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
Scheduled a Wikipedia Women in Red meetup for Friday 30 March 2018. While 8 signed up for it, unfortunately many cancelled at the last moment and no one attended in the end. In hindsight, not a good idea to hold an event on Good Friday, particularly after the conclusion of a long-running strike.
Used the time to research and write a brand new 2000 word article on the important story of the suffragette
Frances Gordon (aka Frances Graves and a distant relative of the war poet Robert Graves) who became prominent in the militant wing of the Scottish women's suffrage movement prior to the First World War and was imprisoned and force-fed for her actions.
Activities delivered in the past month with stats:
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
Submitted conference proposal for a Wikipedia Translation workshop at the second
Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference hosted this year at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
Successfully nominated the article for inclusion on Wikipedia's front page on their 'In the News' section where it was included with the passing of
Stephen Hawking and the poisoning of
Sergei Skripal.
The page has now been viewed in excess of 41,000 times since its creation on 12 March 2018.
New
Wikimedia Commons category created for images and videos arising from the strike. 19 uploads so far.
Made final arrangements with Sophie Nicholls, Head of Humanities at Teesside University, for the (Re)making Middlesbrough editathon event planned for 27-28 April 2018.
Met with Mike Bennett and Gavin Willshaw to finalise the data model for importing the Thesis Collection data from the Edinburgh Research Archive into Wikidata. Made 154 edits to Wikidata to improve the modelling of theses in readyness for the import. Now the data model is fully agreed, we are just awaiting Mike finalising the new tool he has developed to help import from the ALMA library catalogue into Wikidata.
University of Strathclyde, The Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD Organiser: Lorna Watt(Funding and Events Manager, Scottish Libraries and Information Council)
50 approx.
Presentation on Digital Transformation and Data: the Wikimedia Residency at the University of EdinburghSlides. Sara Thomas (Wikimedian at SLIC) and Gavin Willshaw (Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh Library) were also in attendance and also gave presentations.
Strategic Goal 3
To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK.
Outcomes
Recorded video interviews with:
Jemima John - 4th year Law undergraduate student.
Ali Al Lawati - Phd Student in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies.
Lucas Reynoso - 1st year International Relations undergraduate student.
Karoline Nanfeldt - 4th year Psychology Undergraduate student.
Tomas Sanders - 4th year History undergraduate student.
Eve Sealy - Senior Hons. Reproductive Biology student.
Mark Bradshaw - Translation Studies MSc student.
Athina Frantzana - Phd Student at the School of Physics and Astronomy.
Two groups of Data Science for Design MSc students discussing the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database import into Wikidata.
Dr. Jenni Garden (Christina Miller Research Fellow) and Dr. Michael Seery (Reader in Education) at the School of Chemistry.
Dr. Richard Smith and Dr. Simon Riley, course leaders on the Reproductive Biology Honours programme at the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health.
Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal for Online Learning and Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services.
Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh Library.
Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
The 4th iteration of the Wikipedia Translation assignment on the Translation Studies MSc programme concluded on 6 April 2018 with 9 new articles being published.
Activities delivered in the past month with stats:
Event Name
Date
Location
Attendees
New Users
Gender breakdown
Getting started with Wikipedia editing workshop with the University of Edinburgh Digital Skills team List of usernames recorded: User:Bmcroberts User:DudsDelmas
Computing Lab 1.02, First floor, 50 George Square, Edinburgh
3
0
100% female
Projects/events in development
Discussing with Hannah Evans at Wikimedia UK about the production of a new UK-based booklet of Wikipedia in the Classroom case studies.
Supporting Gavin Willshaw, digital curator at the University of Edinburgh, to prepare for running his first Wikipedia editathon at Portobello Library on Saturday 14 April (rescheduled after heavy snowfall).
Another iteration of the Wikipedia assignment in the Reproductive Biology Hons. course has been confirmed to go ahead in September 2018.
Wikipedia editing assignment for the Global Health MSc course - postponed until October 2018 due to Felix Stein working in Haiti at the moment.
Liaising with Pauline Kelly & Lois Wolffe (Amnesty Scotland) and Sara Thomas (Wikimedian at SLIC) on a Human Rights Defenders - Global Wikithon event for Amnesty International at the Glasgow Women's Library on Saturday 19 May 2018.
A collaboration with Michael Seery at the School of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Chemistry to be confirmed.
