[Wikimediauk-l] Join us for our 60th Wikipedia monthly workshop

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hi folks,

Apologies for cross-posting...

This Friday 29th April (1-5pm) marks our 60th monthly Wikipedia ‘Women in Red’ 
meetup! You can read about 5 years’ of the University of Edinburgh’s Wikipedia 
editing work tackling gender bias online in this  new open access book: 
Wikipedia and Academic 
Libraries

“You and your students can dramatically affect the most popular and important 
reference work in the world”

Editing will be on creating new pages about the women missing from our search 
results as currently only 19.23% of biographies on English Wikipedia are about 
women but you’re also more than welcome to edit on any subject e.g. recent new 
pages inc. Raptor persecution 
and the Loch Lomond 
Wanderer.


  *   Training for any new or less experienced editors will take place from 
1pm-2:15pm, and then you can apply these valuable new digital research skills 
by writing new articles of 50-100 words (or more) which we’ll publish by the 
end of the afternoon.  An excellent CPD opportunity 😊


  *   Come for the initial training at 1pm and stay as long as you like to 
experience how fun, satisfying and tangibly impactful it is to contribute to 
the knowledge freely available online via the 8th most visited site in the UK, 
and 9th most visited globally (rankings by Alexa).

Eventbrite signup here:  
tinyurl.com/WikiWorkshop29April

NB: Yes, anyone can edit but you have to cite what you write and editing 
Wikipedia inside or outside the curriculum is a free and impactful way of 
improving the information available online to improve global understanding of 
topics and make for a more inclusive and representative internet. Quick facts 
about Wikipedia at 21 years 
old.

Current projects supported by the Wikimedia residency.

  *   Digital Volunteering with 
Wikipedia
 – the Edinburgh Award.
  *   Improving LGBT History, Gender History and Black History online – current 
Student Experience Grant project.
  *   Improving the Map of Accused Witches in 
Scotland – new internships this Summer.
  *   Adding images of Islamic Art to 
Wikipedia
 – Dr. Glaire Anderson, History of Art UG programme.
  *   Global Health Challenges Pg 
Online
 – improving topic coverage of natural & manmade disasters.
  *   5 new case studies to be added to our Wikimedia in UK education 
booklet.
  *   5 Wikimedia related podcast episodes in the Teaching Matters 
series

Feel free to attend on Friday and feel free to suggest future collaborations. 
The Wikimedia residency is a free Information Services resource available to 
all staff and students. Curious? Here’s our 
website
 and a 7 min video<7%20min%20video%20on%20how%20to%20write%20an%20article.> on 
how to write a Wikipedia page which our student intern won an Open Education 
Global award 
for, among other brilliant work on making Wikipedia’s how & why easier to 
engage with in Higher Education.

Best wishes,

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Website for the 
residency
 and Map of Accused Witches site
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk  Blog: WiR 
blog
Tel: 07867 593450Subscribe to the Scotwiki mailing 
list
My working hours are 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page: 
Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
Media Hopper channel: Videos and video 
tutorials
YouTube: Wikimedian in Residence 
channel
Wikimedia in Education: New booklet of UK Case 
Studies
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[Wikimediauk-l] Digital Skills Festival: Wikipedia #KnowledgeActivism in Scotland - 24 May 12-1pm

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

There is still time to book a place to join us Monday lunchtime 12-1pm for a 
celebration of Wikipedia #KnowledgeActivism in Scotland!
This event for the University of Edinburgh’s Digital Skills Festival discusses 
the efforts of the ScotWiki community and 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.
Volunteer editors (staff, students and members of the public) over the last 5 
years have helped address content online that was missing, skewed or less than 
fulsome. Particularly where Scotland had a rich story to tell.
Line-up of speakers

  *   5 years of Wikipedia in teaching & learning at the University of 
Edinburgh: condensing course programmes and projects the Wikimedia residency 
has been involved in supporting inc. Witches; Suffragettes; The Edinburgh Seve; 
Global health; Islamic Art; Scotland, Slavery and Black History and more - Ewan 
McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence)
  *   Wikipedia and the gender gap - Sarah Lappin, President of the University 
of Edinburgh Women in STEM society, will outline her motivations and the 
outcomes of the editing events she organised this year.
  *   Representing the History of HIV and AIDS activism on Wikipedia - Lorna 
Campbell, OER Service at University of Edinburgh, discuss the collaboration 
with HIV Scotland to improve Wikipedia pages related to the history of HIV 
awareness and activism in Scotland.
  *   Wikimedia in Scotland projects, and Scots Wikipedia  - Dr. Sara Thomas, 
Scotland Programme Co-ordinator at Wikimedia UK, will outline the brilliant  
projects taking place throughout Scotland to address knowledge gaps online and 
the work being done by a group of volunteers to improve Scots Wikipedia.
  *   Making Wikipedia easier to learn and engage with, a student perspective - 
Hannah Rothmann, Classics undergraduate, will outline how and why she spent 
lockdown creating easy-to-follow 'how to edit' videos so that anyone at any 
university can contribute to Wikipedia.
  *   Wikimedia UK and the road ahead - Lucy Crompton-Reid, CEO at Wikimedia 
UK, will outline some of the work being supported by the charity and the road 
ahead for work in the UK as we navigate our way through the post-pandemic world.
This is a free event, open to all.
Full details of the event can be found on 
Eventbrite,
 where you can book a place and receive the Zoom webinar invite. More details 
about Wikipedia supporting teaching and learning at the University of Edinburgh 
(along with student-created ‘how to edit’ resources) can be found on our IS 
Skills 
website.
very best,


Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Website for the 
residency
 and Map of Accused Witches site
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk  Blog: WiR 
blog
Tel: 07867 593450Subscribe to the Scotwiki mailing 
list
My working hours are 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page: 
Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
Media Hopper channel: Videos and video 
tutorials
YouTube: Wikimedian in Residence 
channel
Wikimedia in Education: New booklet of UK Case 
Studies
Join Wikimedia in Scotland 
events and UoE 
events.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Conectando Wikipedia event - Thurs 20 June - Scottish Encounters with Spanish & Portuguese

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,


This is a free event open to all, organised in collaboration with the 
University of Edinburgh's Centre of Research Collections and SPLAS (Spanish, 
Portuguese and Latin American Studies).


'Conectando' Wikipedia 
event
 - University of Edinburgh Library, 20 June
Scottish Encounters with Spanish & Portuguese

The exhibition's final pick of some 60 objects includes Galician bagpipes, 
Portuguese epic poetry, Catalan metaphysics, Spanish Civil War testimonies and 
Chilean solidarity through political song...

This free event includes:

  *   a Guided Tour of the Conectando 
exhibition
 at the University of Edinburgh Main Library and
  *   a Wikipedia editing event afterwards in the Digital Scholarship Centre 
upstairs to celebrate the many Scottish connections with the Spanish and 
Portuguese speaking worlds in art, literature, music, people and politics.

>From artists seeking inspiration, to musical instruments, to volunteers who 
>fought in the Spanish Civil War, and 
>Rolls-Royce workers in 
>Scotland, who refused to work on 
>Chilean Air Force parts from 
>1974-78 due to the atrocities carried out in 
>Chile by the Pinochet 
>dictatorship,
> join us to learn a new digital skill and help share these stories with the 
>world; building understanding and solidarity.

Includes full training and refreshments. Book your place 
here.

More upcoming events:

  *   Women in Red editing 
event,
 adding more inspirational women to Wikipedia - Fri 28 June.
  *   Feminist Writers editing event with guest talk by Professor Liz Stanley 
-
 Wed 10 July


Hope you can join us.

All best,

Ewan McAndrew
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[Wikimediauk-l] Women in STEM, Feminist Writers and Conectando - Wikipedia editing events this Summer

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,



We have a number of exciting Wikipedia editing events coming up in Edinburgh 
this Summer which are free to attend and open to all! Please disseminate to 
interested colleagues in your networks as appropriate.



  *   31 May - Women in Red editing 
workshop
 at University of Edinburgh Library. Monthly editing workshop open to all with 
a special focus on creating new biographies of inspirational women missing from 
the free and open online encyclopedia.
  *   5 June - Young Academy Scotland editing 
event
 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Creating new entries for female fellows of 
the RSE and celebrating Women in STEM.
  *   20 June - Conectando: Scottish Encounters with Spanish & 
Portuguese
 (inc. Tour of exhibition). Celebrating 100 years of the Spanish Degree at the 
University of Edinburgh, this exhibition and editing event 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).
  *   10 July - Feminist Writers editing 
event
 at the Chrystal Macmillan Building, Edinburgh. Guest talk from Liz Stanley and 
a focus on feminist writers, their works and the Olive Schreiner archive. 
Booking to open shortly so please save the date.



Find out more:

  *   about Wikipedia at 18 years 
old
 and the Wikimedia Residency at University of 
Edinburgh.
  *   our video channel on Media 
Hopper
 and video about the 
residency.
  *   our presentation at the recent LILAC Information Literacy 
conference.
  *   the Times Higher Education article: Teaching intelligence: putting 
Wikipedia at the heart of a 
class
 - Like it or not, Wikipedia is used by students around the world – so 
academics should teach them how to use it, writes Caroline Ball.

 "It is amazing that humanity has managed to produce Wikipedia.

Somebody recently said "You know what? For all of the defending of the open net 
and the open web, it would have been worth it if we just got Wikipedia."

- Sir Tim Berners-Lee, 29 May 2018 giving his Turing Award lecture in 
Amsterdam.



Best wishes,



Ewan McAndrew




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[Wikimediauk-l] International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear all,


The University of Edinburgh's Information Services Group are celebrating 
International Women’s Day on 8th March by renaming the Boardroom in Argyle 
House after Brenda Moon, the first woman to head up a research university 
library when she was Librarian here at the University of Edinburgh in the 1980s 
and 90s. Brenda played a major role in bringing the University into the digital 
age, as Edinburgh became the first major university library in the UK to tackle 
and deliver a computer-based service.



Two events will coincide with the launch of the Brenda Moon Room: our 
Wikimedian in Residence will be hosting a Wikipedia-editing session for staff, 
students and friends of the University to create Wikipedia entries for notable 
women currently missing from the encyclopaedia site, and at the Main Library, 
LTW Equality and Diversity Images Intern Francesca Vavotici will be hosting a 
‘Sketch-a-thon’ using images from the Centre for Research Collections’ Special 
Collections. All artistic abilities welcome!



Wikipedia Editathon – Women of Edinburgh:

This event is open to staff, students and friends of the University and is an 
opportunity to help add more notable women associated with Edinburgh to 
Wikipedia, where only 18% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about 
women.



Time: 11:00am – 5pm

Venue: Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh EH3 9DR



More info and booking link here: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/International_Women%27s_Day_2019

Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/International Women's Day 
2019
en.wikipedia.org
Booking. Booking is not yet open but please save the date.; What do I need? 
Please bring a laptop as desktop computers will not be provided. You can also 
Create a Wikipedia account ahead of the event.. About the event. Join us to 
celebrate lives & contributions of the suffragettes and all the incredible 
women missing from Wikipedia!





Sketch-a-thon:

Learn about the lives of some of the incredible women in the archives of the 
Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh, while putting 
your creative side to use in a relaxed learning environment!



