Expert outreach/Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales/Hywel Dda Edit-a-thon
The event will be held at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth on Friday the 16th of October 2015.
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Theme
This event will focus on improving content relating to all aspects of Welsh law (the laws of Hywel Dda), it's origins, development and significance. Welsh Law had its origins in Celtic law and was codified by the Welsh King Hywel Dda (the good) in the mid-10th century and elements of these laws were enacted in Wales until the act of union (1535-1542) introduced English law to Wales. Editors will be encouraged to improve pages directly related to Hywel Dda and Welsh law as well as articles relating to the development of Medieval law in general, women's rights and medieval crime and punishment, for example. Editors can work in any language they like, and Welsh speakers will be encouraged to improve related content on the Welsh Language Wicipedia
Participants
- Jason.nlw (talk) Jason Evans, Wikipedian in Residence at NLW (Organiser)
- User:GAE22
- User:RuthGooding
- User:Morfuddnia
- User:essiedubyadee
- User:Meo2015
- User:Whistlaw
- User:srbswansea
- User:samsheep
- User:Beccareyna
- User:BlegywyrydAthro
- User:sic19
- User:Bencherlite (in spirit only, probably, as I'm unlikely to be able to get to Aberystwyth on the day. Married to BlegywyrydAthro, as it happens)
- User:Gmorgan91
- User:Ynadcoch
Improved articles
- w:Cyfraith Hywel
- w:Hywel Dda
- cy:Cyfraith Hywel
- cy:Hywel Dda
- w:National Library of Wales
- w:National Library of Wales General Manuscript Collection
- w:William Salesbury
- w:Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn
- w:Dinefwr Park
- w:Dinefwr Castle
- w:Llygad Gŵr
New articles
- cy:Llyfr Cyfnerth
- cy:Llyfr Colan
- cy:Llyfr y Damweiniau
- w:Hawise Lestrange
- cy:Hawys Lestrange
- w:NLW MS 24029A (Boston Manuscript)
- cy:Peniarth 164
- w:Nest Bloet (speedy deleted?)
- w:NLW ms 20143A
- w:Peniarth 32
- w:Peniarth 259B
- w:Sarhaed (Coming soon!)
Suggested Edits
The Manuscripts
See w:A list of Welsh Law manuscripts
- w:Black Book of Chirk Peniarth 29
- w:Peniarth 32 Llyfr Teg (Welsh)
- w:Peniarth 35
- w:Peniarth 40
- w:Peniarth 39
- w:Peniarth 38
- w:Peniarth 33
- w:Peniarth 36B
- w:Peniarth 36A
- w:Peniarth 259A
- w:Wynnstay 36
- w:Peniarth 31
- w:Llanstephan 116
- w:Llanstephan 29
- w:NLW ms 24029A Boston manuscript
- w:Peniarth 258
- w:Peniarth 37
- w:NLW ms 20143A
- w:Peniarth 259B Pomffred manuscript
- w:Peniarth 28
- w:Peniarth 30 Llyfr Colan (Welsh)
- w:Peniarth 34
- w:Peniarth 164
- w:Peniarth 175
- w:Peniarth 36C
Primary articles
- w:Cyfraith Hywel (create/improve subsections for 'Laws of court', 'Three columns of law' and 'The value of wild and tame'
- w:Hywel Dda
- w:Redactions of Welsh law (to discuss the different groups of manuscripts i.e. Blegywryd, Cyfnerth, Iorwerth, Latin)
Related articles
- w:Deheubarth
- w:History of Wales (Expand reference to Hywel Dda and Welsh law)
- w:Kingdom of Ceredigion (Translate from Welsh)
- w:Kingdom of Gwynedd
- w:Kingdom of Powys
- w:Aneurin Owen
- w:Women's rights (middle ages - mention women’s rights under welsh law)
- w:Galanas
- w:Ceiniog
- w:Sarhaed (the penalty for insult)
- w:Welsh law (improve content on contemporary Welsh law)
- w:Hawise Lestrange
- w:Nest Bloet
- w:Welsh Triads
- w:William Salesbury
How Do I Prepare?
- Bring your own laptop (or request to borrow one via the email address above)
If you want to learn more about wiki-editing, please try these introductions:
- Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia
- Five Pillars of Wikipedia, philosophical guidelines
- Tutorial
- How to edit a page
- Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
- Article development
- Your First Article (using the Article Wizard, if you wish)
- Manual of Style
- Citation templates
- Infobox templates
- Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources