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Scottish Women on Wikipedia

2013-11-18T15:39:28Z

Anabel Marsh: Added link to Storify and blog post

[[File:Bridgeton Library at Olympia.jpg|thumb|The Olympia Building at Bridgeton Cross.]]
{{In a nutshell|title=Scottish Women on Wikipedia
|
*'''Where?:''' Bridgeton Library, The Olympia Building, Bridgeton, 2-16 Orr Street, Glasgow, G40 2QH
*'''When?:''' Saturday, 16 November 2013, 10.00 - 16.00
*'''Cost?:''' Free
*'''Participants?:''' Everyone is welcome to attend. We plan on having two 'getting going' sessions; one starting at 10.00 and another at 13.00 with some editing after each.
*'''Booking?:''' No booking is necessary. Just come along on the day. You can sign up below if you like.
*'''How do I find out more?:''' Click [http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/wikipedia-editathon/ here] to go to the GWL events page for the day.
*'''Point of contact:''' [[User:Graeme Arnott]]
}}

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==About this editathon==
This editathon was co-ordinated by staff and volunteers from [http://womenslibrary.org.uk/ Glasgow Women's Library]. The initial suggestion for the name of the editathon was 'Glasgow Women in Wikipedia'. However, this was later improved upon to become something much more nuanced, and which better reflected the main objectives of the event.

The aims of the editathon are,
* to increase awareness of Wikipedia and the other Wiki-projects as sites of user-generated content
* to increase the number of female editors on Wikipedia (these are the Scottish women of the event's name)
* to improve the content of the encyclopedia
* to generate discussion amongst the Scotwiki community about the gender imbalance within the Wiki-community.

The content of the encylopedia will be improved by
* adding new content to existing articles and/or by creating new articles. In particular this will be related to Scottish women's history (the 'Scottish women' of the event's name)
* increasing the diversity of editors contributing to the encyclopedia. In particular this event is aimed at Scottish women, (again the 'Scottish women' of the event's name)
* developing the diversity/breadth of articles in the encyclopedia.

That last bullet-point has encouraged some interesting and on-going discussions. There is, admittedly, a certain essentialist approach to this event, and when I first talked to some of the members of Glasgow Women's Library about the subject of neutrality in the encyclopedia there was an audible laugh. As somebody said to me later 'only a man could think that language was neutral'. This raised a number of points which hopefully will continue both during and after the day. Some of the issues that we've discussed are

* that neutrality is formed within discourse. If the discourse is formed by certain dominant practices then the version of neutrality within that discourse will, likewise, be formed by certain dominant practices.
* that gender is performed through language
* that encouraging women to write about "women's subjects" is its own form of dominance

These issues of bias and dominance might be summed up in Greg Singh's question at EduWiki 2013 '''What makes a good wiki''?'

==Participants==
[[User:Graeme Arnott|Graeme Arnott]] ([[User talk:Graeme Arnott|talk]]) 12:19, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

[[User:Glasgow Women's Library|Glasgow Women's Library]] ([[User talk:Glasgow Women's Library|talk]]) 10:13, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

[[User:ACrockford|ACrockford]] ([[User talk:ACrockford|talk]]) 14:52, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

[[User:Anabel Marsh|Anabel Marsh]] ([[User talk:Anabel Marsh|talk]]) 10:20, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

[[w:User:Alison T.M.|User:Alison T.M.]]

[[w:User:Elflin|User:Elflin]]

[[w:User:Jh318m|User:Jh318m]]

[[w:User:Bookpluscoffee|User:Bookpluscoffee]]

[[w:User:Laura Dolan|User:Laura Dolan]]

[[w:User:Bonnieslade|User:Bonnieslade]]

[[w:User:Jane Cullingworth|Jane Cullingworth]]

==Social Media==
*'''Twitter''' - #SWoW
*'''[http://storify.com/anabelmarsh/scottish-women-on-wikipedia Storify]''' - by Anabel Marsh
*'''[http://anabellibraryworld.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/scottish-women-on-wikipedia/ Blog post]''' - by Anabel Marsh

==Computers==
A number of computers (six) have been set aside by Bridgeton Library for the event. Participants who bring their own laptop will need to become a [http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/membership/Pages/home.aspx member of Glasgow Libraries] to access their Wi-Fi. I was told by a library assistant that this could be done online, on the day.

==External Links==
Links can be placed here which have specific reference to the project

[http://womenslibrary.org.uk/ Glasgow Women's Library] - [http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/wikipedia-editathon/ Events page]

The List - [http://www.list.co.uk/place/20125-bridgeton-library/ Wikipedia Editathon]

==Results==

===Articles created===

[[w:Isabella Elder|Isabella Elder]]<br />
[[w:Jude Burkhauser|Jude Burkhauser]]

===Articles repaired===

[[w:Clare Adamson | Clare Adamson]]

===Articles in progress===

If you are still working on an article that you started during the Scottish Women on Wikipedia edit-a-thon, you can post a link here so that other contributors can help you expand and verify your work before it goes live!

[[w:User:ACrockford/Sandbox/3|Women's suffrage in Scotland draft page]]

==Training Notes==

===Formatting examples===

'''Collapsible userbox tables'''

<nowiki>{{Userboxtop|Collapsible Table}}</nowiki>

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:<nowiki><tr><th class="navbox-title">Caption</th></tr></nowiki>

::<nowiki><tr><td></nowiki>

:::Place your userboxes here...

