University of Hertfordshire Wikipedia workshop
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A one-day, free, hands-on training event for University of Hertfordshire staff in improving Wikipedia, arranged in cooperation with Wikimedia UK. Attendees are asked to bring their own laptops and to register a user account on Wikipedia in advance. This is a quick procedure that does not need any detailed personal information; although it is advisable to give an email address, to enable the retrieval of forgotten passwords!
Attendees
If you have a laptop, please bring it in with you.
It will also help if you create an editing account at Wikipedia before you come in on Thursday. If you haven't yet created an account, please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and click 'Create an account' at the top right corner. If you need help you can wait till the workshop.
If you have created an account, please email it to me; or if you can write it down below
- your username here
Agenda
Suggested topics and scheme (also see below*):
- 10am start and set up; Introduction of participants
- What Wikipedia is and is not - Commons
- Basics of Editing
- User space: user page; talk page; sandbox
- Practical work - 1-on-1 and small group work
- Plenary discussion - making and editing articles
- 12:30pm -1:30pm lunch
- Sources, referencing, WP:V
- Images
- Practical work - 1-on-1 and small group work
- Plenary discussion - What's next; Help!
- 4pm finish
- * Attendees who already have some Wikipedia experience and would like to cover particular topics, please list them here:
Trainers
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing).Gordon Joly LoopZilla (talk)- Doug Taylor - I'll be there.
- Harry Mitchell; might be available if you don't have an enwiki admin on-hand
Rich Farmbrough, if possible, 22:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC).
- @Trainers: If possible, please bring a couple of books that you think would make interesting sources.
Information for trainers
- - For any queries please contact Daria Cybulska (daria.cybulska
wikimedia.org.uk), 0207 065 0994 - - Directions:
Please go straight to MacLaurin Building, Bishop Square, Hatfield AL10 9NA opposite our De Havilland campus. If you are coming via train then I recommend jumping in a taxi from Hatfield train station. Please let me know if you are driving as a parking space would need to be reserved.
Once in reception ask for Louise Carey on ext 4578.
A map can be downloaded from http://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/where-to-find-us/home.cfm
The room has a projector
All trainers will need to have an account created with the university to access the wireless network - Daria is looking after this.
Expenses will be reimbursed for the trainers, lunch is provided by the venue
- - Trainees will be asked to bring a laptop and also create a Wikipedia account in advance, but some may not do so. The participants are mainly Marketing and PR staff, with 4/5 participants from the faculties/schools. Daria will circulate an email to all participants about a week before the event.