Hi all!
The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Network for Open Knowledge (IDEA
Network for short!) is based at the University of St Andrews. It aims to make Wikipedia a
more inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible place for all forms of knowledge. From
midnight on Thursday 23rd September to midnight on Sunday 26th September, we will be
running a 72 hour EU wide Wikipedia Editathon. This is all part of EXPLORATHON,
Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night.
In order to be in good shape for the Editathon, we are offering this series of editing
training session (you only need to attend one!). It is open to all researchers and anyone
with an interest in improving the world's largest encyclopedia! As this is a
Europe-wide event, each training session is targeted at a particular country, but feel
free to book into a session that works for you and your diary.
During this training session, we will primarily be focusing on areas of Wikipedia with
underestimated individuals, namely Women in Red for different disciplines, as well as
cross-translating between Wikis, and adding images to the Wiki Loves Monuments
competition. However, if there are particular pages that you are passionate about
improving then please do go for it!
* 9am-1pm, Tuesday 24 August (registration
link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158700889633>)
* 9am-1pm, Tuesday 31 August (registration
link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158707322875>)
* 9am-1pm, Tuesday 7 September (registration
link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158708037011>)
* 9am-1pm, Tuesday 14 September (registration
link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158710682925>)
* 10am-2pm, Tuesday 21 September (registration
link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158711370983>)
Any questions, just drop me an email
(ksrh1@st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:ksrh1@st-andrews.ac.uk>). Feel free to spread the
word!
Explorathon is funded by the European Commission under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
programme - grant agreement No 101036101
All the best
Kirsty
Dr Kirsty Ross (she/her)
Public Engagement Officer
Public Engagement with Research (PER) team
School of Biology
Willie Russell Labs, Potato Avenue,
St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST