Women on the Honour Roll Editathon

Notable members of the GSoA Honour Roll - In a nutshell Where?: Glasgow School of Art Library, Level 1 computer lab When?: Friday 18 September Point of contact: Jocelyn Grant, Glasgow School of Art Archives J.Grant@gsa.ac.uk Twitter: @wikimediauk Cost: Free

Join us for the event!

About the event

There are a number of women the Honour Roll of Glasgow School of Art who are unrepresented on Wikipedia. This event will seek to redress that balance, using resources from the Glasgow School of Art Archives. This full day event will begin with a training session run by Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland. Sara will train all attendees in how to edit Wikipedia, and will be on hand throughout the day to offer advice and support. After lunch, we will create new, and improve existing articles relating to women on the Honour Roll of Glasgow School of Art.

Attendees should remember that when creating a new article, you should be able to write at least 250 words, and reference at least 2-3 external sources.

How do I prepare?

• Sign up for the event (This is a private event, please contact Jocelyn Grant for more details)
• Create a Wikipedia account
• Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided and some computers will be available)
• Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
• Guidelines for writing biographies of living persons
• Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
• Refreshments will be provided

Programme

• 10 am - Introduction & training
• 1.30 pm (approx) Lunch
• 2pm - Editathon

Trainer

Sara Thomas (trainer)

Content created & further outcomes

There were 10 participants (80% female), of which 9 were new users.

13 new articles were created:

• Tina Gray
• Eleanor Allen Moore
• Saul Yaffie
• Alex J. Musgrove
• Charles Hepburn Scott
• Eugene Bourdon
• Allan D. Mainds
• Alexander Proudfoot
• Robert Rattray Tatlock
• Tom Gentleman
• Oscar Paterson
• Thomas Canfield Pomphrey
• A. E. Haswell Miller

12 existing articles were improved:

• Jean-Louis Pascal
• Christine Borland
• West Calder
• David Shrigley
• Cleghorn, South Lanarkshire
• Ciara Phillips
• Cathy Wilkes
• Musée de l'Orangerie
• W. S. Graham
• Jackie Leven
• Eric Taylor (musician)
• Tom Leonard (poet)

More information

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

• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Video_tutorials
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Instructional_videos_on_using_Wikipedia

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• https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership