Wikipedia at NIMR

The Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) hosted a Wikipedia training event on Thursday 13th November 2014, with trainers from Wikimedia UK.

This event is open to all NIMR staff, and others by invitation. It will take place in the NIMR library (The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA).

This event follows on from a Women in Science editathon hosted by the NIMR in 2013, and past training events hosted by the Medical Research Council.

Programme

We are expecting an audience of 15.

• 11.00 Introduction to Wikipedia/Wikimedia and basic editing (experienced editors are welcome to take a refresher)
• 12.30 Lunch
• 13.30 Editing with trainers on-hand to give individual help
• 17.00 End

Participants

• Trainer: User:MartinPoulter
• Support: User:Mrjohncummings

Trainees

• User:Fnorman-london
• User:Paulaosu
• User:BXIAO
• User:AES514
• User:DancingBal
• User:Cmoss6
• User:S.shaw1234
• User:PattiBUK
• User:Asajani
• One user had to leave early and we do not yet have his username

Articles edited

It was left up to participants what to edit, but the suggested themes were:

• Biographies of women scientists
• Biographies of scientists who have worked at NIMR
• Improving Wikipedia articles in one's specialist area

• Hilda Margaret Bruce
• Marjorie Mussett
• Bruce effect
• Christopher Andrewes
• John H. Humphrey
• Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)
• National Institute for Medical Research
• One of Her Own
• Talk:AMP-activated protein kinase
• Study abroad in the United States
• A userspace draft article was created about the Hertfordshire Cohort Study