Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Year Four report

Institution	Resident's Name	Period Covered	Date of Report	List of reports to date
University of Edinburgh	Ewan McAndrew	12 January 2019 - 11 January 2020 (Fourth year of the residency	13 November 2019	Click here to view all reports.

The Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh was shortlisted for Information Literacy project of the year at the 2019 LILAC Information Literacy conference and won for Innovative Use of Technology at the 2019 Herald Higher Education Awards

Running total of staff & student engagement

Institution	Resident's Name	Number of training sessions delivered	Number of students trained	Number of staff trained	Members of the public trained	Number of editathons	Total articles created	Total articles improved
University of Edinburgh	Ewan McAndrew	196	1,033	476	318	84	617	2,362

Projects delivered

Strategic Goal 1

Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on cultural content.

Outcomes

• Our monthly Wikipedia Women in Red workshop was held on 1 February 2019 at the University of Edinburgh Library. Dashboard page with stats.
  • 7 new articles were created.
  • 2 more were drafted.
  • 47 articles were edited.
  • 147 edits in total.
  • 7 editors.
  • 6,800 words added.
• A Wikipedia Diversithon was held on 20 February 2019 for LGBT History Month and the Festival of Creative Learning 2019 in partnership with student groups, Wellcomm Kings and UncoverEd.
  • 12 new articles were created.
  • 2 more were drafted.
  • 28 articles were edited.
  • 249 edits in total.
  • 15 editors.
  • 9,530 words added.
• An International Women's Day event was held on 8 March 2019 celebrating the inspirational Women of Edinburgh missing from Wikipedia.
  • 12 new articles were created.
  • 52 articles were edited.
  • 449 edits in total.
  • 16 editors including 2 student editors remotely taking part in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • 18,900 words added.
• Our monthly Wikipedia Women in Red workshop was held on Friday 3 May 2019 at the University of Edinburgh Library. Dashboard page with stats.
  • 10 new articles were created.
  • 28 more were edited.
  • 209 edits in total.
  • 6 editors.
  • 10,800 words added.
• Our monthly Wikipedia Women in Red workshop was also held on 31 May 2019 at the University of Edinburgh Library. Dashboard page with stats.
  • 5 new articles were created.
  • 24 more were edited.
  • 240 edits in total.
  • 9 editors.
  • 7,690 words added.
• An editathon was held in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission was held on 8 June 2019. Dashboard page with stats.
  • 15 new articles were created.
  • 20 more were edited.
  • 351 edits in total.
  • 26 editors.
  • 13,700 words added.
• An Women in STEM event was held on 5 June 2019 celebrating the inspirational Women of Edinburgh missing from Wikipedia.
  • 13 new articles were created.
  • 57 articles were edited.
  • 226 edits in total.
  • 16 editors including 2 student editors remotely taking part in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • 16,000 words added.
• Our last monthly Wikipedia Women in Red workshop of 2019 was held on 17 December 2019 at the University of Edinburgh Library. Dashboard page with stats.
  • 5 new articles were created (Ethel Houston, Margaret Myles, Gunnie Moberg, Fenella Paton and Margaret, 2nd Lady Nairne).
  • 13 articles were edited.
  • 189 edits in total.
  • 7 editors.
  • 4,900 words added.

Activities delivered with stats:

Event Name	Date	Location	Attendees	New Users	Gender breakdown
Monthly Women in Red workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded	1 February 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library, Edinburgh.	7	5	85.7% female
Diversithon event for the Festival of Creative Learning 2019, LGBT+ History Month 2019 and Black History Month 2019 List of usernames recorded	20 February 2019	University of Edinburgh, LG.07, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh.	14	13	92.9% female
International Women's Day 2019 workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women of Edinburgh on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded	8 March 2019	University of Edinburgh, Brenda Moon Room, Argyle House, Edinburgh.	16	12	100% female
Monthly Women in Red workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded: User:albanianabalone User:Ulverstonian User:RubyWilkins	5 April 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library, Edinburgh.	3	3	100% female
Monthly Women in Red workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded	3 May 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library, Edinburgh.	5	1	60% female
Women in Red workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded	31 May 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library, Edinburgh.	8	5	87.5% female
Women in Science - Young Academy Scotland editathon List of usernames recorded	5 June 2019	Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh.	16	12	68.75% female
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission editathon List of usernames recorded	8 June 2019	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	26	26	50% female
Conectando editathon - Scottish encounters with Spanish and Portuguese List of usernames recorded	20 June 2019	University of Edinburgh, CRC Digital Scholarship Centre, Main Library, Edinburgh.	10	8	70% female
Monthly Women in Red workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded: User:LKlinkhamer User:Kstanski User:Ananotherthing	28 June 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library, Edinburgh.	3	3	100% female
Feminist Writers editathon List of usernames recorded: User:Omeadhbh User:Janebnkone User:Mcmarcondes User:Eilidhabhall User:Mx2356 User:S1899959	10 July 2019	University of Edinburgh, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Edinburgh.	6	4	100% female
Monthly Women in Red workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded: User:Eviekin User:Adamcoulson User:Marcelozanon User:Mcmarcondes User:Kaybeesquared User:Carbon Caryatid	26 July 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library, Edinburgh.	6	4	66.66% female
Monthly Women in Red workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded: User:Penwright	6 September 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library, Edinburgh.	1	1	100% female
Open Edinburgh 2019 - Celebration of Open Source event List of usernames recorded	28 September 2019	University of Edinburgh, Appleton Tower Building, Edinburgh.	17	15	82.4% female
Ada Lovelace Day 2019 - Women engineers and Women in STEM List of usernames recorded: User:LornaMCampbell User:Ammienoot User:Melissa Highton User:V.madden25 User:Pininfarinas User:Penwright User:Brewster d User:Cinemini User:Philbarker User:Charlottepearce User:CamillaEnergy User:TimDrysdale	8 October 2019	University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh.	12	9	75% female
Monthly Women in Red workshop for Halloween - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded: User:Victuallers User:Kaybeesquared User:V.madden25 User:Pininfarinas User:Kiwigirl16 User:S1935518 User:Dmacgrue User:EDON12AB	30 and 31 October 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library and Argyle House, Edinburgh.	8	4	75% female
Making a Murderer True Crime in American Popular Culture List of usernames recorded: User:Stinglehammer User:Strauszl User:Cardillac2019 User:V.madden25 User:Harrietstilleykelly User:EDON12AB	12 November 2019	University of Edinburgh, Old Medical School Building, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.	6	3	83.33% female
Monthly Women in Red workshop - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded: User:Kaybeesquared User:Ulverstonian User:Sparrow2020 User:Eilidhsci User:ChrisX31 User:TamFul User:Mruggier	17 Decemember 2019	University of Edinburgh, Main Library, Edinburgh.	7	5	85.7% female

Image statistics

• All uploads can be monitored via Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh.
• Baglama2 (page views for only those images released by the Centre for Research Collections
• Baglama2 (page views for images in the parent category - Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh.

UoE Centre for Research Collections images	Total for October 2019	721,863 views
All images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh	Total for October 2019	1,326,626 views
UoE Centre for Research Collections images	Total for 46 months of monitoring	35,660,105 views

The 17th century map of Iceland image uploaded from the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Research Collections received over 220,279 pageviews last month.

The most viewed images for October 2019 were:

Rank	Wikipedia page	Monthly views	Link to image/video on Commons
1	Iceland	220,279 views	Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (24696368309).jpg
2	Stan Laurel	105,863 views	Stan Laurel plaque at Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow. Uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2017..
3	Escherichia coli	95,221 views	E.coli image.jpg
4	Glasgow	92,194 views	Pedestrians in Buchanan Street, Glasgow.webm
5	Rabbit	91,354 views	Set of wax models showing development of the rabbit heart, twentieth century (24226156252).jpg
6	Alexander McQueen	70,190 views	Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone Back.png and Lee Alexander McQueen Headstone.png
7	Noah's Ark	67,898 views	Woodcut of Noah's Ark from Anton Koberger's "German Bible".
8	Odessa	39,102 views	Odessa during first days of Revolution - 1916. From the WW1 diary of Ethel Moir.
9	Electron microscope	35,916 views	Bacillus subtilis
10	Scottish Parliament	28,383 views	Flags at the entrance to the Scottish Parliament (Source).webm
11	Weaving	26,883 views	Weaving Pattern Cards.jpg and Weavers Loom.jpgThe Wicker Man
12	Paperback	19,925 views	Piles of paperback novels
13	Skellig Michael	14,847 views	Puffins at Skellig Michael
14	Parable of the Ten Virgins	14,109 views	The Parable of the Ten Virgins (section) by Phoebe Traquair, Mansfield Traquair Church, Edinburgh.
15	Arthur's Seat	13,339 views	Aerial view of George Square and Appleton Tower - Edinburgh.

Strategic Goal 2

Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level.

Outcomes

• Shortlisted for Information Literacy award at the 2019 LILAC Information Literacy Conference.
• Won in the category of Innovative use of Technology at the Herald Higher Education Awards 2019.

External videos
"Why we still need to talk about diversity in Physics" - Dr. Jess Wade One of Nature's '10 people who matter in Science' 2018, Dr. Jess Wade is a physicist who made the resolution to make a Wikipedia page every day of 2018 to highlight the often underacknowledged work of women, LGBT+ and scientists of colour. Jess was invited to speak at the University of Edinburgh's Science and Engineering campus by the Women in STEM Society. In this talk, held at the University of Edinburgh's Swann Lecture Theatre on 30 January 2019, Jess addressed why talking about diversity in physics is still so essential and what we need to do about it. You can also watch Jess's TEDx talk here.

Activities with stats:

Event Name	Date	Location / Organiser	Attendees (approx)	Description
Why we still need to talk about diversity in physics - a talk by Dr. Jess Wade	30 January 2019	University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh Host: The Edinburgh University Women in STEM student society	30+	Jess was invited to speak at the University of Edinburgh's Science and Engineering campus by the Women in STEM Society. In this talk, held at the University of Edinburgh's Swann Lecture Theatre on 30 January 2019, Jess addressed why talking about diversity in physics is still so essential and what we need to do about it.
Embedding Wikimedia in the Curriculum at UCISA 2019 - Leadership in IT	27-29 March 2019	Edinburgh International Conference Centre Host: The Edinburgh University Women in STEM student society	8-10	Presentation at the UCISA 2019 conference - Talk and Presentation slides.
SPLOT Wordpress sites for Wikimedia training at the PressEd conference 2019	18 April 2019	Online conference via Twitter Host: Pat Lockley	Unknown	Presentation at the PressEd conference on how we have used SPLOT resources to help with explaining how to work with the Wikimedia projects.Presentation.
Embedding Wikimedia in the Curriculum at the LILAC Information Literacy conference 2019	24-26 April 2019	University of Nottingham Host: LILAC	30+	Presentation at the LILAC conference on how we have used work with the Wikimedia projects in the curriculum.Professor Allison Littlejohn also did a keynote speech where the Edinburgh editathon featured heavily. Watch it online here.
Witchy Wikidata at the Remembering Scotland's Accused Witches Conference 2019	19 May 2019	Dunfermline Host: On Fife Archives	120+	Presentation about the work Data Science for Design MSc students have done surfacing the data from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database into Wikidata as structured linked open data.
Witchy Wikidata at the Digital Day of Ideas 2019	29 May 2019	University of Edinburgh Business School Host: Professor Melissa Terras	50+	The Digital Day of Ideas is an annual showcase and networking event for digital scholarship across the University of Edinburgh. Delivered a lightning talk presentation and poster session about the work Data Science for Design MSc students have done surfacing the data from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database into Wikidata as structured linked open data.
Balance for Better - Wikimedia in learning and teaching at the University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2019	19 June 2019	John Macintyre Conference Centre Host: Institute for Academic Development	50+	The annual University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference brings together staff and students across the University to celebrate and share good practice and innovation in learning and teaching. I shared a presentation on the work of the Wikimedia residency to day.
Embedding Wikimedia in the Curriculum at the Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship (ESLTIS) Conference 2019	18-19 July 2019	Edinburgh Napier University's Sighthill Campus Host: Edinburgh Napier University	50+	ESLTIS seeks to "raise the profile of teaching only academics in the research intensive climate [and]... shine a spotlight on the innovative learning and teaching they undertake. The best way to achieve this is through the promotion of the innovative scholarship of learning and teaching being driven by this subset of the academic community". Delivered 25 min presentation on the Wikimedia residency to date.
Wikimania - the annual Wikimedia Conference 2019	14-18 August 2019	Stockholm University Host: Wikimedia Sweden	1000+	The theme of Wikimania was to think about the Wikimedia movement in terms of sustainable development, how free knowledge could have the potential to radically change peoples’ lives, and how we through cooperation, innovation and passion actually could build a better world. Attended variety of sessions on Education, Research, Equality & Diversity, GLAM, Open Data and much more. The resident took part in a panel on Wikidata in Education.
The annual Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Conference 2019	3-5 September 2019	McEwen Hall, University of Edinburgh Host: ALT	471 delegates	ALT’s Annual Conference 2019 took place on 3-5 September 2019 and aimed to confront and challenge established assumptions, approaches and accepted truths in relation to key dimensions of digital education, and advance our practice and thinking through critical dialogue and reflection, closer scrutiny of evidence and theory, and a stronger commitment to values including creativity, community, social good, openness and porosity, and more democratic access to knowledge and learning. The resident was involved in three sessions: (1) 20 minute presentation on Wikimedia in Teaching and Learning (~40-50 attendees)(2) Lightning talk on the Wicked Findings of the Witchfinder General student internship (~300 attendees) and (3) a panel discussion on Wikimedia in Education (~20 attendees) with Lorna Campbell and Lucy Crompton-Reid.
Embedding Wikimedia in the Curriculum at the Digital Education Showcase Event 2019	5 September 2019	University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush campus Host: Eoghan Clarkson, Learning Technologist at the Vet School	5-10	Presentation at on how we have worked with the Wikimedia projects in the curriculum and flipped the notion the Wikimedia projects are to be consumed at your peril to one where staff and students consider what they can contribute to the Wikimedia projects, and what they can get out of the teaching & learning experience as a result.
The Wicked Findings of the Witchfinder General - Seminar presentation by Emma Carroll with introduction by Ewan McAndrew in the first of a series of seminars for the Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society	11 September 2019	CRC Digital Scholarship Centre, University of Edinburgh Library Host: Professor Melissa Terras	40-50	During a three-month placement (June to September 2019), The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database was being creatively visualised with the use of Wikidata. This presentation outlined the methodology employed, the challenges experienced and the end of project conclusions & visualisations - all with a view of aiding students’ and the public’s understanding of data literacy and to help shed new light on this period of Scottish history. Video of the presentation.
Culture to Commons workshop	15 October 2019	National Library of Scotland, Lawnmarket building, Edinburgh Host: Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Co-ordinator for Wikimedia UK	10	Trained new editors from National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh College of Art and National Museum of Scotland how to approach workflows for bulk uploads of images to Wikimedia Commons and rich metadata to Wikidata.
GenderEd Showcase Event	21 October 2019	University of Edinburgh, Informatics building, Edinburgh Host: Professor Fiona Mackay, Director of GenderEd - an interdisciplinary hub for gender and sexuality studies	~50	Prepared a stall and posters detailing the residency's work on the Map of Witches project and on Wiki Women in Red work as part of a showcase 'fair' of initiatives going on across the university.
WikidataCon - the Wikidata Conference 2019	25-26 October 2019	Urania, Berlin Host: Wikimedia Deutschland	250+	The event focused on networking and strategic discussions around Wikidata with special focus on languages and Wikidata, discussing the perspectives for further reusing data about words within and beyond Wikidata. The resident took part in a panel on Wikidata in Education.

