Wikipedia:Meetup/Institute of Historical Research, London, 25 February 2015
 | Wikipedia training event at the Institute of Historical Research, London in a nutshell:
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About the event[edit]
This is a joint event between Wikimedia UK and the Institute of Historical Research.
- How do I prepare?
- Create a Wikipedia account - Special:UserLogin/signup
- Computers will be provided (with wi-fi)
- Learn about editing if you like: Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
Attendees[edit]
When you have arrived and logged on, please sign below with ~~~~
- Ceorlisc (talk) 10:49, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Danny.millum (talk) 10:50, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Royalblue67 (talk) 10:51, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Digitalhist (talk) 10:52, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Forestperson (talk) 10:52, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- 9tinchron (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Localhisted1 (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Localhisted2 (talk) 10:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Simonmacd (talk) 10:54, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Trainers[edit]
Image adding exercise[edit]
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- Image adding How to add an image from Commons to an article without one.
Here are some articles currently without images, for which we have suitable image(s) on Commmons. If you want to add an image to one of these, please speak to your Trainer, to avoid two people working on the same article! :
- Chirton
- Cranbourne, Berkshire
- Egglesburn
- Hermiston, Edinburgh
- Hesleyside Hall
- Horsebridge
- Kinlochleven
- Mitcham Library
- Moodiesburn
- Portskerra
- Queensbury, London
- Saint Georges Hotel, London
- Southend, London
- Wakerley
Hesleyside Hall[edit]
We tried to add an image to Hesleyside Hall earlier today, but without success. I've just discovered that the infobox {{infobox UK feature}} despite having "static_image = " and "static_image_caption =" fields won't show an image! So, I changed it to {{infobox UK place}}, and now the image works fine. Edwardx (talk) 19:22, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Wakerley[edit]
Wakerley provided an unexpected learning experience. One of our cohort added an image at 11:12, and moved it to the infobox at 11:15. Then it disappeared. And a new one appeared! Wakerley must have been on someone's Watchlist, as it was deleted at 11:16, and the different image was added at 11:18. We learnt that there must be more than one place called Wakerley, and the value of watchlists. Edwardx (talk) 19:31, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
How to expand a Wikipedia article[edit]
Articles edited/expanded on the day itself[edit]
Plus at least one new article and other changes in sandboxes.
- Agricultural History Review
- Bill Carson (sportsman)
- British History Online
- Institute of Historical Research
- Parrsboro
- Victoria County History
- Viking metal
Tools[edit]
References[edit]
- Reftag - copy and paste a Google Books URL to generate a Wikipedia citation
- Reftag DOI - copy and paste a journal DOI number to generate a Wikipedia citation
For (local) historians[edit]
- English Heritage map search - enter a postcode to see all nearby listed buildings
- UK Grid Reference Finder - enter postcode or grid reference to get latitude & longitude
- Wikimedia Commons - 24 million images
Wikipedia statistics[edit]
- Wikipedia:Top 25 Report - the 25 most viewed articles on English language Wikipedia in the past week
- Total edits on all Wikimedia projects
- Wikimedia edits live stream
- Wikipedia:Statistics - a huge range of statistics about Wikipedia
More numbers[edit]
Future events[edit]
Wikimedia UK run a number of editathons. This is one you might be interested in attending:
- National Maritime Museum, 15 April 2015 - focusing on articles about Longitude
Bespoke welcome[edit]
We have a tailored welcome for this event, just post:
{{subst:User:Edwardx/WelcomeIHR}} ~~~~ to the talkpage of any new accounts created for the event