Wikimedia in Scotland

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Wikimedia in Scotland

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About Wikimedia in Scotland Welcome! to Wikimedia in Scotland, the home for improving the quality of Scotland-related content across all Wikimedia projects, and outreach to cultural and educational institutions within Scotland. If you'd like to know more about what's happening in your part of Scotland, or if you're an organisation like a museum or university who'd like to engage with Wikimedia, then we warmly invite you to contact our Scotland Programme Coordinator, Sara Thomas. You can email her on sara.thomas@wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK is a registered charity that supports and promotes Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Commons. There are currently two Wikimedians in Residence in Scotland: Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh (full time). Doug Rocks-Macqueen, Wikimedian in Residence at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1 day per week.) Past Residencies Delphine Dallison was Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Libraries and Information Council (part time) between April 2018-March 2019. Dr Sara Thomas was Wikimedian in Residence at SLIC from August 2017-April 2018, and at Museums Galleries Scotland between January 2015-June 2016. Sara Thomas is now Scotland Programme Coordinator. Dr Susan Ross was Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland from January - December 2017. Ally Crockford was Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland from July 2013 - March 2015. The ScotWiki Network We bring members of the ScotWiki community together in various meetings throughout the year. For organisations who engage with Wikimedia, or who are interested in doing so, we hold semi-regular ScotWiki Partners meetings, which aim to share knowledge and deepen connections across the network. If you're interested in attending our next meeting please contact Sara Thomas. For individual editors, volunteers and others involved in the community, we hold semi-regular social meetups at different places around the country. We are very interested in hearing from anyone who would like to host a partners meeting, meetup or training session in their local area. Please email scotland@wikimedia.org.uk and let's chat. The ScotWiki mailing list remains the place to hear about news and events relevant to Scotland. It's a fairly low-traffic mailing at time of writing (September 2018). You can sign up to the mailing list here. We promise no spam, no selling your data to third parties. On Tuesday 19th March, Sara Thomas ran a training event in Aberdeen. Here's the resource page for that event. Social media #scotwiki Wikimedia Commons category: Category:Wikimedia Scotland You can also join the Scotwiki Mailing list or UK-wide email discussion list or follow Wikimedia UK on Twitter: @wikimediauk.

Upcoming events May 03 - Wikipedia Women in Red meetup 12:30pm-5pm, Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square with Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) 09 - Women in Scottish Archaeology Editathon at Edinburgh Central Library 19 - Remembering Scotland's Accused Witches, Dunfermline, a one day conference looking at the history of accused witches in Scotland with presentation & workshop from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) 31 - Wikipedia Women in Red meetup 12:30pm-5pm, Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library, 30 George Square with Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) June 03-04 - CILIPS Summer Conference featuring keynote from Wikimedia UK CEO Lucy Crompton-Reid and presentation from Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales Jason Evans on 3rd June 03-04 - HeritageDot Conference, including presentation from Sara Thomas (WMUK) 05 - Young Academy of Scotland editathon, Royal Society of Edinburgh Details here 08 - Association of Commonwealth Universities editathon, Edinburgh. More details to be announced. Hosted by Anne-Marie Scott and Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh 19 - Learning and Teaching Conference 2019, a one day conference themed on evidencing the value of teaching and learning at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh. Including presentation from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh) on embedding Wikipedia in the Curriculum 20 - Conectando edit-a-thon 2019: Scottish Encounters with Spanish & Portuguese, Edinburgh. The exhibition runs until 29th June 2019 and we are holding a guided tour and Wikipedia editing event on Thursday 20th June to ensure these stories are available to read online. 20 - Local Studies Editathon Kirkintilloch 28 - Wikipedia Women in Red workshop at University of Edinburgh Library - creating more biographies of notable women 29 - Portobello Wikipedia Editathon with Gavin Willshaw. Sign up on Eventbrite July 04-05 - Celtic Knot 2019, Wikipedia Language Conference at Exeter University, Penryn, Cornwall. 10 - Feminist Writers editathon, Edinburgh. More details to be announced. Hosted by Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh with guest talk by Professor Liz Stanley on the Olive Schreiner Archive 13 - Wikimedia UK AGM in Bristol 24 - Scottish Law Librarians Group, presentation by Sara Thomas August 17 - Code The City Editathon, Aberdeen. Venue & booking TBC Organise a meetup! More UK events Get Involved Join Wikimedia UK Members play a key role in shaping the future of the Chapter. Membership is open to all and costs just £5 a year. Events We organise many events each year, including meetups, editing events, "Backstage Pass" events at museums, workshops and conferences. If you're interested in organising an event, please get in contact. Get editing Start editing today! Wikimedia is more than just Wikipedia - it's also WikiData, Wikimedia Commons, WikiSource, and more. Upload your pictures Wikimedia Commons is a repository of free media. Upload your photos today and have them reach an audience of thousands. We are always interested to hear from new volunteers. If you have an idea you'd like to help make happen, or time and skills you would like to offer Wikimedia UK, please get in touch on volunteeringwikimedia.org.uk

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