Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/77th month report
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | List of reports to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 May 2022 - 31 May 2022 (Seventy-seventh month of the residency) | 3 June 2022 | Click here to view all reports. |
Running total of staff & student engagement
[edit]| Institution | Resident's Name | Number of training sessions delivered | Number of students trained | Number of staff trained | Members of the public trained | Number of editathons | Total articles created | Total articles improved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 302 | 1,614 | 583 | 638 | 129 | 1,250 | 5,887 |
Projects delivered
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Strategic Aim 1 - Knowledge Equity
[edit]- 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
[edit]Student Experience Grant
[edit]- The University of Edinburgh Student Experience Grants project began on 28th March 2022 in collaboration with 3 student partners who will work for 14 weeks to research and improve coverage of LGBT History, Gender History and Black History on Wikipedia from March to June 2022. The students are funded for 1 day (0.2FTE) for 14 weeks. They have received initial Wikipedia training and attended the History of Art edit-a-thon on Monday 28th March 2022 at Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh Archives on 4th May 2022. The next stage is planning an end of project editing event on 1st July 2022 in the Project Room of 50 George Square, Edinburgh.
- Eleanor Capaldi (LGBTQ+ History - Wikipedia Knowledge Equity Researcher) has created new pages for Sheila MacAskill and the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard already.
- Kirsty Vass-Payne (Gender History - Wikipedia Knowledge Equity researcher) attended the Protests and Suffragettes event in April 2022 and has identified Women in Sport as a potential target area for editing and is liaising with the University's Sports Union and National Library of Scotland's exhibition on Scottish women mountaineers.
- Sian Davies (Black History - Wikipedia Knowledge Equity Researcher) has curated a target worklist and has attended the National Portrait Gallery in May and liaised with curators there about potential images being openly released.
Two Summer internships to support the Map of Accused Witched project
[edit]- Two new Summer 2022 student internships are now recruited:
- These roles will be 1.0FTE for 12 weeks commencing 6 June 2022.
Women in Red workshops
[edit]One new Women in Red workshop was held on 27th May 2022 - our 61st monthly workshop at the university.
- 5 new articles were created at the 27 May 2022 event inc. Isobel Grant who may have inspired a macabre Highland dance, Gaelic writer Katherine Whyte Grant, Turkish guerilla fighter Gordesli Makbule and Norwegian footballer Maria Olsvik.
- 102 more articles were edited.
- 132 edits in total.
- 5 editors.
- 25.9K words added.
- 151 references added.
Women in Astronomy and Young British Artists
[edit]- The 50hrs+ Edinburgh Award, Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia has concluded its first year as of 25th May 2022. 6 students have been put forward to receive the award and have it added to their official University transcript. Over 30,000 words have been added and these articles have been viewed over 2 million times.
- Gemma Robertson contributed 9.2K words to create new articles about: Women in Astronomy and wrote an 800 word reflecting on the process of knowledge sharing and skills developed as part of the Award.
- Michelle Halsall contributed to British artist Helen Chadwick and contributed 3,000+ words to new pages on her artworks and wrote an 800 word reflecting on the process of knowledge sharing and skills developed as part of the Award.
- Naa Karley Addo added ~2,000 words to articles about African Diaspora in Latin America and 45 Wiki Loves Monuments images to articles about Scotland's heritage and submitted a 3-6 minute video presentation reflecting on the process of knowledge sharing and skills developed as part of the Award.
- Odara Medagadara added ~6,000 words to articles about YouTubers and Podcasters and wrote an 800 word reflecting on the process of knowledge sharing and skills developed as part of the Award.
- Yue Miao added ~2,000 words to articles about Sociology and Psychology and and wrote an 800 word reflecting on the process of knowledge sharing and skills developed as part of the Award.
- Yingying Wang added ~3,300 words to articles about Political theories and wrote an 800 word reflecting on the process of knowledge sharing and skills developed as part of the Award.
Activities delivered with stats:
[edit]Events
[edit]| Event Name | Date and duration | Location | Attendees | New editors | Trainers | Gender breakdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women in Red editathon Monthly Women in Red editathon - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded |
27 May 2022 | University of Edinburgh, online webinar. | 6 | 3 | Ewan McAndrew | 66.6% female |
Partnership interactions
[edit]Image statistics - as of 3 June 2022
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- All uploads can be monitored via Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh.