This event will enable you to portray the work of pioneering women through a 
series of fun, fast-paced challenges that will help you flex your sketching 
muscles and experiment with daring colour-combinations, silly caricatures and 
speedy doodles. No drawing experience is necessary to join us, and all students 
and staff are welcome. Materials will be provided, but please do feel free to 
bring your own coloured pencils or felt-tip pens if you wish.



More info and booking link here: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-womens-day-sketchathon-tickets-55208621473?fbclid=IwAR2krJRic9Q0qPV3GUtDni2Qr4fNXW0ww5yvhmhawQvPIKNyqqC1QESBEuA





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[Wikimediauk-l] St. Andrew's Day #Vote100 event at the new Digital Scholarship Centre at University of Edinburgh's Centre for Research Collections

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear all,



Please disseminate to interested colleagues as appropriate. This event is free 
and open to all.



Scotland's suffragettes: a St. Andrew's Day Wikipedia editathon for Vote100



1.30pm-5.30pm on Friday 30th November 2018.


Join us to celebrate the lives & contributions of the Scottish suffragettes! 
This free event accompanies a new hybrid exhibition at the University of 
Edinburgh's Centre for Research Collections and is part of 2018’s celebration 
of one hundred years since the Representation of the People Act 
(1918) 
came into force and women were finally given the right to vote.


With guest speaker, Rachel Hosker (Archives Manager at the University of 
Edinburgh), this St. Andrew's Day event in the brand new Digital Scholarship 
Centre is an opportunity to see archival material about Scotland's suffragettes 
and a chance to learn about & celebrate the role these notable women have 
played in the campaign for Votes for Women through writing & illustrating 
Wikipedia articles & timelines for others to discover all about them. Full 
training is provided.


Book here 



Hope to see you there.



Very best,



Ewan





Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

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The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Outstanding invoice

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Afternoon,



Could you please advise if the payment on this invoice has been done?

Thank you and have a wonderful day!

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[Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh Gothic - a Robert Louis Stevenson Day event at the University of Edinburgh this November

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear all,

Apologies for cross posting. Please can you disseminate to interested 
colleagues as appropriate.

The University of Edinburgh have organised the following free event open to all 
which you are cordially invited to attend. Take a walk on the macabre side of 
Edinburgh this Autumn!

  *   13 November: Edinburgh Gothic event for Robert Louis Stevenson 
Day
The morning session comprises three scintillating talks from Edinburgh 
Gothicists and guests from Sheffield University’s Centre for the History of the 
Gothic aimed at reconceptualising current understandings of Gothic fiction:

 *   Lauren Nixon and Mary Going – the History of doubling in the Gothic.
 *   Robyn Pritzker – The wild gothic tales of Fanny Stevenson.
 *   Vicki Madden – Shirley Jackson and American Gothic fiction.
  *   Full training will be given for our afternoon Gothic Wikipedia 
editathon
 (and data hack) on Gothic art, architecture, literature and Lost Literary 
Women.

Book 
here
 or via the Facebook event 
page.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater 
understanding & appreciation of Gothic. Take a walk on the macabre side this 
Autumn.

Very best,

Ewan

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Subscribe to the mailing list: 
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My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
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[Wikimediauk-l] The #Vote100 Wikipedia editathon NEEDS YOU - We've moved!

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

Please disseminate to interested colleagues as appropriate – this event is open 
to all.

We’ve moved our #Vote100 Wikipedia editing event to the 
University of Edinburgh’s central campus and the Teaching Studio LG.07 at David 
Hume Tower Building. The event is part of the Festival of Creative Learning and 
2018’s celebration of one hundred years since the Representation of the People 
Act (1918) 
came into force and women were finally given the right to vote, almost fifty 
years after the Edinburgh Seven fought for and won the right to train and 
practice as doctors. #Vote100 #FCL18
Festival of Creative Learning events – Free and open to all!


  1.  #Vote100 Wikipedia editing event (22 February 
2018).
  2.  Wikidata 
Hackathon
 – Learn how to edit Wikipedia’s most exciting sister project (21 Feb).
  3.  Histropedia 
workshops
 – create bespoke visually dynamic 
timelines
 in minutes (20 Feb).

This email is to invite you take part in the event where you can learn how to 
edit, meet supportive colleagues, have refreshments and help address 
Wikipedia’s systemic bias by publishing a new article of your choice about a 
suffragette, a notable women in medicine or any of the incredible women missing 
from Wikipedia e.g. Bessie Watson, the Scottish child suffragette and 
piper. More 
suggestions for pages to edit are very welcome.

Bring a friend, bring two! We have a very large room, food and drink and lots 
of pages to create. No editing experience necessary, full training will be 
provided and it’s super easy (& fun) to do.

Only 17.39% of biographies on Wikipedia are about notable women so there are a 
great many notable women missing (both historic and contemporary) from 
Wikipedia and from Google’s top search results.

I hope you can find time to attend as we could greatly use your support.

Best wishes,

Ewan

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
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My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
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[Wikimediauk-l] #Vote100 and Women in Medicine - Wikipedia events in 2018

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

During the University of Edinburgh’s Festival of Creative Learning (19-23 
February 2018), we will be 
holding a Women in Medicine Wikipedia editing event as part of 2018’s 
celebration of one hundred years since the Representation of the People Act 
(1918) 
came into force and women were finally given the right to vote, almost fifty 
years after the Edinburgh Seven fought for and won the right to train and 
practice as doctors. #Vote100 #FCL18

Festival of Creative Learning events – Free and open to all!


  1.  #Vote100 and Women in Medicine – Wikipedia editing event (22 February 
2018).
  2.  Wikidata 
Hackathon
 – Learn how to edit Wikipedia’s most exciting sister project (21 Feb).
  3.  Histropedia 
workshops
 – create bespoke visually dynamic timelines in minutes (20 Feb).

Only 17.39% of biographies on Wikipedia are about notable women so there are a 
great many notable women in medicine missing (both historic and contemporary) 
from Wikipedia and from Google’s search results. More 
suggestions
 for pages to edit are very welcome and the Royal College of Physicians’ recent 
Women in Medicine 
exhibition may give some 
ideas too.

No editing experience necessary as learning how to edit is super easy. Full 
training (and refreshments) will be given and you are free to edit whichever 
page you would like to contribute. Alice White from the Wellcome Library will 
also be joining us.

Join us to celebrate the lives and contributions of women in medicine and help 
us create new role models for young & old alike! All welcome!

Date for your diary!

This International Women’s Day (8th March 2018) we will also be holding a 
Wikipedia editing event to celebrate #Vote100 as an important milestone on the 
road to universal franchise. Details to be confirmed but please free to email 
me if you have suggestions or would be interested in attending.

Very best regards,

Ewan

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
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My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
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The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Art and Literature - Wikimedia events in Edinburgh this semester

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

Please disseminate this ‘open’ invitation to interested colleagues in your 
networks as appropriate. So much information is missing from the world’s #1 
information site!

We would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating & surfacing our 
brilliant Scottish artists and authors on 24 November. All welcome. After all, 
art & literature is no trivial pursuit.


1.   Scottish Living Artists – Friday 17th November at 10am Neil 
Lebeter, Art Collections Curator and Deputy Head of Museums will bring out a 
selection of Jonathan 
Owen’s artwork. Neil will 
give an insight into Jonathan’s work and processes, as well as how the work is 
acquired by the University. Places are limited, please ensure you email 
designinformat...@ed.ac.uk if you would like 
to come to this bonus event.

2.   Lost Literary Edinburgh – 24 November In this event for the Being 
Human 
festival
 (video) celebrating research in 
the humanities we’ll be creating and improving Wikipedia pages for neglected or 
overlooked authors. Visit bit.ly/LostEdinburgh to 
see the lng list of missing but brilliant authors we need help with. How 
many have you read? Come for half a day (morning or afternoon) or stay for the 
whole day! Free lunch too!

3.   Scottish Living Artists editathon – 24 November In celebration of 
the Jacqueline Donachie exhibition, participants at the Fruitmarket Gallery 
have a unique chance to receive a tour of the exhibition & contribute content 
to the Wikipedia pages of some of Scotland’s most prominent living artists. 
Visit bit.ly/ScottishLivingArtists for 
more info.

4.   Wiki Meetup – St. Andrew’s Day – 30 November: Join us for an 
informal social meetup for Wikipedia editors (& would-be editors). All are 
welcome to join us for an informal Wiki meetup for St. Andrew’s Day at one of 
Edinburgh’s cosiest cafes. If you have ever edited Wikipedia or ever wanted to 
find out more about what is all about then this is the meetup for you. More 
details here.

Open Data – Wikidata as the central hub of structured linked open (political) 
data
· MySociety’s EveryPolitician 
project
 are appealing for people to hold Wikidata workshops for Global Legislative 
Openness 
Week
 (GLOW) from November 20-30 to add political data which can allow research & 
investigations to better hold politicians to account. If you are interested in 
participating then do let me know by return email. (NB: A working title could 
be “It’s my (political) party and I’ll cry if I want to.”)

Open Images: Help us add 2,100 pics of Scotland’s listed buildings & monuments 
to Wikipedia on 23 November.
· 2,100 images of Scotland’s listed buildings & monuments were shared for 
the recent Wiki Loves Monuments competition. From 11am to 1pm on Thursday 23rd 
November, you can join us in an informal Wiki to add these images to better 
illustrate relevant Wikipedia pages for anyone to share & reuse. Visit 
bit.ly/ScotPics to see the new images and click here to 
see the winners of the UK 
competition.
 Email me at ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk if you would 
like to lend a hand.
Open Books – Join us at the Wikisource 
workshop
 on 7 December to share the joy of reading!

  *   Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes is a travel book written by Robert Louis 
Stevenson, who had his 
birthday on Monday. It was first published in 1878 as "a 
paean to his birthplace" and was his 
second published book. It has now been transcribed to 
Wikisource, the free 
digital library, for others to enjoy and has been viewed 750 times since 
January 2017 when it was uploaded & linked to the Wikipedia page for 
Edinburgh, 1 
click away. It also, as of today, has its own Wikipedia 
page so people can 
better discover all about this work which “To the Scot, it ought to be a sort 
of Bible.” How many other brilliant texts could be transcrib

[Wikimediauk-l] Love books? You'll love our Lost Literary Edinburgh editathon

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hi,

We would be delighted if you could join us for the Lost Literary Edinburgh 
editathon on 24 November 2017, part of the AHRC-funded ‘Being Human’ festival.

Many famous authors have made Edinburgh their setting and subject. But it’s 
also a place rich in voices and stories that are now just the faintest of 
echoes around its streets and tenements.

The AhRC-funded LitLong app and web resource recovers some of these lives and 
stories, giving them back to the city and its readers. But LitLong users rely 
on the common store of knowledge built up elsewhere online, so in this event 
we’ll be adding to that store by creating and improving Wikipedia pages for 
neglected or overlooked authors in the LitLong database.

Full training will be given. New editors very welcome. Visit 
bit.ly/LostEdinburgh for more details and do have a look at our list of authors 
we are seeking to create Wikipedia pages for.

How many have you read & enjoyed?

Hope you can join us to help recognise their contribution to literature.

Ewan

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[Wikimediauk-l] We would love you to join us for our Scottish Living Artists editathon - 24 November

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hi,

Scotland’s vibrant art scene is not currently adequately reflected on 
Wikipedia, the globe’s largest information source. In celebration of the 
Jacqueline Donachie exhibition, on 24th November 2017, participants at the 
Scottish Contemporary Artists editathon have a unique chance to contribute 
content to the Wikipedia pages of some of Scotland’s most prominent living 
artists.
You will receive a tour of the exhibition, training on how to edit Wikipedia 
pages and the kind of resources that are best to use when editing, and be 
provided with access to materials from the libraries of the Fruitmarket Gallery 
and Edinburgh College of Art.
Find out more about the event at bit.ly/ScottishLivingArtists. You will find a 
list of the artists that have been identified that need additional information, 
however please contact 
designinformat...@ed.ac.uk if you have 
further suggestions about artists to be included.
In addition, on Friday 17th November at 10am Neil Lebeter, Art Collections 
Curator and Deputy Head of Museums will lead a unique visit to the University 
of Edinburgh’s Collections where he will bring out a selection of Jonathan 
Owen’s work, whose entry is on the list to be edited on the 24th. Neil will 
give an insight into Jonathan’s work and processes, as well as how the work is 
acquired by the University.

Places are limited so don’t delay if you would like to join us!

Best wishes,

Ewan


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The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Invitation to a Wiki Meetup for St. Andrew's Day - 30 November

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hi,


Join us for an informal social meetup for Wikipedia editors (& would-be 
editors).

All are welcome to join us for an informal Wiki meetup for St. Andrew’s Day at 
one of Edinburgh’s cosiest cafes. If you have ever edited Wikipedia or ever 
wanted to find out more about what is all about then this is the meetup for 
you. Come join us to discuss & celebrate the sharing of Open Knowledge as part 
of a growing Wikimedia Alba community!

Attendees confirmed already: Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence for the 
University of Edinburgh. Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish 
Libraries and Information Council. Susan Ross, Gaelic Wikipedian in Residence 
at the National Library of Scotland. Lucas Agustín Reynoso, volunteer with 
Wikimedia Argentina for 6 years and new member of Wikimedia UK.

Come join us at Levels Cafe on Holyrood Road, Edinburgh 4-7pm on 30 November 
2017. #TheLionRampant #WikiAvengersAssemble.
https://attending.io/events/wiki-meetup-st-andrew-s-day

All welcome. No Wiki experience necessary. Hope to see you then.

Best wishes,

Ewan

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The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Black History Month, Women in Red, Scottish Living Artists and Lost Literary Edinburgh

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear all,

Please feel free to join us at the below events or disseminate to interested 
colleagues in your networks.

We have a number of events happening over the Autumn/Winter period that are all 
now live for booking and you are more than welcome to attend any or all of them.

October

  *   24 - Women in Red 
meetup
 to correct systemic bias on Wikipedia. Argyle House, Edinburgh.
  *   25 - Black History month 
editathon
 - directly engage in history to increase the representation of women of colour 
on Wikipedia. Old Medical School, University of Edinburgh.

November

  *   24 - Scottish Living Artists 
edit-a-thon.
 Scotland’s vibrant art scene is not currently adequately reflected on 
Wikipedia, the globe’s largest information source. Fruitmarket Gallery, 
Edinburgh.
  *   24 - Lost Literary 
Edinburgh
 - A Wikipedia edit-a-thon creating and improving pages for neglected or 
overlooked authors in Edinburgh’s long literary history. Part of the Being 
Human festival. 50 George Square, Edinburgh.

December
·   21 - Women in Red 
meetup
 to correct systemic bias on Wikipedia. Argyle House, Edinburgh.

Best wishes,

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Subscribe to the mailing list: wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk
My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Black History Month, Archaeology, Scottish Contemporary Artists and Edinburgh's literary past

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear all,

Please feel free to join us at the below events or disseminate to interested 
colleagues in your networks.

We have a number of events happening over the Autumn/Winter period that are all 
now live for booking and you are more than welcome to attend any or all of 
them. The first event is this very Friday so please do come along to support 
the first editathon event for the new Wikimedia residency at SLIC (the Scottish 
Library & Information Council).

October

  *   6 - Hidden Gems 
Editathon
 celebrating the six UNESCO world heritage sites in Scotland. Edinburgh Central 
Library. 1st event of the new SLIC residency
  *   10 - Ada Lovelace Day 
2017
 celebrating Women in STEM and the 19 British women chemists who petitioned the 
Chemical Society for admittance in 
1904. King’s 
Buildings, University of Edinburgh.
  *   24 - Women in Red 
meetup
 to correct systemic bias on Wikipedia. Argyle House, Edinburgh.
  *   25 - Black History month 
editathon
 - directly engage in history to increase the representation of women of colour 
on Wikipedia. Old Medical School, University of Edinburgh.

November

  *   24 - Scottish Living Artists edit-a-thon. Scotland’s vibrant art scene is 
not currently adequately reflected on Wikipedia, the globe’s largest 
information source. Fruitmarket Gallery, 
Edinburgh
  *   24 - Lost Literary 
Edinburgh
 - A Wikipedia edit-a-thon creating and improving pages for neglected or 
overlooked authors in Edinburgh’s long literary history. Part of the Being 
Human festival. 50 George Square, Edinburgh
Now that September has come to an end, we have also now accumulated a record 
breaking 2100 newly uploaded 
images
 of Scotland’s historic listed buildings and monuments from 2017’s Wiki Loves 
Monuments competition including some 
fabulous pictures by Wikimedia UK trustee and OER Liaison at the University of 
Edinburgh, Lorna 
Campbell.

Once inserted into relevant Wikipedia 
pages
 in the 295 different language Wikipedias, these openly-licensed images will be 
introduced to a global audience of millions to view, share and reuse. As 
evidenced in this year’s State of Creative Commons 
report (which we’re enormously pleased 
features an obscure 17th century map of Iceland shared by the university).

Many thanks to all who took part & helped document our cultural heritage this 
year.

Best wishes,

Ewan


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Ada Lovelace Day at the University of Edinburgh - Don't miss out on your Periodic Table cupcake!

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,
Ada Lovelace Day 2017
The University of Edinburgh’s 2017 Ada Lovelace Day 
event takes place on Tuesday 10 
October; celebrating women in Science, Engineering, Technology and Maths (STEM) 
as part of an international celebration day.

The sessions are free, open to all and are live for 
booking
 for only a short time longer. The event is being held at the James Clerk 
Maxwell 
Building
 and this year there is a special focus on Women in Chemistry and the 19 
petitioners to the Royal Society of Chemistry in 
1904.  
Consequently, Periodic Table 
cupcakes will be 
available throughout the day but don’t wait till they’re all gone!

Booking your place is as easy as 1,2,3 come to one, two or all three 
sessions!
·   11am to 2pm: Talks and Fun Science/Tech 
activities
 (graphene knitting, origami crystallography, metadata games, Histropedia 
timelines, make music from DNA sequences with Sonic Pi)
·  2pm to 5pm: a Women in STEM Wikipedia 
editathon
 to create fab new role models for young and old alike while polishing off the 
remaining cupcakes. Full training given.
·  5pm to 6:15pm: Film screening of A Chemical 
Imbalance followed by a panel 
discussion with Professor Polly 
Arnold,
 Professor Jane 
Norman 
and Dr. Carole 
Morrison 
discussing the issues raised by the film; namely the low participation of Women 
in STEM fields and equality in the workplace.
Find out more here. Can’t make 
it? We also hold monthly Women in Red editing 
events
 where you can learn how to edit in a supportive environment.
Hope to see you there.

Best wishes,

Ewan

Ewan McAndrew
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The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Two weeks until Ada Lovelace Day 2017 - Don't miss out on your Periodic Table cupcake!

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,
Ada Lovelace Day 2017
The University of Edinburgh’s 2017 Ada Lovelace Day 
event event takes place on 
Tuesday 10 October; celebrating women in Science, Engineering, Technology and 
Maths (STEM).

The sessions are free, open to all and are now live for 
booking.
 The event is being held at the James Clerk Maxwell 
Building
 and this year there is a special focus on Women in Chemistry and the 19 
petitioners to the Royal Society of Chemistry in 
1904.  
Consequently, Periodic Table 
cupcakes will be 
available throughout the day but don’t wait till they’re all gone!

Booking your place is as easy as 1,2,3 come to one, two or all three 
sessions!
·   11am to 2pm: Talks and Fun Science/Tech 
activities.
 (Book your 
place).
·  2pm to 5pm: a Women in STEM Wikipedia 
editathon
 to create fab new role models for young and old alike while polishing off the 
remaining cupcakes. Full training given. (Book your 
place).
·  5pm to 6:15pm: Film screening of A Chemical 
Imbalance followed by a panel 
discussion with Professor Polly 
Arnold,
 Professor Jane 
Norman 
and Dr. Carole 
Morrison 
discussing the issues raised by the film; namely the low participation of Women 
in STEM fields and equality in the workplace. (Book your 
place)
Find out more here. Can’t make 
it? We also hold monthly Women in Red editing 
events
 where you can learn how to edit in a supportive environment. Full list of 
upcoming events 
here.
Hope to see you there.

Best wishes,

Ewan

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
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My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Invitation to take part in Ada Lovelace Day 2017

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

Invitation to Ada Lovelace Day 2017

The University of Edinburgh’s Information Services team would like to invite 
you our 2017 Ada Lovelace Day 
event on Tuesday 10 October: 
celebrating Women in STEM. The sessions are free, open to all and are now live 
for 
booking.
 The event is being held at the James Clerk Maxwell Building and this year 
there is a special focus on Women in Chemistry and the 19 petitioners to the 
Royal Society of Chemistry in 
1904.
·   11am to 2pm: Talks and Fun Science/Tech activities. (Book your 
place).
·   2pm to 5pm: a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create/improve pages on Women in 
STEM while indulging in Ida 
Freund’s Periodic 
Table cupcakes. 
(Book your 
place).
·  5pm to 6:15pm: Film screening of A Chemical 
Imbalance and panel discussion chaired 
by Anne-Marie Scott with Professor Polly 
Arnold,
 Professor Jane 
Norman 
and Dr. Carole 
Morrison. 
(Book your 
place).
Find out more here. Can’t make 
it? We also hold monthly Women in Red editing 
events
 where you can learn how to edit in a supportive environment Full list of 
upcoming events 
here.
Wiki Loves Monuments 2017.

Before that, the world’s largest photo competition, Wiki Loves 
Monuments, takes place during the whole 
of September. Share your high quality pics of listed buildings and monuments to 
Wikimedia Commons and 
help preserve our cultural heritage online. After days out, weekend breaks and 
holidays at home & abroad, there will be gigabytes of pics taken in recent 
months and years. These could remain on your memory card or be shared to 
Commons and help illustrate 
Wikipedia
 for the benefit of all. Entry is free and the best pics will win a 
prize.

Aside from being great fun, Wiki Loves Monuments is a way of capturing a 
snapshot of our nation’s cultural heritage for future generations and 
documenting our country’s most important historic sites. See the 
rules and how to 
enter. The WikiShootMe  
tool also helps identify places local 
to you requiring images.

