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Following successful collaborations with Wikimedia in 2015, the University of Edinburgh hosted a Wikimedian in Residence from January 2016 to January 2017 as a part-time (0.5) year-long project to advocate and raise awareness of Open Knowledge, working with academic staff, students, library & archive staff and Wikimedians throughout Scotland. In January 2017, the residency was extended for a second year and increased to full-time. As of January 2019, the residency has now been made a full-time, open-ended position to continue & build on the successes of the first three years.
If you're interested in becoming involved in any way please contact
Ewan McAndrew at ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
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The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh (3 minute video). |
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"Stories of Student Empowerment – a compilation of student feedback on the Wikimedia residency – showcased at OER18 on 18 April 2018" |
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University of Edinburgh's Assistant Principal for Online Learning, Melissa Highton, discusses how Wikimedians in Residence can create value for educational institutions. |
The University of Edinburgh began a year-long Wikimedian-in-Residence project in January 2016. The success of the residency for the University has meant that it has been extended to three years, until January 2019. It has now been made open-ended. It is the third successive residency to be established in Scotland, following the National Library of Scotland Residency which began in July 2013 and the Museums and Galleries Scotland residency which began in January 2015.
The vision of the University of Edinburgh is: The creation, dissemination and curation of knowledge.
The University of Edinburgh residency is to facilitate a sustainable relationship between the University and Wikimedia UK to the mutual benefit of both communities through improving knowledge exchange. To do this, the WiR will be an advocate of open knowledge and deliver training events & workshops which will further both the quantity & quality of open knowledge and the university’s commitment to digital literacy.
More practically, this will involve arranging & delivering skills-training sessions which will fit in with and, importantly enhance, the learning & teaching within the curriculum. The WiR will also stage events outside the curriculum which will draw on the university’s, and Edinburgh’s, rich history & knowledge.
The Resident is based in the Learning, Teaching & Web Services Division within Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh.
For general information about the Wikimedian-in-Residence programme, the following articles may be of interest:
On 14 July 2018, Wikimedia UK, the national chapter for the global Wikimedia movement, held its Annual General Meeting at the Natural History Museum in London. Each year the AGM recognises individuals of the Wikimedia UK community who have made a recognisable impact and this year it was announced at this year’s event that the University of Edinburgh had been nominated and won for UK Partnership of the Year, as the institution which had stood out in the past year as ‘the most effective Wikimedia and Open Knowledge Advocate’.
This is the second time the university has won this accolade following its win in 2016 for hosting the Open Educational Resources conference (OER16) and follows Wikimedian in Residence, Ewan McAndrew, being named UK Wikimedian of the Year in 2017.
Other ScotWiki award winners included Delphine Dallison, Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Library & Information Council, who won Up and Coming Wikimedian of the Year and Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Co-ordinator for Wikimedia UK, who received an honourable mention for UK Wikimedian of the Year 2018.
Read more about the nominations on Wikimedia UK’s website.
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Don't cite Wikipedia, Write Wikipedia 3 students and 3 staff discuss Wikipedia in the Classroom at the University of Edinburgh. |
Wikimedia UK have set up a new website as a central reference point for university educators to find out about Wikipedia in Higher Education including details of past assignments, current assignments and courses planned for the future at universities the length and breadth of the United Kingdom. The page was created in August 2016 but has been populated with a number of examples already; including many from the University of Edinburgh. The intention is that educators can better communicate & co-ordinate their efforts both with Wikimedia UK and with other educators if information is available from a central point of reference.
Contact
Ewan McAndrew, the Wikimedian in Residence for Edinburgh University at ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk if you would like to find out more.
The University of Edinburgh residency is a result of a long term engagement and also a credit to the quality of the UK Wikimedians and their ability to support, impress and influence senior managers, who in turn, shape institutional strategies and investment.
