Wikipedia:GLAM/SLIC/Events/Falkirk Local History Wikipedia Editathon 22.05.18

An edit-a-thon in progress

Booking

Sign up for your place on the evenbrite page:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/falkirk-local-history-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-46062738892

About the event

As part of the 2018 Local History Festival, Falkirk Community Trust Libraries are pleased to welcome Delphine Dallison, SLIC’s Wikimedian in Residence to Falkirk Library.

Falkirk has so many amazing places filled with historical importance that are right in our back garden. Local people have so much expert knowledge and it would be great to share this. Coverage of these sites on Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia projects, is not as extensive as it should be, and does not reflect the sum of knowledge held in the various local history collections of Scotland. In partnership with the Scottish Library and Information Council, this editathon will seek to redress that imbalance.

No experience is necessary, as training will be given, and SLIC's Wikimedian in Residence Delphine Dallison will be on hand to offer support.

The session is open to anyone.

We Can Edit

How do I prepare?

• Create a Wikipedia account
• Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
• Think about what you would like to edit - if there's something on the hit list who particularly catches your eye, feel free to do some research in advance & bring materials with you on the day.

Programme

• 13:00 - 14:30 Welcome and intro to editing Wikipedia
• 14:30 - 17:00 EDIT!

Trainers

Delphine Dallison, Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Library and Information Council

Hit list of articles to be created or improved

Helpful updates could be as simple as:

• Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional
• Adding new inline citations/references
• Adding a photo
• Adding an infobox
• Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox
• Creating headings
• Adding categories; etc.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Articles to be improved

• Bonnybridge - add Bonnybridge industries (Smith and Wellstood, Steins Brickworks, Foundries, Cigarette factories, Defunct train stations)
• Bo’ness - add WW1 Memorial and Bo'ness railways
• Larbert - add war memorials
• Kinneil House - add James Watt cottage and Big Roman Week

Outputs

Sources

• Wikipedia is a tertiary resource, which relies upon good quality secondary sources and some primary sources. Wikipedia is not a place for fringe theories, untested hypotheses, or personal interpretation.
• For more guidance on the use of sources, see this guide here.
• We will provide a variety of reference materials on the day.

You may also wish to look at:

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search).
• Scottish Bibliographies Online
• Scottish Song Index
• Histories of Scottish Families

After the event

You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:

• Video tutorials
• Instructional videos on using Wikipedia