Dear all,
Please feel free to join us at the below events or disseminate to interested colleagues in
your networks.
We have a number of events happening over the Autumn/Winter period that are all now live
for booking and you are more than welcome to attend any or all of them. The first event is
this very Friday so please do come along to support the first editathon event for the new
Wikimedia residency at SLIC (the Scottish Library & Information Council).
October
* 6 - Hidden Gems
Editathon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:GLAM/SLIC/Events/Hidde…
celebrating the six UNESCO world heritage sites in Scotland. Edinburgh Central Library.
1st event of the new SLIC residency
* 10 - Ada Lovelace Day
2017<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Eve…
celebrating Women in STEM and the 19 British women chemists who petitioned the Chemical
Society for admittance in
1904<http://research.library.mun.ca/506/1/pounding_on_the_doors.pdf>. King’s
Buildings, University of Edinburgh.
* 24 - Women in Red
meetup<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/E…
to correct systemic bias on Wikipedia. Argyle House, Edinburgh.
* 25 - Black History month
editathon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburg…
- directly engage in history to increase the representation of women of colour on
Wikipedia. Old Medical School, University of Edinburgh.
November
* 24 - Scottish Living Artists edit-a-thon. Scotland’s vibrant art scene is not
currently adequately reflected on Wikipedia, the globe’s largest information source.
Fruitmarket Gallery,
Edinburgh<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-living-artists-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-38039639586>
* 24 - Lost Literary
Edinburgh<https://beinghumanfestival.org/event/litlong-edinburgh-making-…
- A Wikipedia edit-a-thon creating and improving pages for neglected or overlooked authors
in Edinburgh’s long literary history. Part of the Being Human festival. 50 George Square,
Edinburgh
Now that September has come to an end, we have also now accumulated a record breaking 2100
newly uploaded
images<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Love…
of Scotland’s historic listed buildings and monuments from 2017’s Wiki Loves Monuments
competition<http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/> including some fabulous pictures
by Wikimedia UK trustee and OER Liaison at the University of Edinburgh, Lorna
Campbell.<https://stats.wikilovesmonuments.cl/2017/unitedkingdom/detail?items=92&page=1&user=LornaMCampbell>
Once inserted into relevant Wikipedia
pages<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Illustrating_W…
in the 295 different language Wikipedias, these openly-licensed images will be introduced
to a global audience of millions to view, share and reuse. As evidenced in this year’s
State of Creative Commons
report<https://stateof.creativecommons.org/> (which we’re
enormously pleased features an obscure 17th century map of Iceland shared by the
university).
Many thanks to all who took part & helped document our cultural heritage this year.
Best wishes,
Ewan
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk
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My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street,
Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
www.ed.ac.uk
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.