- Baglama2 (page views for only those images released by the Centre for Research Collections
- Baglama2 (page views for images in the parent category - Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh.
| UoE Centre for Research Collections images | Total for May 2022 | 593,188 views |
| All images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh | Total for May 2022 | 1,563,038 views |
| UoE Centre for Research Collections images | Total for 77 months of monitoring | 56,388,764 views |
The most viewed images for May 2022 across all Wikipedias were:
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Strategic Aim 2 - Digital Literacy
[edit]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
[edit]Wikimedia in the Curriculum - current work
[edit]- Five new case studies can now be added to the Wikimedia in Education - Booklet of Case Studies. Dr. Glaire Anderson, History of Art, and Evelyn Balsells PhD, Global Health Challenges Pg Online, have signed off on their case studies and images to be used. Graphic designer, Nicky Greenhorn, has prepared a proof design for the new case studies as of 31st May 2022 and this will now be reviewed by Dr. Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK, and myself to see if changes are required.
- The Translation Studies MSc Wikipedia assignment for Semester Two has now concluded as of 20 May 2022 with only one new article, on Beowulf and Middle-Earth, awaiting publishing on Chinese Wikipedia once AFC editors have reviewed the translation and formatting. Plans are in place for the 2022/2023 assignment to begin in September 2022.
Conferences
[edit]- Co-wrote joint presentation with Evelyn Balsells PhD for the University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference (14-16 June 2022) 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 1,500 words over four weeks. The abstract is entitled: Learning and contributing: Using global health concepts to improve the quality of Wikipedia pages on public health disasters.
Wikipedia Editing - Edinburgh Award activity concluded for year one
[edit]- 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 concluded on 25 May 2022 instead of 6 April 2022 owing to the disruption of Covid-19 and Higher Education strike. Currently, as of 3 June 2022, 6 students have progressed and been recommended to receive the award.
Activities with stats:
[edit]Events
[edit]- A 1hr video webinar of 3 lightning talks of recent case studies of Wikipedia in the Curriculum at the University of Edinburgh was recorded on 30 May 2022 for the University's Digital Skills Festival. 73 signed up for the event which was open to staff, students and members of the public with 40 attending on the day.
Partnership interactions
[edit]None this month.
Strategic Aim 3 - Advocacy
[edit]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
[edit]- Emma Carroll delivered her TEDx St. Andrews talk on the Wikidata Map of Accused Witches Project and E. McAndrew has asked TedX St. Andrews if images and a video recording of the talk can be shared.
- Corresponded with Harvey, CEO of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Military Museum at Stirling Castle, about how to add their data to Wikidata and how to support them when they need advice on developing a website similar to our Map of Accused Witches site.
- Corresponded with Kristen Mapes, Digital Humanities at Michigan State University, about a class visit in late June to Edinburgh with 9 x Digital Humanities students interested in knowing more about the Map of Accused Witches project.
Activities delivered with stats:
[edit]Events
[edit]- Attended the Wikimedians in Residence meeting on 5th April 2022.
Partnership interactions
[edit]- Corresponded with Harvey Carruthers, CEO of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Military Museum at Stirling Castle, about the feasibility/costing of their tender document for web developing their proposed new Wikidata-driven site.
- Chantal Brousseau, a Canadian university student, has messaged to say she would be happy to have her own Scottish witchcraft data visualisations incorporated into our website.
- K. Britton, University of Aberdeen, messaged E. McAndrew about open licensing an image of the Loch Lomond Wanderer archaeological dig for use on the new Wikipedia article.
- Helen Beetham also got in touch to say she is still looking for participants to interview about how Wikipedia in Education supports digital skills and digital literacy for a research paper she is writing.
Projects/events in development
[edit]- 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.
- Translation Studies MSc Wikipedia assignment - new 2,500 project has concluded for Semester Two as of as of 20th May 2022 with one article awaiting review by Chinese Wikipedia AFC editors on Beowulf and Middle Earth.
- First iteration of a new Edinburgh Award for Wikipedia Editing concluded on 25 May 2022 with 6 students completing the 50-80hrs of volunteering. To be reviewed ahead of 1st October start date for next iteration.
