Wikipedia:University of Sheffield/Events/Gothic edit-a-thon
 | Sheffield Gothic edit-a-thon in a nutshell:
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About the editathon
[edit]On Saturday 12 November, the Centre for the History of the Gothic (University of Sheffield) in partnership with the University Library presents a Gothic edit-a-thon, in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh and Wikimedia who are running a dual, Robert Louis Stevenson themed Edit-A-Thon in Edinburgh.
Programme
[edit]- 10.00: Welcome
- 10.30-11.30: Frances Babbage, ‘Staging Carter’s Gothic’
- 11.30-12.00: Andy Smith, ‘The Centre for the Gothic’, Peter Barr, ‘Library Resources', Lauren Nixon '(tbc)'
- 12.00-12.30: Lunch
- 12.45-5.00: Training and Editing
Trainers
[edit]Delphine Dallison - Delphine has been a Wikimedia UK volunteer since 2013 and became a Wikimedia UK certified trainer in 2014. The training for today's editathon was prepared in collaboration with Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh.
Sheffield focus pages
[edit]- Ann Radcliffe – Improvement, journal articles, citations
- John Keats, Eve of St. Agnes – Improvement, citations
- H.P. Lovecraft – Improvement and creation, add citations, create ‘Macabre Stories’ page on Lovecraft’s 1905-1920 works
- Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber – Improvement, journal articles
- Flowers in the Attic – Improvement, plot summary, citations need improving
- Wilkie Collins, The Haunted Hotel - Needs creating
- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Feminism section – Improvement, citations needed
- Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles – Improvement, citations needed
- Varney the Vampire – Improvement, citations needed
- Gothic, film (1986) – Improvement, citations needed, reception section to be expanded
- Charlotte Smith – Improvement plus possible creation, add citations, journal articles, create pages for novels – include citations etc
- The Old English Baron – Improvement,improve plot summary
- Regina Maria Roche – Improvement, improve The Children of the Abbey and Clermont pages
- Eliza Parsons, The Mysterious Warning – Improvement, add citations
- Eleanor Sleath – Create author page
- The Midnight Bell – improve plot summary
- Paul Feval – plot summary for novels, add citations, journal articles etc
- Patrick McGrath – author page needs improving, novel pages need improving and adding citations. Some novels need creating, including Dr Haggard’s Disease, Martha Peake, Part Mungo, and Constance
- Mervyn Peake – Improvement, Boy in Darkness needs improved plot summary
- Brian DeLeeuw – author page needs creating
The Manual of Style
[edit]Wikipedia has help pages which set out style guidelines for pages being created on certain subject areas. Please have a look at the following pages:
- Manual of Style for Biographies including how to begin the lead paragraph.
- Manual of Style for Novels which includes how to begin the article and what the body of the article should broadly include.
- Manual of Style for Writing about Fiction
- Manual of Style for Biographies of Living Persons
- Wikipedia:Notability (books) - Check that the article is notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels/ArticleTemplate
- Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Books
Featured articles
[edit]Some times it is a good idea to see how see how other similar articles have been structured. The following are considered to be of Featured Article quality.
University Library Sources (University of Sheffield)
[edit]As well as the items listed on the Edinburgh Event page, the below resources are available to attendees at the Sheffield event:
University Library Catalogue
[edit]Starplus - Sheffield's Library Catalogue
You can search the items in the University of Sheffield Collection. In the actions tab you can get correct citation information for your references. To access full-text versions of electronic items you will need to be a student or member of staff of the University
† requires a University of Sheffield login for access
Other Reference Sources
[edit]Oxford Dictionary of National Biography†
NCCO - 19th Century Collections†
- British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture - primary sources related to the arts in the Victorian era
- European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection - volumes from the Corvey Castle Library collection in English, French and German
- Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform - church publications, missionary society papers and personal archives
- Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Parts I and II - includes journals, books, reports and personal documents
- Women: Transnational Networks - primary sources on gender and class, including European and North American social reform movements
ECCO - 18th Century Collections†
LION - Literature Online†
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
Open Library of Humanities - Open Access arts & humanities journals
White Rose Research Online - Open Access articles and papers from research at the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York
Citation Indexes
[edit]Indexes of academic articles and papers, indicating items that may not be held at Sheffield. Very useful for checking references.
MLA Bibliography†
Humanities Index†
Scopus†
Web of Science†
Newspapers
[edit]Guide to newspaper archives at the University of Sheffield.
Theses
[edit]Proquest Dissertations & Theses†
White Rose E-Theses Online - eTheses submitted to the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York
EThOS - UK University Theses submitted to the British Library eTheses service
Special Collections
[edit]NFA Digital - National Fairground & Circus Archive
- Images of magicians, circuses, fairgrounds, 19th Century 'Freakshows', Ghost trains and more...
Sheffield Digital Special Collections
- Beet Lantern Slide Collection - 19th Century magic lantern slides on a number of topics
- Sorby Collection - architectural photographs of historic English buildings
- More...
Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search)
Participants - Sign Up Here!
[edit]Prior to the event:
- RSVP
- Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
- No? Create a Wikipedia account
- Yes? Go to Step #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
- Delphine Dallison (talk) 10:37, 12 November 2016 (UTC) I will be delivering the Wikimedia training for the Sheffield Gothic Editathon and I'll be on hand to guide you during the edit session. Drop me a message on my talk page if you have any questions before or after the event.
- Maz Going (talk) 12:57, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
- Edwardx (talk) 13:03, 12 November 2016 (UTC) (contributing remotely from London)
- Shefflib (talk) 13:09, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
- Danny.i.southward (talk) 14:47, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
- MissM86 (talk) 14:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
- Jasmine Sahu 14:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC) The Diamond is the most un-Gothic setting for this wiki-edit-a-thon. Discuss.
- Littleljn (talk) 15:05, 12 November 2016 (UTC)