinburgh, Meeting Room EW.12, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 0% female |
| Getting Started as a Wikipedia Trainer/Course leader List of usernames: User:Jjohn83 User:Mpatters99 User:Everydaydrifter |
24 January 2018 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh, Room EW.10, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | 3 | 2 | 66.66% female |
| Train the Trainer (practice) workshop with the University of Edinburgh Digital Skills team List of usernames: User:Skillznthrillz |
18 January 2018 2pm-4pm | Edinburgh University Library, Room 1.08, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% female |
| Wiki Women in Red monthly meetup: Writing biographies of notable women List of attendees |
21 December 2017 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DS. | 2 | 0 | 100% female |
| Wikisource workshop List of Attendees: User:Meadows.Lib User:Gweduni User:Abuabid User:Seaston8190 User:Rosaliedobson User:129.215.208.161 User:Mandy Tso |
7 December 2017 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh, Training Room 1.08, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ | 7 | 6 | 71.4% female |
| Wikipedia editing training List of usernames: User:Skillznthrillz User:LMRodger |
4 December 2017 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.08, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 2 | 1 | 50% female |
| Translation Studies MSc Drop-in clinic List of usernames: User:Bunbunbunka130 User:Mimosatree User:Loiter9 User:FrancescaRebecca User:Yiling35 User:YaqiZ User:Florasch |
27 November 2017 2pm-3:30pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 7 | 0 | 100% female |
| Scottish Living Artists 2017 List of Attendees |
24 November 2017 12:30pm-4:45pm | Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market St, Edinburgh EH1 1DF | 10 | 6 | 80% female |
| Lost Literary Edinburgh editathon List of Attendees |
24 November 2017 9:30am-4pm | Computer Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh. | 19 | 15 | 73.68% female |
| Digital Sociology MSc - Introductory Wikipedia workshop List of usernames: User:Hello what's next User:Auselman User:TankTo User:BethArmstrong94 User:State of the resource User:Betty Zhao User:Carol926 User:Sunyiping1993 User:LINYC |
23 November 2017 2pm-3:30pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 9 | 9 | 66.66% female |
| Mass importing witches into Wikidata - workshop for Data Science for Design MSc students List of usernames: User:Tyyyyo User:Zouder1994 User:Chicone1003 User:ZongchengZHU User:Lihongfu1995 User:Rosyshu |
22 November 2017 11:30am-2pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.08, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 6 | 6 | 50% female |
| Translation Studies MSc Drop-in clinic List of usernames: User:Thegiantelk User:XUENIUMU User:X.wen User:FrancescaRebecca User:Fannyvalouis User:SHERRY1991 |
20 November 2017 2pm-3:30pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 6 | 0 | 83% female |
| Translation Studies MSc Drop-in clinic List of usernames: User:Sallymillywang User:Loiter9 User:Thegiantelk User:XUENIUMU User:X.wen User:FrancescaRebecca User:Fannyvalouis |
13 November 2017 2pm-3:30pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 7 | 0 | 57% female |
| Importing the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft into Wikidata | 8 November 2017 12:30pm-3pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.07, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 6 | 6 | 50% female |
| Introduction to Wikidata and Histropedia List of usernames: User:Tyyyyo User:Zouder1994 User:Chicone1003 User:Warriorsiva User:Abuabid User:192.41.131.254 User:ZongchengZHU User:Lihongfu1995 User:129.215.208.164 User:Rosyshu |
8 November 2017 11am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.08, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 10 | 10 | 50% female |
| Translation Studies MSc Drop-in clinic List of usernames: User:Florasch |
6 November 2017 2pm-3:30pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 0 | 100% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia: Editing using the new Visual Editor. MChloe98, Abuabid & K_B_Royer |
2 November 2017 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.08, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 3 | 3 | 66.666% female |
| Black History Month editathon: Writing biographies of incredible women of colour the world should know about with the History Society List of Attendees |
25 October 2017 1pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh, Room 2.36 in William Robertson Wing of Old Medical School, Edinburgh | 7 | 4 | 71.4% female |
| Wiki Women in Red monthly meetup: Writing biographies of notable women List of Attendees |
24 October 2017 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DS. | 3 | 1 | 66.66% female |
| Translation Studies MSc Drop-in clinic List of usernames: User:Yiling35 User:Mimosatree |
23 October 2017 2pm-3:30pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 100% female |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: How to get started with Wikipedia assignments | 19 October 2017 11am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Training room EW.09, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | 2 | 2 | 100% female |
| Ada Lovelace Day 2017: Writing biographies of notable women in STEM List of Attendees |
10 October 2017 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DS. | 16 | 9 | 68.75% female |
| World Christianity MSc assignment - follow up session - Getting started with Wikipedia editing Usernames: Jeremyjoetan, Jonaskurlberg & Nnenwogo |
