Wikipedia:GLAM/Bannatyne

Welcome to the Bannatyne Wikithon!

This event is held in collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan and the National Library of Scotland, with additional support from the University of Edinburgh and WIkimedia UK. It comes from the Leverhulme Trust funded project Digitising the Bannatyne MS (c. 1568) and will run on Wednesday 2 December 2020 at 2pm GMT. With thanks to Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh for the template for this info page, and to Sara Thomas for further advice.

First steps

Please create an account on Wikipedia, if you haven't already.
Please join the dashboard page for this event.
Have a look at the sources folder and the articles spreadsheet to ensure you have access to both.
Add any articles or sources that you might want to use on the day by dragging them into the sources folder.
Add any suggestions of articles to the articles spreadsheet, if you have new ideas!
Do some preliminary tutorials, only if you like: see the Training Dashboard for guidance.

About the event

No previous Wikipedia experience is necessary: this is a friendly, open and welcoming environment to try your hand at some editing!

The Bannatyne manuscript (NLS Adv. 1.1.6) is the single most important collection of Older Scots verse. Compiled in the 1560s by George Bannatyne, a young Edinburgh burgess, the collection is distinguished by its unique division by genre into sections on theology, morality, comedy, love and animal fables. Produced during the volatile climate of Mary Queen of Scots' reign, the manuscript offers insights into religious and social values in its selections and censorship. It is also an artefact of an Edinburgh in which the plague ran rife and citizens were forced into self-isolation.

This event aims to create, edit and curate entries relating to the manuscript, its contents, the people associated with the poems, and the historical and social context of 16^th century Scotland. Sources and suggestions will be made available on the day, but you are welcome to come with your own ideas. We are particularly interested in articles and research pertaining to the role of women at this time.

Safe space policy

This event is a safe, mutually respectful space. We ask that you treat all participants with kindness and dignity.

For further detail, please refer to the comprehensive Safe/Brave space policy laid out by Art+Feminism.

Schedule

[GMT]

14:00 -- Introduction and Bannatyne MS overview
14:20 -- Guide to editing Wikipedia
15:15 -- Coffee break
15:30 -- Article writing/editing
16:30 -- Check in
16:45 -- Article writing/editing
17:30 -- Article publishing
17:45 -- Final reflections and wrap up

FAQ

I have no idea what I'm doing! What am I doing?

You are helping to make Wikipedia, and knowledge around the Bannatyne, a better and improved place. You're also learning some new transferable skills that you can bring to all your other interests.

I've never edited before - am I going to make mistakes?

You might make mistakes, but that's okay - Wikipedia is a supportive community that encourages you to try, to learn and to have fun.

I don't know enough to do this: why should I bother?

To try, to learn, to have fun :)

The manual of style

Wikipedia has help pages which set out style guidelines for pages being created on certain subject areas:

Sources

A collection of open source material is shared here in a sources folder. Other general sources are listed below.

NB: Wikipedia is a tertiary resource, which relies upon secondary sources. Wikipedia is not a place for original research.

For more guidance on the use of sources, see this guide here.
Search for articles on Google Scholar
Try the Wikipedia Library's list of free resources
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search
Scottish Bibliographies Online
Histories of Scottish Families
Oxford Reference (behind paywall/USask library)
Literature Online (LION) (behind paywall/USask library)

Theses databases

EThOS: Britsh Library Thesis Repository

Trainers

Gavin Willshaw, University of Edinburgh
Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK
Abd Alsattar Ardati, Wikimedia UK
Ian Watt, Wikimedia UK

Participants

Outcomes

Newly created pages

TBC

Improved pages

TBC

Template for the editathon

Upon publishing the article on Wikipedia's livespace, please add the following templates to the Talk page:

What can I do after the event?

You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing: