Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/Conectando editathon 2019

University of Edinburgh edit-a-thon

Booking

To be assured of your place at the event, you can 'book through Event Booking and Eventbrite.

• If a student or staff member of the University of Edinburgh then please book through MyEd here.
• If coming from outside the university then please book through Eventbrite here.

Welcome

Women in Red

Please create an account on Wikipedia if you have not done so as yet.

1. Join the dashboard page for today's workshop.
2. Have a look at our new Histropedia timeline of Women's suffrage in Scotland.
3. Have a look at our Navigation box template we add to the foot of pages about the Scottish suffragettes.
4. There is a draft biography you can look at and use as an exemplar: Jocelyn Bell Burnell or the Mary Blathwayt.
5. Would you like to do more editing after today? There is a WikiProject Women in Red you can join to take part in their monthly themed editing events and we hold in-person Wiki Women in Red editing events at the University of Edinburgh too.

About the event

An exhibition at the University of Edinburgh library is celebrating 100 years of the Spanish Degree at the University of Edinburgh, with items from the archives and collections exploring connections between Scotland and the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds. The exhibition is arranged into five themed sections: Learning; The Student Experience; Journeys; Treasures; and Solidarity (the latter with a particular focus on Chile under Pinochet, and the Spanish Civil War). The exhibition runs until 29th June 2019 and we are holding a guided tour and Wikipedia editing event on Thursday 20th June to mark the occasion and ensure these stories are available to read online.

Full Wikipedia editing training will be given, followed by an editathon that will focus on improving the quality of articles about the university's solidarity with Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Working together with Academic Support librarians, archivists & academic colleagues we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to develop articles covering areas which could stand to be improved; including distinguished Edinburgh alumni, historic locations etc.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and improve the information available online!

We Can Edit

How do I prepare?

• Sign up for the event
• Create a Wikipedia account
• Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
• Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
• Think about what you would like to edit - please prepare some materials to bring with you on the day

Programme

• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Tour of the exhibition by Dr. Fiona Mackintosh, Lecturer in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies.
• 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm: Housekeeping and Welcome from Kirsty MacNab, Exhibitions Officer.
• 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm: Light refreshments.
• 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: Wikipedia training from Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence.
• 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Tea break.
• 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm: EDIT!
• 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm: PUBLISH!

Trainers

Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Hit list of articles to be created or improved

• Link to list of exhibits and their descriptions in the Conectando exhibition.

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

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

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

Articles to be created and improved

This list will be populated with pages to work on to improve or create. But you are more than welcome to suggest a page yourself.

• Nae Pasaran
• Carlos Arredondo (Chilean activist)
• Elizabeth Girling
• Victor Jara
• Dick Gaughan
• Camelia McDonald - Anarchist envoy to the Spanish Civil War from Bellshill. Entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
• Carlos Eduardo Gavito Argentine tango dancer and teacher, whose wife was Scottish. Known for his milonguero dance style.
• George Drever (1910-96)
  • Scottish volunteer with International Brigrades during Spanish Civil War.
  • Sources: Ian MacDougall Voices from the Spanish Civil War [1][2][3][4][5]
• John Dunlop (1915-2006),
  • Scottish volunteer with International Brigrades during Spanish Civil War.
  • Sources: Ian MacDougall Voices from the Spanish Civil War [6][7][8][9][10]
• Annie Cargill Murray (1960-1996)
  • Scottish nurse who was one of the first British volunteers to arrive in Spain on the Republican side during Spanish Civil War.
  • Annie_Murray - Could page be improved?
• Academics for Chile Group
  • UK university group organised to support student and academic refugees from Chile during the regime of Pinochet.
  • Sources: [11][12][13]
• Hamish Henderson
  • Scottish, poet, songwriter, intellectual, co-founder of the School of Scottish Studies, collector of songs.
  • Hamish_Henderson - page identified as needing additional citations.[14][15][16][17][18]
• Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl. Chair of the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief and the Basque Children's Committee.
  • Katharine_Stewart-Murray,_Duchess_of_Atholl Could page be improved?
• Fado Guitar / Music
  • Fado- Could page be improved?[19][20]
• Machête guitar
  • Machete_(musical_instrument) Could page be improved? [21][22][23][ https://discovered.ed.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_oxford_reference10.1093%2Facref%2F9780199579037.013.1222&context=PC&vid=44UOE_VU2&lang=en_US&search_scope=default_scope&adaptor=primo_central_multiple_fe&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,Mach%C3%AAte%20guitar&offset=0]
• James Cavanah Murphy. Creator of The Arabic Antiquities of Spain
• James_Cavanah_Murphy - Could page be improved?[24][25][26][27]
• Cândido Mendes de Almeida (1818-81)
  • Cândido_Mendes_de_Almeida - Could page be improved?
• Cielito lindo song
  • Cielito_Lindo - Could page be improved?

Music

• Mario Caribe

People

• Bob Fulton (engineer)
• Felipe Bustos Sierra
• John Keenan (engineer)
• Robert Somerville (engineer)
• Stuart Barrie (engineer)

Use the PrepBio tool

• The PrepBio tool is very handy for creating stub entries on Wikipedia using the structured data information in Wikidata.
• Employed by Edinburgh University list
• Women educated at the University of Edinburgh with no Wiki article
• Women born in Edinburgh
• Women who died in Edinburgh
• Women employed by Edinburgh University without an article

Sources

• Wikipedia is a tertiary resource, which relies upon secondary sources. Wikipedia is not a place for original research.
• For more guidance on the use of sources, see this guide here.
• We will provide a variety of reference books on the day.
• Editors will also have access to some University of Edinburgh e-resources.
• Search for articles on Google Scholar
• Try the Wikipedia Library's list of free resources
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• The Hathi Trust Digital Library - 100s of novels & other assorted texts
• Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search).
• Images from Edinburgh University's collections - http://images.is.ed.ac.uk/
• Images from the Roslin Institute Collection - http://images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/UoEgal~6~6

Suggested sources:

General

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

News sources

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

Theses databases

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

Outcomes - New pages created

To be determined.

What can I do after the event?

Join us for the event!

You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:

• Video tutorials
• Instructional videos on using Wikipedia

Participants - Sign Up Here!

Prior to the event:

1. RSVP: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
2. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?

   No? Create a Wikipedia account

   Yes? Go to Step #2

3. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
   

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!

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