Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Oxford/World War I editathon November 2015
About the Event
editOn Tuesday 10th November, the University of Oxford’s IT Services are hosting an editathon focused on the city and university of Oxford in World War I. The editathon will take place at IT Services on Banbury Road, Oxford, and will include basic training in wiki editing.
Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute to free knowledge about World War I.
- Date: 2-5pm, Tuesday 10 November 2015
- Venue: IT Services, University of Oxford (directions)
- Participants: All welcome! No Wiki editing experience is necessary, though experienced editors are very welcome; tutorials will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.
- Can’t get to Oxford? Virtual participation is welcome.
- Register to attend in Oxford: Oxford University members should sign up online via Oxford IT Services. Others should email courses
it.ox.ac.uk . You're welcome to add your name below as well. - Cost: Free!
Participants
edit- User:MartinPoulter (training)
- User:Ktdigital
- User:Ylvaprytz
- New accounts
- User:AntHarLang
- User:Collegehistory
- User:DStephenbarker (guest speaker)
- User:Jeniver auteur
Articles improved
edit- History of the United Kingdom during World War I
- Oxford
- Oxford Town Hall
- Oxford University Dramatic Society
- Port Meadow, Oxford
- Ruskin College
- Timeline of Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Vigilance committee
- Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
- World War I in literature
We also discussed the possible use of Wikisource to transcribe the Vigilance Committee report. Stephen will first need to obtain a paper copy from the History Centre in Cowley.
Resources
editShort link for this page: http://tinyurl.com/ww1ox15
- WWI resources from University of Oxford especially
- Oxford and the First World War by J. M. Winter (1994)
- People
- Places
- Videos and Podcasts
- Soldiers of Oxfordshire museum: lists of VCs, of war memorials, and of bomb sites, plus a soldiers database
- "World War I: Oxfordshire's War" courtesy of The Oxford Times
- War Memorials of Oxford
- 100 words that define the First World War via Oxford Dictionaries
- First World War poetry digital archive
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Selected biographies relevant to WWI on free access including a biography of Vera Brittain
- World War I primary resource guide from the Bodleian Libraries
- wikisource:A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/Oxford
- Report from a previous WWI editathon
- commons:Category:Europeana_1914-1918 may contain some relevant images.
- 'Oxford Vigilance Committee' authored a report about an alleged moral decline during the First World War.[1] See also this link to pieces at London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library : 'Moral environment of His Majesty's Forces Part 5: correspondence with Societies and individuals about deputation to Prime Minister' [2]