Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/2nd Month Report

Institution	Resident's Name	Period Covered	Date of Report
University of Edinburgh	Ewan McAndrew	12 Feb - 11 Mar 2016 (Second month of residency)	15 Mar 2016

Activities[edit]

Event Name	Date	Location	Attendees	New Users	Gender breakdown
International Women's Day 2016 editathon	8th March 2016	University of Edinburgh Main Library	4 (1 remotely)	2	100% female
Modern Scottish Women 2 - Art and Feminism	5th March 2016	Scottish National Portrait Gallery	6	1	83% female
History of Medicine editathon series	18 February 2016	University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building	14	4	86% female
History of Medicine editathon series	17 February 2016	University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building	18	8	61% female
History of Medicine editathon series	16 February 2016	University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower Building	19	11	68% female

Content[edit]

I updated and added to the project page for the residency: Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh
I created an article, Mary Syme Boyd, at the International Women's Day editathon.
I added articles to the Wikimedian in Residence blog at http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/
I created a news article about the residency for Information Services's BITS magazine.
I created & updated the event page for the International Women's Day 2016 editathon

28 day Twitter summary with change over previous period

Tweets

 64 - up 18.5%

Tweet impressions

 25K - up 175.9%

Profile visits

 1,091 - up 70.2%

Mentions

 51 up - 240.0%

Followers

 83 - up 34

The History of Medicine editathons - 16th to 18th February 2016[edit]

Articles improved[edit]

Articles created[edit]

The International Women's Day editathon - 8th March 2016[edit]

Articles created[edit]

Articles improved[edit]

Objectives[edit]

Briefly outline how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s mission. This section may stay the same for the whole of the projects unless objectives change

Wikimedia UK's objectives	Residency's objectives
G1: Develop Open Knowledge	Be an advocate or open knowledge within the University's collections and community, which would enrich Wikipedia and sister projects and enhance the University's role in open knowledge and public engagement. Identify opportunities for content improvement and image releases.
G2a: Develop, involve & engage WMUK volunteers	Organise and host workshops for University staff, students and public to enable them to directly contribute their knowledge and expertise to develop Wikipedia articles.
G3: Reduce barriers to accessing open knowledge	Design and manage a programme of activities to improve collaboration between the Institution and Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia community, leading to a sustainable relationship and more joint projects in the future.
G5: Develop, support and engage with other Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Communities	Be an advocate for open knowledge with the University, for example by working with Library & University Collections to develop or change policies (e.g. Access and Reuse of Digital Collections), systems or processes which would allow greater collaboration between Wikimedia UK and the University. Create best practice documents as needed.

Outcomes[edit]

This month has been one of delivering Wikipedia editathons (five sessions during the History of Medicine editathon and two sessions for Art+Feminism) as well as continued advocacy and public outreach as I have been introducing myself through emails, blogs, presentations, face-to-face encounters in University settings or outwith the University in order to promote the Wikimedian in Residence project and the cause of Open Knowledge. I presented at the Learning Technology Monthly Showcase & Networking meeting on 25th February 2016 to contribute to volunteer engagement and make the assembled audience aware how easy it is to edit, what the residency is all about and to also introduce them to Histropedia. I also heavily promoted our Art+Feminism editathon events in face-to-face chats with students over a couple of days with a stall setup in the main university library and also by using Twitter, email, posters etc. I have been championing the new WYSIWYG Visual Editor interface and ran a Staff CPD training session on 10th March 2016 which attracted some interest which I will make use of in promoting a better attended session next month. I have continued my Skype sessions with Navino Evans, co-founder of Histropedia, to appraise myself of Wikidata and Histropedia. And will now also be conversing with Kelly Doyle, Wikimedian in Residence at West Virginia University, in order to share good practice. The History of Medicine Wikipedia editathon was shortlisted for an Innovative Learning Week award out of nearly 300 events run during Innovative Learning Week. Sadly we lost out to TEDx but our event garnered praise and we received certificates for being shortlisted. We also received an 'Innovative Learning Week Superhero' award for the hard work put into the editathons.