Ada Lovelace Day 2018 is confirmed as going ahead at the School of Chemistry again in October 2018; working with Michael Seery and Jenni Garden.
Further monthly
Women in Red meetup scheduled for 8 June 2018 to mark the Processions event on 10 June 2018; celebrating 100 years of votes for women, marches and bannermaking.
Awaiting word from Sara Mortsell at Wikimedia Sweden about her plan to collaborate on a Wikipedia in Education knowledge sharing exercise between Wikimedia Sweden, Stockholm University, the University of Edinburgh and Tel Aviv University.
(Re)Making Middlesbrough - Editathon and Train the Trainer event with Sophie Nicholls at Teeside University confirmed all organised for 27-28 April 2018.
Law Society editathon arranged and to be led by law student Jemima John. This has been rescheduled for 15 May 2018 along with a collaboration on an article designed to provoke discussion of Wikipedia in the Law curriculum at a later date.
Showcase 'Wiki Loves Libraries' event for SDLC and SLIC representatives still mooted - awaiting word from Kirsty Lingstadt (Head of Digital Library) and liaising with Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator on date and format.
Continuing to liaise with Gavin Willshaw and Mike Bennett at Library & University Collections on the import of thesis data to Wikidata from the Edinburgh Research Archive. Completed necessary preparatory work; just awaiting Mike finishing developing the tool that converts ALMA library catalogue data into a Wikidata-friendly import.
Continuing to add more data to Wikidata from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database. More to be added at the Digital Day of Ideas event on 16 May 2018 for digital scholars working at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Liaising with Susan Ross, Gaelic Wikipedian at the National Library of Scotland, on a submission for the Gaelic Studies Conference at the University of Edinburgh next summer. Awaiting word on this from Susan.
Three presentations prepared for the Open Educational Resources Conference (OER18) on 18-19 April 2018: Wikidata in the Classroom (lightning talk), Stories of Student Empowerment - Wikipedia in the Classroom (15 minute presentation) and an EdTech editathon workshop. Recording interviews with multiple staff and students over the course of this month.
Upcoming events in 2018
April 14 - Portobello Library editathon.
April 18 - OER18 Conference.
April 19 - OER18 Conference.
April 27 - Re(making) Middlesbrough event at Teesside University.
April 28 - Re(making) Middlesbrough event at Teesside University.
May 3 - Webinar for Queens' University, Belfast.
May 15 - WikiProject Law editathon - run by Law undergraduate Jemima John.
May 16 - Digital Day of Ideas: Wikidata workshop.
May 19 - Human Rights Defenders event for Amnesty Scotland at the Glasgow Women's Library.
June 8 - Processions Wikipedia editathon - a Wikipedia Women in Red event to mark 100 years of votes for women, marches and bannermaking.
June 18 - Academia and Wikipedia Conference at Maynooth University, Ireland.
July 5 - Celtic Knot 2018, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
July 6 - Celtic Knot 2018, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
July 9-13 - Wikipedia editathon workshop at the EAHIL Conference.
September - 4th iteration of Reproductive Biology Hons. - Wikipedia in the Classroom project.
Media
Slides
New set of slides uploaded to Slideshare following the Digital Transformation and Data presentation at the SCURL event on 23 March 2018.
The
Wikimedian in Residence channel on Youtube now has received over 31,047 views in total of its 63 videos with 142 subscribers (2,348 more views and 10,353 minutes watched approx. since last month with 19 more subscribers, 20 'likes', and 18 'shares' since last month). These videos have been viewed in over 99 different countries this month and in 163 countries around the world over the course of the channel's lifetime.
Number of videos
Views this month
Number of countries watching this month
Minutes watched this month
New 'likes'
New shares
New subscribers
Total subscribers
Total views
Total number of countries viewing the channel
63
2,348
99
10,353
20
18
19
142
31,047
163
Image uploads to Wikimedia Commons
2018 UK higher education strike placards
Picket at University of Edinburgh
Pickets at the rear entrance to the University of East Anglia - 1 November 2013 - Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons
Lord Roberts Monument at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.
UCU rally at George Square, Glasgow.
Lord Roberts statue at top of Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.
UCU rally at George Square, Glasgow.
People Make Glasgow - UCU Rally.
UCU rally at George Square, Glasgow on 16 March 2018.
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
Scheduled a Wikipedia Women in Red meetup for Friday 30 March 2018. While 8 signed up for it, unfortunately many cancelled at the last moment and no one attended in the end. In hindsight, not a good idea to hold an event on Good Friday, particularly after the conclusion of a long-running strike.
Used the time to research and write a brand new 2000 word article on the important story of the suffragette
Frances Gordon (aka Frances Graves and a distant relative of the war poet Robert Graves) who became prominent in the militant wing of the Scottish women's suffrage movement prior to the First World War and was imprisoned and force-fed for her actions.
Activities delivered in the past month with stats:
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
Submitted conference proposal for a Wikipedia Translation workshop at the second
Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference hosted this year at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
Successfully nominated the article for inclusion on Wikipedia's front page on their 'In the News' section where it was included with the passing of
Stephen Hawking and the poisoning of
Sergei Skripal.
The page has now been viewed in excess of 41,000 times since its creation on 12 March 2018.
New
Wikimedia Commons category created for images and videos arising from the strike. 19 uploads so far.
Made final arrangements with Sophie Nicholls, Head of Humanities at Teesside University, for the (Re)making Middlesbrough editathon event planned for 27-28 April 2018.
Met with Mike Bennett and Gavin Willshaw to finalise the data model for importing the Thesis Collection data from the Edinburgh Research Archive into Wikidata. Made 154 edits to Wikidata to improve the modelling of theses in readyness for the import. Now the data model is fully agreed, we are just awaiting Mike finalising the new tool he has developed to help import from the ALMA library catalogue into Wikidata.
University of Strathclyde, The Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD Organiser: Lorna Watt(Funding and Events Manager, Scottish Libraries and Information Council)
50 approx.
Presentation on Digital Transformation and Data: the Wikimedia Residency at the University of EdinburghSlides. Sara Thomas (Wikimedian at SLIC) and Gavin Willshaw (Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh Library) were also in attendance and also gave presentations.
Strategic Goal 3
To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK.
Outcomes
Recorded video interviews with:
Jemima John - 4th year Law undergraduate student.
Ali Al Lawati - Phd Student in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies.
Lucas Reynoso - 1st year International Relations undergraduate student.
Karoline Nanfeldt - 4th year Psychology Undergraduate student.
Tomas Sanders - 4th year History undergraduate student.
Eve Sealy - Senior Hons. Reproductive Biology student.
Mark Bradshaw - Translation Studies MSc student.
Athina Frantzana - Phd Student at the School of Physics and Astronomy.
Two groups of Data Science for Design MSc students discussing the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database import into Wikidata.
Dr. Jenni Garden (Christina Miller Research Fellow) and Dr. Michael Seery (Reader in Education) at the School of Chemistry.
Dr. Richard Smith and Dr. Simon Riley, course leaders on the Reproductive Biology Honours programme at the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health.
Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal for Online Learning and Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services.
Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh Library.
Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
The 4th iteration of the Wikipedia Translation assignment on the Translation Studies MSc programme concluded on 6 April 2018 with 9 new articles being published.
Activities delivered in the past month with stats:
Event Name
Date
Location
Attendees
New Users
Gender breakdown
Getting started with Wikipedia editing workshop with the University of Edinburgh Digital Skills team List of usernames recorded: User:Bmcroberts User:DudsDelmas
Computing Lab 1.02, First floor, 50 George Square, Edinburgh
3
0
100% female
Projects/events in development
Discussing with Hannah Evans at Wikimedia UK about the production of a new UK-based booklet of Wikipedia in the Classroom case studies.
Supporting Gavin Willshaw, digital curator at the University of Edinburgh, to prepare for running his first Wikipedia editathon at Portobello Library on Saturday 14 April (rescheduled after heavy snowfall).
Another iteration of the Wikipedia assignment in the Reproductive Biology Hons. course has been confirmed to go ahead in September 2018.
Wikipedia editing assignment for the Global Health MSc course - postponed until October 2018 due to Felix Stein working in Haiti at the moment.
Liaising with Pauline Kelly & Lois Wolffe (Amnesty Scotland) and Sara Thomas (Wikimedian at SLIC) on a Human Rights Defenders - Global Wikithon event for Amnesty International at the Glasgow Women's Library on Saturday 19 May 2018.
A collaboration with Michael Seery at the School of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Chemistry to be confirmed.
