Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/Wiki Fans

University of Edinburgh edit-a-thon

Booking

To be assured of your place at the event, you can 'book through Event Booking and Eventbrite.

• If a student or staff member of the University of Edinburgh then please book through MyEd here.
• If coming from outside the university then please book through Eventbrite here.

Welcome

Women in Red

Please create an account on Wikipedia if you have not done so as yet.

1. Join the dashboard page for today's workshop.
2. Have a look at our new Histropedia timeline of Women's suffrage in Scotland.
3. Have a look at our Navigation box template we add to the foot of pages about the Scottish suffragettes.
4. There is a draft biography you can look at and use as an exemplar: Jocelyn Bell Burnell or the Mary Blathwayt.
5. Would you like to do more editing after today? There is a WikiProject Women in Red you can join to take part in their monthly themed editing events and we hold in-person Wiki Women in Red editing events at the University of Edinburgh too.

About the event

Full Wikipedia editing training will be given, followed by an editathon that will focus on improving the quality of articles about fans of all descriptions, shapes and sizes. We will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to develop articles covering areas which could stand to be created and improved.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and improve the information available online!

We Can Edit

How do I prepare?

• Sign up for the event
• Create a Wikipedia account
• Bring a laptop if you like (Desktop PCs and wi-fi will be provided)
• Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
• Think about what you would like to edit.

Programme

• 2:00 pm - 2:05 pm:Welcome from Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence.
• 2:05 pm – 2:45 pm: Crash course in Wikipedia training from Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence.
• 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Tea break and deciding what to edit.
• 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Research and EDIT!
• 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm: PUBLISH! and close.

Trainers

Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Hit list of articles to be created or improved

Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Articles to be created and improved

This list will be populated with pages to work on to improve or create. But you are more than welcome to suggest a page yourself.

• Fan (person) - This article needs additional citations for verification.
• Fandom - This article needs additional citations for verification.
• File area network - File Area Network (FAN) redirects to File virtualization and only cites 1 source.
• Anti-fan - needs additional citations for verification.
• Fan club - uses only one source for citation. More citations needed.
• Fan convention - needs additional citations.
• Fan art - needs additional citations for verification.
• Fanac - short stub article, needs expanded and more additional citations for verification.
• Fanzine - short start class article, needs expanded and external links section improved.
• Shipping_(fandom) - This article has multiple issues.
• Sercon - short stub article. Can it be improved/expanded?
• Fan loyalty - This article has multiple issues.
• Fan film - needs additional citations for verification.
• Hand fan - This article needs additional citations for verification.
• Hand_fan#History - this section of the article on the history of hand fans does not cite any sources!!
• Japanese war fan - can this article be expanded?
• Korean fighting fan - This article does not cite any sources.
• Fan dance - This article needs additional citations for verification, contains original research and may contain indiscriminate, excessive, or irrelevant examples. Needs much improved.
• Fan death - can this article be expanded/improved on?
• Solar-powered fan - This article needs additional citations for verification.
• Attic fan - This article needs additional citations for verification.
• Buchaechum - This Korean fan dance does not cite any sources. Short stub article, can it be expanded?
• Cariñosa - This fan dance from the Philippines does not cite any sources.
• Suzume Odori - traditional Japanese fan dance. Article may need created as it currently just directs to Japanese traditional dance.
• Kuk Sool Won - martial arts system from Korea where a fan is used is as a weapon. Article to be created.
• Beatallica - mashup tribute band to the Beatles and Metallica - needs additional citations for verification.
• No Way Sis - the official Oasis tribute band originating from Glasgow, Scotland. Needs additional citations for verification.

Use the PrepBio tool

• The PrepBio tool is very handy for creating stub entries on Wikipedia using the structured data information in Wikidata.
• Employed by Edinburgh University list
• Women educated at the University of Edinburgh with no Wiki article
• Women born in Edinburgh
• Women who died in Edinburgh
• Women employed by Edinburgh University without an article

Sources

• 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.
• We will provide a variety of reference books on the day.
• Editors will also have access to some University of Edinburgh e-resources.
• Search for articles on Google Scholar
• Try the Wikipedia Library's list of free resources
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• The Hathi Trust Digital Library - 100s of novels & other assorted texts
• Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search).
• Images from Edinburgh University's collections - http://images.is.ed.ac.uk/
• Images from the Roslin Institute Collection - http://images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/UoEgal~6~6

Suggested sources:

General

• DiscoverEd to find books, ebooks, journals, ejournals and more.

News sources

• Factiva
• British Newspaper Archive
• More at: Edinburgh University Library - Newspaper database

Theses databases

• Edinburgh Research Archive. For theses produced at the University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Research Archive
• Proquest Dissertations
• More at: Edinburgh University Library - Theses database

Outcomes - New pages created

To be determined.

What can I do after the event?

Join us for the event!

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

• Video tutorials
• Instructional videos on using Wikipedia

Participants - Sign Up Here!

Prior to the event:

1. RSVP: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
2. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?

   No? Create a Wikipedia account

   Yes? Go to Step #2

3. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
   

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!

To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.