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 October 08 - Women in Engineering Wikipedia editathon Workshop at the University of Edinburgh's Science and Engineering as part of a day of celebration for Ada Lovelace day 2019. 15 - Culture to Commons - an event for cultural content holders to learn about uploading images to Commons, & Wikidata. {{event inline|2019|10|16| Black History at David Livingstone Birthplace Project offices, Rutherglen. We will focus on the hidden histories of the African individuals who accompanied, guided, and supported David Livingstone in his travels through Southern Africa in the 19th century. Email elena.trimarchi@dltrust.org for details. 30 - Women in Red Wikipedia editathon Workshop at the University of Edinburgh's Main Library to create more biographies of notable women to address the systemic bias on Wikipedia where only 18.04% of biographies are currently about women. November 20 - Introduction to Wikidata Workshop at the University of Edinburgh's Main Library to introduce Histropedia (the timeline of everything) and other use cases of Wikidata and followed by a how-to guide to introduce Wikidata, how to edit Wikipedia's sister project manually, in bulk, and visualising the results using the SPARQL Query Service. 27 - Women in Red Wikipedia editathon Workshop at the University of Edinburgh's Main Library to create more biographies of notable women to address the systemic bias on Wikipedia where only 18.04% of biographies are currently about women. December 17 - Women in Red Wikipedia editathon Workshop at the University of Edinburgh's Main Library to create more biographies of notable women to address the systemic bias on Wikipedia where only 18.04% of biographies are currently about women. 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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