9 October 2017 4pm-5:20pm | University of Edinburgh School of Divinity,New College, Edinburgh | 3 | 3 | 33.33% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia: Editing using the new Visual Editor. SiegLind, User:Launch.Ed, Yingzhulin, Ccratz2, Carol926 & Dasy1128 |
5 October 2017 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.08, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 6 | 6 | 50% female |
| Translation Studies MSc assignment - Getting started with Translating Wikipedia articles. Usernames | 2 October 2017 1pm-3pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 19 | 19 | 84% female |
| Wiki Women in Red monthly meetup: Writing biographies of notable women List of attendees |
29 September 2017 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DS. | 5 | 3 | 60% female |
| World Christianity MSc assignment - Getting started with Wikipedia editing Usernames |
27 September 2017 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh School of Divinity,New College, Edinburgh | 6 | 5 | 83% female |
| Reproductive Biology Hons. assignment - session two List of Usernames |
27 September 2017 9.30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Teaching Studio LG.07, David Hume Tower Building, Edinburgh | 48 | 48 | 92% female |
| Train the Trainer: Dedicated training session for the Presidents of the Student Translation Society. User:annazhigareva & User:Bluish.butterfly |
26 September 2017 11:30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Business School cafe, 29 Buccleuch Pl, Edinburgh EH8 9JS | 2 | 0 | 100% female |
| Translation Studies MSc assignment - Getting started with Wikipedia editing Usernames |
22 September 2017 1pm-3pm | University of Edinburgh 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 21 | 21 | 81% female |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: How to get started with Wikipedia assignments Attendee: User:Valcatal |
21 September 2017 11am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room 1.08, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 0% female |
| Reproductive Biology Hons. assignment - session one List of Usernames |
20 September 2017 9.30am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Teaching Studio LG.07, David Hume Tower Building, Edinburgh | 50 | 50 | 92% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia: Editing using the new Visual Editor | 11 September 2017 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.08, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 3 | 2 | 0% female |
| Wiki Women in Red monthly meetup: Writing biographies of notable women | 25 August 2017 1pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DS. | 1 | 0 | 100% female |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: How to get started with Wikipedia assignments | 23 August 2017 10:30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Training Room 1.08, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 2 | 2 | 50% female |
| Wiki Women in Red monthly meetup: Writing biographies of notable women | 28 July 2017 12pm-2pm | University of Edinburgh 5th floor boardroom, Edinburgh College of Art, 78 West Port, Edinburgh. | 6 | 4 | 100% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia: Editing using the new Visual Editor | 27 July 2017 10:30am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.08, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 2 | 2 | 50% female |
| Wiki Lore 101 - Intermediate training for University of Edinburgh staff already proficient in Wikipedia editing | 18 July 2017 3pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 100% female |
| The Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference 2017 | 6 July 2017 9pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh. | 53 | n/a | 37% female |
| Introduction to Gaelic: Pre-conference event | 5 July 2017 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. 1.07, Edinburgh University Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | 10 | n/a | 60% female |
| Introduction to Wikidata and SPARQL queries training workshop | 4 July 2017 11am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.11, Argyle House, Edinburgh | 13 | 5 | 53.8% female |
| Teaching with Wikipedia: What do I need to know first? | 30 June 2017 3pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | 3 | 3 | 100% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia: Editing using the new Visual Editor | 30 June 2017 1pm-2:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% female |
| Gamifying Wikimedia workshop at E-learning@Ed 2017 | 28 June 2017 3pm-3:45pm | University of Edinburgh Classroom 7, Hudson Beare building, Edinburgh | 14 | 13 | 64% female |
| Train the Trainer workshop | 23 June 2017 1pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | 3 | 3 | 66.666% female |
| Wikipedia in Translation training workshop | 22 June 2017 4pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | 2 | 2 | 50% female |
| Wikidata and Histropedia training workshop | 22 June 2017 2pm-3:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% female |
| Women in Red Meetup #1 | 9 June 2017 2pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. EW.07, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh. | 5 | 2 | 80% female |
| Getting started with Wikipedia: Editing using the new Visual Editor | 7 June 2017 12pm-1:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room 1.12, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 5 | 5 | 80% female |
| Follow up Workshop for Digital Skills team | 5 June 2017 2:30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 0 | 100% female |
