Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon

What's an editathon?

An Editathon ("Edit" + "Marathon") is an event where Wikipedia editors get together to improve content around a particular topic on Wikipedia, and includes training for people who are new to Wikipedia.

Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon - In a nutshell Where?: Riverside Museum, Glasgow When?: 7 May 2015, 1pm - 5pm Point of contact: Wikimedian in Residence at Glasgow Museums, Sara Thomas - sara.thomasglasgowlife.org.uk Twitter: @wikimediauk Cost: Free How do I sign up?: email tracey.macdonaldglasgow.gov.uk and sara.thomasglasgowlife.org.uk

Join us for the event!

About the event

The Showpeople community of Glasgow have been working with Glasgow Museums to preserve and archive knowledge connected to Scottish fairground culture and history. However, there's a gap on Wikipedia about this knowledge, and we'd like to remedy that! Join us for an afternoon of Wiki training and editing.

How do I prepare?

• Sign up for the event
• Create a Wikipedia account
• Bring a laptop or tablet (wi-fi will be provided)
• Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
• Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day. We're working on a hit-list of articles (below) to give you a headstart. We'll provide some secondary sources on the day, but you may want to look out some other sources in advance.
• Photographs - if you'd like to bring photographs to illustrate Wikipedia, please do! We'll be happy to digitise them. Please note that you must own the copyright (or have permission from the copyright holder) and that all photographs would be released on a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License.
• Refreshments will be provided

Programme

13:00 - 13:30 ... Lunch & Introductions

13:30 - 15:00 ... Training on how to edit Wikipedia

15:00 - 17:00 ... Edit!

Attendees

Please create a Wikipedia account in advance of the event, and leave your username below:

• lirazelf (Sara Thomas)
• Shahana Khaliq
• Alison Parfitt
• Tracey MacDonald

Trainers

Wikimedian in Residence, Glasgow Museums - Sara Thomas

Conflict of Interest

Wikipedia has a strict policy on COI - you can't edit about your family, friends, or employers, for example.

Content

Here are some suggested articles we'd like to create or improve...

For improvement

• Glasgow Fair (event)
• Showmen's Guild of Great Britain
• Showman (UK section could be expanded, and needs references)
• Polari (glossary needs secondary sources)
• Links Market
• Govan Old Parish Church

For creation

• Glasgow Fair (painting)
• John Knox (painter)
• Kelvin Hall Circus or Kelvin Hall Winter Carnival
• The Fairground Society
• National Fairground Archive
• Fairground Art

The category Fairs in Scotland only has one entry, Links Market - are there others which could be added?

• Govan Fair
• Carlisle Easter Fair
• Hawick Fair
• Nairn Fair
• Keith Fair - Street fair, part of local Highland Show
• Inverkeithing Fair
• Alva Fair - part of Highland Games
• Aboyne Highland Games

Content Created at the Event

Articles Created

• Vinegarhill (Showmen and Travellers' Yard)

Articles Improved

• Glasgow Fair (event)
• Waltzer

More information about the Showpeople community & Fairground culture

• Fair Glasgow (Glasgow Museums & Heritage Lottery)
• Scottish Traveller Education Programme (University of Edinburgh)
• "Govan Show people show the fun of the fair while dealing with major concerns", Local News Glasgow, 2013.
• National Fairground Archive (University of Sheffield)
• Fairground attraction: behind the scenes at the Shows, BBC News, December 2014
• The Fairground Society
• Fairground Heritage Centre / Fairground Heritage Trust (England)
• "City museums acquire long-lost art work 'Glasgow Fair'", BBC News, January 2015

What can I do after the event?

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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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