Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/27th Month Report

Institution	Resident's Name	Period Covered	Date of Report	List of reports to date
University of Edinburgh	Ewan McAndrew	12 March - 11 April 2018 (Twenty-seventh month of residency)	10 May 2018	Click here to view all reports.

NB: The 2018 UK higher education strike took place during this month, pausing on 20 March 2018

Running total of staff & student engagement

Institution	Resident's Name	Number of training sessions delivered	Number of students trained	Number of staff trained	Members of the public trained	Number of editathons	Total articles created	Total articles improved
University of Edinburgh	Ewan McAndrew	112	442	332	174	40	405	1564

Projects delivered

Strategic Goal 1

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

A suffragette on hunger strike being forcibly fed with a nasal tube

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:

Event Name	Date	Location	Attendees	New Users	Gender breakdown
Women in Red Meetup 11: Writing biographies of notable women missing from Wikipedia	30 March 2018 2pm-5pm	University of Edinburgh Room EW.07, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh	0	0	0% female

Image statistics

UoE Centre for Research Collections images	Total for March 2018	1,140,153 views
All images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh	Total for March 2018	1,661,077 views
UoE Centre for Research Collections images	Total for 27 months of monitoring	16,735,955 views

Scottish country dancing is our 2nd most viewed media on Wikimedia Commons this month.

Men kicking footballs.webm is our 3rd most viewed media on Wikimedia Commons this month.

The most viewed images for March 2018 were:

Rank	Wikipedia page	Monthly views	Link to image/video on Commons
1	Iceland	296,804 views	Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (24696368309).jpg
2	Scotland	235,622 views	Scottish country dancing (Source).webm
3	Football	113,162 views	Men kicking footballs.webm
4	Rabbit	106,936 views	Set of wax models showing development of the rabbit heart, twentieth century (24226156252).jpg
5	Escherichia coli	102,845 views	E.coli image.jpg
6	Glasgow	89,486 views	Pedestrians in Buchanan Street, Glasgow.webm
7	Oslo	72,401 views	Railway between Christiania and Bergen - 1916, from the WW1 diary of Ethel Moir
8	Noah's Ark	63,361 views	Woodcut of Noah's Ark from Anton Koberger's "German Bible"
9	Alexander McQueen	61,136 views	Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone Back.png and Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone.png
10	Stan Laurel	44,443 views	Stan Laurel plaque at Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow. Uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2017.
11	Odessa	44,399 views	Odessa during first days of Revolution - 1916. From the WW1 diary of Ethel Moir.
12	2018 UK higher education strike	39,849 views	2018 UK higher education strike placards .jpg
13	Electron microscope	31,404 views	File:Bacillus subtilis image.jpg
14	The Wicker Man	29,962 views	Scotland - Culzean Castle - 20150927175751.jpg

Activities in the past month with stats:

Strategic Goal 2

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.
Created a new Wikipedia article on the 2018 UK higher education strike on 12 March 2018.
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.

Activities in the past month with stats:

Event Name	Date	Location / Organiser	Attendees (approx)	Description
SCURL event on Libraries, Literacy and Learning.	23 March 2018 10:30am to 3.30pm	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 Edinburgh Slides. 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.

Class list
#	Wiki Username	Chosen article(s)	Language translating from	Language Translating to	Newly translated article
1.	Sallymillywang	Lessons for Children	English	Chinese	兒童啟蒙教程
2.	XUENIUMU	南开大学经济研究所	Chinese	English	Nankai Institute Of Economics
3.	WarburtonBradshaw	La Nueve	French	English	La Nueve
4.	Vegowong5188	Overman Committee	English	Chinese	奥弗曼委员会
5.	Loiter9	Jean Bellette	English	Chinese	简·巴勒特
6.	Florasch	Otto mops	German	English	Ottos mops
7.	Thegiantelk	Julia Stephen	English	German	Julia Stephen
8.	Jiao Qiu	Name-letter effect List of Amy Adams performances	English	Chinese	姓名字母效应艾米.亚当斯作品集

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	13 March 2018 11am-1pm	Edinburgh University Library, Room 1.08, 30 George Square, Edinburgh	2	2	100% female
Drop-in clinic for Translation Studies MSc students List of usernames recorded: User:Loiter9 User:Thegiantelk User:Florasch	26 March 2018 2pm-3.30pm	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.

New blogposts this month

Videos

Click to see the number of views for the newly added MOOC snippets for March 2018.

Wikimedian in Residence - University of Edinburgh Media Hopper channel

The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Media Hopper now has 224 videos. 32 views this month with 20 plays.

Number of videos	Views this month	Number of plays this month
224	32	20

Wikimedian in Residence - Youtube channel

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.
Solidarity.
Mulled wine and oranges.