Wikipedia:GLAM/SLIC/Events/Shotts Local History Wikipedia Editathon 19.06.18

Introduction to Wikipedia Training for Public Librarians - Inverness

Booking

Email BrownRu@culturenl.co.uk

Programmes & Events Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/SLIC/Shotts_Local_History_Wikipedia_Editathon

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. Using the resources available at the Wishaw Library and with the help of the Shotts local history group, we'll create new articles and improve existing ones about the town of Shotts, 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 created

Shotts Iron Works

Possible topics include:

• A history of Shotts Iron works
• Background to the Shotts Iron Works company and directors
• The Shotts Iron Works village and workers
• Coal mines owned by Shotts Iron Works
• Castlehill Iron Works in Carluke with associated Coal mine

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