The Wikimedia residency at Edinburgh University extends until 2019.
The ‘Wikipedia in the 
Classroom’ assignments from 
last year are all continuing in 2017/2018 and are being added to with workshops 
in three more disciplines - doubling our work in the curriculum. An article 
summarising the residency, which has 
now been extended until January 2019, has been published in the University of 
Edinburgh journal 
(p.25).
 There are also now 208 videos on the residency’s Media Hopper 
channel
 including playlists on ‘How to edit 
Wikipedia’,
 WikiCite 2017 
and Wikimania 
2017; how 
Internet Archive are working with 
Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] #4947276 Invoice secondary Notice

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear all,
Suffice to say I won’t ever be asking to pay invoices on this mailing list but 
many apologies for the phishing email you received which purported to come from 
my email address. I can see this has generated a great deal of discussion on 
this thread.
Just to make you aware that I’ve reported the issue to the IS helpline here at 
the university who are looking into this as a matter of urgency. I’ve also run 
Malware checks on both my computer and mobile (using Malwarebytes and Norton) 
but nothing seems amiss/ turning up in these scans so far.
I’m wondering also if this is not a university email problem per se given I 
have also received another phishing scam email to my gmail purporting to be 
from Jason’s email address at the National Library of Wales. So Jason and 
Wikimedia UK list admins may want to run scans too (belt and braces after all!).
Apologies all once again.
Best wishes,
Ewan
Ewan McAndrew
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The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata I/O showcase at Repository Fringe 2017

[MCANDREW Ewan]

*Apologies for cross posting*

Dear Colleagues,

With only three weeks to go until Repository Fringe 2017 takes place at the 
John McIntyre Centre at the University of Edinburgh on 3 & 4 August, 
registrations are filling up fast and we have a packed programme which will 
hopefully pique your interest!

Registration closes on 28 July so make sure you register now at: 
http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/conferences-events/information-services/information-services-events/repository-fringe-2017

We have a really exciting programme lined up this year with a range of topics 
including:

· Kathleen Shearer, COAR - Raising our game - repositioning 
repositories as the foundation for sustainable scholarly communication
· Paul Ayris, UCL - The Empires of the Future are the Empires of the 
Mind’ [Winston Churchill]: Defining the Role of Libraries in the Open Science 
Landscape
· Chris Banks, Imperial College -  Focusing upstream: supporting 
scholarly communication by academics
· Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh & Navino Evans, Histropedia  - 
Wikidata I/O Showcase

Programme Hot Pick - Wikidata Showcase

This Wikidata event at Repo Fringe is scheduled for 1pm to 3.15pm on Friday 4th 
August. It will be split into two main segments.

Part 1: Adding data to Wikidata: the Wikidata hackathon
The first session, from 1pm to 2.30pm, will focus on how to add data to 
Wikidata so this will include a short intro to what Wikidata is before looking 
at how individual items of data can be added to and, importantly, backed up 
with references as part of a data hackathon.

Part 2: Querying and visualising Wikidata
The second session, 2.30pm to 3.15pm, will look at how the data in Wikidata can 
be consumed, queried and visualised; whether it’s Voltaire’s works, the 
collections of the National Library of Wales, an analysis of MPs’ occupations 
or the 3 million linked citations visualised using the new Scholia tool.

In addition to these sessions we are also running a SPARQL workshop from 
9.30am-10.30am on Friday morning.

Find out more about our programme at: 
http://rfringe17.blogs.edina.ac.uk/programme/

2017 marks the 10th Repo Fringe where we will be celebrating progress we have 
made over the last 10 years in sharing content beyond borders and debating 
future trends and challenges.

We look forward to seeing you in August!

Kind regards,

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

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The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Ragged University and the Edinburgh Settlement Archive

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

In a recent Twitter exchange, Ragged University made it clear they needed 
assistance saving the Edinburgh Settlement Archive following its closure.

https://www.raggeduniversity.co.uk/edinburgh-settlement/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_University_Settlement

As the Edinburgh Settlement Archive is an important collection, Ragged 
University made it clear that they would welcome offers of assistance from the 
Wikipedia community (and relevant sister projects such as Wiki Commons and 
Wikisource) in order to ensure the collection was preserved and accessible to 
the public.

If you would like to support their work, please do get in touch with them via 
their contact page.
https://www.raggeduniversity.co.uk/contact/

Very best regards,

Ewan

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[Wikimediauk-l] Last call for the Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Please disseminate to interested colleagues as appropriate.
Last call: registration is closing for the Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language 
Conference this week.

The Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language 
Conference– This full day conference 
on 6 July is for colleagues interested in how technology can support language 
communities. Guest speakers from all across Europe will be joining us in 
Edinburgh to showcase and discuss a range of exciting open education, open data 
and open knowledge initiatives. Registration for this event closes 27th June so 
don’t delay in booking your 
place.
New satellite event: Introduction to Wikidata and the Wikidata Query 
Service
 – this event is now scheduled 11am to 1pm on Tuesday 4 July presented by Léa 
Lacroix (Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata, Wikimedia 
Deutschland). Léa will also be joining us at the Celtic Knot as part of the 
Wikidata workshop on 6 July too. Just one of the many great 
speakers 
and 
presentations
 at the Celtic Knot discussing community engagement and how to make Celtic and 
Indigenous languages a shared hub of online knowledge. Includes presentations 
from Catalan Wikipedia, Basque Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Welsh 
Wikipedia, Scots Gaelic Wikipedia, Greek Wikipedia and more.

Navino Evans from Histropedia will also be joining us for Wikidata I/O: a 
showcase event at the Repository Fringe 2017 
conference in August. Three workshops will include: (1) how to add data in bulk 
(2) the wide variety of ways the data can be consumed, queried and visualised 
and (3) how to build SPARQL queries. 4th August 
2017

Very best regards,
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

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Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
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My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

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[Wikimediauk-l] New satellite event for the Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference - Booking closes 27 June

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

How can technology support language communities?

Join us at the Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language 
conference taking 
place Thursday 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh Business School to 
find out. Booking closes 27 June so don’t delay!
The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 is the coming together of those working 
to support Celtic and Indigenous Languages in the same room at same time; 
strengthening the bonds into a 'knot' and leading into action. We welcome 
diverse attendees ranging from Wikimedians, linguists, educators, researchers, 
information professionals, media professionals, translators, learning 
technologists and more coming together to share good practice and find fruitful 
new collaborations to support language communities as a result of the event.

New satellite event: Introduction to Wikidata and the Wikidata Query 
Service
 – this event is now scheduled 11am to 1pm on Tuesday 4 July presented by Léa 
Lacroix (Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata, Wikimedia 
Deutschland). Léa will also be joining us at the Celtic Knot as part of the 
Wikidata workshop on 6 July too. Just one of the many great 
speakers 
and 
presentations
 at the Celtic Knot:

Keynote speakers

  *   Professor Antonella 
Sorace - 
Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of 
Edinburgh and founding director of 
Bilingualism Matters will be speaking 
on ‘Bilingualism in minority languages: a resource and an opportunity’.
  *   Jason 
Evans - 
Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of 
Wales
 will discuss his strategy for working with Wikimedia UK and the Welsh 
Government to develop the Welsh Wicipedia using a combination of community 
engagement, data manipulation and the implementation of Open Access policies.


Confirmed speakers also include:

  *   Susan Ross – Gaelic Wikipedian in 
Residence
 at the National Library of 
Scotland.
  *   Dr. Sharon 
Arbuthnot
 - Research Fellow, Queen's University, Belfast. Presenting on the AHRC-funded 
eDIL project (Irish Language dictionary) on Wednesday 5th 
July.
  *   Gareth Morlais – the Welsh Language Unit, Welsh Government.  Gareth will 
speak about how mapping how much importance major companies (Google, Twitter, 
Apple) attach to creative activity on Wikipedia led to the Welsh Government 
helping to fund two Welsh-language Wikipedia initiatives.
  *   Delyth Prys – Head of the Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University, 
will speak on Welsh/Celtic speech technology and why text-to-speech and speech 
recognition are becoming increasingly important in our digital world.
  *   Àlex Hinojo – Executive Director, 
Amical Wikimedia on the 
Catalan language project.
  *   Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga – Developing the Basque Wikipedia: From corpus 
expansion to outreach.
  *   Astrid Carlsen – Executive Director, Wikimedia Norge speaking on 
Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and building a project to revitalize the 
Northern Sami Wikipedia.
  *   Robin Owain – Wales Manager, Wikimedia UK, speaking on recent 
developments supporting the Welsh language community.
  *   Mina Theofilatou  presenting on ‘The Kefalonian Dialect in Wiktionary and 
how Wikitherapy addresses social equality in open-source language projects’.
  *   Duncan Brown - Llên Natur, 
presenting on ‘Y BYWIADUR: the dictionary of life’.
  *   Rémy Gerbet - Wikimedia France; presenting on the Lingua Libre 
project for massive open audio recording.
  *   Käbi Suvi - Wikimedia Estonia on the ‘Miljon+’ project as part of 
Estonia’s 100th anniversary.
  *   Ilario Valdelli - Wikimedia Switzerland, speaking on the Digital Library 
in Romansch and the new initiatives to map the archeological sites connected 
with Celtic culture in the Alps.
  *   Wikipedia’s new Content Translation tool and how it has been successfully 
employed in Higher Education to 

[Wikimediauk-l] Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference - Booking closes 27 June

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,
We need to talk about how minority languages are supported right now.
The Celtic Knot Conference 2017 is the first Wikipedia Language conference 
focusing on how technology supports Celtic & Indigenous Languages.
It takes place at the University of Edinburgh Business School on Thursday 6th 
July 2017.
Booking closes 27 June 2017 so don't delay. All welcome.
Watch this 3 minute video if you’d 
like to know more.
The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 is the coming together of those working 
to support Celtic and Indigenous languages in the same room at same time; 
strengthening the bonds into a 'knot' and leading into action. We welcome 
diverse attendees ranging from Wikimedians, linguists, educators, researchers, 
information professionals, media professionals, translators, learning 
technologists and more coming together to share good practice and find fruitful 
new collaborations to support language communities as a result of the event.

Keynote speakers

  *   Professor Antonella 
Sorace - 
Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of 
Edinburgh and founding director of 
Bilingualism Matters will be speaking 
on ‘Bilingualism in minority languages: a resource and an opportunity’.
  *   Jason 
Evans - 
Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of 
Wales
 will discuss his strategy for working with Wikimedia UK and the Welsh 
Government to develop the Welsh Wicipedia using a combination of community 
engagement, data manipulation and the implementation of Open Access policies.
Confirmed speakers also include:

  *   Susan Ross – Gaelic Wikipedian in 
Residence
 at the National Library of Scotland on making the Uicipeid a hub for online 
Gaelic 
knowledge.
  *   Dr. Sharon 
Arbuthnot
 - Queen's University, Belfast. Presenting on the AHRC-funded eDIL 
project (Irish Language dictionary) on Wednesday 5th July.
  *   Gareth Morlais – the Welsh Language Unit, Welsh Government.  Gareth will 
speak about how mapping how much importance major companies (Google, Twitter, 
Apple) attach to creative activity on Wikipedia led to the Welsh Government 
helping to fund two Welsh-language Wikipedia initiatives.
  *   Delyth Prys – Head of the Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University, 
will speak on Welsh/Celtic speech technology and why text-to-speech and speech 
recognition are becoming increasingly important in our digital world.
  *   Àlex Hinojo – Executive Director, 
Amical Wikimedia on the 
Catalan language project.
  *   Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga – Developing the Basque Wikipedia: From corpus 
expansion to outreach.
  *   Astrid Carlsen – Executive Director, Wikimedia Norge speaking on 
Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and building a project to revitalize the 
Northern Sami Wikipedia.
  *   Robin Owain – Wales Manager, Wikimedia UK, speaking on recent 
developments supporting the Welsh language community.
  *   Mina Theofilatou  presenting on The Kefalonian Dialect in Wiktionary and 
how Wikitherapy addresses social equality in open-source language 
projects.
  *   Duncan Brown - Llên Natur, 
presenting on ‘Y BYWIADUR: the dictionary of life’.
  *   Ilario Valdelli - Wikimedia Switzerland, speaking on the Digital Library 
in Romansch and the new initiatives to map the archeological sites connected 
with Celtic culture in the Alps.
  *   Subhashish Panigrahi presenting on 
Kathabhidhana, an open toolkit 
for anyone to record their language in a human and machine readable form.
To find out more about the conference themes and how to book your place to join 
us then please visit the Celtic 
Knot page.
It promises to be a great event – including a panel on the Politics of Language 
Online, excellent papers, workshops and discussion spaces. Please feel free to 
forward this event to interested colleagues in your network.
Very best regards,
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Subscribe to the mailing list: 
wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] The Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference - programme now live!

