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Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/19th Month Report

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Institution Resident's Name Period Covered Date of Report List of reports to date
University of Edinburgh Ewan McAndrew 12 July - 11 August 2017 (Nineteenth month of residency) 29 August 2017 Click here to view all reports.

NB: This was a slightly shorter month due to annual leave from 8 to 18 July 2017.

Running total of staff & student engagement edit

Institution Resident's Name Number of training sessions delivered Number of students trained Number of staff trained Members of the public trained Number of editathons Total articles created Total articles improved
University of Edinburgh Ewan McAndrew 65 193 230 133 20 272 1360

Projects delivered edit

Strategic Goal 1 edit

Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on cultural content.

Outcomes edit

Activities delivered in the past month with stats: edit

Event Name Date Location Attendees New Users Gender breakdown
Wiki Women in Red monthly meetup: Writing biographies of notable women 28 July 2017 12pm-2pm University of Edinburgh 5th floor boardroom, Edinburgh College of Art, 78 West Port, Edinburgh. 6 4 100% female

Image statistics edit

Strategic Goal 2 edit

Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level.

Outcomes edit

Activities delivered in the past month with stats: edit

Event Name Date Location / Organiser Attendees (approx) Title
Wikipedia and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit 20 July 2017 University of Glasgow, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow.
Organiser:Gillian Fergie		 3 Introductory meeting with the University of Glasgow's MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit team to explore how they can benefit from and contribute to the Wikimedia projects.
Building SPARQL queries in the Wikidata Query Service
Workshop at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans (Histropedia)		 4 August 2017 University of Edinburgh - John McIntyre Conference Centre.
Organiser:Pauline Ward		 7 Practical workshop to demonstrate how easy it is to build up Wikidata queries. (This session was recorded and added to Media Hopper).
Wikidata I/O Part 1: Adding data to Wikidata
Workshop at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans (Histropedia)		 4 August 2017 University of Edinburgh - John McIntyre Conference Centre.
Organiser:Pauline Ward		 25 Practical workshop to demonstrate how easy it is to add verifiable data manually to Wikidata (with references) and how to add data in bulk using live imports from UNESCO data.
Wikidata I/O Part 2: Consuming the data
Presentation at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans (Histropedia)		 4 August 2017 University of Edinburgh - John McIntyre Conference Centre.
Organiser:Pauline Ward		 25 Part presentation and part practical workshop to showcase the variety of recent real world use cases of data imported into Wikidata and to demonstrate how that data can be queried, visualised and analaysed in any number of ways.
Wikimania 2017
Attended the annual Wikimedia Conference in Montreal		 8-13 August 2017 Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Canada
Organiser:Phoebe Ayers (Wikimedia)		 900 Attended a variety of presentations, discussions and practical workshops during the pre-conference hackathon and conference proper with a view to knowledge exchange, skills development and advocacy of the sharing of open knowledge in UK educational contexts. Delivered a presentation with Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal at the University of Edinburgh, on the Value of Wikimedians in Residence on Sunday 13th August to an audience of 20-30 attendees.

Strategic Goal 3 edit

To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK.

Outcomes edit

  • To enable greater sustainability of the Wikimedia work at the University of Edinburgh, we held a 2 hour Wiki Lore 101 intermediate skills-training session for Anne-Marie Scott, Head of Digital Learning Applications and Media, and Lorna Campbell, Wikimedia UK trustee and Open Education Resources Liaison for Open Scotland in the Learning, Teaching, and Web Services Division at the University of Edinburgh.
  • Discussed with Sage Ross, developer on Programs & Events Dashboard, about the issues that needed addressing to allow for greater uptake from course leaders.
  • Met with the University of Glasgow's MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit team to explore ways in which they can benefit from and contribute to the Wikimedia projects.
  • Met with Anne-Marie Scott, Melissa Highton and Richard Nevell (Wikimedia UK) on 28 July 2017 to discuss the 18th month review.
  • Wikimedia Norge have contacted the University of Tromso about hosting the Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference in 2019.
  • Created 4 new Wikidata 'how to' videos after Repository Fringe which have been added to Media Hopper. These will help form the basis of pdf handouts to demonstrate how to add data manually and in bulk.
  • Confirmed with Felix Stein that Anthropology will be running a 200 word Wikipedia assignment in 2017/2018.
  • Confirmed with James Loxley, professor of Early Modern Literature, that a AHRC-funded 'Being Human' editathon will take place in November 2017.

