Hi Ewan,
This looks very interesting! We will definitely promote it here in
Ireland. Is there any way to participate virtually/remotely?
Cheers,
Shannon Eichelberger
Wikimedia Community Ireland
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editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival For the Dead (MCANDREW Ewan)
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A Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival For the Dead
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Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival for the Dead 31st
Oct-1st Nov. <http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2016/10/03/wikipedia-
editathon-for-samhuinn-gaelic-festival-for-the-dead-31st-oct-1st-nov/>
Come join us as we set a place for the dead; through helping to create new
biography articles and improving existing articles on Wikipedia as part of
a day of celebration.
On Halloween, Monday 31st October 2016 & continuing on 1st November 2016,
the University’s Information Services<http://www.ed.ac.uk/
schools-departments/information-services> team are running an edit-a-thon
in two magnificent venues to celebrate the lives of those sadly passed on
to mark Samhuinn: the Gaelic Festival for the Dead!
The event page is located at bit.ly/WikiHalloween
Samhuinn<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain> is a Gaelic festival
marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the
“darker half” of the year. Traditionally, it is celebrated from the very
beginning of one Celtic day to its end, or in the modern calendar, from
sunset on 31 October to sunset on 1 November.
Samhuinn was seen as a
liminal<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminal>
time, when the boundary between this world and the Otherworld could more
easily be crossed. This meant the Aos Sí, the ‘spirits’ or ‘fairies’, could
more easily come into our world. Offerings of food and drink were left
outside for them. The souls of the dead were also thought to revisit their
homes seeking hospitality.
Each day will have different guest speakers discussing the traditions of
Samhuinn, Celtic history & folklore and the importance of remembering the
dead on this day.
Feel free to suggest notable lives & articles we’ve overlooked & should be
creating too.
Bring your best spookily carved turnip along and win a prize. We will have
tablet skulls to munch on and guest speakers telling us about Celtic
customs, beliefs & folklore. Hopefully, we may even be visited by the
Faerie
Porters<https://beltane.org/category/faerie-porters/> too…..
Working together with liaison librarians, archivists & academic colleagues
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 improved in order to improve
Wikipedia’s representation of notable lives; be they connected to the
university, to Edinburgh, to Scotland or further afield.
Between the worlds of the living and the dead
A Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: The Gaelic Festival for the Dead.
* Monday 31st October 12pm to 4.30pm – Project Room, 50 George Square.
* Tuesday 1st November 10am to 4.30pm – The Raeburn Room, Old College.
Book for one day or both!
If you are a student or staff member at the University of Edinburgh:
To book a place for the session on Monday 31st October in the Project Room
(room 1.06) of 50 George Square then book through MyEd Event Booking here:
Monday 31st October 2016 session<http://edin.ac/2dol4Aw>.
To book a place for the session on Tuesday 1st November in the Raeburn
Room of Old College, University of Edinburgh, then book through MyEd Event
Booking here: Tuesday 1st November 2016 session<http://edin.ac/2cyEuwo>.
If you are from outside the university
To book a place for the session on Monday 31st October in the Project Room
(room 1.06) of 50 George Square then book through Eventbrite here: Monday
31st October 2016 session<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-
the-worlds-of-the-living-the-dead-halloween-wikipedia-
editathon-tickets-28330759063>.
To book a place for the session on Tuesday 1st November in the Raeburn
Room of Old College, University of Edinburgh, then book through Eventbrite
here: Tuesday 1st November 2016 session<https://www.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-the-worlds-of-the-living-the-
dead-halloween-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-28331420040>.
New editors very welcome. Full Wikipedia training given.
Bring a laptop (no desktop computers are available) but a few laptops are
available if you need to borrow one. Message ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk
<mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk> if you need to borrow a laptop.
Programme – Monday* 31st October 2016 (Project Room, 50 George Square)
* 12:00pm – 12:15pm: Housekeeping and Welcome.
* 12:15pm – 12:30pm: Guest speakers
* 12:30pm – 1:45pm: Wikipedia training
* 1:45pm – 4:00pm: Research and editing.
* 4:00pm – 4:30pm: Transferring drafted text to Wikipedia’s live space.
*Lunch is not provided on Monday 31st October but tea, coffee & tablet
skulls will all be available and food can be eaten in the room.
Programme – Tuesday 1st November 2016 (The Raeburn Room, Old College)*
* 10:00am – 10:15am: Housekeeping and Welcome
* 10:15am – 10:45am: Guest speakers
* 10:45am – 12:00pm: Wikipedia training.
* 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Beginning to research and edit.
* 1:00pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
* 1:30pm – 4:00pm: EDIT!
* 4:00pm – 4:30pm: Transferring drafted text to Wikipedia’s live space.
*Lunch will be provided on Tuesday 1st November along with plenty of tea,
coffee & tablet skulls!
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday to Wednesday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh
Robson Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
www.ed.ac.uk