The lead for the partnership at University of Edinburgh is Melissa Highton. When she was Director of Academic IT at University of Oxford her teams attended the editathon organised by JISC (June 2012) to improve articles on World War One. Oxford holds the Great War Archive and they were keen to ensure, in advance of the centenary, that their collection of open educational resources (OER) could support public engagement and school teaching on the topic. Martin Poulter was the Wikimedian in Residence at JISC at the time.
In 2013 Oxford hosted an editathon for Ada Lovelace Day. Martin Poulter provided training for the event and brought several other Wikimedians to help. Liz McCarthy and Kate Lindsay worked with Martin to make the whole event a great success.
Oxford hosted another editathon for Ada Lovelace Day 2014, but by that time Melissa had moved job to become Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services at University of Edinburgh. There had not yet been any Wikipedia editathons at Edinburgh so Melissa brought her teams to the EduWiki conference to find out more. Ally Crockford (Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland) spoke at the event and she highlighted the WiR scheme. Melissa met with Gill Hamilton (Digital Access Manager at the NLS) to learn about the job descriptions, support and work plans which would be successful for a WiR partnership.
Edinburgh University runs an annual Innovative Learning Week designed to enable staff and students to attend day long, or week long events outside of normal timetabling patterns. The first Edinburgh editathon ran during ILW 2015.
Ally Crockford and
Sara Thomas (Wikimedian in Residence at Museums & Galleries Scotland) came to help deliver the:
Women, Science and Scottish History editathon series. Ally was very bold and went for an event spanning the full 4 days.
Images from the Women, Science & Scottish History editathon for Innovative Learning Week 2015
“We certainly couldn’t have done it without Ally and Sara but the striking thing for me was how quickly colleagues within the University took to the idea and began supporting each other in developing their skills and sharing knowledge amongst a multi-professional group. This inspired me to commission some academic research to look at the connections and networking amongst the participants and to explore whether editathons were a good investment in developing workplace digital skills. This is the research I presented at Martin’s Wikipedia Science Conference which underpinned my business case for establishing a WiR at University of Edinburgh with focus on skills development as part of the University’s commitment to open knowledge.“
“I have been repeatedly impressed by the quality of the Wikimedians and the generosity of their host organisations to help at events. It seems to me only fair that University of Edinburgh which has benefitted so much from our local WiRs should now host a WiR to continue a sustained involvement with the scheme and the Wikimedia UK community. Once Edinburgh has shown the way I hope the other Scottish universities will follow suit to ensure that there is always at least one WiR for the nation.” – Melissa Highton – Director of Learning, Teaching & Web Services at University of Edinburgh.
The Resident will be organising a variety of events, including edit-a-thons and training sessions, during the course of the residency.
If you're interested in running an event with the Wikimedian in Residence, please get in contact through Ewan McAndrew's talk page. Or alternatively, you can email: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk or follow/message me on Twitter: @emcandre
For details of past events such as our Spy Week:Women in Espionage editathon and our Eurostemcell editathon please visit the Events page
Event Name | Date | Location | Organiser | Event Details |
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Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 5 April 2019 12:30pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
LILAC Information Literacy Conference in Nottingham | 24–26 April 2019 | University of Nottingham | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Includes presentation on Embedding Wikimedia in the Curriculum from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh. |
Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 3 May 2019 12:30pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
Remembering Scotland's Accused Witches, Dunfermline | 19 May 2019 | Glen Pavilion, Dunfermline | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | A one day conference looking at the history of accused witches in Scotland with presentation & workshop from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) |
Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 31 May 2019 12:30pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
Young Academy Scotland editathon 2019 | 5 June 2019 | The Royal Society of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Hosted by Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh in partnership with Young Academy Scotland. |
Association of Commonwealth Universities editathon | 8 June 2019 | Training Room 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | More details to be announced. Hosted by Anne-Marie Scott and Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh. |
Learning and Teaching Conference 2019 | 19 June 2019 | John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | A one day conference themed on evidencing the value of teaching and learning at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh. Including presentation from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) on embedding Wikipedia in the Curriculum. |
