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 Subscribe to the mailing list: wikimedia(a)mlist.is.ed.ac.uk 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.