Reproductive Biomedicine edit-a-thon in a nutshell: Where?: University of Edinburgh Medical School, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB. When?: 20th & 27th September 2017, 9:00 am – 1pm Point of contact: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk / Stinglehammer ( talk) Cost: Free How do I sign up?: Contact C.Harlow@ed.ac.uk

To be assured of your place at the event, you can book through contacting C.Harlow@ed.ac.uk

Click here to access key slides & resources for this project: Google Drive folder of resources

• Manual of Style for Medicine-related articles.

Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others? On the 20th & 27th September 2017, the University's Information Services team will run a Wikipedia research session. Full Wikipedia editing training will be given. Thereafter the editathon will focus on creating & improving the quality of articles about reproductive medicine.

Working together with Academic Support librarians & academic colleagues we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to develop articles covering areas which could stand to be improved in the field of Reproductive Biomedicine.

Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater understanding of reproductive medicine!

• Sign up for the event
• Create a Wikipedia account
• Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
• Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
• Think about what you would like to edit - please prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
• Watch Dr. James Heilman of the University of British Columbia discuss Wikiproject Medicine and Teaching with Wikipedia on the Wikimedian in Residence Media Hopper channel.

Further reading

The main policies and guidelines can be found at the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Five pillars
• Wikipedia:Neutral point of view
• Wikipedia:No original research
• Wikipedia:Verifiability
• Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest
• Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style

• 9:30am - 10:00am: Introduction to Wikipedia
• 10:00am – 10:15 am: Guide to research databases
• 10:15am – 12:30 pm: Research and draft content.

Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. I've added some booklets and some links below that you may find useful. As a first step you may like to check out what What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.

• Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your " signature" (your username and a date stamp). The or button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
• If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.

Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

All are welcome to add names to the list which is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles in this important but somewhat neglected sector on the English Wikipedia.

Articles to be created

• Ovarian follicle activation
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Fetal programming
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Endometrial scratching
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Gametogenetin-binding protein 2
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Cortical inclusion cyst
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease – to be created.
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Folliculostellate cell - Create.
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Cancer-associated fibroblast - Create.
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Peritubular myoid cell - Create.
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Articles to be improved

• Induced ovulation (animals) - Exists. To be improved.
  • Find sources:  Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

• Wikipedia is a tertiary resource, which relies upon secondary sources. Wikipedia is not a place for original research.
• For more guidance on the use of sources, see this guide here.
• We will provide a variety of reference books on the day.
• Editors will also have access to some University of Edinburgh e-resources.
• Search for articles on Google Scholar
• Try the Wikipedia Library's list of free resources
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• The Hathi Trust Digital Library - 100s of novels & other assorted texts
• Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search).

Suggested sources:

General

• DiscoverEd to find books, ebooks, journals, ejournals and more.

News sources

• Factiva
• British Newspaper Archive
• More at: Edinburgh University Library - Newspaper database

Theses databases

• Edinburgh Research Archive. For theses produced at the University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Research Archive
• Proquest Dissertations
• More at: Edinburgh University Library - Theses database

• 
  Editing Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)
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  Illustrating Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)
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  Theories: Wikipedia and the production of knowledge
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  Evaluating Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)
• 
  Editing Wikipedia articles on Medicine

Video guides to editing Wikipedia

Tutorials on Wikipedia editing

One page handouts

• 
  Using talk pages
• 
  Choosing an article
• 
  Citing your sources
• 
  Avoiding plagiarism
• 
  Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
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  Polishing your articles
• 
  Classroom handout - Submitting an article to the Did You Know process

Subject-specific handouts

• 
  Editing Wikipedia Articles Biographies
• 
  Editing Wikipedia articles on Chemistry (Wiki Ed)
• 
  Editing Wikipedia articles on Ecology
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  Editing Wikipedia articles on Environmental Sciences (Wiki Ed)
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  Editing Wikipedia articles on Genes and Proteins (Wiki Ed)
• 
  Editing Wikipedia articles on Psychology
• 
  Editing Wikipedia articles on Sociology
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  Editing Wikipedia articles on Species (Wiki Ed)
• 
  Editing Wikipedia articles on Women's Studies

Further Video tutorials

Video gallery

• 1. The Gender Gap
• 2. Basic Rules of Wikipedia editing
• 3. Anatomy of a Page
• 4. Your First Edits: Userpages and the Sandbox
• 5. Meet-Up Pages
• 6. Adding Citations
• 7. Adding Images to Articles
• 8. Creating New Articles

Articles created 2016

• High-grade serous carcinoma
• Globoszoospermia
• Scar free healing
• Prophylactic salpingectomy
• Testicular dysgenesis syndrome
• Obesity and Fertility
• Oogonial (Female Germline) stem cells
• Spermatogonial Stem Cells

Articles improved 2016

• Spermatogonium
• In vitro maturation

NEW Articles created 2017

• Cancer-associated fibroblast
• Ovarian follicle activation
• Folliculostellate cell
• Peritubular myoid cell
• Pseudopregnancy
• Primary Pigmented Nodular Adrenocortical Disease

Articles improved 2017

• Induced ovulation (animals)

You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:

• Video tutorials
• Instructional videos on using Wikipedia

Wikiproject Medicine video

• Link to Google slides: Medical Topics by Dr. James Heilman (Friday 24th June 2016 at Wikimania, Esino Lario).
• New York Times artucle: "Wikipedia is emerging as trusted internet source for information on Ebola"

Prior to the event:

1. RSVP: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
2. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?

   No? Create a Wikipedia account

   Yes? Go to Step #2

3. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page