Institute of Physics Workshop

As part of a working relationship between Wikimedia UK and the Institute of Physics, a Wikipedia workshop will be run for IoP members, based on the Cancer Research UK Workshop run earlier in the year. This will aim for a dozen attendees and four or five Wikimedia volunteers. The workshop will take place at the IoP premises in central London (directions to follow) on Thursday 1 September 2011.

The contact for this event in IoP is Lena Weber. The contact in Wikimedia UK is Martin Poulter, martin.poulter@wikimedia.org.uk .

Attendees will be asked to register an account.

The workshop is a day before the Science Online London 2011 conference at the British Library, which will "explore the ways in which the Web has transformed scientific research and communication". The conference will include a session on "How are wikis being used to carry out and communicate science?" led by Henry Scowcroft of Cancer Research UK and Mike Peel of Wikimedia UK.

Programme

Volunteers should aim to be at the venue at 9.30. The official start is 10am.

• Introductions
• Overview presentation (15 mins) (Martin Poulter)
• Physics on Wikipedia (15 mins) (Mike Peel)
• Work through training pages (Martin Poulter)
• Break for lunch 12.30-1.15
• Attendees work on articles of interest, with in-person help from Wikimedians
• Afternoon coffee break + informal quick presentation of some other things that are useful to know (Wikimedians)
• Close at 4pm

Confirmed volunteers

• Martin Poulter
• Mike Peel
• Martin Vlietstra (subject to possible family commitments)
• LoopZilla
• Leutha