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Info about the event edit

Millions of people every day seek access to knowledge through Wikipedia.

 
Wikimedia in Education - Wikimedia UK in partnership with the University of Edinburgh showcasing 14 case studies

The workshop aims to develop capability amongst participants (language teachers and researchers) in editing Wikipedia so that they can:

  • contribute to the availability of knowledge on language teaching and learning
  • increase their awareness of the pedagogical opportunities of involving students in editing Wikipedia

Contributing content to Wikipedia or making content available in multiple languages can give form and render visible the legacy of language teaching and learning research and practice, and in turn generate digital content that becomes available for researchers, teachers and learners. Involving students in editing Wikipedia can help them develop capability in writing, researching, and digital and collaboration skills, whilst engaging in a meaningful activity that has a real impact in the world beyond academia.

And did you know that most Wikipedia editors are male (around 85%), and that there are fewer and less extensive articles on Wikipedia about women? There are hundreds of female linguists, researchers, translators and educators in the field of language studies who meet Wikipedia’s standards for notability but don’t yet have a page. Maybe time to add some of them to Wikipedia!

Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in residence at The University of Edinburgh, and Dr Sara Thomas and Dr Richard Nevell from Wikimedia UK will deliver an introductory presentation on Teaching with Wikipedia, followed by a hands-on workshop to introduce Editing Wikipedia. The event will close with a demo on Translating Wikipedia.

Participants can attend any or all of the sessions.


Schedule edit

Wednesday 18th November 2020, starting at 1:30 and 3:30pm. Participants will have received an invitation with a link to join the session.


1:30 - 2:00pm Presentation - Teaching with Wikipedia - Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh, and Dr. Richard Nevell, Wikimedia UK.

2:00 - 3:00pm Editing Wikipedia hands-on training from Dr Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK

3:00 - 3:30pm - Break

3:30 - 4:30pm Translating Wikipedia demo from Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh.

Editing edit

Questions about editing? Read the Wiki-editing FAQ!

Really simple edits you can try:

  • Add a name to a list such as List of linguists.
  • Add a citation of someone's work to improve a page about their field of research.


Some useful links on editing edit

Here are some useful links to help you with your editing:

  • Read up to find out more about sources and verifiability.
  • Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
  • Consider whether you have any conflicts of interest.
  • You can find advice on how to search for relevant sources on any scientist here.
  • All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found below:
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    A speedy guide on where to find the different buttons on Wikipedia, and explaining what they do - useful for complete beginners!
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    Very straightforward step-by-step instructions on how to add a piece of information to an existing Wikipedia page - useful for complete beginners!
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    A guide to elements to include in a wiki-biography, with a checklist to ensure you include as many as you can when editing.
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    A guide to adding infoboxes (those handy things on the right side of a page with a summary of key info).
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    A complete beginner's introduction to adding information onto Wikidata. If in doubt, take a look at someone else's Wikidata entry for inspiration!
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    Steps to adding a photograph to Wikimedia Commons so you can use it in a Wikipedia article - the picture has to be your own for you to add it.
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    Guide to creating your Wikipedia userpage to introduce yourself to other editors.
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    Using talk pages
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    Citing your sources
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    Avoiding plagiarism
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    Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
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    Polishing your articles
  • You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:

  • You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
  • The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

After today edit

Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles.

Some useful links to teach with Wikipedia edit

Reasons to use Wikipedia

Editing Wikipedia, a guide for students booklet

Case Studies: How Professors are Teaching with Wikipedia booklet

Wikimedia Education

More about editing Wikipedia edit

As a first step you may like to check out What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.

  • Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The   or   button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
  • If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.
  • Check out upcoming Wikimedia in Scotland editing events.
  • Check out upcoming Wikimedia UK editing events.

Video guides to editing Wikipedia edit

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