Activities delivered in the past month with stats: edit

Event Name Date Location Attendees New Users Gender breakdown
Wiki Lore 101 - Intermediate training for University of Edinburgh staff already proficient in Wikipedia editing 18 July 2017 3pm-5pm University of Edinburgh Room EW.09, Argyle House, Edinburgh 2 0 100% female
Getting started with Wikipedia: Editing using the new Visual Editor 27 July 2017 10:30am-12:30pm University of Edinburgh Room 1.08, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh 2 2 50% female

Digitisation edit

Collections identified for potential future upload:

  • Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator, has uploaded a test case of Thomas Jehu's PhD thesis to Wikisource during the History of Medicine editathon on 23 & 24 February 2017 and has been authorised as of August 2017 to upload twenty more (creating linked Wikidata items and statements in the process).
  • A WiR and Library proposal has been drafted and passed to colleagues at Library & University Collections.
    • Kirsty Lingstadt (Head of Digital Library) has met with Jason Evans, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales, on Friday 7 July 2017 to learn more about his particular residency with a view to seeing how GLAM residencies work. A proposal for a SDLC & GLAM-Wiki showcase event involving SLIC WiR Sara Thomas, NLS WiR Susan Ross, myself and UoE Digital Curator, Gavin Willshaw, has been mooted.
  • Paul Barnaby was to liaise with Navino Evans to see if Histropedia can be employed with the Our History site along with a Visual Editor plugin.
    • Update 25/07: Time and resources are not currently available to proceed with this planned improvement to the Our History site but content may be migrated across to Wikipedia in due course.
  • We have been given permission to upload images where WW1 nurse orderly Ethel Moir is the creator from the Capital Collections website.
    • Update 28/08/2017: Have uploaded twenty images from Ethel Moir's collections to Wikimedia Commons which have been approved by Ethel's family for release - OTRS approval has been provided by Capital Collections and just needs processed at Wikimedia Commons end.
  • Data from the Mactutor Archive has been autoscraped into Wikidata so all 2739 biographical entries should now be represented on Wikidata with a link back to the Mactutor site.

Projects/events in development edit

  • Contacted Stephen Kaye on the Mastercard Scholarship Foundation to follow up on conversations in Spring 2017 about holding an African Alumni & Swahili editathon in December 2017.
  • An editathon themed on Scottish Contemporary Artists will now be held in Friday 24th November 2017 with confirmed involvement from the School of Design Informatics and potential involvement from the History of Art course.
  • Arranged to meet with James Loxley, Professor of Early Modern Literature, 8 September 2017 to help facilitate an AHRC-funded 'Being Human' editathon in November 2017.
  • Confirmed with Felix Stein at Social Anthropology about a Wikipedia editing assignment for 2017/2018.
  • Confirmed with Karen Gregory for a Wikipedia workshop to take place in October 2017 on the Digital Sociology course with a view to further work in Spring 2018.
  • Planning an Ada Lovelace Day event focused on Women in Chemistry and liaising with Michael Seery, Reader in Education at the School of Education, about supporting his postgraduate students to write articles on Women in Chemistry in the run up this event as well as another proposed event with the Royal Society of Chemistry. Second planning meeting held on 28 August. Next one on 25 September 2017.
  • Continuing discussions about the use and implementation of Open Badges at the university. Creation of initial few designs can take place now use of a platform, Badgr, has been identified. Liaising with Richard Nevell at Wikimedia UK on next steps.
  • Confirmed with Sophie Nicholls at Teeside University about doing an editathon and Train the Trainer events down there - dates now to be finalised as the next step. Discussing in next planning meeting on 6 September 2017.
  • Approached Karen Howie at History, Classics and Archaeology about an archaeology-themed editathon to mark Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017 in conjunction with Sara Thomas's work at Dig It! and SLIC.
  • Confirmed with Tomas Sanders (Open Ed. intern) about a student History Society editathon will take place as part of Black History Month on 25 October 2017.
  • Collating use cases of Wikidata and preparing documentation with Navino Evans for how to add data to Wikidata, individually and in bulk.
  • Collaborating with Wikisource volunteer, Sam Wilson, following Wikimania to produce materials to simplify process of working with Wikisource: the free digital library (pdf handouts, video tutorials etc.)
  • Exploring how a Wiki MOOC could be implemented which builds on the work of Wikimedia France.
  • Continuing to support colleagues at the University of Edinburgh's Digital Skills team to run their own Wikipedia training workshops.
  • Liaising with Leila Zia and Bob West to make improvements to the Gapfinder tool for the 3rd iteration of the Translation Studies MSc.
  • Arranged meeting with Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator, to discuss how we can better work together and provide a showcase event for SDLC and SLIC representatives.
  • Confirmed arrangements with Alex Chow for the World Christianity MSc assignment in 2017/2018.
  • Confirmed arrangements with Chris Harlow for the Reproductive Biology Hons. assignment in 2017/2018.