Conectando: Scottish Encounters with Spanish & Portuguese editathon 2019 | 20 June 2019 | Teaching Room, Digital Scholarship Centre, 6th floor, University of Edinburgh Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh. | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Conectando: Scottish Encounters with Spanish & Portuguese is an exhibition and a Wikipedia editing event hosted at the University of Edinburgh Library. |
Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 28 June 2019 12:30pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
Portobello Wikipedia Editathon | 29 June 2019 | Portobello Library, Edinburgh | Gavin Willshaw (Wikimedian for Portobello) | An editathon focused on Portobello's rich local history; its people and places. |
Celtic Knot 2019 | 4-5 July 2019 | Exeter University, Penryn, Cornwall | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Wikipedia Language Conference focused on supporting regional and minority language Wikipedias. |
Feminist Writers editathon | 10 July 2019 | Venue to be decided, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | Hosted by Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh with guest talk by Professor Liz Stanley on the Olive Schreiner Archive. |
Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 26 July 2019 12:30pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 12:30pm and 5pm. |
Open Edinburgh – a Celebration of Open Source at Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh | 28 September 2019 10am – 2pm | Room 2.14, Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh's cental campus | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies celebrating the diversity of Edinburgh's alumni. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 10am and 2pm. |
Ada Lovelace Day 2019 at Murchison House, Kings Buildings | 8 October 2019 2:30pm – 5pm | Room 3211, James Clerk Maxwell Building, University of Edinburgh's Science and Engineering campus | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women engineers. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 2:30pm and 5pm. |
Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 30 October 2019 1pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 1pm and 5pm. |
Introduction to Wikidata and Histropedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 20 November 2019 12:30pm – 2pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning about Wikipedia's sister project, Wikidata, a hub of structured machine-readable linked open data where the possibilities are endless. All welcome. |
Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 27 November 2019 1pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 1pm and 5pm. |
Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 17 December 2019 1pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 1pm and 5pm. |
Wikipedia Women in Red meetup – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University's David Hume Tower | 5 February 2020 1pm – 5pm | Room LG.06, lower ground floor, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 1pm and 5pm and meet our new Women in Red student intern Laura Rose Wood. |
Women of Climate Change a Women in Red meetup for International Women's Day 2020 – a project to add biographies of women to Wikipedia at Edinburgh University Main Library | 6 March 2020 1pm – 5pm | Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women. We will be celebrating the Women on Climate Change, Women of Sustainable Development, Women of History, Women Making History, and Women of Edinburgh. No experience necessary. All welcome. Drop in and join us when you can anytime between 1pm and 5pm. |
Women in STEM Connect a Women in Red online Zoom meetup with the University of Edinburgh Women in STEM Student Society and Dr. Jess Wade |
16 August 2020 12:45pm – 5pm | Zoom (link to follow for registered attendees) | Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) | This is a workshop aimed primarily at anyone who is interested in learning how to edit and helping to create biographies of notable women in science, tecnhology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). No experience necessary. All welcome. Join us at 12.45pm – 1pm on 16 August to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of the lives and contributions of Women in STEM! Book on Eventbrite here! |
Discussions & preparations are under way to deliver the following projects. Any expressions of interest in helping with these events would be welcome along with any suggestions on individuals or groups, either within the university or outwith the university, who maybe interested in either attending these events or assisting in their preparation would also be welcome.
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"Why we still need to talk about diversity in Physics" – Dr. Jess Wade One of Nature's '10 people who matter in Science' 2018, Dr. Jess Wade is a physicist who made the resolution to make a Wikipedia page every day of 2018 to highlight the often underacknowledged work of women, LGBT+ and scientists of colour. Jess was invited to speak at the University of Edinburgh's Science and Engineering campus by the Women in STEM Society. In this talk, held at the University of Edinburgh's Swann Lecture Theatre on 30 January 2019, Jess addressed why talking about diversity in physics is still so essential and what we need to do about it. You can also watch Jess's TEDx talk here. |
Wikipedia has a problem with systemic bias. A 2011 survey suggests that on English Wikipedia around 90% of editors are male, and are typically formally educated, in white-collar jobs (or students) and living in the Global North.
