Wikipedia:GLAM/Wellcome/Events and Workshops/DAYLIGHTING

DAYLIGHTING Wikithon in a nutshell:

Where?: Medicine Now Gallery, Wellcome Collection
When?: Thursday 18th October - Sunday 21st October, 2018
Cost: Free!!!
How do I sign up?: Just come along on the day!

Info about the event[edit]

Wellcome Collection and the artists running DAYLIGHTING as part of Bloomsbury Festival are joining forces to host a Wikithon. Join us to celebrate the women that deserve a more prominent place in the online historical record. You can learn how to edit Wikipedia, meet other editors and harness the power of the web to share your knowledge.

How do I prepare?[edit]

Sign up for the event!
Create a Wikipedia account (look at the top right of this page for the link). You don't need to do anything else, but it'll speed things up on the day if you've already signed up for an account.
Learn about editing if you like: see Visual Editor user guide for more information.
Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day (to help with verifiability).
Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
Think about whether you have any conflicts of interest.
Take a look at the list of Women Climate Researchers or Wikiproject Women Scientists or Women Scientists in Africa to help you find a person for whom you'd like to create/improve a page - or search for another scientist to see if their page needs to be added/improved! If you choose to create a new bio, please note it down below!
Bring along a laptop and enjoy the day!

Participants[edit]

Participating wiki-editors can add their names here...

Zeromonk
Ipigott (talk) 15:18, 18 September 2018 (UTC) (remote assistance}}[reply]
Andrew D. (talk) The Wikipedia sessions will be quite short -- just two hours -- but the Bloomsbury Festival will have a variety of other activities too and I've enjoyed it in past years.
Yuitsum (talk) 18:37, 18 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not going to be able to come round in person but happy to help with reviewing/finishing off articles if I have time. Blythwood (talk) 13:24, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Find a page to edit[edit]

If you have a page in mind, that's great! Begin editing and ask for help if you need any. If you're not sure what to edit, join our event on the Dashboard.

Useful links[edit]

Here are some useful links to help you with your editing:

All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found on the Wellcome Library Wikimedian in Residence Project Page. Here's a selection:

A speedy guide on where to find the different buttons on Wikipedia, and explaining what they do - useful for complete beginners!
Very straightforward step-by-step instructions on how to add a piece of information to an existing Wikipedia page - useful for complete beginners!
A guide to elements to include in a wiki-biography, with a checklist to ensure you include as many as you can when editing.

You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.
If you're interested in joining a community of editors passionate about showcasing notable women, check out Wikiproject Women in Red. They have a really helpful worklist highlighting articles/topics that are the current focus of improvement to inspire your editing.

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:

You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

Pages created[edit]

Add the name of any new bio's that have been created here: