Wikipedia:GLAM/SLIC/Events/Girvan Local History Wikipedia Editathon 13.06.18

Introduction to Wikipedia Training for Public Librarians - Inverness

Booking

Email Pamela.McIntyre@south-ayrshire.gov.uk or sign up at the Girvan Library front desk

Programmes & Events Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/SLIC_and_WMUK/Girvan_Local_History_Wikipedia_Editathon_(13_June_2018)

About the event

With 47 million articles in 229 different languages, Wikipedia is now both a well-established force for the democratisation of knowledge, and a key outreach tool, with one recent study showing that the encyclopedia shapes, as well as reflects, scientific thought. However, Wikipedia has many gaps and under-represented areas, one of which is Scottish culture.

One of the objectives of the SLIC Wikimedian in Residence post is to help address some of the under-represented areas of Scottish Culture with the help of public libraries. 2018 marks the 350th anniversary of the town of Girvan and Girvan Library are hosting a series of events to celebrate. Using the resources available at the Girvan Library and with the help of the Girvan local history group, we will work on improving the existing page for the town of Girvan, adding information about its history and its local area.

We Can Edit

How do I prepare?

• Create a Wikipedia account
• Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
• Think about what you would like to edit - if there's something on the hit list who particularly catches your eye, feel free to do some research in advance & bring materials with you on the day.

Programme

• 13:00 - 14:30 Welcome, Wikipedia training
• 14:30 - 17:00 EDIT!

Trainers

Delphine Dallison, Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Library and Information Council

Hit list of articles to be created or improved

Helpful updates could be as simple as:

• Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional
• Adding new inline citations/references
• Adding a photo
• Adding an infobox
• Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox
• Creating headings
• Adding categories; etc.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Articles to be improved

• Girvan

Sources

• Wikipedia is a tertiary resource, which relies upon good quality secondary sources and some primary sources. Wikipedia is not a place for fringe theories, untested hypotheses, or personal interpretation.
• For more guidance on the use of sources, see this guide here.
• We will provide a variety of reference materials on the day.

You may also wish to look at:

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search).
• Scottish Bibliographies Online
• Scottish Song Index
• Histories of Scottish Families

After the event

You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:

• Video tutorials
• Instructional videos on using Wikipedia