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== Background ==
== Background ==
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Alex Bateman and Darren Logan, letter to Nature, 8 December 2010
Alex Bateman and Darren Logan, letter to Nature, 8 December 2010
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[[File:Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop 4.JPG|thumb| Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14]]


The [http://www.rsc.org/ Royal Society of Chemistry] (RSC) is a learned society and professional body for chemical scientists. With 48,000 members and a knowledge business that spans the globe, the RSC is a not-for-profit organisation with 170 years of history and an international vision for the future. Its mission it to work to shape the future of the chemical sciences – for the benefit of science and humanity.
The [http://www.rsc.org/ Royal Society of Chemistry] (RSC) is a learned society and professional body for chemical scientists. With 48,000 members and a knowledge business that spans the globe, the RSC is a not-for-profit organisation with 170 years of history and an international vision for the future. Its mission it to work to shape the future of the chemical sciences – for the benefit of science and humanity.


As a result of a discussion between John Cummings, our Wikimedian-in-Residence at the Natural History Museum and Science Museum, and staff members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a collaborative event between RSC and WMUK will take place on Friday 28 March 2014 at Burlington House, the London home of the RSC.
As a result of a discussion between John Cummings, our Wikimedian-in-Residence at the Natural History Museum and Science Museum, and staff members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a collaborative event between RSC and WMUK took place on Friday 28 March 2014 at Burlington House, the London home of the RSC.


The event will consist of a morning session for members of the RSC, intended to give an introduction to editing Wikipedia and an afternoon session where they will be joined online by interested Wikipedians to create or improve Wikipedia articles related to chemistry.
The event consisted of a morning session intended to give an introduction to editing Wikipedia, and an afternoon session where participants in London created and improved Wikipedia articles related to chemistry.


== Draft programme ==
== Programme ==
* Friday 28 March 2014
* Friday 28 March 2014
* Burlington House, London
* Burlington House, London
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Suggestions are welcome below:
Suggestions are welcome below:
* Female Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry
* Female Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry
* Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Past Preseidents and notable chemists including:
* Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Past Presidents and notable chemists including:
:[http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dr-helen-neville-frsc Dr Helen Neville]
**Dr [[:en:Helen Neville (chemist)|Helen Neville]] [http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dr-helen-neville-frsc]
:[http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/reverend-ronald-lancaster-mbe-cchem-frsc Reverend Ronald Lancaster], founder of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimbolton_Fireworks Kimbolton Fireworks]
** Reverend [[:en:Ronald Lancaster|Ronald Lancaster]], [http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/reverend-ronald-lancaster-mbe-cchem-frsc], founder of [[:en:|Kimbolton Fireworks]] EDWIN
:[http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dr-martha-annie-whiteley Dr Martha Annie Whiteley]
** Dr [[:en:Martha Annie Whiteley|Martha Annie Whiteley]] [http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dr-martha-annie-whiteley]
:[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7918929/Garland-of-Arabia-the-forgotten-story-of-TE-Lawrences-brother-in-arms.html Herbert Garland]
** [[:en:Herbert Garland|Herbert Garland]] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7918929/Garland-of-Arabia-the-forgotten-story-of-TE-Lawrences-brother-in-arms.html] DEBRA
: [[John Mason Ward]]
** [[:en:John Mason Ward|John Mason Ward]]
: [[John Howard Purnell]]
** [[:en:John Howard Purnell|John Howard Purnell]]
: [[Edward William Abel]]  
** [[:en:Edward William Abel|Edward William Abel]]  
* Many articles on inorganic and organometallic compounds lack info on their crystal structures with bond distances and angles.
* Many articles on inorganic and organometallic compounds lack info on their crystal structures with bond distances and angles.
* Edit in an area where you are expert or where you have a fascination, but avoid citing yourself or your colleagues.  A good starting point is material that is covered in a textbook or monograph.
* Edit in an area where you are expert or where you have a fascination, but avoid citing yourself or your colleagues.  A good starting point is material that is covered in a textbook or monograph.
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* Chemistry is a very big topic - all of the physical world is chemical in nature- so consider adding chemical content to topics well outside of traditional chemistry areas - what is "stuff" made of?
* Chemistry is a very big topic - all of the physical world is chemical in nature- so consider adding chemical content to topics well outside of traditional chemistry areas - what is "stuff" made of?
* On the English language Wikipedia we have [[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject_Chemistry|26 top importance articles that are only start class]] and 22 high importance articles that are only stubs. Can we get these up at least one quality class?
* On the English language Wikipedia we have [[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject_Chemistry|26 top importance articles that are only start class]] and 22 high importance articles that are only stubs. Can we get these up at least one quality class?
Bear in mind is that ''tens of thousands of publications appear annually in the chemical literature''.  Thus, citations to specialized journal articles are usually disfavored.  Instead we strive to cite reviews and books.  The guideline is "[[:en:WP:PSTS|Primary, secondary and tertiary sources]]".  In the same vein, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it is ''not a technical review journal'' such as Chem. Soc. Rev.  We do ''not'' aspire to record or describe current (or not so current) factoids.
Bear in mind that ''tens of thousands of publications appear annually in the chemical literature''.  Thus, citations to specialized journal articles are usually disfavored.  Instead we strive to cite reviews and books.  The guideline is "[[:en:WP:PSTS|Primary, secondary and tertiary sources]]".  In the same vein, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it is ''not a technical review journal'' such as Chem. Soc. Rev.  We do ''not'' aspire to record or describe current (or not so current) factoids.