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

Please disseminate this open invitation to a University of Edinburgh and 
Wikimedia UK conference to interested colleagues as appropriate.

How can technology support language communities?

Join us at the Celtic Knot 
conference taking 
place Thursday 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh Business School to 
find out. Our programme is now live!
Keynote speakers

  *   Professor Antonella 
Sorace - 
Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of 
Edinburgh and founding director of 
Bilingualism Matters will be speaking 
on ‘Bilingualism in minority languages: a resource and an opportunity’.
  *   Jason 
Evans - 
Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of 
Wales
 will discuss his strategy for working with Wikimedia UK and the Welsh 
Government to develop the Welsh Wicipedia using a combination of community 
engagement, data manipulation and the implementation of Open Access policies.


Confirmed speakers also include:

  *   Susan Ross – Gaelic Wikipedian in 
Residence
 at the National Library of 
Scotland.
  *   Dr. Sharon 
Arbuthnot
 - Research Fellow, Queen's University, Belfast. Presenting on the AHRC-funded 
eDIL project (Irish Language dictionary) on Wednesday 5th 
July.
  *   Gareth Morlais – the Welsh Language Unit, Welsh Government.  Gareth will 
speak about how mapping how much importance major companies (Google, Twitter, 
Apple) attach to creative activity on Wikipedia led to the Welsh Government 
helping to fund two Welsh-language Wikipedia initiatives.
  *   Delyth Prys – Head of the Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University, 
will speak on Welsh/Celtic speech technology and why text-to-speech and speech 
recognition are becoming increasingly important in our digital world.
  *   Àlex Hinojo – Executive Director, 
Amical Wikimedia on the 
Catalan language project.
  *   Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga – Developing the Basque Wikipedia: From corpus 
expansion to outreach.
  *   Astrid Carlsen – Executive Director, Wikimedia Norge speaking on 
Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and building a project to revitalize the 
Northern Sami Wikipedia.
  *   Robin Owain – Wales Manager, Wikimedia UK, speaking on recent 
developments supporting the Welsh language community.
  *   Mina Theofilatou  presenting on ‘Adult Learners from the Ionian Islands 
of Corfu and Kefalonia sharing Cultural Heritage on Wikimedia Commons and 
Wiktionary’.
  *   Duncan Brown - Llên Natur, 
presenting on ‘Y BYWIADUR: the dictionary of life’.
  *   Rémy Gerbet - Wikimedia France; presenting on the Lingua Libre 
project for massive open audio recording.
  *   Käbi Suvi - Wikimedia Estonia on the ‘Miljon+’ project as part of 
Estonia’s 100th anniversary.
  *   Ilario Valdelli - Wikimedia Switzerland, speaking on the Digital Library 
in Romansch and the new initiatives to map the archeological sites connected 
with Celtic culture in the Alps.

The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 is the coming together of practitioners 
in the same room at same time; strengthening the bonds of those working to 
support language communities into a 'knot' and leading into action. We welcome 
diverse attendees ranging from Wikimedians, linguists, educators, researchers, 
information professionals, media professionals, translators, learning 
technologists and more coming together to share good practice and find fruitful 
new collaborations to support language communities as a result of the event.

To find out more about the conference themes and how to book your place to join 
us then please visit the Celtic 
Knot page. To assist 
with seeing areas of commonality and links between your work and the Wikimedia 
projects
 you can click 
here.

It promises to be a great event – including a panel on the Politics of Language 
Online, excellent papers, workshops and discussion spaces. Please feel free to 
forward thi

[Wikimediauk-l] Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference - Registration is now open!

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

Registration is now open for the ‘Celtic Knot’ – Wikipedia Language 
Conference taking 
place Thursday 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh Business School.

“If you want to know what’s important to a culture, learn their language.” 
Joanne Harris

The University of Edinburgh and Wikimedia UK are delighted to invite you to 
join us at this 
event showcasing 
innovative approaches to open education, open knowledge and open data that 
support and grow Celtic and Indigenous language communities.
Announcing our keynote speakers

  *   Jason 
Evans - 
Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of 
Wales,
 now the longest running Wikimedia residency in the World. Jason has been 
responsible for implementing and leading a number of innovative projects 
designed to increase public and institutional engagement with Wikimedia 
projects. A passionate advocate for open access, he has published case studies 
and produced a business case on the subject, drawing on the successful 
implementation of open access policies at The National Library of Wales. Jason 
has spoken widely of the importance of the Welsh language Wikipedia and the 
multilingual nature of Wikidata in developing Welsh as a digital language and 
has recently began exploring the use of multilingual data to create Welsh 
language Wikipedia content.
  *   Professor Antonella 
Sorace - 
Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of 
Edinburgh and founding director of 
Bilingualism Matters. Antonella is a 
world leading authority on bilingualism over the lifespan and is particularly 
well known for her studies of exceptionally talented ("near-native") adult 
second language speakers; for her research on the changes ("attrition") that 
take place in the native language of advanced second language speakers; for her 
investigation of bilingual language acquisition in early and late childhood, 
and of the effects of bilingualism in non-linguistic domains.

Confirmed speakers also include:

  *   Robin Owain 
– Wales Manager for Wikimedia UK
  *   Astrid Carlsen – Executive Director, Wikimedia 
Norge.
  *   Susan 
Ross
 – Gaelic Wikipedian in Residence, the National Library of Scotland.
  *   Alex Hinojo – Executive Director, Amical Wikimedia presenting on the 
Catalan Language project.

The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 is the coming together of practitioners 
in the same room at same time; strengthening the bonds of those working to 
support language communities into a 'knot' and leading into action. We welcome 
diverse attendees and presenters working in Celtic and Indigenous languages 
ranging from Wikimedians, educators, researchers, information professionals, 
media professionals, linguists, translators, learning technologists and more 
coming together to share good practice and find fruitful new collaborations to 
support language communities as a result of the event.

To find out more about the conference themes and how to book your place to join 
us in Edinburgh in July then please visit the Celtic 
Knot page. To assist 
with seeing areas of commonality and links between your work and the Wikimedia 
projects
 you can click 
here.

It promises to be a great event – including a panel on the ‘Politics of 
Language Online’, excellent papers, workshops and discussion spaces. Please 
feel free to forward this event to interested colleagues in your network.

If you would like to learn more then please contact me direct at 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk.

Very best regards,
Ewan

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Subscribe to the mailing list: wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk
My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
www.ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with regi

[Wikimediauk-l] Two days left for call for papers: 'Celtic Knot' Wikipedia Languages Conference

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

The first ‘Celtic Knot’ – Wikipedia Language 
Conference<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/02/17/save-the-date-celtic-knot-conference-at-edinburgh-university-5-6-july/>
 will take place 5 & 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh in 
collaboration with Wikimedia UK.

This Wikimedia event will focus on showcasing innovative approaches to open 
education, open knowledge and open data that support and grow Celtic and 
Indigenous language communities.

Please note: the ‘call for proposals’ closes midnight on Friday 17th March 2017.
Following enquiries, the criteria for submissions is that 
presentations/workshops should be:


  *   Relevant to Wikimedia<https://www.wikimedia.org/>.
  *   Address interests in-keeping with Wikimedia’s 
mission<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement>.
  *   Be of interest to 
Wikimedians<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_community> specifically.

Therefore, any proposals should make it very clear how their presentation will 
be of interest to this audience.

To assist with seeing areas of commonality and links with the Wikimedia 
projects<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-knot-wikipedia-language-conference/>
 you can click 
here<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-knot-wikipedia-language-conference/>.

If you would like to attend as a delegate then we are asking people for 
expressions of interest and to save the date until booking is open. If you 
would like to present then we are asking for suggested ideas to be no longer 
than 100-200 words showcasing the best of your work which both addresses the 
conference themes and satisfies the above criteria. (Submitted ideas which 
already explicitly address this criteria need not resubmit.)

To find out more about the conference themes and the format of sessions please 
visit the Celtic 
Knot<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-knot-wikipedia-language-conference/>
 page. Email your session proposal to 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk> indicating the session 
type, conference theme and how it meets the criteria by no later than Friday 
17th March.

Please feel free to forward this event to interested colleagues in your 
network. If you would like to learn more then please contact me direct at 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk>

Very best regards,

Ewan McAndrew


Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Subscribe to the mailing list: wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk
My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
www.ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Celtic Knot - Wikipedia Language Conference - call for proposals extended to Friday 17th March

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

The first ‘Celtic Knot’ – Wikipedia Language 
Conference<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/02/17/save-the-date-celtic-knot-conference-at-edinburgh-university-5-6-july/>
 will take place 5 & 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh in 
collaboration with Wikimedia UK.

Please note: the ‘call for ideas’ has now been extended to Friday 17th March 
2017.

This Wikimedia event will focus on showcasing innovative approaches to open 
education, open knowledge and open data that support and grow Celtic and 
Indigenous language communities.
Following enquiries, the criteria for submissions is that 
presentations/workshops should be:


  *   Relevant to Wikimedia<https://www.wikimedia.org/>.
  *   Address interests in-keeping with Wikimedia’s 
mission<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement>.
  *   Be of interest to 
Wikimedians<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_community> specifically.

Therefore, any proposals should make it very clear how their presentation will 
be of interest to this audience.

To assist with seeing areas of commonality and links with the Wikimedia 
projects<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-knot-wikipedia-language-conference/>
 you can click 
here<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-knot-wikipedia-language-conference/>.

If you would like to attend as a delegate then we are asking people for 
expressions of interest and to save the date until booking is open. If you 
would like to present then we are asking for suggested ideas to be no longer 
than 100-200 words showcasing the best of your work which both addresses the 
conference themes and satisfies the above criteria. (Submitted ideas which 
already explicitly address this criteria need not resubmit.)

To find out more about the conference themes and the format of sessions please 
visit the Celtic 
Knot<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-knot-wikipedia-language-conference/>
 page. Email your session proposal to 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk> indicating the session 
type, conference theme and how it meets the criteria by no later than Friday 
17th March.

Please feel free to forward this event to interested colleagues in your 
network. If you would like to learn more then please contact me direct at 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk>

Very best regards,

Ewan McAndrew



Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Subscribe to the mailing list: wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk
My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
www.ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Celtic Knot - Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh - Deadline for ideas 10th March 2017

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear colleagues,

The first ‘Celtic Knot’ – Wikipedia Language 
Conference
 will take place 5 & 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh in 
collaboration with Wikimedia UK. Please save the date.