- Updating the Booklet of Case Studies of Wikimedia in UK Education to relaunch a new digital edition. Content is currently with graphic designer Nicky Greenhorn with end of May 2022 pencilled in for completion. Nicky has submitted a proof as of 31st May 2022 and this will be reviewed by Dr. Sara Thomas and myself asap.
- Student Experience Grant (SEG) awarded for three students to research and improve content on Wikipedia related to Gender History, LGBT History and Black History for 14 weeks from 28 March to 1st July 2022. Students have begun work on the three subject areas as of 28 March 2022 and have attended the University of Edinburgh Archives on 4 May 2022 and the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.
- Summer Internships are now recruited for two Wikimedia interns to support improving the Map of Accused Witches website for 12 weeks 1.0FTE this Summer. The roles will commence on 6 June 2022.
- Been invited to participate in the Witches of Scotland podcast (details tbc.)
- Periodically supporting the Places of Worship in Scotland (POWiS) database being mapped into Wikidata.
- Periodically supporting the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Military Museum database being mapped into Wikidata.
- Met with Ed Mackenzie who is tasked with migrating data from Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database to a new MySQL database or upgraded XML/RDF database. He also expressed interest in migrating other University datasets into Wikidata and creating tools/scripts which would assist with this. e.g. Eric Hobsbawn bibliography being one such dataset under discussion.
- 30 minute presentation for CILIP Information Literacy Group to be delivered 8 September 2022. Gavin Willshaw, Digital Engagement and Digitisation Manager at University of Edinburgh Library, and Dr. Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK, will co-create/present the session.
- E. McAndrew discussing with Miranda Prynne about contributing an article to Times Higher Education's THE Campus, on Wikipedia supporting equality and diversity at the University. This will likely happen at end of current SEG project.
- E. McAndrew to investigate applying for a Royal Society of Chemistry outreach fund award when time/opportunity allows.
Upcoming events in 2022
[edit]- June - Student Experience Grant recipients complete their project work related to improving articles relating to Gender History, LGBT History and Black History with end of project event on 1st July 2022.
- June 6 - Two Wikimedia Summer internships 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.
- July 1, Uncovered Histories event for the culmination of the Student Experience Grant project partnership with the residency.
- July 20, Introduction to Open Education and Wikipedia, 1.5hr showcase event for LTW student interns.
- September 8 - CILIP Scotland event for their Information Literacy Group. Remote presentation by Ewan McAndrew, Gavin Willshaw and Dr. Sara Thomas
- September - Translation Studies MSc assignment for 2022/2023 commences.
- September - Reproductive Biology BSc assignment for 2022/2023 commences.
- October - History of Art event with Dr. Glaire Anderson (tbc.)
- October - Global Health Challenges Pg Online Wikipedia assignment commences for 2022/2023.
- October - Korean Studies MSc - Introduction to Wikipedia webinar (tbc.)
- October - 'Data Fair' for the Design Informatics MA/MFA (tbc.)
- October - Ada Lovelace Day 2022: Celebrating Women in STEM.
- October - Edinburgh Award for Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia commences for 2022/2023
Media
[edit]New videos and podcasts
[edit]- A 1hr video webinar of 3 lightning talks of recent case studies of Wikipedia in the Curriculum at the University of Edinburgh was recorded on 30 May 2022 for the University's Digital Skills Festival.
Wikimedian in Residence - University of Edinburgh Media Hopper channel
[edit]- The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Media Hopper now has 388 videos. 271 plays since 1 May 2022.
1 May 2022 to 31 May 2022
| Number of videos | Impressions | Minutes viewed | Number of plays since 1 May 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 388 | 1,263 | 1,278 | 271 |
The most played videos were:
| Position | Video | Plays | Total plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor:Part 2.3 Adding an image. | 17 plays | 555 plays |
| 2 | OpenRefine Beginners Tutorial | 16 plays | 587 plays |
| 3 | Word Count tool - counting the prose text in a Wikipedia article | 14 plays | 600 plays |
| 4 | Moving a drafted article into Wikipedia's live space. | 11 plays | 1,734
plays |
| 5 | How to add an image to Wikidata | 6 plays | 28 plays |
Wikimedian in Residence - YouTube channel
[edit]- The Wikimedian in Residence channel on YouTube which has now received over 299,835 views in total of its 119 videos with 1,148 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 10,296 | 345.6 | +42 | 1,148 | 299,835 | 168 |
One of our additions to YouTube by student Hannah Rothmann has now been viewed over 55,522 times since it was added on 14 September 2020.
