Pinxuan

Hi!

Introduction

Hi! I am Pinxuan from China, a postgraduate with the School of Law the University of Edinburgh, graduated from People’s Public Security University of China.

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582,is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city of Edinburgh, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Townbelonging to the university.

People's Public Security University of China is a university in Beijing, China. It was founded in 1948 and is directly under the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China.

The purpose of the university is built for the training of elite police officer and is ranked as the best Chinese police academy after it merged with People's Police Cadre University of China in 1998. In terms of ranking it is followed by Shenyang Criminal Police Academy.

PPSUC has a law school, a department of foreign languages, literature, criminal investigation, criminology, management, information security, traffic control, forensic science, etc. Many Chinese overseas UN peacekeepers, after field service experience, are from the CPPSU, in particular the Foreign Languages Department. Its graduates have found employment in the Ministry of Public Security, Provincial Police Department, Municipal Police Department and other legal institutions at all levels in China.

Edinburgh Gothic

the national library of scotland.

I am at a training session at the National Library of Scotland today about the Wikipedia, named "Edinburgh Gothic" on the Saturday 12 November 2016, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm.

This workshop is about: Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others? On Saturday 12th November 2016, the University's Information Services team are partnering with the National Library of Scotland to run an edit-a-thon to celebrate Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2016. Full Wikipedia editing training will be given in the morning before a break for lunch. Thereafter the afternoon's editathon will focus on improving the quality of articles about all things Gothic. The University of Sheffield's Centre for the History of the Gothic will also be supporting the event with their own synchronous Wikipedia editathon: 

Working together with liaison librarians, archivists & academic colleagues we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to develop articles covering areas which could stand to be improved; Gothic art, Gothic architecture, Gothic literature, Gothic film, Gothic music, Gothic history etc.

Edinburgh Gothic - Original badge designs by Tessa Asquith-Lamb

Morning - Wikipedia Training and Activities

• 10:15 am – 10:30 am: Housekeeping and Welcome
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am: Wikipedia editing training - Book here
• 10:30 am - 11.30 am - Gothic Activities
  • If not taking part in the 10.30am training you can create Edinburgh Gothic badges from original paper collage designs by Tessa Asquith-Lamb and view the Robert Louis Stevenson exhibition area.
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Wikipedia editing training - Book here
• 11:30 am - 12.30 pm - Gothic Activities
  • If not taking part in the 11.30am training you can create Edinburgh Gothic badges from original paper collage designs by Tessa Asquith-Lamb and view the Robert Louis Stevenson exhibition area.

Afternoon - Talk and Wikipedia edit-a-thon

• 12:30pm -1pm: Talk:Jekyll and Hyde: Illustrating Stevenson’s characters - Presentation by the National Library of Scotland curator, Andrew Martin.
• 1pm-1.30pm - Lunch (provided by the National Library of Scotland)

Move to the National Library of Scotland Reading Room after lunch.

• 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm:Selecting a Wikipedia page to improve/create then 
• 4:00 pm - 4:30pm: Transferring drafted text to Wikipedia's live space.

Wikipedia的注意事项：

Ø  Avoid weasel and peacock words: one of the most important

Ø  Topics should meet wiki’s standards of notability

Ø  Sources must be published elsewhere: we want verifiability not truth. No personal interpretation

Ø  Avoid conflict or interest

Ø  Internet blogs are not considered reliable or trustworthy: BBC GUARDIAN TELEGRAPH HERALD SCOTSMAN tend to be reliable

Interesting articles

Donald Trump

I also read an interesting article today from Guardian:

Donald Trump appears to soften stance on Obamacare and Clinton emails:Donald Trump has appeared to soften his stance on a range of sweeping campaign pledges, saying in his first interview since being elected US president that he might not repeal Obamacare and that prosecuting Hillary Clinton over confidential emails was not a priority.The president-elect, who said he would “immediately repeal and replace” Obamacare after taking office, told the Wall Street Journal he might instead seek to reform the policy, keeping the ban on insurers denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.He said he would also look to retain the provision that allowed young adults to be insured on their parents’ policies, adding that he had been convinced of the virtues of the two points in his meeting with the outgoing president, Barack Obama, on Thursday.