Partnerships[edit]

Discussed past Wikipedia editathons projects & potential future collaborations with Anouk Lang, Digital Humanities lecturer.
Discussed potential future editathons with the Beltane Public Engagement Network collaborating on the International Women's Day or the Dangerous Women's Project or similar.
Arranged meetings with Karen Gregory, lecturer in Digital Sociology, for early April 2016. Karen and Anouk are involved with the Digital Day of Ideas 2016 event.(Digital Day of Ideas)
Arranged future meetings at the University of Edinburgh Vet school to discuss a couple of editathon ideas (one for staff and one for students)
Attempted to rerrange a meeting with Professor Richard Rodger (Professor of Economic & Social History) to discuss collaborating on the MESH project (Mapping Edinburgh's Social History) following illness forcing a cancellation (To be confirmed).
Met with Dominic Tate, Scholarly Communications Manager at the University of Edinburgh, to keep in touch about the ongoing process to get the university's research to be made open access and the implications for future editathons.

Planned activities[edit]

To attend the Eurostemcell editathon on 11th May 2016.
To lead a Wikipedia training workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas event 18th May 2016 - (Digital Day of Ideas 2016)
To lead the Reproductive Medicine editathons on 21st & 28th September 2016.
To lead the Wikidata Repro-Fringe event on 1st-2nd August 2016.
To attend the Open Education Resources conference on 19-20 April at the University of Edinburgh.
To lead the Wikipedia training of PgCAP students w/c 30th May 2016.
To lead the Vet School Staff CPD Wikipedia editing training in June/July 2016.
To lead the Vet School student editathons in Autumn 2016.

Press about the residency[edit]

Media[edit]

Pictures of the various events and various poster designs to be uploaded to Wikicommons.

Projects Delivered[edit]

The second month has been spent preparing & delivering the first high-profile Wikipedia editathon event (History of Medicine) over 5 sessions for the University of Edinburgh's Innovative Learning Week. This editathon was a success with 14-19 attendees per day: delivering 5 new Wikipedia articles, 63 improved articles and over 500 images uploaded to Wikicommons. The event was shortlisted out of the nearly 300 events at Innovative Learning Week for 'Most Impact' and I received an 'ILW Superhero' award for my hard work during the editathons.

I also attended the Art+Feminism editathon at the National Galleries of Scotland on 5th March 2016, where I had the opportunity to continue the association with the National Galleries of Scotland with my colleague, Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at Museums and Galleries Scotland, leading the session in order to complete the Wikipedia articles on the 45 women artists included in the Modern Scottish Women editathon begun in January 2016.

Only half a dozen articles were left to be created for the 45 artists mentioned above after this event so I staged an impromptu International Women's Day editathon on 8th March 2016. This was attended by only 4 editors but it provided an opportunity to run my own event and to engage face-to-face with the university students in order to tell them about the event & the residency in two morning sessions at Edinburgh University Main Library which lead to several positive interactions & emails obtained. Following this event I made contact with Pittsburgh University Library, the Art Gallery of Ontario and Kelly Doyle, Wikimedian in Residence for Gender Equity at West Virginia University in order to share good practice gleaned from our recent experiences of the Art+Feminism Wikiproject.

Projects in Development[edit]

Spy Week 2016 - proposed for 14-15 April 2016.
Vet School editing training for Staff CPD - mooted for Summer 2016.
Vet School editathon for students - mooted for Autumn 2016.

Eurostemcell editathon - Booked in for 11th May 2016 with the Edinburgh University Medical School.

PgCAP Wikipedia editathon - Training and editathon planned in for end of May 2016 for academic staff undertaking the PgCAP teaching qualification for Higher Education level.

Edinburgh Gothic

A mooted event for September/October time which will cover art, architecture, music, literature, film. A contact within the English Literature department has been identified to liaise with on this topic.

Robert Louis Stevenson Day editathon

A mooted event for November 2016 - a contact within the English Literature department has been identified to liaise with on this topic.

Translate-a-thon - Reaching out to international students to translate articles from English Wikipedia to their own native language Wikipedia.

- Currently looking for contacts within a variety of departments to liaise with to find the right audience for this event.

Festival of Architecture 2016 - Have identified a numbers of contacts about potentially running an architecture-themed editathon to celebrate the Festival of Architecture 2016.