Image uploads to Wikimedia Commons
[edit]Press about the residency
[edit]- Edinburgh University searches for 'Wikimedians' - Edinburgh Evening News, 8th October 2015.
- University of Edinburgh to employ ‘Wikimedian in Residence’ web editor - The Student Newspaper.org, October 13th 2015.
- The History of Medicine gets mentioned in the ILW Awards 2016
- The OER16 Conference, co-chaired by Melissa Highton and Lorna M. Campbell, won Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year Award
- 'Wikidata and Wikisource Showcase' mentioned on IS News site.
- The Wikimedia Residency, as part of the University Of Edinburgh's Open Education team, won 3rd place in ALT's Learning Technologist of the Year awards.
- Open Education team (including Wikimedia residency) come third in ALT Learning Technologist of the Year awards - story on the IS News site.
- Wikipedia's women problem - Melissa Highton writes for the Dangerous Women project 10th October 2016
- STV News 'Live at Five' covers the Ada Lovelace Day - Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon.
- New College take on Wikipedia edit-a-thon - Women and Religion 2 November 2016.
- Brenda Moon remembered in Wikipedia editathon - article in IS News
- Wikipedia editathon and Mary Stewart - Edinburgh Gothic Sat 12 November.
- Wikipedia editathon at the University of Sheffield's Centre for the History of the Gothic
- Collaborating to built a city of information literacy, a city of Wikipedia - Interview by OEPS Scotland
- #1Lib1Ref at the University of Edinburgh - Blog article by Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator - 2nd February 2017
- Fake News and Wikidata - a roundup of the Wikimedia UK Education Summit
- Host a Wikimedian - You can't afford not to (blog article)
- 'Wikipedia, research and representation- - Dr Amy Burge, Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh.
- Mary Susan McIntosh and the Women in Red - Lorna Campbell.
- What do you do with a dead chemist? - Anne-Marie Scott.
- Wikipedia and Writing - Michael Seery, Reader in Education, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
- Language and Politics - my takeaways by Mina Theofilatou.
- How is it almost August? - Lorna Campbell.
- While in Scotland - Käbi Suvi, Wikimedia Estonia.
- Celtic Knot Conference 2017 in Edinburgh - Astrid Carlsen, Wikimedia Norge.
- Wikipedia in the Classroom: developing information literacy, online citizenship and digital research skills - Teaching Matters blog 13th June 2017.
- Congratulations to our Wikimedian of the Year - Wikimedia UK blog 1st August 2017.
- University of Edinburgh journal vol.48 no.1 - Article about the Edinburgh residency on p.25
- Ada Lovelace Day 2017 - celebrating Women in STEM - article on the WiR blog on 1st September 2017.
- Scotland loves monuments - article for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 on the Wir Blog - Friday 8 September 2017.
- Wanderings with a Wikimedian - Blog article by Anne-Marie Scott for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 - Monday 11 September 2017.
- Mortuary Chapel, Revisited - Anne-Marie Scott's blog September 30 2017.
- Ada Lovelace Day – Professor Elizabeth Slater - Lorna Campbell's blog on October 10 2017.
- Ada Lovelace Day - knitting resources
- Ada Lovelace Day 2017 photos.
- Wikipedia is a very lovely place to be - Anne-Marie Scott's blog.
- The 17th century map of Iceland released by the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Research Collections gets a mention in Creative Commons' influential 'State of the Commons report'.
- Wikipedia has always depended on the kindness of strangers - Outcomes of Ada Lovelace 2017 on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 19 October 2017.
- Wikipedia assignments – getting past the ‘Penguin effect’ and down to the brass tacks of sharing open knowledge - Teaching Matters blog.
- Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – Celebrating women in STEM - Edinburgh University Science Magazine.
- Another Story about Maps - Blogpost by Anne-Marie Scott 27 October 2017.
- Open Tumshies for Halloween - blogpost by Lorna Campbell 31 October 2017.
- Internet Transmitted Infections – I’ve got the SPLOTS - Anne-Marie Scott, 16 November 2017.
- Wikidata in the Classroom on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 22 November 2017.