Ada Lovelace Day 2018 is confirmed as going ahead at the School of Chemistry again in October 2018; working with Michael Seery and Jenni Garden.
Further monthly
Women in Red meetup scheduled for 8 June 2018 to mark the Processions event on 10 June 2018; celebrating 100 years of votes for women, marches and bannermaking.
Awaiting word from Sara Mortsell at Wikimedia Sweden about her plan to collaborate on a Wikipedia in Education knowledge sharing exercise between Wikimedia Sweden, Stockholm University, the University of Edinburgh and Tel Aviv University.
(Re)Making Middlesbrough - Editathon and Train the Trainer event with Sophie Nicholls at Teeside University confirmed all organised for 27-28 April 2018.
Law Society editathon arranged and to be led by law student Jemima John. This has been rescheduled for 15 May 2018 along with a collaboration on an article designed to provoke discussion of Wikipedia in the Law curriculum at a later date.
Showcase 'Wiki Loves Libraries' event for SDLC and SLIC representatives still mooted - awaiting word from Kirsty Lingstadt (Head of Digital Library) and liaising with Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator on date and format.
Continuing to liaise with Gavin Willshaw and Mike Bennett at Library & University Collections on the import of thesis data to Wikidata from the Edinburgh Research Archive. Completed necessary preparatory work; just awaiting Mike finishing developing the tool that converts ALMA library catalogue data into a Wikidata-friendly import.
Continuing to add more data to Wikidata from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database. More to be added at the Digital Day of Ideas event on 16 May 2018 for digital scholars working at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Liaising with Susan Ross, Gaelic Wikipedian at the National Library of Scotland, on a submission for the Gaelic Studies Conference at the University of Edinburgh next summer. Awaiting word on this from Susan.
Three presentations prepared for the Open Educational Resources Conference (OER18) on 18-19 April 2018: Wikidata in the Classroom (lightning talk), Stories of Student Empowerment - Wikipedia in the Classroom (15 minute presentation) and an EdTech editathon workshop. Recording interviews with multiple staff and students over the course of this month.
Upcoming events in 2018
April 14 - Portobello Library editathon.
April 18 - OER18 Conference.
April 19 - OER18 Conference.
April 27 - Re(making) Middlesbrough event at Teesside University.
April 28 - Re(making) Middlesbrough event at Teesside University.
May 3 - Webinar for Queens' University, Belfast.
May 15 - WikiProject Law editathon - run by Law undergraduate Jemima John.
May 16 - Digital Day of Ideas: Wikidata workshop.
May 19 - Human Rights Defenders event for Amnesty Scotland at the Glasgow Women's Library.
June 8 - Processions Wikipedia editathon - a Wikipedia Women in Red event to mark 100 years of votes for women, marches and bannermaking.
June 18 - Academia and Wikipedia Conference at Maynooth University, Ireland.
July 5 - Celtic Knot 2018, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
July 6 - Celtic Knot 2018, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
July 9-13 - Wikipedia editathon workshop at the EAHIL Conference.
September - 4th iteration of Reproductive Biology Hons. - Wikipedia in the Classroom project.
Media
Slides
New set of slides uploaded to Slideshare following the Digital Transformation and Data presentation at the SCURL event on 23 March 2018.
The
Wikimedian in Residence channel on Youtube now has received over 31,047 views in total of its 63 videos with 142 subscribers (2,348 more views and 10,353 minutes watched approx. since last month with 19 more subscribers, 20 'likes', and 18 'shares' since last month). These videos have been viewed in over 99 different countries this month and in 163 countries around the world over the course of the channel's lifetime.
Number of videos
Views this month
Number of countries watching this month
Minutes watched this month
New 'likes'
New shares
New subscribers
Total subscribers
Total views
Total number of countries viewing the channel
63
2,348
99
10,353
20
18
19
142
31,047
163
Image uploads to Wikimedia Commons
2018 UK higher education strike placards
Picket at University of Edinburgh
Pickets at the rear entrance to the University of East Anglia - 1 November 2013 - Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons
Lord Roberts Monument at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.
UCU rally at George Square, Glasgow.
Lord Roberts statue at top of Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.
UCU rally at George Square, Glasgow.
People Make Glasgow - UCU Rally.
UCU rally at George Square, Glasgow on 16 March 2018.