"if there is a typical Wikipedia editor, he has a college degree, is 30- years-old, is computer savvy but not necessarily a programmer, doesn’t actually spend much time playing games, and lives in US or Europe."
This means that the articles within Wikipedia typically reflect this bias. For example only 17.8% of biographies in English Wikipedia are of women. Many articles reflect the perspective of English speakers in the northern hemisphere, and many of the topics covered reflect the interests of this relatively small group of editors. Wikipedia needs a diverse community of editors to bring diverse perspectives and interests.
The very first Wikipedia editathon hosted at the University of Edinburgh was Women in Science and Scottish History in February 2015 and was focused on the
Edinburgh Seven, the first group of matriculated undergraduate female students at any British university.
As a research-based institution, Professor Allison Littlejohn from the Open University was invited to come along to the event to help us make sure there was value in a collaboration with Wikimedia UK and to analyse what was going on in these editing events and what their impact actually was. And what she discovered was that there was indeed genuine formal and informal learning going on at these events and she’s produced two research papers arising from that 1 event.
Wikipedia's women problem – Melissa Highton writes for the Dangerous Women project
At the University of Edinburgh, the Wikimedia residency's focus on redressing this imbalance has proved to be a successful approach with women editors accounting for 65% of our attendees this year and 69% in year two.
Another problem of coverage on Wikipedia has been the representation of different language Wikipedias with English Wikipedia the largest of
all the 295 different language Wikipedias by a considerable margin. Hence, it has been especially pleasing that Translation Studies MSc students and Edinburgh University Translation Society have embraced the need to redress the imbalance by translating content from one language Wikipedia to another.
Read
Mary Susan McIntosh and the Women in Red – Lorna Campbell.
Further reading:
Institution | Resident's name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
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University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 11 Jan – 11 Feb 2016 (first month of residency) | 24 Feb 2016 | 1st Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 Feb – 11 Mar 2016 (second month of residency) | 15 Mar 2016 | 2nd Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 Mar – 11 Apr 2016 (third month of residency) | 11 Apr 2016 | 3rd Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 Apr – 11 May 2016 (fourth month of residency) | 17 May 2016 | 4th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 May – 11 June 2016 (fifth month of residency) | 15 June 2016 | 5th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 June – 11 July 2016 (sixth month of residency) | 17 July 2016 | 6th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 July – 11 August 2016 (seventh month of residency) | 26 August 2016 | 7th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 August – 11 September 2016 (eighth month of residency) | 15 September 2016 | 8th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 September – 11 October 2016 (ninth month of residency) | 17 October 2016 | 9th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 October – 11 November 2016 (tenth month of residency) | 17 November 2016 | 10th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 November – 11 December 2016 (Eleventh month of residency) | 21 December 2016 | 11th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 December – 11 January 2017 (Twelfth month of residency) | 16 January 2017 | 12th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 11 January 2016 to 11 January 2017 (Review of last 12 months) | 12 February 2017 | 12 Month Review – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 January – 11 February 2017 (Thirteenth month of residency) | 13 February 2017 | 13th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 February – 11 March 2017 (Fourteenth month of residency) | 17 February 2017 | 14th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 March – 11 April 2017 (Fifteenth month of residency) | 14 March 2017 | 15th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 April – 11 May 2017 (Sixteenth month of residency) | 16 May 2017 | 16th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 May – 11 June 2017 (Seventeenth month of residency) | 12 June 2017 | 17th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 June – 11 July 2017 (Eighteenth month of residency) | 25 July 2017 | 18th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 July – 11 August 2017 (Nineteenth month of residency) | 30 August 2017 | 19th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 August – 11 September 2017 (Twentieth month of residency) | 14 September 2017 | 20th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 September – 11 October 2017 (Twenty-first month of residency) | 23 October 2017 | 21st Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 October – 11 November 2017 (Twenty-second month of residency) | 24 January 2018 | 22nd Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 