- Open for all - Mansfield Traquair images hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Blog by Anne-Marie Scott 23 November 2017.
- Take an Equal Bite - Blogpost by Melissa Highton about EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education and the the positive power of wikipedia editathons. 2nd December 2017.
- Wikipedia Games / SPLOTPoint - Anne-Marie Scott blog, January 1st 2018.
- 2017 Highs, Lows and Losses - Lorna Campbell blog, January 3rd 2018
- Wikipedia at 17 – Facts matter. - January 16th 2018.
- Reflections on International Women’s Day 2018 and Wikipedia – A Gude Cause - 8 March 2018.
- New SPLOT Wikidata tutorial - Wikidata Basics.
- Collaborated with John Lubbock at Wikimedia UK to produce Wikimedia UK blogpost: Data on the history of Scottish witch trials added to Wikidata on 9 March 2018.
- Libraries, Literacies & Learning – presentation at SCURL event 23 March 2018
- Digital Transformation and Data — The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh on Medium.com
- Wikimedia resources – how to get started.
- The OER 18 EdTech editathon 'SPLOT' resource.
- Wikimedia at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2018
- Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye – reflection on 12 months by Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
- Wikipedia in Higher Education (co-authored with Jemima John, 4th year Law undergraduate student.
- Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web.
- Tracings (don’t look too closely)
- NEW SPLOT resource created for the Wikidata Workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas.
- NEW 'SPLOT' resource for running a Wikipedia translation workshop created for the Celtic Knot 2018 conference at the National Library of Wales on 5-6 July.
- NEW 'SPLOT' resource for running a Wikipedia 'micro' editathon workshop initially created by the resident and then Academic Support Librarian colleagues tailored & populated the resource for use at the EAHIL conference in Cardiff on 13 July.
- Wikipedia in the Classroom – how students are shaping the open web - Teaching Matters blog
- Case study about the Wikidata in the Classroom project on the Data Science for Design MSc course. Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and shared in Wikidata Status Updates.
- Towards Open-ish? - a hybrid conversation organised as part of the Wikimania conference in Cape Town.
- Languages - blog about whether other language Wikipedias should refer to all places in Scotland by their Gaelic names.
- Newspapers - created a Wikipedia page as part of Mike Caulfield’s Newspapers on Wikipedia project.
- Reflections on CELT Symposium 2018 - includes mention of our Open Content Curation Student Interns and the Wikimedia in the Classroom initiatives.
- The Soul of Liberty: Openness, Equality and Co-creation - transcript of Lorna Campbell's keynote at CELT 2018 - includes Wikipedia in the classroom initiatives and Wikidata projects at the University of Edinburgh.
- Circular Records Hall on Atlas Obscura - one of Lorna's photographs was featured in Atlas Obscura. It was one that she uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as part of the Wiki Loves Monuments competition last year.
- What I did on my holidays - taking pictures for Wiki Loves Monuments.
- Academia and Wikipedia – a presentation at Maynooth University on 18 June 2018.
- Celebrating 100 years of Votes for Women
- Ada Lovelace Day 2018 – nominate Women in STEM heroines.
- Open.Ed – OER and Open Knowledge at the University of Edinburgh.
- Wikidata in the Classroom and the WikiCite project - presentation at Repository Fringe 2018.
- University wins Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year award
- University of Edinburgh wins Wikimedia UK Partnership of the Year Award.
- Open.Ed at RepoFringe18
- Scotland loves Monuments 2018
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2018
- The internet’s favourite website for information.
- How to run a Wikipedia editathon – a workshop for health information professionals at the EAHIL conference - This post was authored by Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh.
- Ada Lovelace Day – 1 month to go!
- Facts and Fallacies: Cultural Representations of Mental Health
- Edinburgh Gothic for Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2018
- Witchy Wikidata – a 6th birthday celebration event for Halloween
- Editing Wikipedia as part of teaching public health? by Felix Stein, by Global Health MSc course leader at the University of Edinburgh.
- 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.
- The New Statesman:From Chinese spies to award-winning geologists, we’re making women visible on Wikipedia - co-authored with Siobhan O'Connor, Sara Thomas and Alice White.
- Wikimedian in Residence blog:You can’t be what you can’t see - creating new role models on Wikipedia to encourage the next generation of #ImmodestWomen.
