Dear colleagues,
During the University of Edinburgh’s Festival of Creative Learning (19-23 February
2018),<http://www.festivalofcreativelearning.ed.ac.uk/> we will be holding a Women
in Medicine Wikipedia editing event as part of 2018’s celebration of one hundred years
since the Representation of the People Act
(
1918)<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_191… came
into force and women were finally given the right to vote, almost fifty years after the
Edinburgh Seven fought for and won the right to train and practice as doctors. #Vote100
#FCL18
Festival of Creative Learning events – Free and open to all!
1. #Vote100 and Women in Medicine – Wikipedia editing event (22 February
2018).<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/E…
2. Wikidata
Hackathon<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-hackathon-festival-of-creative-learning-tickets-42286041689>
– Learn how to edit Wikipedia’s most exciting sister project (21 Feb).
3. Histropedia
workshops<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/histropedia-knowledge-from-wikipedia-visualised-as-dynamic-timelines-tickets-42286933356?aff=ehomecard>
– create bespoke visually dynamic timelines in minutes (20 Feb).
Only 17.39% of biographies on Wikipedia are about notable women so there are a great many
notable women in medicine missing (both historic and contemporary) from Wikipedia and from
Google’s search results. More
suggestions<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinbu…
for pages to edit are very welcome and the Royal College of Physicians’ recent Women in
Medicine exhibition<https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/women-medicine> may give
some ideas too.
No editing experience necessary as learning how to edit is super easy. Full training (and
refreshments) will be given and you are free to edit whichever page you would like to
contribute. Alice White from the Wellcome Library will also be joining us.
Join us to celebrate the lives and contributions of women in medicine and help us create
new role models for young & old alike! All welcome!
Date for your diary!
This International Women’s Day (8th March 2018) we will also be holding a Wikipedia
editing event to celebrate #Vote100 as an important milestone on the road to universal
franchise. Details to be confirmed but please free to email me if you have suggestions or
would be interested in attending.
Very best regards,
Ewan
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk
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