Wikipedia talk:University of Derby/Events and Workshops/International Women's Day Wikipedia editathon

Practical Suggestions and questions

I'm sorry I was unavailable to attend the pre-plannning meeting last week. I've thrown a few ideas together which I hope might be worth us all considering. (strike out any that seem unnecessary):

On-the-day Practicalities

• Could the Uni Library provide at least two large whiteboards, easels and pens? One would be ideal to encourage every attendee to add their Wikipedia user name - so we have a way to track their efforts and offer support after the event, if necessary The other could be to log the titles of any articles wanted/ drafted/improved/published, or for attendees to add things they want HELP! with if they don't seem to be getting immediate support from helpers. *
• Red, black and blue wipe off marker pens needed for the above.
• Big name badges and felt pens to write names on (whether real names or usernames)
• How busy/noisy will the editathon area be on the day? Are we aiming to give a talk or run a laptop/projector?
• WiFi Details & Password prominently displayed.
• Do non-students need to be signed in at Reception?
• Is there a maximum no of people who can be accommodated? Are there enough chairs/power sockets/wifi strength
• Is noise likely to be a problem? Are any quiet areas available?
• Can attendees bring own food/drink?

Promotion

• Could the Editathon be included in the University's events page and emailing? See https://www.derby.ac.uk/newsevents/events/
• Will the university library be putting up lots of posters everywhere?
• Twitter: Has @DerbyUni been informed? Will they attend or RT @WikiWomenInRed?
• Twitter: Has @DerbyUniAlumni been informed? Will they promote/put out a call for ideas for notable women not yet on Wikipedia?
•  Done Draft a "Where do we go from here?" leaflet to hand to new editor attendees before they leave, helping them on their next steps to editing. (I felt this is an area we don't address well at present, and it's a shame to leave new editors floundering. I would really welcome feedback on what I've drafted. I'd envisage re-laying this out in MS Word for the event)
•  Done Add event to WikiProject Nottingham and WikiProject Derbyshire Talk pages (neither seem at all active at present.
•  DoneAdd event to main Editathon Calendar. Are there any other calendars anywhere?
• Press release to Radio Derby - could do pre-record or might even attend in person?
• Press release to BBC EMToday and to Derby Telegraph would be useful, too.
• Have all the University Departments all been contacted to seek their input and suggestions for any missing notable women in academia or Derby Uni alumni?
• Contact staff member Debbie Alston (Lecturer in Biodiversity) - she works with student and non-student groups, some of whom might be interested in attending.

Project Page

•  'Partly done I think this needs to make the goals of the day clearer, especially if we're aiming at many new student editors. First of all, it could be helpful to list the things that everyone should have achieved if they attend for, say, an hour or so. (e.g. Creating a new user account; Creating and editing their User page about their interests; Starting to edit in their own Sandbox; How to get help; coming away with a "Next Steps" handout).
•  Done Currently, it's unclear what red-linked Women in Red articles there are that people could work on.
•  Done Need to make the links to the full Women In Red "articles needed" pages much more visible.
• What articles would the University like to promote for creation? Are any resources/refeences available to support these?
• What library resources can the library offer access to? (on the day? In the future?)
• Are there any other Derby-based topics that we would like to create? (I could get the Cathedral to donate resources to enable us to create: Chapel of St Mary on the Bridge - which is long overdue its own article.
• Can we list any "Photographs needed"? e.g. views of the University to support articles, or potentially notable staff who could be photographed on the day?
•  Done Create Internal shortcut to Project page. I've used this case-sensitive shortcut: WP:Derby18
• Twitter hashtag?

Hope these random thoughts are of use. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:12, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Miscellaneous

Do we have enough seed ideas of topics to work on? If not, is approaching Derby Local Studies Library worthwhile?

Draft ideas for "On The Day" wants list

• Photo of the Vice Chancellor at the Editathon - for use on her Wiki page: Kathryn Mitchell (academic)
• Photos of Editathon participants in action/University library staff organiser
• Can we get all the national team level sportswomen to turn up for a picture?
• There was a great suggestion to get our Derby people to turn up dressed in red. This would be a good challenge to put out to other events on the day.Victuallers (talk) 23:25, 18 February 2018 (UTC)