Develop partnerships that increase access to underrepresented cultural heritage
Support the development of minority and indigenous language Wikipedias
Encourage new and existing partners to help tackle the gender gap on Wikimedia
Identify other areas of inequality and bias and create partnerships to help address these
Engage with volunteers and partners across the UK, widening the charity’s geographic reach
Diversify content producers by recruiting new editors from under-represented communities
Support the development of a more inclusive culture across the Wikimedia projects
Ensure that Wikimedia UK’s own policies and practices support diversity and inclusion
Progress
Student Experience Grant
Received notification on 7 January 2022 that the 11 November 2021 application for up to £5000 from University of Edinburgh Student Experience Grants fund has been approved. This project will now go ahead in collaboration with 3 student partners who will work for 14 weeks in 2022 to research and improve coverage of LGBT History, Gender History and Black History on Wikipedia from March to June 2022. These funds are being transferred to Information Services at the University so the students can be hired for 1 day (0.2FTE) for the 14 weeks.
Two Summer internships to support the Map of Accused Witched project
One new Women in Red workshop was held on 28 January 2022.
14 new articles were created at the 28 January 2022 event inc.
Cecilia Douglas (28 February 1772 – 25 July 1862) who was an important slave owner, art collector and philanthropist from Glasgow, Scotland. A very wealthy woman (worth c. £40,000), her fortune was derived from slavery in the Caribbean. Also
Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson known as M.E.M. Donaldson (19 May 1876 - 17 January 1958), who was an early 20th century British author and photography pioneer, and described as an 'unconventional ethnographer'.
Work with partners to develop digital, data and information literacy through Wikimedia
Support the education sector’s engagement with Wikimedia as a digital literacy tool
Facilitate Wikimedia-based digital, data and information literacy projects with other partners
Create content and resources for learners and educators
Advocate for the inclusion of Wikimedia in curriculum, syllabus and course development
Collaborate with the civil society sector and other partners to combat misinformation
Progress
Wikimedia in the Curriculum - current work
Met with Philippa Sheail to discuss the Wikipedia 'block' due to take place on the Digital Education MSc on 15 February 2022 and discussed what it will include - webinar, guided activities, forum discussion posts based on Wikipedia-related reading.
Three to four new case studies to be added to the Wikimedia in Education - Booklet of Case Studies. Met with Dr. Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK, and agreed to an 11 February 2022 deadline for finalising new content submissions for the booklet so this can be shared with the graphic designer and incorporated.
The Translation Studies MSc Wikipedia assignment for Semester One concluded late on 31 January 2022 with 36-40 out of the cohort undertaking it as an elective.
Link to student's chosen articles this semester. This month saw the resident meeting with the students 1-1 via MS Teams to help get their articles published successfully. The Semester Two assignment has now commenced as of 10 February 2022 with the students due to choose their new articles to translate by 25 February 2022 and to publish their completed 2,500 word translations on a target Wikipedia by 20 May 2022.
Delivered 30 minute Intro to Wikipedia and the History of Art presentation on 17 January 2022 and a 1.5 hour Wikipedia training workshop on 24 January 2022 with Dr. Glaire Anderson on the History of Art course programme so that her undergraduate students on the course will look at evaluating, improving and illustrating articles related to Islamic Art this semester. Guest speaker, Dr. Martin Poulter, joined us on 31 January 2022 to deliver a presentation on his work on the Khalilli Collections. The students are due to select existing Wikipedia articles to improve and illustrate by end of February 2022 but the Higher Education strike has caused Dr. Glaire Anderson to have to revise this timetable.
Podcast on Wikimedia in education - episodes now published
The first, second and third episodes are now live for a five episode podcast series recorded on the 24th of May 2021 for the University's influential Teaching Matters blog. It is being edited by a student intern , Eric Berger. Topics discussed included: Wikipedia and History (being edited); Wikipedia and academia in the new normal(live); Wikimedia and Language(live); Wikipedia, Medicine and Science Communication(live); Wikipedia and the Gender Gap (being edited). Professor Diana Paton, Translation Studies students, History Society students, Jason Evans, Lorna Campbell, Lucy Crompton-Reid, Prof Norah Spears, and Prof Linda Bauld all contributed.
Conferences
Abtract approved for the LILAC Information Literacy conference at Manchester Metropolitan University 11-13 April 2022 about our new 'Edinburgh Award - Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia', entitled: Wikipedia, Student Activism and the Ivory Tower.
