{"id":1424,"date":"2024-02-21T19:06:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T19:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2024-05-02T11:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:49:53","slug":"reflections-on-burns-night-editathon-and-my-first-experience-of-giving-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/reflections-on-burns-night-editathon-and-my-first-experience-of-giving-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Burns Night Editathon and My First Experience of Giving Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This post is written by new Assistant Wikimedian in Residence, Ellie Whitehead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Burns Night, 25<sup>th<\/sup> January, I ran my first <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh\/Events_and_Workshops\/Burn%27s_Night\">Wikipedia Editathon event<\/a>. The event looked to add more Scottish traditions, information about Robert Burns, and Scottish women in literature onto Wikipedia. Together we made <a href=\"https:\/\/outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org\/courses\/University_of_Edinburgh\/Burns_Night_Wikipedia_event_for_January_2024_(25_January_2024)\/home\">557 total edits<\/a>, added 15.5k words, created 7 new articles and 9 new images being uploaded onto Wikipedia. Altogether this has amassed 298k article views!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1426\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1426\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1426\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cast of Robert Burns' skull - the front\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-900x1600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-1280x2276.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/AM5052-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Casts of Robert Burns\u2019 skull held at the Anatomical Museum in the University of Edinburgh, Malcolm MacCullum, Anatomical Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Take a look at some of the articles created and improved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S\u00ecleas_na_Ceapaich\">Sileas NocDhomhnaill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macsween_(butcher)\">Macsween (Butcher)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorna_J_Waite\">Lorna J. Waite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Burns'_skull\">Robert Burns\u2019 Skull<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_W._M._Falconer\">Mary<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agnes_S._Falconer\">Agnes Falconer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Burns_Birthplace_Museum\">Robert Burns Birthplace Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Dream'd_I_Lay\">I Dream\u2019d I Lay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catr\u00econa_NicGumaraid\">Catr\u00econa NicGumaraid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Excitingly, we added pictures of \u2013 along with an article about \u2013 Robert Burns\u2019 skull to Wikipedia. A cast of the skull is held within the collections of Edinburgh University\u2019s Anatomical Museum, who kindly provided us with the images to be added onto Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Other images added, including updating the images of Burns Supper and Haggis to make them look more appetising, such as the photograph of Macsween\u2019s Whisky Cream Sauce, added by Melissa Highton, and added images of a Scottish Ceilidh to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C\u00e8ilidh\">Ceilidh<\/a> Wikipedia page.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1428\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Picture3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1428\" class=\" wp-image-1428\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Picture3-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Macsween whiskey cream sauce \" width=\"187\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Picture3-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Picture3.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Macsween whiskey cream sauce added to the Macsween (Butcher) article, Melissa Highton, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With this new event, I had my first experience of providing training on how to edit Wikipedia. People attending the event had varying levels of experience, which made for a very supportive atmosphere and an engaging audience. It is always nice to have both an in person and online presence, with those online being equally as supported as those in the room.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1429\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/636px-Bessie_Watson_aged_9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1429\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/636px-Bessie_Watson_aged_9-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Bessie Watson, Scottish Suffragette, aged 9\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/636px-Bessie_Watson_aged_9-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/636px-Bessie_Watson_aged_9.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Bessie Watson, Scottish Suffragette, aged 9, unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Everyone managed to publish at least one article, there was a great sense of satisfaction in the room which certainly felt very rewarding\u2026however, this satisfaction may have had something to do with the great Scottish snacks we had on offer (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tunnock%27s\">Tunnock\u2019s<\/a> Caramel Wafers, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irn-Bru\">Irn Bru<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haggis\">Haggis<\/a> flavoured crisps)!<\/p>\n<p>With this experience under my belt, I am now turning my head to look at the next Women in Red Editathon event that I am running along with Ewan on the 8<sup>th<\/sup> March, International Women\u2019s Day. This event will be in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.ed.ac.uk\/research\/research-centres-and-networks\/global-justice-academy\">Global Justice Academy<\/a> (GJA) and will see <strong>Dr Kasey McCall-Smith, Lecturer in Public International Law and Programme Director for the LLM in Human Rights <\/strong>from the GJA speak to us about women in justice at local, national and global levels. We will celebrate the lives and contributions of all the inspiring women the world, past and present, who have dedicated themselves to fighting for women\u2019s rights, women&#8217;s education, universal suffrage and global justice by adding them onto Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to join us at this exciting event, please follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/imagine-a-gender-equal-world-help-write-women-onto-wikipedia-iwd2024-tickets-830317852047\">this link<\/a> to our Eventbrite page and get your ticket!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1430\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Scottish-suffragettes-iwd-2024-v2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1430\" class=\"wp-image-1430 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Scottish-suffragettes-iwd-2024-v2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Scottish-suffragettes-iwd-2024-v2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Scottish-suffragettes-iwd-2024-v2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Scottish-suffragettes-iwd-2024-v2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Scottish-suffragettes-iwd-2024-v2-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Scottish-suffragettes-iwd-2024-v2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imagine a gender equal world, IWD2024 event poster by E. 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