| Wikipedia in Translation training | 19 May 2017 11:30am-12:30pm | University of Edinburgh Room 2.13, 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 0% female |
| International Nurses Day 2017 | 12 May 2017 1pm-3pm | University of Edinburgh Floor H West, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh. | 2 | 0 | 100% female |
| Anthropology and Global Health editathon | 11 May 2017 1pm-4:15pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. EW.09, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | 9 | 7 | 66.66% female |
| Follow up Wikipedia training for the Digital Skills team | 3 May 2017 11:30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. 1.08, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 0 | 100% female |
| Wikidata and Histropedia workshop | 28 April 2017 3pm-4:30pm | University of Edinburgh Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | 5 | 5 | 60% female |
| Train the Trainer workshop for the Digital Skills team | 13 April 2017 12:30pm-5pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. EW.09, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% female |
| Wikipedia drop-in clinic | 15 March 2017 3:30pm-6pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. 1.09, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 3 | 0 | 100% female |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 15 March 2017 11:30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 0% female |
| 'Bragging_Writes' - IWD_2017 Wikipedia editathon | 8 March 2017 12:30pm to 5pm | School of Informatics, Edinburgh | 11 | 7 | 90.9% female |
| Wikipedia drop-in clinic | 1 March 2017 3:30pm-6pm | University of Edinburgh Rm. 1.09, Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 0 | 100% female |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 27 February 2017 11:30am-1pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.12, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 3 | 3 | 66.66% female |
| History of Medicine 2017 Wikipedia editathon | 24 February 12pm to 5pm | Surgeons' Hall Museums, Edinburgh | 22 | 14 | 54.5% female |
| History of Medicine 2017 Wikipedia editathon | 23 February 12pm to 5pm | Surgeons' Hall Museums, Edinburgh | 19 | 8 | 57.9% female |
| Gender, Global Health & Justice Editathon | 21 February 10:30am to 5pm | University of Edinburgh, Rm G.02, 50 George Square. | 6 | 5 | 83.3% female |
| Edinburgh University Translation Society - Wikipedia Translation project | 16 February 5pm to 6.30pm | University of Edinburgh Computing room M2a, 1st floor, Appleton Tower, Edinburgh | 11 | 0 | 90.9% female |
| Edinburgh University Translation Society - Wikipedia Translation project | 9 February 5pm to 6.30pm | University of Edinburgh Computing room M2a, 1st floor, Appleton Tower, Edinburgh | 12 | 12 | 91.66% female |
| Wikipedia Editing Training Workshop | 6 February 2017 12pm-1.30pm | University of Edinburgh Library, Training Room 1.08, 1st floor, 30 George Square, Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 0% female |
| Translation Studies MSc - Wikipedia Translation assignment (Semester Two) | 3 February 2017 2pm-4pm | University of Edinburgh Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | 22 | 0 | 90.9% female |
| Engineering 150 - session one | 11 January 2017 | University of Edinburgh, Fleeming Jenkin Building, King's Buildings. Edinburgh. EH9 3JF | 4 | 2 | 50% female |
| BBC 100 Women editathon at BBC Glasgow | 8 December 2016 | BBC Scotland, Pacific Quay, Glasgow. | 12 | 12 | 91.666% female |
| Wikipedia training at Kings Buildings (Science & Engineering) | 7 December 2016 | University of Edinburgh Kings Buildings | 3 | 2 | 66.666% female |
| Festival of Architecture Wikipedia editathon 2016 | 16 November 2016 | University of Edinburgh, Main Library 'Maker Space', Edinburgh. | 2 | 0 | 50% female |
| Edinburgh Gothic Wikipedia editathon for Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2016 | 12 November 2016 | National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. | 19 | 10 | 63.5% female |
| Women and Religion 2016 Wikipedia editathon | 2 November 2016 | University of Edinburgh Baillie Room, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh. | 14 | 10 | 85.7% female |
| Between the worlds of the living and the dead: Wikipedia editathon for the Gaelic festival of Samhuinn. | 1 November 2016 | University of EdinburghThe Raeburn Room, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh | 8 | 0 | 62.5% female |
| Between the worlds of the living and the dead: Wikipedia editathon for the Gaelic festival of Samhuinn. | 31 October 2016 | University of EdinburghProject Room, 50 George Square, Edinburgh | 14 | 4 | 85.7% female |
| Wikipedia editing training session | 12th October 2016 | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Room LG.07 | 2 | 2 | 50% female |
| Ada Lovelace Day - Women in STEM editathon | 11th October 2016 | University of Edinburgh Training Room 1.12, Main Library, University of Edinburgh | 13 | 7 | 77% female |
| World Christianity MSc training session - Literature review assignment | 5th October 2016 | University of Edinburgh McIntyre Room, New College, Mound Pl, Edinburgh EH1 2LX | 9 | 8 | 44% female |
| Translation Studies MSc - 4000 word translation assignment | 23rd & 30th September 2016 | University of Edinburgh Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square | 30 | 30 | 80% female |
| Reproductive Biomedicine research session for 4th year undergraduates | 21st & 28th September 2016 | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Room LG.07 | 39 | 39 | 100% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 12th September 2016 | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Room LG.07 | 10 | 10 | 80% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 24th August 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library Meeting Room 1.09 | 13 | 13 | 53.8% female |