Abstract submitted for the 14-16th June 2022 University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference - a joint presentation with Evelyn Balsells PhD about the Wikipedia assignment on the Global Health Challenges Pg Online course programme where students work in groups to improve neglected stub articles about natural and manmade disasters by 1,000 words over four weeks. Learning and contributing: Using global health concepts to improve the quality of Wikipedia pages on public health disasters.
Wikipedia Editing - a new Edinburgh Award underway
The first iteration of the Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia -
a new Edinburgh Award to accredit students for extended project work on Wikipedia commenced on 9 December 2021 and will conclude on 6 April 2022. Currently, as of 11 February 2022, 11 students have submitted their 400 word action plans and set up individual
Wikipedia project pages and dashboard links to develop important information literacy, digital research, communication and collaborative skills ahead of the world of work and accredit them for undertaking 50-55 hours (or more) of Wikipedia work over an extended period. This first iteration of the award has been developed in collaboration with Kirsty Stewart and Gavin McCabe at the University of Edinburgh Career Service and in collaboration with our 2021 Wikimedia student interns, Erin Boyle and Clea Strathmann.
The recording of Input Session 1 is available here and the resident has had individual 1-1 meetings with each of the 11 students undertaking this award and offered advice about how to curate worklists, how to look for gaps on Wikipedia, how to find reliable published sources, how to run an event, how to crowdsource and make use of the University hive mind, how to translate pages, and how to find and work with open images.
Activities with stats:
Events
Activity /Purpose of Meeting
Date and duration
Institute
Location
Names of Attendees
Links, if any, to Meeting/Presentation/ Conference Talk
Edinburgh Award - Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia Wikipedia training and writing your first article workshop
Links, if any, to Meeting/Presentation/ Conference Talk
Meeting with Dr. Philippa Sheail, Digital Education MSc lecturer at University of Edinburgh
14 January 2022
University of Edinburgh
MS Teams Meeting
1 hour chat with UoE lecturer Dr. Philippa Sheail to discuss a Wikimedia in the Curriculum assignment for 15 February 2022 to 28 February 2022 where her students will learn about how Wikipedia works, issues about information literacy and knowledge equity and be empowered to discuss all of these aspects and make edits to articles related to their course programme.
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Meeting with Evelyn Balsells PhD at University of Edinburgh
19 January 2022
University of Edinburgh
MS Teams Meeting
1 hour chat with UoE lecturer Evelyn Balsells PhD to discuss a Wikimedia in the Curriculum assignment on the Global Health Challenges Pg Online course programme and how we could jointly submit an abstract about the work done on this course over the last 2-3 years as a presentation at the University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference on 14-16 June 2022.
Conference abstract duly submitted on 21 January 2022.
Strategic Aim 3 - Advocacy
Create changes in policy and practice that enable open knowledge to flourish
Support and enable individual organisations to adopt more open policies and practice
Promote and facilitate sector-level change towards open knowledge
Work with national and international partners to build the case for free knowledge
Advocate for open knowledge within the UK’s public policy and legislative arena
Contribute to international advocacy activities and programmes as appropriate
Progress
Attended the January event, hosted by UoE lecture Prof. Melissa Terras, for the Royal Society's policy project report launch on the "
Online Information Environment" examining the ways in which digital technologies are shaping the information people encounter.
The Wikimedian in Residence responded to queries from: ITV Borders, CILIP Scotland, the Witches of Scotland podcast, Hamilton Library, The Places of Worship in Scotland database team, Miranda Prynnes at THE Campus (Times Higher Education), Jo Spiller on Wikipedia for schools, Janet Black at LLC, Nimi Hoffman at University of Sussex, Sofia Shan at IAD, Shy Zvouloun at GenderEd, Patricia Erskine on historic donors to EFI building, Prof. Melissa Terras on IIIF research, Dr. Glaire Anderson, Dr. Philippa Sheail, and Sophie Bursztyn on witches being burned on Carlton Hill.
Links, if any, to Meeting/Presentation/ Conference Talk
Meeting with Dr. Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK
27 January 2022 (1 hour)
University of Edinburgh
MS Teams Meeting
Discussion with Dr. Sara Thomas about updating the Booklet of Case Studies of Wikimedia in UK education and setting deadlines for finalising content for a 2022 digital relaunch
Next phase of the Mapping the Scottish Reformation Wikidata project with Dr. Chris Langley (Newman University, Birmingham) and Professor Mikki Brock (Washington and Lee University, USA) - to be confirmed.
Wikipedia component on 'Knowledge Equity' to be delivered on Digital Education MSc on 15 February 2022 - disrupted by strike action so tbc.
Translation Studies MSc Wikipedia assignment - new 2,500 project has commenced for Semester Two as of 10th February 2022.
First iteration of a new Edinburgh Award for Wikipedia Editing to conclude on 6 April 2022 with 11 students currently undertaking it.
Updating the Booklet of Case Studies of Wikimedia in UK Education to relaunch a new digital edition. Content being finalised.
History of Art assignment has begun as of 17 January 2022 and will conclude 28 February 2022 - this is the 2nd iteration with Dr. Glaire Anderson's students evaluating, improving and illustrating articles about Islamic Ar. With guest speaker, Dr. Martin Poulter (WMUK, Khalilli Collections).
Student Experience Grant awarded for three students to research and improve content on Wikipedia related to Gender History, LGBT History and Black History for 14 weeks from 1 March to June 2022.
Summer Internships are now advertised as of 9 February 2022 with a view hiring two Wikimedia interns to support improving the Map of Accused Witches website for 12 weeks 1.0FTE this Summer.
Been invited to participate in the Witches of Scotland podcast.
Been invited to discuss the Places of Worship in Scotland (POWiS) database being mapped into Wikidata.
E. McAndrew to submit to Royal Society Athena Prize for Wikipedia work on Reproductive Medicine BSc.
E. McAndrew to contribute to THE Campus, on Wikipedia supporting equality and diversity at the University.
E. McAndrew to investigate applying for a Royal Society of Chemistry outreach fund award.
Upcoming events in 2022
February 4 - Wikimedians in Residence and Wikimedia UK meeting (online).
February 7 - History of Art students improving Islamic art articles on Wikipedia.
February 9 - Student internships for Summer 2022 are advertised: Scottish Witchcraft Data Visualisation and Open Source Development Intern
February 15 - Wikipedia and Knowledge Equity - workshop for Digital Education MSc (tbc.)
February 23 - Meeting with Places of Worship in Scotland database team (POWiS) to discuss working with Wikidata.
February 25 - Wikipedia Women in Red monthly workshop
February 28 - History of Art students publishing their edits on Islamic art articles on Wikipedia.
March 1 - Student Experience Grant recipients begin project work to improve articles relating to Gender History, LGBT History and Black History (dates tbc.)
March 2 - Translation Studies MSc - Wikipedia workshop
March 9 - Introduction to Wikidata workshop
March 16 - Teaching with Wikipedia workshop
March 16 - Translation Studies MSc - Wikipedia workshop
March 23 - Wikisource workshop
March 30 - Edinburgh Award Input Session 3 - Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia
March 30 - Translation Studies MSc - Wikipedia workshop
April 11-13 - Talk about the Edinburgh Award for Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia to be delivered at LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2022
June - Student Experience Grant recipients complete their project work related to improving articles relating to Gender History, LGBT History and Black History (dates tbc.).
June - Wikimedia Summer internships (tbc.) to improve the Map of Accused Witches website over 12 weeks this Summer.
June 14-16 - University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference - presentation with Evelyn Balsells PhD about the Wikipedia assignment on the Global Health Challenges Pg Online course programme.
A podcast series recorded in May 2021 is currently being edited by Eric Berger for the University of Edinburgh's Teaching Matters blog.
First, second and third episodes have now been published as of January 2022. Two more to follow.
Wikimedian in Residence - University of Edinburgh Media Hopper channel
The
Wikimedian in Residence channel on YouTube which has now received over 263,443 views in total of its 118 videos with 1,020 subscribers. These videos have been viewed in 168 countries around the world over the course of the channel's lifetime.
Number of videos
Views this period
Hours watched this period
New subscribers
Total subscribers
Total views
Total number of countries viewing the channel
118
9,500
325.3
+47
1,020
263,443
168
One of our recent additions to YouTube by student Hannah Rothmann has now been viewed over 41,300 times since it was added on 14 September 2020.
JISC Case study:Wikimedia in the curriculum - addressing the challenges of digital and information literacy, digital scholarship and open knowledge at the University of Edinburgh.