Strategic Goal 3

To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK.

Interview with a Witchfinder General - Emma Carroll on the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland Wikidata project

Outcomes

• Hosted a Wikidata student intern through Equate Scotland's scheme to provide paid placements for Women in STEM students. Emma Carroll worked for three months geolocating the places mentioned in the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database so the accused witches of Scotland could be plotted on a map, making over 47,000 edits to Wikidata in the process. Emma blogged about her experience every week and created a raft of map visualisations which are all available to view at the witches.is.ed.ac.uk website which has been viewed circa 100,000 times since its launch on 11 September 2019 and with the Scotsman, Herald, Guardian, Scottish Daily Mail, Vanity Fair Spain, Evening Express, Edinburgh News, Press & Journal, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 4, New York Times, John O' Groat Journal and Smithsonian.com and many more covering the story.
• Co-wrote an article for New Case Studies of Openness in the Language Classroom with Lorna Campbell on our experience working on the Wikipedia assignment for Translation Studies MSc over the last three years. Read it here.

Course programmes involving Wikipedia assignments after year three

1. Research session for Reproductive Biology Honours students. Blog article here. 5th iteration was in September 2019.
2. World Christianity MSc course Blog article here. - 2nd iteration was in 2017/2018 (course leader on research leave in 2018/2019) but Dr. Alex Chow has planned a Wikipedia component in a new course he has proposed to the Board of Studies.
3. Undergraduate English Literature Course: Global Modernisms: Inter/National Responses to Modernity (ENLI10369) - one iteration before the residency began in 2016.
4. Translation Studies MSc. Blog article here. Being repeated - Now in its 7th iteration in 2019/2020.
5. Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) - one iteration in 2016/2017.
6. Introductory Wikipedia project on the Online History MSc - one iteration in Summer 2016.
7. Global Health MSc - Second iteration in 2019/2020.
8. Introductory workshop in Digital Sociology MSc - Second iteration to took place in 2018/2019.
9. Introductory workshop with School of Law - first iteration took place in semester one in 2018/2019.
10. Wikidata project in Data Science for Design MSc - Third iteration in semester one, 2019/2020.
11. Intellectual Humility (MOOC) - Ongoing Wikipedia component since 2016/2017.
12. Global Health Challenges Postgraduate course (online) - first iteration took place in semester one 2019/2020.
13. Korean Studies MSc - first iteration took place in semester one 2019/2020.
14. Digital Education MSc - first iteration to take place in semester two 2019/2020.