The event will focus on Celtic Languages and Indigenous Languages, showcasing 
innovative approaches to open education, open knowledge and open data that 
support and grow language communities.

“If you want to know what’s important to a culture, learn their language.” 
Joanne Harris
The call for ideas closes on  10th March 2017. Our vision is for diverse 
participants working in Celtic and Indigenous languages ranging from 
Wikimedians, educators, researchers, information professionals, linguists, 
translators, learning technologists and more coming together to share good 
practice and find fruitful new collaborations to support language communities 
as a result of the event.

At this time we are asking people to save the date, and suggest ideas (no 
longer than 100 words); showcasing the best of your work and linking in with 
your ideas & suggestions for speakers and  sessions. All presentations and 
discussions are encouraged to be as engaging and interactive as possible and 
facilitate learning and sharing by the attendees.

To find out more about the conference themes visit and the format of sessions 
please visit the Celtic 
Knot
 page. Email your session proposal to 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk indicating the session 
type by no later than Friday 10th March.

Please feel free to forward this event to interested colleagues in your 
network. If you would like to more then please contact me direct at 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Very best regards,

Ewan


Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Subscribe to the mailing list: wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk
My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
www.ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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[Wikimediauk-l] History of Medicine Wikipedia event at Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Dear all,


The rich story of the History of Medicine is not nearly covered on Wikipedia - 
Join us at Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh to remedy that.



Places are filling up for our History of Medicine Wikipedia 
event on the afternoons of Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th 
February but it's not too late to book a place.



Join us to celebrate the lives & contributions of women in medicine, over sixty 
years of Nursing Studies & seventy-five years of the Polish School of Medicine. 
Unravel myths, discover truths, create & re-write the Wikipedia pages of 
Scotland’s famous, and infamous, medical figures including gruesome 
body-snatcher William Burke and intriguing alumni Dr. James Miranda Barry. Come 
join us for all the fun and gain digital skills, learn how to edit Wikipedia, 
explore our history and harness the power of the web for public engagement.



With a variety of excellent guest speakers each day, an end of day tour of the 
Surgeons’ Hall museum after closing time and plenty of refreshments to support 
you to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of medicine-related content, you’ll learn 
how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community.



Participants can attend one day or both and will be supported to develop 
articles of their choice related to the history of medicine. NB: Please bring a 
laptop along to the event or email me at ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk if you require 
to borrow one for the event.



Hope to see you there!



Very best regards,



Ewan




Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Subscribe to the mailing list: wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk
My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson 
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
www.ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh Gothic tomorrow & Festival of Architecture Wikipedia editathon 16 November 2016

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Please disseminate as appropriate in your networks. This is an invitation to 
participate in Wikipedia editathon events run by the University of Edinburgh’s 
Information Services.


Robert Louis Stevenson Day Wikipedia editathon – Saturday 12 November

This is a final call for tomorrow’s Edinburgh Gothic 
event
 at the National Library of Scotland for Robert Louis Stevenson Day.

This free event includes:

·   Access to the Robert Louis Stevenson exhibition area.

·   Gothic badge-making activities using original collage designs by Tessa 
Asquith-Lamb.

·   The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’ stickers and souvenir 
certificates printed on the Treasure Island press;

·   “Jekyll and Hyde: Illustrating Stevenson’s characters”: a presentation 
by National Library of Scotland curator, Andrew Martin.

·   Lunch provided for free by the National Library of Scotland and 
possibly also some moustache cookies too.

·   The Gothic Wikipedia editathon itself which will take place with 
exclusive access to the National Library of Scotland’s reading room after it 
has closed to the public with its focus on improving the quality of articles 
about all things Gothic; be it creating a page for Robert Louis Stevenson's 
short story 'Thrawn Janet'; be it improving content on Angela Carter, Alasdair 
Gray, Louise Welsh or Ali Smith; or even improving Gothic architecture pages or 
Gothic film pages such as the Ken Russell's movie, 'Gothic'

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater 
understanding of Gothic. Book 
here.


Festival of Architecture Wikipedia 
editathon

We are also putting on an evening editathon on Wednesday 16th November 3pm to 
7.30pm in Room 1.12 of the Edinburgh University Main Library to mark the end of 
the Festival of Architecture 2016. So many names, 
especially women 
architects,
 are missing from Wikipedia, the #1 Information 
site,
 so if you’d like to take part and help redress the balance then you’d be more 
than welcome.

Full training is given along with suggested pages to work on (although feel 
free to suggest your own!). There are only 3000 or so very active Wikipedians 
in the world curating the world’s knowledge (which amounts to the size of a 
small town like Kinghorn in Fife... or half the size of North Berwick) so if 
you’d like to contribute to sharing knowledge globally and are interested in 
architecture, even if it is just to share some openly-licensed pictures to 
Wikimedia Commons, then please do come along. Book your place and find out more 
here.

In remembrance
Finally, as today is all about remembrance, I thought I’d share with you the 
outcomes of the Halloween 
Wikipedia
 event as there are now some fantastic pages on notable lives that were just 
not there before, including:


·   Recognising the scientific work of Katherine Clerk 
Maxwell

·   Professor William Lindsay 
Renwick, the founder of 
the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University (also commemorated on 
the Glasgow School of Art’s WW1 Roll of Honour).

·   Ernest Francis 
Bashford the influential 
British oncologist who pioneered the biological approach to the study of cancer.

·   Brenda Moon – the first 
female chief of a university library in Scotland who played a role in bringing 
Edinburgh University Library into the digital age.

·   Janet Anne Galloway  
(1841–1909)  promoted higher education for women in Scotland. As a result of 
the limited educational opportunities open to women, Janet became an active 
supporter of the movement for higher education provision for women.

Full outcomes are detailed 
here and you can find the 
Storify with pics & tweets from the day 
here.

Many thanks,


Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2

[Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh & Sheffield Gothic - Celebrating Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2016 on Sat 12 November

[MCANDREW Ewan]

This is just to formally members of the Wikimedia UK list to our ‘Edinburgh 
Gothic’ Wikipedia editathon event at the National Library of Scotland to 
celebrate Robert Louis Stevenson Day on Saturday 12th November 2016.

Full Wikipedia editing training will be given in the morning before a break for 
lunch (provided by the National Library of Scotland). Thereafter the 
afternoon's editathon will focus on improving the quality of articles about all 
things Gothic; be it creating a page for Robert Louis Stevenson's short story 
'Thrawn Janet'; be it improving content on Angela Carter, Alasdair Gray, Louise 
Welsh or Ali Smith; or even improving Gothic architecture pages or Gothic film 
pages such as the Ken Russell's movie, 'Gothic'

The event is open to all and run by the University of Edinburgh’s Information 
Services team in conjunction with the National Library of Scotland and the 
University of Sheffield’s Centre for the History of the Gothic. Attendees will 
receive a souvenir certificate printed on the same printing press as the first 
edition of ‘Treasure Island’.

Further event details and booking information can be found at the event page 
here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_Workshops/Edinburgh_Gothic

In addition, the University of Sheffield’s Centre for the History of the Gothic 
will be running a synchronous Gothic edit-a-thon 10am to 5pm on Saturday 12 
November. If you would like to attend their event then details are on the 
Sheffield Gothic page here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Sheffield/Events/Gothic_edit-a-thon

Edinburgh Gothic is a free event and includes access to the Robert Louis 
Stevenson exhibition area; Gothic badge-making activities using original 
collage designs by Tessa Asquith-Lamb; ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. 
Hyde’ stickers and a talk by National Library of Scotland curator, Andrew 
Martin, on the illustrations in Robert Louis Stevenson’s works while the 
editathon itself will take place behind closed doors in the National Library of 
Scotland’s reading room after it has closed to the public.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater 
understanding & appreciation of Gothic!

Best wishes,


Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday to Wednesday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson 
Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
www.ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Between the Worlds of the Living & The Dead - A Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival For the Dead

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival for the Dead 31st Oct-1st 
Nov. 


Come join us as we set a place for the dead; through helping to create new 
biography articles and improving existing articles on Wikipedia as part of a 
day of celebration.

On Halloween, Monday 31st October 2016 & continuing on 1st November 2016, the 
University’s Information 
Services team are 
running an edit-a-thon in two magnificent venues to celebrate the lives of 
those sadly passed on to mark Samhuinn: the Gaelic Festival for the Dead!

The event page is located at bit.ly/WikiHalloween

Samhuinn is a Gaelic festival marking 
the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half” 
of the year. Traditionally, it is celebrated from the very beginning of one 
Celtic day to its end, or in the modern calendar, from sunset on 31 October to 
sunset on 1 November.

Samhuinn was seen as a liminal time, 
when the boundary between this world and the Otherworld could more easily be 
crossed. This meant the Aos Sí, the ‘spirits’ or ‘fairies’, could more easily 
come into our world. Offerings of food and drink were left outside for them. 
The souls of the dead were also thought to revisit their homes seeking 
hospitality.

Each day will have different guest speakers discussing the traditions of 
Samhuinn, Celtic history & folklore and the importance of remembering the dead 
on this day.

Feel free to suggest notable lives & articles we’ve overlooked & should be 
creating too.

Bring your best spookily carved turnip along and win a prize. We will have 
tablet skulls to munch on and guest speakers telling us about Celtic customs, 
beliefs & folklore. Hopefully, we may even be visited by the Faerie 
Porters too…..

Working together with liaison 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 in order to improve Wikipedia’s representation 
of notable lives; be they connected to the university, to Edinburgh, to 
Scotland or further afield.

Between the worlds of the living and the dead
A Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: The Gaelic Festival for the Dead.

  *   Monday 31st October 12pm to 4.30pm – Project Room, 50 George Square.
  *   Tuesday 1st November 10am to 4.30pm – The Raeburn Room, Old College.

Book for one day or both!

 If you are a student or staff member at the University of Edinburgh:
To book a place for the session on Monday 31st October in the Project Room 
(room 1.06) of 50 George Square then book through MyEd Event Booking here: 
Monday 31st October 2016 session.
To book a place for the session on Tuesday 1st November in the Raeburn Room of 
Old College, University of Edinburgh, then book through MyEd Event Booking 
here: Tuesday 1st November 2016 session.

If you are from outside the university
To book a place for the session on Monday 31st October in the Project Room 
(room 1.06) of 50 George Square then book through Eventbrite here: Monday 31st 
October 2016 
session.

To book a place for the session on Tuesday 1st November in the Raeburn Room of 
Old College, University of Edinburgh, then book through Eventbrite here:  
Tuesday 1st November 2016 
session.

New editors very welcome. Full Wikipedia training given.

Bring a laptop (no desktop computers are available) but a few laptops are 
available if you need to borrow one. Message 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk if you need to borrow a 
laptop.

Programme – Monday* 31st October 2016 (Project Room, 50 George Square)

  *   12:00pm – 12:15pm: Housekeeping and Welcome.
  *   12:15pm – 12:30pm: Guest speakers
  *   12:30pm – 1:45pm: Wikipedia training
  *   1:45pm – 4:00pm: Research and editing.
  *   4:00pm – 4:30pm: Transferring drafted text to Wikipedia’s live space.

*Lunch is not provided on Monday 31st October but tea, coffee & tablet skulls 
will all be available and food can be eaten in the room.

