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National University of Ireland, Galway
The James Hardiman Library at the National University of Ireland, Galway


To mark Women’s History Month, Wikimedia Community Ireland and the Academic Writing Centre at the James Hardiman Library are proud to present an editathon on Women in History. The event aims to help turn students into active users and contributors to Wikipedia. Participants will be able to hone their editing, writing and research skills.

At the moment, there is a debate whether Wikipedia has a place in third-level education. Should students feel ashamed when using Wikipedia to check facts or dates of a particular historical event? Should teachers encourage students to read only reputable published sources and to avoid consulting Wikipedia? Or can Wikipedia be a useful teaching and learning tool? The Galway Women in History editathon will explore these and other questions while working to enrich the available corpus of articles on women in history.

The editathon is split into two events:

  • On 10 March, participants will be introduced to the basic Wiki-editing techniques. There will also be a presentation on spotting errors, editing, sentence structure, and proofreading. Participants will identify their topic of interest and related articles. Trainers will help them to identify information gaps or other areas of improvement. Participants will identify published sources that will help them improve the existing articles.
  • On 16 April, we will meet again to continue working on the articles and to discuss the progress we have made. We will discuss editorial and research related challenges and work to produce high quality articles on various within the broad theme of women in history.

Both events are free to all NUIG students and staff, no editing experience is necessary. Please register in advance for the second event at [1]. You do not need to have attended the first event. All are welcome.


How to Prepare[edit]

  1. Sign up for the event via Eventbrite (second date)
  2. CREATE A WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT (if you don't already have one)

Please set up an account before the event if at all possible. Very few details are needed: a Username, password, and we recommend giving your email, if only to be reminded of your password when you forget it. The short Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration explains why this is a good idea.

If you like, you can also learn a little about editing ahead of time here: w:en:Wikipedia:Tutorial, or see Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

The event takes place in a computer lab. You do not need to bring your own device

Attendees (in person)[edit]

Please Sign your name below using the signature tool or using ~~~~

  1. Sharonlflynn (talk) 21:27, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Sameichel (talk) 21:48, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Smirkybec (talk) 15:39, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Smcq (talk) 17:57, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Irabarbanel (talk) 17:59, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Fruthie (talk) 18:00, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. CKinsellaJD2014 (talk) 18:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Jtonra (talk) 09:09, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Margaret Forde (talk) 15:14, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. N.dubois1 (talk) 15:28, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Tighnasi (talk) 15:50, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Online participants[edit]

Online participants from anywhere are very welcome, whether experienced or not. For a basic editing tutorial see Wikipedia:Tutorial, and Wikipedia:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia is short, and full of good advice. Or try this one - four modules, taking one hour it says. Online participants who can't join us in person are welcome to list themselves below with # ~~~~

Some suggested articles[edit]

Feel free to add to these lists.

Women in STEM[edit]

Notable Irish Women[edit]

Resources[edit]

  • The library has access (both online and in hardcopy) to the Dictionary of Irish Biography, a good authoritive source for some of the people on the list including the Boole sisters, Mairín de Valera, many of those involved in the Clare Island survey and Bindon Blood Stoney. It would also provide access to other references.
  • The library also has good online access to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Another good source of References (but not actual articles) is the National Library of Ireland's SOURCES database http://sources.nli.ie as it includes references to articles in periodicals published in Ireland between c.1850-1960. It's likely we would have most of the journals available in the library.
  • As well as Labcoats & Lace Mary Mulvihill has also published Ingenious Ireland, a kind of scientific tour of the island, which often contains biographical information as well.


Helpers[edit]

If you are an experienced Wikipedian and are interested in helping please sign up below with 4 tildas.


Notes[edit]

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