| Train the Trainer workshop | 23rd August 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library Meeting Room 1.11 | 12 | 0 | 58.3% female |
| Eurostemcell editathon | 20th July 2016 | University of Edinburgh MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine Seminar Room | 9 | 9 | 55.6% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 5th July 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library Meeting Room 1.07 | 2 | 2 | 50% female |
| History of Veterinary Medicine Wikipedia Editathon | 4th July 2016 | University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
9 | 9 | 44.44% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 1st July 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library Training Room 1.12 | 5 | 5 | 40% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 30th June 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library Training Room 1.10 | 8 | 6 | 87.5% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 27th May 2016 | University of Edinburgh Teaching Studio LG.07 David Hume Tower | 8 | 8 | 50% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 26th May 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library Training Room 1.10 | 6 | 6 | 50% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 19th May 2016 | University of Edinburgh TLK, Fleeming Jenkins Building, College of Science & Engineering | 7 | 6 | 28.6% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 28th April 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library Training Room 1.10 | 8 | 5 | 62.5% female |
| Wikipedia Editing training workshop | 26th April 2016 | Edinburgh College of Art Evolution House Computing Lab 2.14 | 5 | 5 | 40% female |
| Women in Espionage editathon for Spy Week 2016 | 14th April 2016 | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building | 5 | 4 | 40% female |
| Women in Espionage editathon for Spy Week 2016 | 13th April 2016 | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building | 9 | 7 | 78% female |
| International Women's Day 2016 editathon | 8th March 2016 | University of Edinburgh Main Library | 4 (1 remotely) | 2 | 100% female |
| Modern Scottish Women 2 - Art and Feminism | 5th March 2016 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 6 | 1 | 83% female |
| History of Medicine editathon series | 18 February 2016 | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building | 14 | 4 | 86% female |
| History of Medicine editathon series | 17 February 2016 | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building | 18 | 8 | 61% female |
| History of Medicine editathon series | 16 February 2016 | University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building | 19 | 11 | 68% female |
| Modern Scottish Women Editathon | 23 January 2016 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | 9 | 7 | 78% female |
Past Wiki Social Meetups
editWiki Meetups are mainly a casual social event where you can expect to meet some very keen Wikipedians. However this is also an open invitation to anyone, of any level of experience, interested in finding out more about Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, projects re-using Wikipedia, and other collaborative wiki projects.
| Event Name | Date | Location | Organiser | Attendees | Event Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiki Meetup in Glasgow | 30 April 2016 3pm-6pm | Mono cafebar, 12 Kings Court, Glasgow | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | 3 | This first event in Glasgow since June 2015 took us to visit the Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre prior to a sit-down coffee & Wiki discussion session round the corner in Mono cafebar. |
| Wiki Meetup in Edinburgh | 5th May 2016 5.15-8pm | The National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) | 5 | This event took us to visit the Plague exhibition prior to a coffee, carrot cake and Wiki discussion in the cafe bar. |
| Wiki Social Meet (Edinburgh) | Thursday 14th July 2016 5.30pm-7.30pm | The Jolly Botanist, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD. | Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence | 5 | Social meetup at the Jolly Botanist. |
| Wiki Social Meet (Glasgow) | Saturday 16th July 2016 4pm-6pm | The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) Upstairs bar/cafe area, 256-260 Morrison Street, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence | 2 | Social meetup at the CCA. |
| ScotWiki Social Meet (Edinburgh) | 30th November 2017 4pm-7:30pm | Levels Cafe and Lounge, 9C Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 8FQ. | Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence | 10 | ScotWiki Social meetup for St. Andrew's Day 2017. |
| The ScotWiki Partners' Meeting held at the University of Edinburgh Library | 10 July 2018 2pm to 5pm | Training Room 1.11, The University of Edinburgh Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ | Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Co-ordinator for Wikimedia UK | 8 approx. | The aim of the first ScotWiki Partners' meeting was to forge closer links between Wiki partnerships in Scotland, to encourage knowledge-sharing, to help the Scotland Programme Coordinator to better understand the Scottish landscape, inform the setting of priorities for Scotland, and ensure partner learning is used as effectively as possible. This was followed by an evening social event open all Scotland-based Wikimedians. |