::<nowiki></td></tr></nowiki>

::<nowiki></table></nowiki>

<nowiki>{{Userboxbottom}}</nowiki>

<nowiki>{{Userboxtop|Collapsible Table 2}}</nowiki>

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:::<nowiki>Place your userboxes here...</nowiki>

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<nowiki>{{Userboxbottom}}</nowiki>

====User boxes====

<nowiki>>{{User:Chamal N/Userboxes/Adopted}}</nowiki>

===Finding like-minded communities===

You may also wish to reach out to related WikiProjects to get feedback and input on your new and improved articles when you feel ready.

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Gender Studies]]<br />
[[w:Portal:Feminism]]<br />
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism]]<br />
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's History]]<br />

[[Category:Training events for newcomers]]
[[Category:Editathons]]
[[Category:Events in 2013]]
[[Category:Events in Scotland]]

User:Anabel Marsh

2013-11-16T11:42:10Z

Anabel Marsh:

See my User Page on Wikipedia.

User:Anabel Marsh

2013-11-15T10:26:10Z

Anabel Marsh:

Attended Wikimedia session at [[Library Camp Glasgow 2013|Library Camp Glasgow 2013]].
Currently helping to organise [[Scottish Women on Wikipedia|Scottish Women on Wikipedia]].

Scottish Women on Wikipedia

2013-11-15T10:20:51Z

Anabel Marsh:

[[File:Bridgeton Library at Olympia.jpg|thumb|The Olympia Building at Bridgeton Cross. Taken by Laura Dolan on the Glasgow Women's Library East End Women's Heritage Walk.]]
{{In a nutshell|title=Scottish Women on Wikipedia
|
*'''Where?:''' Bridgeton Library, The Olympia Building, Bridgeton, 2-16 Orr Street, Glasgow, G40 2QH
*'''When?:''' Saturday, 16 November 2013, 10.00 - 16.00
*'''Cost?:''' Free
*'''Participants?:''' Everyone is welcome to attend. We plan on having two 'getting going' sessions; one starting at 10.00 and another at 13.00 with some editing after each.
*'''Booking?:''' No booking is necessary. Just come along on the day. You can sign up below if you like.
*'''How do I find out more?:''' Click [http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/wikipedia-editathon/ here] to go to the GWL events page for the day.
*'''Point of contact:''' [[User:Graeme Arnott]]
}}

__TOC__

==About this editathon==
The initial suggestion for the name of this editathon was 'Glasgow Women in Wikipedia'. However, this was later improved upon to become something much more nuanced, and which better reflected the main objectives of the event.

The aims of the editathon are,
* to increase awareness of Wikipedia and the other Wiki-projects as sites of user-generated content
* to increase the number of female editors on Wikipedia (these are the Scottish women of the event's name)
* to improve the content of the encyclopedia
* to generate discussion amongst the Scotwiki community about the gender imbalance within the Wiki-community.

The content of the encylopedia will be improved by
* adding new content to existing articles and/or by creating new articles. In particular this will be related to Scottish women's history (the 'Scottish women' of the event's name)
* increasing the diversity of editors contributing to the encyclopedia. In particular this event is aimed at Scottish women, (again the 'Scottish women' of the event's name)
* developing the diversity/breadth of articles in the encyclopedia.

That last bullet-point has encouraged some interesting and on-going discussions. There is, admittedly, a certain essentialist approach to this event, and when I first talked to some of the members of Glasgow Women's Library about the subject of neutrality in the encyclopedia there was an audible laugh. As somebody said to me later 'only a man could think that language was neutral'. This raised a number of points which hopefully will continue both during and after the day. Some of the issues that we've discussed are

* that neutrality is formed within discourse. If the discourse is formed by certain dominant practices then the version of neutrality within that discourse will, likewise, be formed by certain dominant practices.
* that gender is performed through language
* that encouraging women to write about "women's subjects" is its own form of dominance

These issues of bias and dominance might be summed up in Greg Singh's question at EduWiki 2013 '''What makes a good wiki''?'

==Participants==
--[[User:Graeme Arnott|Graeme Arnott]] ([[User talk:Graeme Arnott|talk]]) 12:19, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

--[[User:Glasgow Women's Library|Glasgow Women's Library]] ([[User talk:Glasgow Women's Library|talk]]) 10:13, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

--[[User:ACrockford|ACrockford]] ([[User talk:ACrockford|talk]]) 14:52, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

--[[User:Anabel Marsh|Anabel Marsh]] ([[User talk:Anabel Marsh|talk]]) 10:20, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

==Social Media==
*'''Twitter''' - #SWoW
*'''Storify''' - tbc

==Computers==
A number of computers (six) have been set aside by Bridgeton Library for the event. Participants who bring their own laptop will need to become a [http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/membership/Pages/home.aspx member of Glasgow Libraries] to access their Wi-Fi. I was told by a library assistant that this could be done online, on the day.

==External Links==
Links can be placed here which have specific reference to the project

[http://womenslibrary.org.uk/ Glasgow Women's Library] - [http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/wikipedia-editathon/ Events page]

The List - [http://www.list.co.uk/place/20125-bridgeton-library/ Wikipedia Editathon]

[[Category:Training events for newcomers]]
[[Category:Editathons]]
[[Category:Events in 2013]]
[[Category:Events in Scotland]]

User:Anabel Marsh

2013-09-03T15:26:10Z

Anabel Marsh: Created page with "Currently helping to organise Scottish Women on Wikipedia"

Currently helping to organise [[Scottish Women on Wikipedia|Scottish Women on Wikipedia]]

Scottish Women on Wikipedia

2013-09-03T14:56:04Z

Anabel Marsh: /* Participants */