- Article in the Scotsman: Women scientists being whitewashed from Wikipedia – Ewan McAndrew, Siobhan O’Connor, Dr Sara Thomas and Dr Alice White
- Women and Wikipedia….Open Learning and a hobby for life!
- Translation and Open Education – An Experiment using Wikipedia
- Wikipedia in Higher Education: How students are shaping the open web
- Diversifying Wikipedia for the Festival of Creative Learning 2019
- 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
- You can’t be what you can’t see: Creating new role models on Wikipedia to encourage the next generation of Immodest Women
- International Women’s Day 2019
- Recruiting a Witchfinder General
- Wikimedia at the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2019
- Balance for Better – recognising notable Edinburgh women
- Balance for Better – Teaching Matters
- Wikimania 2019 - Digital Support Librarian Lauren Smith reports on her first-time attendance at Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Scotland Loves Monuments 2019 - Get involved in Wiki Loves Monuments!
- Learning to become an online editor: the editathon as a learning environment by Allison Littlejohn, Nina Hood, Martin Rehm, Lou McGill, Bart Rienties and Melissa Highton.
- Wikipedia on Olive Schreiner, like it or what? by Professor Liz Stanley.
- Celebrating notable women of Edinburgh
- Wikimedia Women in Red internship
- Four page spread on the Map of Accused Witches Wikidata project in the May/June 2020 publication of History Scotland magazine.
- Shifting Gears and Finding Female Pioneers
- To the Future of Women in Red and Online Diversity
- My first week as a Wikimedia Training Intern - blogpost by Hannah Rothmann
- 4 weeks into my Wikimedia Internship by Hannah Rothmann on the residency blog.
- #WCCWiki Colloquium 2020 by Hannah Rothmann on the residency blog.
- Final reflections on my Wikimedia Training Internship by Hannah Rothmann on the residency blog.
- Scotland Loves Monuments 2020 on the residency blog.
- Wikipedia as Learning Technology: Teaching Knowledge Activism vs Passive Consumption by Hannah Rothmann, Wikimedia Training Intern, for the University of Edinburgh's Teaching Matters blog.
- Introducing Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Clerics, Manuscripts, and Open Data on the Wikimedia UK blog.
- Article on Mapping of Scotland's Accused Witches with Open Data project appeared in an article on the Heritage Fund UK website on 27 October 2020 in the run up to Halloween.
- Editing Wikipedia: Stars, robots and talismans Honours course by Glaire Anderson for the Wikimedia UK blog
- Happy Birthday Wikipedia - guest blog post by Classics undergraduate student, Hannah Rothmann, for Wikipedia's 20th birthday.
- Telling the history of HIV and AIDS activism in Scotland on Wikipedia - WiR blog
- Scotland, Slavery and Black History project - WiR blog
- Those who fought: Representing HIV/AIDS activism on Wikipedia - Blog by Lorna Campbell
- My first week as a Wikisourceror – Guest post by student intern, Erin Boyle
- Open Data and Knowledge Equity – my first week by student intern, Clea Strathmann
- Supporting Open Collections – Guest post by Wikisourceror intern, Erin Boyle
- Wikimedia and the Diversity of Languages online – Guest post by Clea Strathmann
- Chapter 13 in the new Wikipedia and Academic Libraries book on Changing the Way Stories Are Told: Engaging staff and students in improving Wikipedia content about women in Scotland.
- Chapter 18 in the new Wikipedia and Academic Libraries book on Wikisource as a tool for OCR transcription correction: the National Library of Scotland’s response to Covid-19 by University of Edinburgh's Digitisation and Digital Engagement Manager, Gavin Willshaw.
- Teaching Matters Podcast: Wikimedia and Academia
- Teaching Matters Podcast: Wikimedia and Language
- Teaching Matters Podcast: Improving science communication with… Wikipedia?
- Podcast: Wikipedia: Where are the women? (13 minutes)
- Calls for Scotland to pardon witch-hunt victims gather pace - Guardian newspaper
- Down the Rabbit Hole with Wikipedia at the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2022, WiR blog.
- Wikipedia, Student Activism and the Ivory Tower – talk presented at the LILAC Information Literacy Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, 11-13 April 2022.
- Wikipedia and History – podcast series for Teaching Matters.