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One of us will try and create a short video about the people there (& IWD, Newnham, Wikimedia and Women in Red
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Having attended my first editathon in March 2017 (unless you exclude the very first one at GlamWikiDerby in 2011), I would observe the following: The day was enhanced by having an introductory talk every hour for all newcomers. They mostly had their own mobile devices and soon got to grips with understanding the basics of making and saving their first edits. The presenter, Doug Taylor, was enthusiastic and engaging.
The room was divided into two halves by portable partitioning, but there was quite a lot of noise, and the room was echo-ey. This made my task of video-recording a challenge, and sometimes the speaker was hard to hear for that reason, too. The room was bright, which was great for photography. College staff were amazingly supportive, and welcomed/logged all those who attended. A Wikipedia Admin was present to help a school groups create new accounts. There were just enough spare laptops to go around.
Tiring but hugely rewarding. Great to meet, photograph and help brand new editors and see their commitment to creating and editing articles. All laptops were fully in use - thank goodness most people brought their own, too. Seeing young schoolchildren attending and getting stuck in was delightful. Having a really well-presented introduction to making that first edit on Wikipedia was brilliantly done - being every hour throughout the day was worthwhile. Some people came to the introduction then stayed to edit all day long.
Stephanie Hilborne OBE
Stephanie Hilborne OBE - just a redirect at the Wildlife Trusts at present.
Elizabeth Hodges Dr Alycen Elizabeth Josephine Hodges first female to reach rank of Commander in the Royal Navy 1987 Lifeboats Medical Adviser
User:Rodney Baggins Derby uni:
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Hello xxxxx Thank you for the details of the Editathon. I can confirm that I will be free to come and help out, if required. Whether you need me depends very much on what xxxx plans to do, of course. (He and I both helped out at an editathon at Newnham College three years back) I might offer a few suggestions which could be of use, though maybe xxxx have already made these. One is to suggest that you encourage attendees to try to register for a free Wikipedia account BEFORE they attend and try to start editing. It saves time, and even gives them a chance to practice a bit beforehand. Another is to have a signing-in book or whiteboard on which you can get everyone to add their Wikipedia account name (this allows for a bit of follow-up after the event). If you can get those usernames from them before they attend, we can even make sure they get a nice welcome message, in advance, too. Like this one. You can use the whiteboard to show any WiFi password, too. A third is to give everyone something to take away with them to encourage them to keep going after the event. I produced a an A4 handout at one event I helped at, based on this: /info/en/?search=User:Nick_Moyes/editathon/handout1 I will await feedback from you and xxxx as to what type of assistance, if any, you feel you might like from me. I shalln't be offended if you don't feel you need me. Regards Nick Moyes |
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![]() | This is a Wikipedia
user page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user in whose space this page is located may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nick_Moyes/editathon. |
Backup:
Backup
One of us will try and create a short video about the people there (& IWD, Newnham, Wikimedia and Women in Red
Interviews
If student:
If alumni:
If event organiser/contributor:
Having attended my first editathon in March 2017 (unless you exclude the very first one at GlamWikiDerby in 2011), I would observe the following: The day was enhanced by having an introductory talk every hour for all newcomers. They mostly had their own mobile devices and soon got to grips with understanding the basics of making and saving their first edits. The presenter, Doug Taylor, was enthusiastic and engaging.
The room was divided into two halves by portable partitioning, but there was quite a lot of noise, and the room was echo-ey. This made my task of video-recording a challenge, and sometimes the speaker was hard to hear for that reason, too. The room was bright, which was great for photography. College staff were amazingly supportive, and welcomed/logged all those who attended. A Wikipedia Admin was present to help a school groups create new accounts. There were just enough spare laptops to go around.
Tiring but hugely rewarding. Great to meet, photograph and help brand new editors and see their commitment to creating and editing articles. All laptops were fully in use - thank goodness most people brought their own, too. Seeing young schoolchildren attending and getting stuck in was delightful. Having a really well-presented introduction to making that first edit on Wikipedia was brilliantly done - being every hour throughout the day was worthwhile. Some people came to the introduction then stayed to edit all day long.
Stephanie Hilborne OBE
Stephanie Hilborne OBE - just a redirect at the Wildlife Trusts at present.
Elizabeth Hodges Dr Alycen Elizabeth Josephine Hodges first female to reach rank of Commander in the Royal Navy 1987 Lifeboats Medical Adviser
User:Rodney Baggins Derby uni:
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Hello xxxxx Thank you for the details of the Editathon. I can confirm that I will be free to come and help out, if required. Whether you need me depends very much on what xxxx plans to do, of course. (He and I both helped out at an editathon at Newnham College three years back) I might offer a few suggestions which could be of use, though maybe xxxx have already made these. One is to suggest that you encourage attendees to try to register for a free Wikipedia account BEFORE they attend and try to start editing. It saves time, and even gives them a chance to practice a bit beforehand. Another is to have a signing-in book or whiteboard on which you can get everyone to add their Wikipedia account name (this allows for a bit of follow-up after the event). If you can get those usernames from them before they attend, we can even make sure they get a nice welcome message, in advance, too. Like this one. You can use the whiteboard to show any WiFi password, too. A third is to give everyone something to take away with them to encourage them to keep going after the event. I produced a an A4 handout at one event I helped at, based on this: /info/en/?search=User:Nick_Moyes/editathon/handout1 I will await feedback from you and xxxx as to what type of assistance, if any, you feel you might like from me. I shalln't be offended if you don't feel you need me. Regards Nick Moyes |
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