Wikipedia:Meetup/UK EU edit-a-thon

UK EU edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date	Saturday, May 14, 2016
Time	10:30 am − 5:00 pm
Address	Newspeak House; 133 Bethnal Green Road ; London; E2 7DG

Full Fact, the UK’s independent, non-partisan, factchecking charity, is organising an edit-a-thon on May 14 to improve the information available about the EU before the upcoming referendum.

Wikimedia UK and Full Fact are inviting both new and experienced editors to help makes sure pages related to the European Union and the referendum are accurate and up to date.

Full Fact staff are volunteering their time but they're a small team, so are inviting you to a day of editing in East London. If you’ve never edited Wikipedia before then they will show you how. If you’re experienced already we would really like your help!

The event is taking place 10.30am to 5pm at Newspeak House, just off Brick Lane. All you need is a laptop and some enthusiasm — Full Fact will provide food and advice and can help with up to £7.40 towards travel costs.

If you can't make it but would like to help Full Fact would appreciate suggestions for articles that need updating/creating, or any tips to help the day go well.

Event details

Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016
Time: 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Newspeak House, 133 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 7DG
RSVP: Please fill in this form, and we’ll get back to you soon.
Hashtag: EUedit
Etherpad: https://etherpad.net/p/wikifullfact

Feed back!

Please would you write a couple of lines about what you've achieved today in this document? Thank you so much for coming!

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Whilomish (talk) 11:18, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just created my account and trying to work out how this all works... but I'm coming. Adam.james870 (talk) 15:09, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if I can make the Saturday event but I'll support this online and have made a start with Withdrawal of Greenland from the European Community. Andrew D. (talk) 08:44, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
LoopZilla (talk) 16:01, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
ClemRutter (talk) 19:00, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
AndrewTeal (talk) 21:31, 10 May 2016 (UTC) Will be on-line, all being well.[reply]
Taking part remotely from Bristol. MartinPoulter (talk) 10:56, 11 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Able to get there only from about midday. Jheald (talk) 12:10, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I aim to be there too Julien Hartley (talk) 19:55, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Andrew Gray (talk) 21:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Coming for the pm. Johnbod (talk) 11:36, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Edwardx (talk) 17:02, 14 May 2016 (UTC) remotely from west London[reply]
Pseudoskepsis (talk) 21:08, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Orange table

Ditto, I will be there(Maddy). Thedaymanager (talk) 00:20, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wallacal (talk) 10:35, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Pvgarnold (talk) 10:37, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Judebear (talk) 10:39, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Inhishonour (talk) 13:41, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Leutha (talk) 15:42, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Avwinter (talk) 11:08, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Articles we can be focusing on:

Issues in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016

Economy: relies almost exclusively on one BBC article Wallacal (talk) 14:11, 14 May 2016 (UTC)I have extended this section and sought to find the primary sources for the statements given, as well as reordering the text into clearer sections.[reply]
Immigration: update to latest figures (quarterly release), missing much from EU immigration to the UK article, e.g. nothing about British citizens living abroad, could contribute with NI numbers point.
Security, law enforcement & defence: sources needed,
Nothing about sovereignty- FF’s section on control? Inhishonour (talk)
Science: nothing about this topic. I will add a section. MartinPoulter (talk) 14:15, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

European Union

Budget: update figures, auditors article
Area of freedom, security and justice: New border and coast guard not mentioned- wiki article and FF article - Thedaymanager (talk) 14:44, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Schengen Area:

Copy-editing
Add references
Check status of temporary border controls Wallacal (talk) checked and updated
Schengen Information System is also in use in some non-area states. FF Thedaymanager (talk) 14:46, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Eurozone:

Add sentence or two on voting in EU council, FF Inhishonour (talk)
Update public debt table
Update information on European Fiscal Compact Wallacal (talk) - updated with info from the Wiki page
Update bail out provisions. Note than non-eurozone members have no responsibility (FF) Wallacal (talk)

Articles edited and other outcomes

Presentation on graphs

How to make bad charts in 7 simple rules

Articles we are focusing on

European Union
Opinion polling for the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum - page partly protected
Euro
United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union
United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 - page partly protected
Member state of the European Union
Eurozone
European Economic Area
European Commission
UK rebate
Issues in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
UK renegotiation of EU membership, 2016

Suggestions for articles to edit

About the referendum

Referendum campaign groups

Britain Stronger in Europe Official 'Remain' campaign
Campaign for an Independent Britain
Grassroots Out
Labour In for Britain
Labour Leave
Leave.EU
Vote Leave Official 'Leave' Campaign

European institutions including the EU

Trade with the European Union

History of the European Union

Previous membership referendums

Treaty referendums

Editing Wikipedia resources

Wikipedia Adventure (interactive game; learn to edit in an hour)
Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
Links to training booklets and sample charts

Links and resources

Full Fact’s Europe page
ac.europa.eu
Office of National Statistics
EUR-Lex
Review of the balance of competences
The UK in a changing Europe
House of Commons Library Reading list on UK-EU relations 2013-16: reform, renegotiation, withdrawal
UK Government's Balance of Competencies Review
Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referendums
Wikipedia:WikiProject European Union
From PwC, the UK’s largest professional services firm: Leaving the EU: implications for the UK economy
From the London School of Economics:
- Life after BREXIT: What are the UK’s options outside the European Union?
- The consequences of Brexit for UK trade and living standards
- The impact of Brexit on foreign investment in the UK
- The UK Treasury analysis of 'The long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives': CEP Commentary
- Brexit and the Impact of Immigration on the UK
From the OECD: [1]
From HM Treasury: [2]
National Institute of Economic and Social Research: Commentary - The economic consequences of leaving the EU
National Farmers Union: [3] [4]
Human rights: [5]
Reports from LSE about migration: [6][7]
Public services (Chartered Institute of Public Finances and Accountancy): [8] Comment from an economist colleague: (Be careful in reading this, because they use the wrong numbers on the economy … they misrepresent LSE in saying that "The Treasury released a dossier in 2016 that estimated the UK’s GDP growth would reduce in the event of a Brexit. They predicted a loss of 6.2% by 2030 or £4,300 for each household. Research from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 2016 estimated this figure to be lower, between 1.3% to 2.6%." Those numbers refer to static estimates which do not consider the dynamic effects of trade on productivity. Factoring those in, LSE found that "our dynamic estimates of the cost of Brexit indicate a GDP loss of 6.3% to 9.5% in the case of moving from the EU to EFTA ... Treasury estimates are at the lower end of this range." – [9]
Regional development: [10] EU membership benefits and challenges for Wales
Science and innovation: Royal Society report on UK membership of EU

Outcomes

We:

Brought together 25 people to edit wikipedia.
Trained 12 new or inexperienced editors.
Created two new pages: one on the UK_renegotiation_of_EU_membership,_2016 and one on the European_Judicial_Network_in_criminal_matters.
Made improvements to 19 other pages: some small through improving references, some adding substantial new sections.

The complete list of edited articles:

Thank you to everyone who took part. Thanks especially to the Wikimedia trainers and experienced editors who taught us so much on the day. (If I've missed anything please let me know on the talk page or here.)

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