Wikipedia:GLAM/NLS/Events/National Library of Scotland staff training 24 October

Basic Information

• Date: 24 October 10:00 and 14:00
• Venue: NLS Lawnmarket G04
• Registration: by e-mail to Ally Crockford at a.crockfordnls.uk
• Any questions: a.crockfordnls.uk, 0131 623 3797 or User:ACrockford

Trainee Information

This training session will introduce you to editing a Wikipedia article using the visual editor and Wiki mark-up, outline key policies and guidelines for contribution, demonstrate referencing technique, and offer the opportunity to practice contributing to an article. Computers will be provided; please identify in advance an article which you would like to contribute to, and at least one source to use. Source can be print or digital. If you can bring (on a USB stick or in an e-mail file) an image or photo which you are comfortable and able to release on a CC 3.0 license, it would be helpful but is not necessary.

Please register for a Wikipedia user account before the training session in order to avoid restrictions set by the Wikimedia Foundation on the number of accounts that can be created from one IP address in a given time. Registration takes very little time and you are free to include as much or as little personal information as you are comfortable with. Your username need not be in any way related to your own name, if you prefer anonymity. It is recommended that you include an e-mail address when registering, as this will allow you to recover any forgotten passwords etc.

Wikimedia Information booklet for NLS staff

You may wish to look at the Wikimedia information booklet (specifically designed for NLS staff; see right) for an advanced look at what will be covered during the training session, but this is not necessary.

Examples for contribution

A relatively easy way to practice editing is to contribute to existing shorter articles or stub articles. For example, you could compare the less commonly known entries in the Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen collection to the Wikipedia entries on the same, to see whether you can help expand or enhance the Wikipedia articles on those figures. See:

• Ewen Cameron of Lochiel
• David Dale
• Ebenezer Erskine
• Niel Gow
• James Ivory
• Christian Isobel Johnstone
• David Mallet
• Timothy Pont
• Robert Rollock
• Andrew Wyntown

It is best if you identify an article which you can easily make a small, but relevant, contribution to using material to which you have easy access, but you are also welcome to use one of the above examples during training.

Trainer Information

These sessions will be run by User:ACrockford as part of the National Library of Scotland's Wikimedian-in-Residence programme

Facilities

• Room seats 10 participants (9 plus trainer)
• Wi-fi available
• 3 laptops available (please bring your own laptop if possible)
• Coffee/tea available

Participants

Please add your Wikipedia username below once you have created an account. To do so, click the (edit) link to the right of the "Participants" heading directly above. Then, at the bottom of the list, link to your username like so: [[User:YourUsernameHere]]