November – 11 December 2017 (Twenty-third month of residency) | 24 January 2018 | 23rd Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 December – 11 January 2018 (Twenty-fourth month of residency) | 24 January 2018 | 24th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 January – 11 February 2018 (Twenty-fifth month of residency) | 7 March 2018 | 25th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 February – 11 March 2018 (Twenty-sixth month of residency) | 7 March 2018 | 26th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 11 January 2016 to 16 April 2018 (Review of last 2 years) | 16 April 2018 | Two year review – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 March – 11 April 2018 (Twenty-seventh month of residency) | 10 May 2018 | 27th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 April – 11 May 2018 (Twenty-eighth month of residency) | 10 May 2018 | 28th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 May – 11 June 2018 (Twenty-ninth month of residency) | 12 June 2018 | 29th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 June – 11 July 2018 (Thirtieth month of residency) | 1 August 2018 | 30th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 July – 11 August 2018 (Thirty-first month of residency) | 28 August 2018 | 31st Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 August – 11 September 2018 (Thirty-second month of residency) | 18 September 2018 | 32nd Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 September – 11 November 2018 (Thirty-third month and Thirty-fourth month of residency) | 19 November 2018 | 33rd and 34th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 November 2018 – 11 January 2019 (Thirty-fifth month and Thirty-sixth month of residency) | 4 February 2019 | 35th and 36th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 January 2019 – 11 March 2019 (Thirty-seventh month and Thirty-eighth month of residency) | 25 March 2019 | 37th and 38th Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 March 2019 – 11 June 2019 (Thirty-ninth month, Fourtieth and Forty-first month of residency) | 26 June 2019 | 39th, 40th and 41st Month Report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 January 2019 – 11 January 2020 (Year Four Report) | 13 November 2019 | Year Four report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 12 January 2020 – 1 May 2020 (49th to 52nd month of residency) | 1 May 2020 | 49th to 52nd month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 May 2020 – 1 July 2020 (53rd and 54th month of residency) | 8 July 2020 | 53rd to 54th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 July 2020 – 31 July 2020 (55th month of residency) | 31 July 2020 | 55th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 August 2020 – 31 October 2020 (58th month of residency) | 6 November 2020 | 58th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 November 2020 – 31 December 2020 (60th month of residency) | 5 January 2021 | 60th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 January 2021 – 31 January 2021 (61st month of residency) | 2 February 2021 | 61st month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 February 2021 – 28 February 2021 (62nd month of residency) | 2 March 2021 | 62nd month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 March 2021 – 30 April 2021 (63rd and 64th month of residency) | 12 May 2021 | 63rd and 64th month – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 May 2021 – 30 June 2021 (65th and 66th month of residency) | 2 July 2021 | 65th and 66th month – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 July 2021 – 31 July 2021 (67th month of residency) | 3 August 2021 | 67th month – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 August 2021 – 31 August 2021 (68th month of residency) | 20 September 2021 | 68th month – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 September 2021 – 30 September 2021 (69th month of residency) | 5 October 2021 | 69th month – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 November 2021 – 31 December 2021 (71st and 72nd month of residency) | 6 January 2022 | 71st and 72nd month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 January 2022 – 31 January 2022 (73rd month of residency) | 11 February 2022 | 73rd month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 February 2022 – 28 February 2022 (74th month of residency) | 10 March 2022 | 74th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 March 2022 – 31 March 2022 (75th month of residency) | 22 April 2022 | 75th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 April 2022 – 30 April 2022 (76th month of residency) | 5 May 2022 | 76th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 May 2022 – 31 May 2022 (77th month of residency) | 3 June 2022 | 77th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 June 2022 – 30 June 2022 (78th month of residency) | 14 July 2022 | 78th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 July 2022 – 31 July 2022 (79th month of residency) | 11 August 2022 | 79th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 August 2022 – 31 August 2022 (80th month of residency) | 22 September 2022 | 80th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 September 2022 – 30 September 2022 (81st month of residency) | 8 October 2022 | 81st month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 October 2022 – 31 October 2022 (82nd month of residency) | 7 November 2022 | 82nd month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 November 2022 – 31 December 2022 (83rd and 84th month of residency) | 20 January 2023 | 83rd and 84th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 January 2023 – 31 January 2023 (85th month of residency) | 7 February 2023 | 85th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 February 2023 – 28 February 2023 (86th month of residency) | 9 March 2023 | 86th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 March 2023 – 31 March 2023 (87th month of residency) | 12 April 2023 | 87th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 April 2023 – 30 April 2023 (88th month of residency) | 9 May 2023 | 88th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 May 2023 – 31 May 2023 (89th month of residency) | 15 June 2023 | 89th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 June 2023 – 31 July 2023 (90th and 91st months of residency) | 15 August 2023 | 90th and 91st months report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 August 2023 – 31 August 2023 (92nd month of residency) | 14 September 2023 | 92nd month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 September 2023 – 31 October 2023 (93rd and 94th months of residency) | 14 November 2023 | 93rd and 94th months report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 November 2023 – 31 December 2023 (95th and 96th months of residency) | 10 January 2024 | 95th and 96th months report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 January 2024 – 31 January 2024 (97th month of residency) | 12 February 2024 | 97th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 February 2024 – 29 February 2024 (98th month of residency) | 12 March 2024 | 98th month report – read in full |
University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 March 2024 – 31 March 2024 (99th month of residency) | 17 April 2024 | 99th month report – read in full |
More tools and Wikidata queries can be found on User:Stinglehammer.
"I use Wikipedia a lot, so it was good to be able to understand exactly what goes into editing it. The assignment also helped me understand where to find valuable references in places I would not have known to look.
Reproductive Biology Hons. student
"I had the opportunity to translate a small part of Milton's poems, and it was a great translation practice. I became more informed about how Wikipedia works and how to create and edit an entry."
Translation Studies MSc student
"It is nice to see my work published and online, and the content translation tool meant that I didn't have to spend much time worrying about formatting"
Translation Studies MSc student
"It demystified creation of online resources especially in this context, Wikipedia. I believe we had all the help and resources necessary for a successful article. Thank you for this wonderful exposure, enabling in us the "I can" spirit."
World Christianity MSc student
"It surprised me that editing a Wiki article would be such fun."
World Christianity MSc student
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The global knowledge base: open data about everything – Dr. Martin Poulter's TEDx Talk on Wikidata |
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"Wikipedia in Teaching and Learning – a webinar by Ewan McAndrew for Queen's University Belfast" |
Lots more resources can be found on the
Resources page.
Wikimedia is a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world. Wikimedia is the collective name for the Wikimedia movement, revolving around a group of inter-related projects, including Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and others, which aim to use the collaborative power of the Internet, and the wiki concept, to create and share free knowledge of all kinds.
Wikipedia is a project to build free encyclopedias in all languages of the world. Virtually anyone with Internet access is free to contribute by contributing neutral, cited information. | |
Wikidata aims to create a free knowledge base about the world that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. It provides data in all the languages of the Wikimedia projects, and allows for the central access to data in a similar vein as Wikimedia Commons does for multimedia files.
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Wikimedia Commons aims to provide a central repository for free photographs, diagrams, maps, videos, animations, music, sounds, spoken texts, and other free media. It is a multilingual project with contributors speaking dozens of languages, that serves as a central repository for all Wikimedia projects. | |
Wikivoyage aims to create the world's largest free, complete and up-to-date worldwide travel guide. Wikivoyage was launched in January 2013 and is written by volunteers in the same spirit of sharing knowledge that makes travel so enjoyable. | |
Wikisource is a multilingual project to archive a collection of free and open content texts. It is not only a superior format for storing classics, laws, and other free works as hypertext, but it also serves as a base for translating these texts. Wikisource has several editions in many individual languages.
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