Dear colleagues,

Please disseminate this ‘open’ invitation to interested colleagues in your networks as appropriate. So much information is missing from the world’s #1 information site!

We would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating & surfacing our brilliant Scottish artists and authors on 24 November. All welcome. After all, art & literature is no trivial pursuit.

1. Scottish Living Artists – Friday 17^th November at 10am Neil Lebeter, Art Collections Curator and Deputy Head of Museums will bring out a selection of Jonathan Owen’s artwork. Neil will give an insight into Jonathan’s work and processes, as well as how the work is acquired by the University. Places are limited, please ensure you email designinformatics@ed.ac.uk if you would like to come to this bonus event.

2. Lost Literary Edinburgh – 24 November In this event for the Being Human festival (video) celebrating research in the humanities we’ll be creating and improving Wikipedia pages for neglected or overlooked authors. Visit bit.ly/LostEdinburgh to see the loooong list of missing but brilliant authors we need help with. How many have you read? Come for half a day (morning or afternoon) or stay for the whole day! Free lunch too!

3. Scottish Living Artists editathon – 24 November In celebration of the Jacqueline Donachie exhibition, participants at the Fruitmarket Gallery have a unique chance to receive a tour of the exhibition & contribute content to the Wikipedia pages of some of Scotland’s most prominent living artists. Visit bit.ly/ScottishLivingArtists for more info.

4. Wiki Meetup – St. Andrew’s Day – 30 November: Join us for an informal social meetup for Wikipedia editors (& would-be editors). All are welcome to join us for an informal Wiki meetup for St. Andrew’s Day at one of Edinburgh’s cosiest cafes. If you have ever edited Wikipedia or ever wanted to find out more about what is all about then this is the meetup for you. More details here.

Open Data – Wikidata as the central hub of structured linked open (political) data

· MySociety’s EveryPolitician project are appealing for people to hold Wikidata workshops for Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) from November 20-30 to add political data which can allow research & investigations to better hold politicians to account. If you are interested in participating then do let me know by return email. (NB: A working title could be “It’s my (political) party and I’ll cry if I want to.”)

Open Images: Help us add 2,100 pics of Scotland’s listed buildings & monuments to Wikipedia on 23 November.

· 2,100 images of Scotland’s listed buildings & monuments were shared for the recent Wiki Loves Monuments competition. From 11am to 1pm on Thursday 23^rd November, you can join us in an informal Wiki to add these images to better illustrate relevant Wikipedia pages for anyone to share & reuse. Visit bit.ly/ScotPics to see the new images and click here to see the winners of the UK competition. Email me at ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk if you would like to lend a hand.

Open Books – Join us at the Wikisource workshop on 7 December to share the joy of reading!

• Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes is a travel book written by Robert Louis Stevenson, who had his birthday on Monday. It was first published in 1878 as "a paean to his birthplace" and was his second published book. It has now been transcribed to Wikisource, the free digital library, for others to enjoy and has been viewed 750 times since January 2017 when it was uploaded & linked to the Wikipedia page for Edinburgh, 1 click away. It also, as of today, has its own Wikipedia page so people can better discover all about this work which “To the Scot, it ought to be a sort of Bible.” How many other brilliant texts could be transcribed & shared online for others to enjoy? View the Histropedia timeline of all Stevenson’s texts to read about them all.

Best wishes,

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

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