University of Edinburgh edit-a-thon

Booking[edit]

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

Folder of resources[edit]

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

Consult the Manual of Style for Medicine-related articles on Wikipedia[edit]

About the event[edit]

Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others? On the 21st & 28th September 2016, 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!

We Can Edit

How do I prepare?[edit]

An introduction to Wikipedia

Further reading

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

Programme[edit]

Trainers[edit]

Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Class list[edit]

  1. Lo209
  2. Gbrutherford
  3. MHlaura
  4. Lmackenzie95
  5. Bee.nagy
  6. Puiyuliu
  7. SmithVee
  8. Chloenelson
  9. Taniahashim 21
  10. Ainenicaomh
  11. Cr10495
  12. KelseyGrieve
  13. A84412
  14. ELMckinlay
  15. FaridehR
  16. NatalieWilson
  17. MJ723661
  18. Rhiannon.jones27
  19. Aparna.Potluru
  20. Kchalk28
  21. L.johnston95
  22. Emmalouise44
  23. Edinburghstudent
  24. Usernamestillloading
  25. Rosafreya
  26. Rosieohare
  27. Maljubeh
  28. SJ6789
  29. Hui Wei Leow
  30. Jessicamcclintick
  31. Caitlinvon
  32. Catrionq
  33. Lauracd7
  34. Stickypopsicle
  35. S1303703
  36. mzemyarska

Helpful links[edit]

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.

Hit list of articles to be created or improved[edit]

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

Articles to be improved

  1. Mitochondrial donation
  1. Male contraceptive
  1. BMPR1B

Sources[edit]

Join us for the event!

Suggested sources:

General
News sources
Theses databases

Resources[edit]

Video guides to editing Wikipedia

Tutorials on Wikipedia editing

One page handouts

Subject-specific handouts

Further Video tutorials

Video gallery

Outcomes[edit]

Articles created

Articles improved

What can I do after the event?[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Wikiproject Medicine video

Wikimania 2016 - Medical topics by James Heilman

Participants - Sign Up Here![edit]

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
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.
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