== Participation ==
== Getting started with Wikipedia ==
=== In person ===
For a basic editing tutorial see [[Wikipedia:Tutorial]], and [[Wikipedia:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia]] is short, written for scientists, and full of good advice. Or try [[Wikipedia:Training/For_students|this one]] - four modules, taking one hour it says.  
The number of participants for this event is limited to 20 and for this reason we'll have to select among those who will contact us to participate. Unsuccessful applicants may be given places on any subsequent workshops that are run in the future.


The Royal Society of Chemistry will cover the travel expenses of participants within the UK only.
For an introduction on chemistry and Wikipedia [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUGCG_cQY4o watch this webinar] with User:Walkerma and find out about how to use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemspider Chemspider], [http://www.chemspider.com/blog/chemspider-ids-accepted-into-wikipedia-chemboxes-and-drugboxes.html ChemSpider IDs], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Chembox Chembox], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Drugbox Drugbox].


If you wish to take part in the workshop send an email to:
== Trainers ==
* <kbd>communications{{@}}rsc.org</kbd>
Around 20 members of the RSC attended, with 5 trainers to ensure that the editing sessions had sufficient one-to-one help available:
specifying your details (name, RSC membership number) and telling us '''why you are interested in the workshop''' and most importantly '''what would you like to get out of the day'''.


Deadline for registration 16 February 2014.
* {{u-en | RexxS }}
* {{u-en | HJ Mitchell }}
* {{u-en | Charles Matthews}}
* {{u-en | Pigsonthewing}} (Andy Mabbett)
* {{u-en | Johnbod }}


=== Online ===
== Participants ==
Interested Wikipedians are invited to join us online (watch here for notice of IRC channel) between 14:00 and 16:00 on Friday 28 March 2014 to collaborate on improving the coverage of chemistry and chemists on Wikipedia
* {{u-en | The chemistds}}
* {{u-en | Zaglossus}}
* {{u-en | ChrCc }}
* {{u-en | Deb66}}
* {{u-en | PhilipJudson}}
* {{u-en | Marvinthefish}}
* {{u-en | Setwig}}
...plus many more new editors.


If you are intending to join us remotely, please sign up below:
Consider adding your user page to [[:en:Category:Wikipedian chemists|Category:Wikipedian chemists]] by placing <code><nowiki>[[Category:Wikipedian chemists]]</nowiki></code> on it.


''use:''<code><nowiki>  * {{u-en | Your_username_on_English_Wikipedia }}  </nowiki></code>
<gallery>
* {{u-en | Example }}
File:Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop 1.JPG|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RexxS RexxS] leading the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14
File:Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop 2.JPG|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Charles_Matthews Charles Matthews] talks about conflict of interest at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14
File:Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop 3.JPG|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RexxS RexxS], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HJ_Mitchell HJ Mitchell], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Charles_Matthews Charles Matthews], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing Pigsonthewing] at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14
File:Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop 5.JPG|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_chemistds The_chemistds] talk about Chemspider, chemistry information and Wikipedia at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14
File:Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop 6.JPG|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_chemistds The_chemistds] talk about Chemspider, chemistry information and Wikipedia at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14
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==Press==
The event was covered in a widely circulated (50,000 printed copies) magazine for the Royal Society of Chemistry - http://mag.digitalpc.co.uk/fvx/rsc/rscn/1405/html5/index.html? , together with a wider piece about chemistry and Wikipedia.


== Trainers ==
The plan is for 20 members of the RSC to attend. I'd like to use 4 or 5 trainers to ensure that the editing sessions have sufficient one-to-one help available. The following have expressed an interest in being involved in the Wikipedia training:
* {{u-en | RexxS }}
* {{u-en | HJ Mitchell }}
* {{u-en | mrjohncummings }}
* {{u-en | Charles Matthews}}
* {{u-en | Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett}}
* {{u-en | Roger Narayan|roger_narayan@msn.com}}
* {{u-en | Johnbod }}


[[Category:Expert Outreach]]
[[Category:Expert Outreach]]

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Background

“Wikipedia is now the first port of call for people seeking information on subjects that include scientific topics. Like it or not, other scientists and the public are using it to get an overview of your specialist area. Wikipedia's user-friendly global reach offers an unprecedented opportunity for public engagement with science.”

