Wikipedia:Meetup/Institute of Historical Research, London, 25 February 2015

Wikipedia training event at the Institute of Historical Research, London in a nutshell:

Where?: Institute of Historical Research, London
Nearest station -
When?: 25 February 2015, 10:00-13:00
Point of contact: User:Edwardx
Twitter: @wikimediauk
Cost: Free

About the event

This is a joint event between Wikimedia UK and the Institute of Historical Research.

How do I prepare?

Create a Wikipedia account - Special:UserLogin/signup
Computers will be provided (with wi-fi)
Learn about editing if you like: Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

Attendees

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Trainers

Your trainer at the Royal Society, 2013

Edwardx (talk)

Image adding exercise

The wrong Wakerley?

The real Wakerley?

Image adding How to add an image from Commons to an article without one.

Here are some articles currently without images, for which we have suitable image(s) on Commmons. If you want to add an image to one of these, please speak to your Trainer, to avoid two people working on the same article! :

Hesleyside Hall

We tried to add an image to Hesleyside Hall earlier today, but without success. I've just discovered that the infobox {{infobox UK feature}} despite having "static_image = " and "static_image_caption =" fields won't show an image! So, I changed it to {{infobox UK place}}, and now the image works fine. Edwardx (talk) 19:22, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wakerley

Wakerley provided an unexpected learning experience. One of our cohort added an image at 11:12, and moved it to the infobox at 11:15. Then it disappeared. And a new one appeared! Wakerley must have been on someone's Watchlist, as it was deleted at 11:16, and the different image was added at 11:18. We learnt that there must be more than one place called Wakerley, and the value of watchlists. Edwardx (talk) 19:31, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]