Programme – Tuesday 1st November 2016 (The Raeburn Room, Old College)*

  *   10:00am – 10:15am: Housekeeping and Welcome
  *   10:15am – 10:45am: Guest speakers
  *   10:45am – 12:00pm: Wikipedia training.
  *   12:00pm – 1:00pm: Beginning to research and edit.
  *   1:00pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
  *   1:30pm – 4:00pm: EDIT!
  *   4:00pm – 4:30pm:

[Wikimediauk-l] Ada Lovelace Day 2016 Wikipedia editathon at University of Edinburgh - Booking details are now live

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Booking for Ada Lovelace Day 2016 is now live - please feel free to pass on 
details to people you feel maybe interested in coming along.

[ADA_Blog]

Ada Lovelace, "The Enchantress of 
Numbers".



On Tuesday 11th October 2016, in Room 1.12 of the University of Edinburgh Main 
Library, we will again be running a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada 
Lovelace Day 2016, an international celebration day of 
the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).


What's involved?

Beginning at 10am with a range of guest speakers in the morning, this will be 
followed by fun technology activities from 11am to 1pm:

·   Metadata 
games

·   Fun with BBC Microbit - a handheld, fully 
programmable computer that you can use for all sorts of cool creations, from 
robots to musical instruments - the possibilities are endless.

·   Fun with Sonic Pi - the live coding music synth 
for everyone.

·   Create Lego 
calculators/adders.

·   Colour in a giant 'Garden of 
Ada' design; hand drawn by 
our Interactive Content team.


Did you know that approximately only 16% of the biographies on Wikipedia relate 
to notable women? If you'd like to help redress this imbalance, new editors are 
very welcome and participants will be supported to develop Wikipedia articles; 
creating new role models for young and old alike.

Full Wikipedia editing training will be given at 1-2pm. Thereafter the 
afternoon's editathon from 2-5pm will focus on improving the quality of 
Wikipedia articles related to Women in STEM!

The event page can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/2cGapkn




Who was Ada Lovelace?

Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), the only legitimate child of the poet George, Lord 
Byron and his wife Anne Isabella 
Milbanke, 
was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles 
Babbage's early mechanical 
general-purpose computer, the Analytical 
Engine. Her notes on the 
engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried 
out by a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer 
programmer with her work a major influence on Alan Turing & inspiring countless 
others. There's now a graphic novel of her 
short but brilliant life and you can read more about her 
here.


Want to come?

For booking purposes, the day is split in two parts: talks & technology 
activities in the morning and the Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon in the 
afternoon.

You can attend both morning and afternoon sessions or just one.

  *   To book a place for the morning activities (10am to 1pm):
 *   Click here for Ada Lovelace Day - talks & fun technology 
activities
  *   To book a place for the afternoon editathon (1pm to 5pm):
 *   Click here for the Women in STEM Wikipedia 
edit-a-thon
 *

Time for lunch?

Food can be brought into the room and the fun technology activities from 11am 
to 1pm can be dropped in and out of. Tea & coffee will be provided and there is 
also the Library Cafe downstairs where you can get refreshments and a bite to 
eat.


Not a student or staff member of the university? A limited number of tickets 
are available through Eventbrite (links are on the event page).


Suggestions for notable Women in STEM who could & should be represented on 
Wikipedia?

Feel free to suggest name of notable women we could include as part of this day 
of celebration. Email me at ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk

Hope to see you there!





Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday to Wednesday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson 
Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
www.ed.ac.uk


The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Last call for the Wikisource & Wikidata Showcase at Repo Fringe 2016 - 1st & 2nd August 2016

[MCANDREW Ewan]

**Apologies for cross posting**


Please disseminate to interested parties.


With less than a week to go until Repository Fringe 2016 takes place in 
Edinburgh on 1st & 2nd August 2016, registrations are filling up fast and we 
have a packed programme which will hopefully pique your interest!


Find out more about some of our programme items below – the full 
programme is available online.

Register 
now!




Registration for Repo Fringe closes on Thursday 28th July 2016 so please book 
soon to be assured of your place.



Programme Hot Pick - Wikidata & Wikisource Showcase

Our Tuesday programme features a mammoth Wikidata & Wikisource Showcase hosted 
by Histropedia’s Navino Evans, the Bodleian Library’s Wikimedian in Residence, 
Martin Poulter, and the University of Edinburgh’s Wikimedian in Residence, Ewan 
McAndrew.

More information about the 
Showcase and 
what the sessions will cover which is available online now and is summarised 
here:

10am-11.05am Wikisource showcase - “It’s not what you do, it’s what it does to 
you.”



Libraries are under threat as never before with an estimated 450 closures in 
the last six years (Flood, 2016).

Safeguarding digital heritage and ‘the democracy of reading’ (Smith in Shaffi, 
2015) therefore has never been more important.



In this first session of our three showcase events for Repository Fringe 2016, 
we will introduce you to Wikisource: Wikimedia’s free library of 
openly-licensed source texts.



“Libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of 
communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes 
the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe 
spaces, and about access to information.” (Neil Gaiman, 2013)



In this session we will explain:

·   Why Wikisource is receiving increased attention & affection.

·   How it adds value to the collections of libraries & archives.

·   The crucial role Wikisource plays in raising the visibility, 
accessibility & appreciation of out-of-copyright texts & their authors.

·   How Wikisource links to its sister projects: Wikipedia, Wikicommons and 
Wikidata.



“Quotations or images from centuries ago can still touch or inspire, and as 
readers share this reaction online, the interested audience grows. The 
Wikimedia projects make it easy for people to enjoy and share out-of-copyright 
text, creating and satisfying a modern curiosity about past authors.”(Poulter, 
2015)



What will the session include?

·   An introduction to what Wikisource is and how you can engage with it.

·   A practical activity where you will learn how to navigate Wikisource 
and proofread a page of text.

·   An introduction to how Wikisource links with Wikipedia (the free 
encyclopaedia), Wikicommons (the free media repository) & Wikidata (the free 
repository of structured data).

·   Examples demonstrating how texts can be uploaded, transcribed and 
proofread.

·   Examples demonstrating how everyone - libraries & archives in 
particular - can involve people around the world in having authentic contact 
with the past through Wikisource.



Like every Wikimedia project, Wikisource is free to use by absolutely anyone so 
people of all disciplines and walks of life are encouraged to attend this 
session. Basic knowledge of using the internet will be needed to get involved 
in the practical activity, but there are no other pre-requisites.

Anyone interested in libraries, archives & open knowledge repositories of all 
kinds should come away excited about the possibilities Wikisource, and its 
sister projects, offer!



What should I bring?

Bring a laptop if possible as this will be needed when we learn to navigate our 
way around Wikisource and for the practical demonstration of proofreading a 
page of Wikisource text. In addition, please have a think if there are 
copyright-free source texts you would like to see transcribed to Wikisource.

It would also be a huge help if you could create an 
account
 on Wikisource before arriving (if you have ever edited Wikipedia before, you 
can use the same login details)



References

Flood, Alison (2016). "Joanna Trollope: 'UK cannot afford to close one single 
public 
library'".
 the Guardian.

Shaffi, Sarah (2015)."Smith warns library closures threat to 'democracy of 
reading' | The 
Books

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikisource & Wikidata Showcase as part of Repository Fringe 2016: 1st-2nd August

[MCANDREW Ewan]

**Apologies for cross posting**

With just under 3 weeks to go until Repository Fringe takes place in Edinburgh 
on 1st & 2nd August 2016, registrations are filling up fast and we have a 
packed programme which will hopefully pique your interest and send you flocking 
to join the Scottish capital at its most vibrant time of year!

Find out more about some of our programme items below – the full 
programme is available online.

Register 
now!

Programme Hot Pick - Wikidata & Wikisource Showcase

Our Tuesday programme features a mammoth Wikidata & Wikisource Showcase hosted 
by Histropedia’s Navino Evans, the Bodleian Library’s Wikimedian in Residence, 
Martin Poulter, and the University of Edinburgh’s Wikimedian in Residence, Ewan 
McAndrew.

More information about the 
Showcase and 
what the sessions will cover which is available online now and is summarised 
here:

10am-11.05am Wikisource showcase - “It’s not what you do, it’s what it does to 
you.”

Libraries are under threat as never before with an estimated 450 closures in 
the last six years (Flood, 2016).
Safeguarding digital heritage and ‘the democracy of reading’ (Smith in Shaffi, 
2015) therefore has never been more important.

In this first session of our three showcase events for Repository Fringe 2016, 
we will introduce you to Wikisource: Wikimedia’s free library of 
openly-licensed source texts.

“Libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of 
communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes 
the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe 
spaces, and about access to information.” (Neil Gaiman, 2013)

In this session we will explain:
·   Why Wikisource is receiving increased attention & affection.
·   How it adds value to the collections of libraries & archives.
·   The crucial role Wikisource plays in raising the visibility, 
accessibility & appreciation of out-of-copyright texts & their authors.
·   How Wikisource links to its sister projects: Wikipedia, Wikicommons and 
Wikidata.

“Quotations or images from centuries ago can still touch or inspire, and as 
readers share this reaction online, the interested audience grows. The 
Wikimedia projects make it easy for people to enjoy and share out-of-copyright 
text, creating and satisfying a modern curiosity about past authors.”(Poulter, 
2015)

What will the session include?
·   An introduction to what Wikisource is and how you can engage with it.
·   A practical activity where you will learn how to navigate Wikisource 
and proofread a page of text.
·   An introduction to how Wikisource links with Wikipedia (the free 
encyclopaedia), Wikicommons (the free media repository) & Wikidata (the free 
repository of structured data).
·   Examples demonstrating how texts can be uploaded, transcribed and 
proofread.
·   Examples demonstrating how everyone - libraries & archives in 
particular - can involve people around the world in having authentic contact 
with the past through Wikisource.

Like every Wikimedia project, Wikisource is free to use by absolutely anyone so 
people of all disciplines and walks of life are encouraged to attend this 
session. Basic knowledge of using the internet will be needed to get involved 
in the practical activity, but there are no other pre-requisites.
Anyone interested in libraries, archives & open knowledge repositories of all 
kinds should come away excited about the possibilities Wikisource, and its 
sister projects, offer!

What should I bring?
Bring a laptop if possible as this will be needed when we learn to navigate our 
way around Wikisource and for the practical demonstration of proofreading a 
page of Wikisource text. In addition, please have a think if there are 
copyright-free source texts you would like to see transcribed to Wikisource.
It would also be a huge help if you could create an 
account
 on Wikisource before arriving (if you have ever edited Wikipedia before, you 
can use the same login details)

References
Flood, Alison (2016). "Joanna Trollope: 'UK cannot afford to close one single 
public 
library'".
 the Guardian.
Shaffi, Sarah (2015)."Smith warns library closures threat to 'democracy of 
reading' | The 
Bookseller".
 www.thebookseller.com.
Gaiman, Neil (2013). "Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading 
and 
daydreaming"

[Wikimediauk-l] FW: Repository Fringe 2016 - Wikidata & Wikisource Showcase & more!

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hi,

The  University of Edinburgh is hosting Repo Fringe 2016 this year on 1st-2nd 
August. As part of this two day event we are staging a 3 hour Wikisource & 
Wikidata showcase event.

