Wikipedia:Meetup/Institute of Historical Research, London, 25 February 2015
Wikipedia training event at the Institute of Historical Research, London in a nutshell:
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About the event edit
This is a joint event between Wikimedia UK and the Institute of Historical Research.
- How do I prepare?
- Create a Wikipedia account - Special:UserLogin/signup
- Computers will be provided (with wi-fi)
- Learn about editing if you like: Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
Attendees edit
When you have arrived and logged on, please sign below with ~~~~
- Ceorlisc (talk) 10:49, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Danny.millum (talk) 10:50, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Royalblue67 (talk) 10:51, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Digitalhist (talk) 10:52, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Forestperson (talk) 10:52, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- 9tinchron (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Localhisted1 (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Localhisted2 (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Simonmacd (talk) 10:54, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Trainers edit
Image adding exercise edit
- Image adding How to add an image from Commons to an article without one.
Here are some articles currently without images, for which we have suitable image(s) on Commmons. If you want to add an image to one of these, please speak to your Trainer, to avoid two people working on the same article! :
- Chirton
- Cranbourne, Berkshire
- Egglesburn
- Hermiston, Edinburgh
- Hesleyside Hall
- Horsebridge
- Kinlochleven
- Mitcham Library
- Moodiesburn
- Portskerra
- Queensbury, London
- Saint Georges Hotel, London
- Southend, London
- Wakerley
Hesleyside Hall edit
We tried to add an image to Hesleyside Hall earlier today, but without success. I've just discovered that the infobox {{infobox UK feature}} despite having "static_image = " and "static_image_caption =" fields won't show an image! So, I changed it to {{infobox UK place}}, and now the image works fine. Edwardx (talk) 19:22, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Wakerley edit
Wakerley provided an unexpected learning experience. One of our cohort added an image at 11:12, and moved it to the infobox at 11:15. Then it disappeared. And a new one appeared! Wakerley must have been on someone's Watchlist, as it was deleted at 11:16, and the different image was added at 11:18. We learnt that there must be more than one place called Wakerley, and the value of watchlists. Edwardx (talk) 19:31, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
How to expand a Wikipedia article edit
Articles edited/expanded on the day itself edit
Plus at least one new article and other changes in sandboxes.
Tools edit
References edit
- Reftag - copy and paste a Google Books URL to generate a Wikipedia citation
- Reftag DOI - copy and paste a journal DOI number to generate a Wikipedia citation
For (local) historians edit
Wikipedia statistics edit
- Wikipedia:Top 25 Report - the 25 most viewed articles on English language Wikipedia in the past week
- Total edits on all Wikimedia projects
- Wikimedia edits live stream
- Wikipedia:Statistics - a huge range of statistics about Wikipedia
More numbers edit
Future events edit
Wikimedia UK run a number of editathons. This is one you might be interested in attending:
- National Maritime Museum, 15 April 2015 - focusing on articles about Longitude
Bespoke welcome edit
We have a tailored welcome for this event, just post:
{{subst:User:Edwardx/WelcomeIHR}} ~~~~ to the talkpage of any new accounts created for the event