Upcoming events in 2017 edit

  • August 23 - Teaching with Wikipedia workshop - What do I need to know first?
  • August 23 - OER KPI's discussion with Lorna Campbell.
  • August 25 - Wiki Women in Red meetup #4
  • August 28 - Ada Lovelace Day planning meeting #2 - School of Chemistry.
  • September 11 - Wiki editing workshop
  • September 13 - Open Education and Digital Strategy meeting with UC Louvain representatives.
  • September 20 and 27 - Reproductive Biology Hons. workshops.
  • September 21 - Teaching with Wikipedia workshop.
  • September 22 and 29 - Translation Studies MSc workshops.
  • September 26 - Train the Trainer workshop.
  • September 27 - World Christianity MSc - Wikipedia editing workshop
  • September 29 - Wiki Women in Red meetup #5
  • October 5 - Wikipedia editing training workshop
  • October 10 - Ada Lovelace Day 2017
  • October 19 - Teaching with Wikipedia workshop.
  • October 24 - Train the Trainer workshop.
  • October 25 - Black History month editathon.
  • October 26 - Data Science and Design - Data Fair event.
  • October 27 - Wiki Women in Red meetup #6.
  • October 28 & 29 - WikidataCon
  • November 2 - Wikipedia editing workshop.
  • November 8 - Wikidata and Histropedia workshop.
  • November 14 - Teaching with Wikipedia workshop.
  • November 23 - Digital Sociology workshop - Karen Gregory, lecturer in Digital Sociology.
  • November 24 - Scottish Contemporary Artists editathon at the Fruitmarket Gallery with the School of Design Informatics.
  • November 24 - Being Human' editathon; organised by James Loxley, Professor of Early Modern Literature.
  • December - Swahili editathon (tbc).
  • December 21 - Wiki Women in Red meetup #7.

Media edit

Slides edit

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    Presentation at Wikimania 2017 with Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal at the University of Edinburgh.
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    Wikidata presentation #1 at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans.
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    Wikidata presentation #2 at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans.
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    Wikidata presentation #3 at Repository Fringe 2017 with Navino Evans.

Pictures edit

Images from the diary of Ethel Moir - WW1 nurse with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service.

Videos edit

  • The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Media Hopper now has 208 videos. 28 more than last month; 19 of which were uploaded as a result of the Wikimania 2017 conference.
  • The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Youtube now has accrued 15,775 views of its 36 videos with 71 subscribers (One thousand seven hundred more views approx. than last month and 6 more subscribers than last month).

Press about the residency edit

  1. Edinburgh University searches for 'Wikimedians' - Edinburgh Evening News, 8th October 2015.
  2. University of Edinburgh to employ ‘Wikimedian in Residence’ web editor - The Student Newspaper.org, October 13th 2015.
  3. The History of Medicine gets mentioned in the ILW Awards 2016
  4. The OER16 Conference, co-chaired by Melissa Highton and Lorna M. Campbell, won Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year Award
  5. 'Wikidata and Wikisource Showcase' mentioned on IS News site.
  6. The Wikimedia Residency, as part of the University Of Edinburgh's Open Education team, won 3rd place in ALT's Learning Technologist of the Year awards.
  7. Open Education team (including Wikimedia residency) come third in ALT Learning Technologist of the Year awards - story on the IS News site.
  8. Wikipedia's women problem - Melissa Highton writes for the Dangerous Women project 10th October 2016
  9. STV News 'Live at Five' covers the Ada Lovelace Day - Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon.
  10. New College take on Wikipedia edit-a-thon - Women and Religion 2 November 2016.
  11. Brenda Moon remembered in Wikipedia editathon - article in IS News
  12. Wikipedia editathon and Mary Stewart - Edinburgh Gothic Sat 12 November.
  13. Wikipedia editathon at the University of Sheffield's Centre for the History of the Gothic
  14. Collaborating to built a city of information literacy, a city of Wikipedia - Interview by OEPS Scotland
  15. #1Lib1Ref at the University of Edinburgh - Blog article by Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator - 2nd February 2017
  16. Fake News and Wikidata - a roundup of the Wikimedia UK Education Summit
  17. Host a Wikimedian - You can't afford not to (blog article)
  18. 'Wikipedia, research and representation- - Dr Amy Burge, Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh.
  19. Mary Susan McIntosh and the Women in Red - Lorna Campbell.
  20. What do you do with a dead chemist? - Anne-Marie Scott.
  21. Wikipedia and Writing - Michael Seery, Reader in Education, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
  22. Language and Politics - my takeaways by Mina Theofilatou.
  23. How is it almost August? - Lorna Campbell.
  24. While in Scotland - Käbi Suvi, Wikimedia Estonia.
  25. Celtic Knot Conference 2017 in Edinburgh - Astrid Carlsen, Wikimedia Norge.
  26. Wikipedia in the Classroom: developing information literacy, online citizenship and digital research skills - Teaching Matters blog 13th June 2017.
  27. Congratulations to our Wikimedian of the Year - Wikimedia UK blog 1st August 2017.
  28. University of Edinburgh journal vol.48 no.1 - Article about the Edinburgh residency on p.25
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