This email below is the one we have been distributing to people interested in 
attending Repo Fringe 2016.
http://www.repositoryfringe.org/
and registration can be arranged here:
http://rfringe16.blogs.edina.ac.uk/registration/

Anyone interested would be very welcome to attend.
Please also disseminate to your networks accordingly.

Best regards

Ewan


Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday, Tuesday & Thursday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson 
Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
www.ed.ac.uk

From: BROWN Lorna
Sent: 06 July 2016 14:17
To: BROWN Lorna
Subject: Repository Fringe 2016 - Wikidata & Wikisource Showcase & more!


Dear Delegate



Thanks for registering for Repository Fringe 2016!



Make sure you keep checking the website 
for updates about various aspects of the 
programme - and feel free to 
pass this information on to anyone else who might find the Showcase of interest!



You can find out more about our Keynote 
Speakers online as well 
as full details of our mammoth Wikidata & Wikisource 
Showcase, 
which is summarised here in brief:



Wikisource showcase - "It's not what you do, it's what it does to you"

As well as providing lots of examples, this introductory session looks at why 
Wikisource is receiving increased attention and affection and how it adds value 
to the collections of libraries and archives. It will also talk about the role 
Wikisource plays in raising the visibility, accessibility and appreciation of 
out-of-copyright texts and their authors, and how Wikisource links to its 
sister projects, Wikipedia, Wikicommons and Wikidata.



Wikidata showcase - The possibilities are endless

During the second session, attendees will get hands-on, learning the nuts and 
bolts of how to use and edit Wikidata. It will also cover methods for accessing 
data and showcase some of the most exciting applications and visualisations 
that have already been built on Wikidata.



Wikidata Advanced Tools workshop

The last slot of the day is a more technical workshop aimed at people who are 
interested in learning more about advanced methods for accessing Wikidata in an 
automated way.



***



Use EPrints?

Les Carr will be doing a bumper user group session which also looks at 
brainstorming 'flavours' for bespoke repositories, followed up by a second 
session looking ahead to the future of EPrints in Version 4.0 and the new ideas 
from the COAR Future Repositories. More information to come shortly...



***



Submit a Poster

We are still looking for poster submissions from people who have something to 
tell the world about. Posters can relate either to one of this year's 
conference themes or to repository management in general.

If you would like to submit a poster, please email your proposed title and an 
abstract of up to 200 words to explain the aim of your poster to 
repofri...@gmail.com. The submission deadline is 15th July 2016.



Preparations have already begun here in Edinburgh to set up for the Festival - 
we recommend booking your accommodation as soon as possible if you have not 
already done so.



We look forward to seeing you all in August.



Kind regards,



Lorna



Lorna Brown

Business Administrator

Digital Curation Centre

0131 650 8391



The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with 
registration number SC005336.




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[Wikimediauk-l] Wiki meetups - Summer 2016 (Jolly Botanist in Edinburgh on 14th July - CCA in Glasgow on 16th July)

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hello,

I’ve newly returned from the annual Wikimania conference in Italy only to find 
the UK has decided to leave the European Union.

Whatever your views of Brexit, the sharing of Open Knowledge globally remains 
an important area of cross-border collaboration and it was great to see that 
working so successfully & positively for the last few days.

With that in mind, and to keep the momentum going, we have two Wiki Social 
meets lined up for July; one in Edinburgh on the evening of Thursday 14th July 
and one in Glasgow on the afternoon of Saturday 16th July.


  *   Have you been editing Wikipedia for some time? Do you have ideas of how 
you’d like to see the Wikimedia movement progress in Scotland?
  *   Have you just begun? Do you feel confident in editing Wikipedia? How can 
we help you progress?
  *   Have you never edited Wikipedia before but would be interested in taking 
your first steps in learning how? Are you aware of Wikipedia’s new Visual 
Editor interface which makes editing as easy as using MS Word or Wordpress 
blogging?
  *   If you have attended one of our training sessions / edit-a-thons, have 
you continued to edit Wikipedia since that time? Again, how can we help you 
progress?
  *   Are you interested in training others? Or in including assignments within 
courses?
  *   Are you interested in learning more and chatting informally with 
like-minded individuals?


These meetups are informal gatherings with no formal agenda, but please feel 
free to add any topics that you'd like to raise for discussion on the event 
pages.


  1.  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/8
  2.  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh/11

About the meetups

The meetups are intended to include any interested Wikimedians who find 
themselves in Edinburgh or can make their way to Edinburgh on the day. Anyone 
who has attended previous meetups in Glasgow or Edinburgh are encouraged to 
return to meet new faces! It will be a social gathering for Wikimedia 
enthusiasts, where we...

  *   Have a bite to eat and a drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic!).
  *   Chat about Wikipedia and any other topics we fancy!
  *   Explore how we can encourage others to engage with Wikipedia and 
arrangements for future Wiki meetups.

This is mainly a casual social event. You can expect to meet some keen 
Wikipedians, however this is also an open invitation to anyone interested in 
finding out more about Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, projects re-using 
Wikipedia, and other collaborative wiki projects. Feel free to come along and 
raise these discussions!



https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh/11 - Add your name to this 
page if you’d like to come or email 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk to confirm your place.
1.EDINBURGH: Thursday 14th July 2016 5.30-7.30pm
Location: The Jolly Botanist, 256-260 Morrison 
Street, Edinburgh Click for Google Maps 
view
Point of contact: Ewan 
McAndrew (Email: 
ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk)
Agenda

  1.  5.30pm to 7.30pm - Wiki meetup in the Jolly Botanist.

Location

The Jolly Botanist is extremely accessible via train for those travelling from 
outside the city via Haymarket station, and via bus for Edinburgh residents. It 
offers food, drinks (tea, coffee & alcoholic beverages), and WiFi and should 
give us plenty of room to meet and have a chat after work!


From its website:
"The Jolly Botanist, located in the West End at Haymarket – voted “Best new Pub 
2015”. With an old Victorian style interior, the bar has a very welcoming & 
distinctive feel. While you are working through all the gins we have on offer, 
why not try our food menu which has a range of beautiful main meals, snacks & 
fantastic sharing platters.
The Jolly Botanist extends his warmest welcome to YOU, in Edinburgh-Haymarket’s 
newest dining room and intoxicating liquor emporium! Scouring the globe for 
rare botanicals and extraordinary liqours, our bewinged and exquisitely suited 
explorer The Jolly Botanist has returned to offer rare and experimental 
delights for the demanding paletes of his many patrons. Here, thirsty 
travellers will discover one of Edinburgh’s most vast and illustrious 
selections of gins, whiskeys and cock–tails. And for those in need of hearty 
sustenance, we have procured the finest flavours from the land and sea, 
prepared with absolute distinction, and designed to excite even the most 
critical tongue! So come. Experience first-hand the Jolly Botanist, in all his 
intriguing and gastronomic glory!"



https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/8 - Add your n

[Wikimediauk-l] Glasgow Wiki Social this Saturday 30th April

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hi

Just a wee reminder that there is a Wiki meetup this Saturday in Glasgow (30th 
April).

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/7

ALL WELCOME.

I'll be outside Sharmanka at 2.45pm (inside the reception area if it is 
raining) at 103 Trongate so I can meet you there and go inside for the 3pm 
show.  I'll have a Wikimedia bag & Wiki booklets with me so you can recognise 
me.

Only £5 for the show but please bring cash to pay for your ticket as that is 
what the Sharmanka exhibition have requested.

If you don't fancy Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre  then we have a table booked at 
4.15pm round the corner at Mono cafebar at 12 Kings Court.

So come along for coffee/tea/beer/wine/cider/food (delete as appropriate) + 
relaxing weekend Wiki discussion and social chitchat among like-minded folk who 
are interested in finding out more about Wikipedia.

Not sure about the venue this time round? Why not swing by to suggest an 
alternative venue for the next meet? Happy to roam throughout Glasgow as long 
as it is bright, light & comfy with wifi.
The CCA? The Belle? So many good venues BUT you can help shape where we pop 
into next time round. Looking to do this every 2 months so your input would be 
appreciated.

Hopefully see you at Mono & Sharmanka this time anyway!

Oh, by the way, please don't forget that there is also an Edinburgh meetup next 
week on Thursday 5th May too.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh/10

Come for the Plague exhibition and some convivial chat in the National Library 
of Scotland café (we've been promised one of the boardrooms if we can get more 
than few bods to turn up.  Gotta say, I'm curious to see what the inner sanctum 
of the NLS looks like.)

Cheers

Ewan

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[Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Social meets in Edinburgh & Glasgow

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hi,

All is now booked for the Wikimeets in Glasgow (30th April) - 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/7#Glasgow_Wikimedia_Meetup_Number_7

And in Edinburgh (5th May)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh/10#Edinburgh_Wikimedia_Meetup_Number_10

So if you’re free and can make those locations on those dates then the more the 
merrier. Just add your name to the list of attendees on the above event pages.

Please also feel free to mention to people you believe maybe interested in 
attending; whether they have been editing for years or perhaps have never 
edited at all (as yet, hopefully).

http://sharmanka.com/Home/Welcome.html

If you would like to attend the Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre at 3pm in Glasgow on 
30th April then the venue have advised to arrive at 2.45pm and to bring cash to 
pay the entrance fee (£5 per person) and please also let me know that you’d 
like to attend the Sharmanka event so I can keep the venue updated on numbers 
(booked for 4 people to start with). If Sharmanka is not for you then just join 
nus in Mono cafebar round the corner at 4.15.

Any queries then let me know.

Hopefully, see you there!

Cheers,

Ewan

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday, Tuesday & Thursday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson 
Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Hello! / University of Edinburgh editathon

[MCANDREW Ewan]

Hi,

Apologies for cross posting!

Just a short email to say hello as the new Wikimedian in Residence at the 
University of Edinburgh (January 2016 to January 2017) and to make you aware of 
the editathon session that the University of Edinburgh is running on Tuesday 
16th February to Thursday 18th February which Sara Thomas and I are hosting at 
room LG.07 in the David Hume Tower Building, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JX.

The topic is on the History of Medicine on this occasion. It covers medical 
terms not currently covered on Wikipedia as well as historic Edinburgh 
locations which have played a large role in the history of medicine. It also 
broadens out to cover notable personages in the history of medicine such as the 
infamous Burke & Hare grave-robbers as well as the intriguing case of James 
Miranda Barry and continuing our work on those female pioneers of the medical 
profession such as ‘the Edinburgh 7’ whose stories continue to be 
under-represented on Wikipedia.

There will be refreshments (inc. free lunch if you wish to edit in the morning 
and afternoon sessions), guest speakers, online materials to work with, 
physical materials to work with including, hopefully, the letter written in 
William Burke’s own blood. We’re also looking for some buildings associated 
with Edinburgh’s role in the history of medicine to be photographed and 
uploaded to Wikicommons. You can attend one day or multiple days (or just half 
a day) if you so desire. Either in person or remotely joining in. It’s open to 
all. You’d be very welcome.

Full details on how to register are on the event page here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Creating_an_Open_Body_of_Knowledge_editathon_series

The project page for the residency is here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

I’d be grateful if you could pass this on to anyone you think maybe interested.

Let me know if you have any questions regarding the event, the residency or 
about collaborating on any projects.

Very best regards,

Ewan


Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076
Email: emcan...@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday, Tuesday & Thursday.

The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson 
Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD.
www.ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
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