Spatial Ecology & Epidemiology Group Wikipedia training

Basic information

• Date: Tuesday 30 April 2013, 10am-4pm
• Twitter details: @wikimediauk
• Participants: About 12 people
• Any questions: Richard Nevell on richard.nevellwikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0990; Daria Cybulska on daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0994

The aim of the session is to help the participants take first steps in editing Wikipedia, and then focusing on ecology and epidemiology related pages.

Trainee information

The Spatial Ecology & Epidemiology Group (SEEG) is a research group in the Zoology Department at the University of Oxford. The group is particularly interested in the Malaria Atlas Project, an open-access resource for mapping malaria risk.

The course will be run by experienced Wikipedians who will provide all the necessary instruction to get you going.

Trainer information

Trainers

The following trainers attended the event - Charles Matthews was taking the lead.

• Martin Vlietstra
• Edwardx
• Charles Matthews
• Maproom

Logistics

The venue is:

Department of Zoology

University of Oxford

The Tinbergen Building

South Parks Road

Oxford

OX1 3PS

• An IT suite and a meeting room have been booked for the training.
• There will be about 12 trainees present
• Lunch will be provided

If you have any questions please contact Daria on daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk or 0207 065 0994.

Programme

The day's running order will be flexible: the workshop is run on non-prescriptive and interactive lines, and there will be ample opportunity for anyone to pursue points of interest. In outline:

Morning

• Introductions
• Upgrading articles, drafting, messaging (Charles)
• Coffee
• Hands-on session

Afternoon

• More time spent on editing
• Images (Martin)
• Q&A (Edward and Charles)
• Wrap with demo of VLE (Charles)