Alex Bateman and Darren Logan, letter to Nature, 8 December 2010

Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society and professional body for chemical scientists. With 48,000 members and a knowledge business that spans the globe, the RSC is a not-for-profit organisation with 170 years of history and an international vision for the future. Its mission it to work to shape the future of the chemical sciences – for the benefit of science and humanity.

As a result of a discussion between John Cummings, our Wikimedian-in-Residence at the Natural History Museum and Science Museum, and staff members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a collaborative event between RSC and WMUK took place on Friday 28 March 2014 at Burlington House, the London home of the RSC.

The event consisted of a morning session intended to give an introduction to editing Wikipedia, and an afternoon session where participants in London created and improved Wikipedia articles related to chemistry.

Programme

  • Friday 28 March 2014
  • Burlington House, London
Programme
Time Activity
10:00–10:30 arrival, registration and coffee
10:30–10:40 Welcome and introduction to the day
10:40–12:30 Introduction to Wikipedia: basic editing (with practical training), the importance of referencing, adding and using images, conflict of interest
12:30–13:30 Lunch and networking
13:30–14:00 Chemistry & Wikipedia: session run by RSC staff looking at chemical information in Wikipedia, and how ChemSpider can help you to find information and provide resources to help add chemical information to wiki pages
14:00–16:00 Editathon: time to practice on editing with one-to-one assistance
16:00–16:30 Closing session: review of the editing done on the day and help on how to keep in touch; encouragement in continuing editing to retain new editors

Topics to edit

Suggestions are welcome below:

  • Female Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Past Presidents and notable chemists including:
  • Many articles on inorganic and organometallic compounds lack info on their crystal structures with bond distances and angles.
  • Edit in an area where you are expert or where you have a fascination, but avoid citing yourself or your colleagues. A good starting point is material that is covered in a textbook or monograph.
  • Articles on techniques often are lacking illustrative spectra or related measurements of a graphical nature.
  • Most of Wiki-chemistry is written by academically oriented editors, but much real-world chemistry is quite different in character. Industrial perspectives are especially welcome since they often impact more directly on most people.
  • Chemistry is a very big topic - all of the physical world is chemical in nature- so consider adding chemical content to topics well outside of traditional chemistry areas - what is "stuff" made of?
  • On the English language Wikipedia we have 26 top importance articles that are only start class and 22 high importance articles that are only stubs. Can we get these up at least one quality class?

Bear in mind that tens of thousands of publications appear annually in the chemical literature. Thus, citations to specialized journal articles are usually disfavored. Instead we strive to cite reviews and books. The guideline is "Primary, secondary and tertiary sources". In the same vein, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it is not a technical review journal such as Chem. Soc. Rev. We do not aspire to record or describe current (or not so current) factoids.

Getting started with Wikipedia

For a basic editing tutorial see Wikipedia:Tutorial, and Wikipedia:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia is short, written for scientists, and full of good advice. Or try this one - four modules, taking one hour it says.

For an introduction on chemistry and Wikipedia watch this webinar with User:Walkerma and find out about how to use Chemspider, ChemSpider IDs, Chembox, Drugbox.

Trainers

Around 20 members of the RSC attended, with 5 trainers to ensure that the editing sessions had sufficient one-to-one help available:

Participants

...plus many more new editors.

Consider adding your user page to Category:Wikipedian chemists by placing [[Category:Wikipedian chemists]] on it.

  • RexxS leading the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

    RexxS leading the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

  • Charles Matthews talks about conflict of interest at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

    Charles Matthews talks about conflict of interest at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia UK Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

  • RexxS, HJ Mitchell, Charles Matthews, Pigsonthewing at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

    RexxS, HJ Mitchell, Charles Matthews, Pigsonthewing at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

  • The_chemistds talk about Chemspider, chemistry information and Wikipedia at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

    The_chemistds talk about Chemspider, chemistry information and Wikipedia at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

  • The_chemistds talk about Chemspider, chemistry information and Wikipedia at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

    The_chemistds talk about Chemspider, chemistry information and Wikipedia at the Royal Society of Chemistry Wikipedia Workshop in Burlington House, 28 March 2014 rsc.li/wiki-event-14

Press

The event was covered in a widely circulated (50,000 printed copies) magazine for the Royal Society of Chemistry - http://mag.digitalpc.co.uk/fvx/rsc/rscn/1405/html5/index.html? , together with a wider piece about chemistry and Wikipedia.

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