Further collaborations

1. Wikimedia for Online Language Learning as part of MSc in Language Teaching / MSc in TESOL.
2. Psychology in Action MSc - Citizen Science Wikipedia project.
3. Open Data project on the Management Science course at the University of Edinburgh Business School to be discussed.
4. Public Health MSc - Wikipedia project mooted for 2019/2020 session.

Activities delivered in the past month with stats:

Event Name	Date	Location	Attendees	New Users	Gender breakdown
Getting started with Wikipedia - Introductory workshop in digital skills run by trainer Andrew Kirk at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded: User:Meansealevel	17 January 2019 10:30pm-12:30pm	University of Edinburgh Main Library, Training Room 1.08, 30 George Square, Edinburgh.	1	1	100% female
Translation Studies MSc workshop -2018/2019 semester two run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	25 January 2019 1pm-3pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	24	0	87.5% female
Histropedia - Workshop run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh library	19 February 2019, 4pm-5pm	Edinburgh University Library, 30 George Square, Edinburgh.	3	3	33.33% female
Getting started with Wikipedia - Introductory workshop in digital skills run by trainer Andrew Kirk at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded: User:Kinokuniyafan	13 March 2019 10:30pm-12:30pm	University of Edinburgh Main Library, Training Room 1.08, 30 George Square, Edinburgh.	1	1	100% female
Digital Sociology MSc workshop - Introduction to Wikipedia workshop run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	14 March 2019 2pm-4pm	University of Edinburgh, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Edinburgh.	6	6	83.33% female
Translation Studies MSc workshop - Digital Skills drop-in clinic run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded: User:Luiluili User:MengtingKANG	1 April 2019 3pm-5pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	2	0	100% female
Reproductive Biology Hons. workshop 1 run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	18 September 2019 9am-1pm	University of Edinburgh, LG.07, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh.	39	37	84.6% female
Translation Studies MSc workshop 1 run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	20 September 2019 1pm-3pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	22	22	95.5% female
Reproductive Biology Hons. workshop 2 run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	18 September 2019 9am-1pm	University of Edinburgh, LG.07, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh.	35	33	80% female
Translation Studies MSc workshop 2 run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	26 September 2019 1pm-3pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	25	25	84% female
Translation Studies MSc workshop 3 run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	1 October 2019 4pm-6pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	47	47	89.4% female
Global Health Challenges Postgraduate course programme - online webinar training run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	2 October 2019 1:30pm-3pm	University of Edinburgh, Usher Institute, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.	24	24	91.6% female
Korean Studies MSc - Introduction to Wikipedia workshop run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded: User:Jelsofron User:Applymylove User:JCMiller1987 User:Isabelle Adlam User:S1620623 User:NK1711 User:Yanina1996 User:Esh119 User:Sgabor0526 User:Psj8062	17 October 2019 4pm-6pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	10	9	90% female
Translation Studies MSc workshop - Digital Skills drop-in clinic run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded: User:L.blythe User:Mariav.velsan User:tjhan3 User:Nkwyhmt User:serenayyr1117 User:CharlotteZhao User:XIAOTONG MA User:April in 12 months User:WEIYI WANG User:Wellhood	29 October 2019 4pm-6pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	11	0	72.7% female
Global Health MSc workshop 1 run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	31 October 2019 10am-11am	University of Edinburgh, Usher Institute, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.	39	39	79.5% female
Global Health MSc workshop 2 run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	7 November 2019 10am-11am	University of Edinburgh, Usher Institute, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.	39	39	79.5% female
Translation Studies MSc workshop - Digital Skills drop-in clinic run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded: User:Mariav.velsan User:e.grinderslev User:tjhan3 User:jmch109 User:s1913805 User:Xiaoting Lu	12 November 2019 4pm-6pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	6	0	100% female
Global Health MSc workshop 3 run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded	21 November 2019 10am-11am	University of Edinburgh, Usher Institute, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.	39	39	79.5% female
Getting started with Wikipedia - Introductory workshop in digital skills run by trainer Andrew Kirk at the University of Edinburgh List of usernames recorded: User:Padme Wang	4 December 2019 10:30pm-12:30pm	University of Edinburgh Main Library, Training Room 1.08, 30 George Square, Edinburgh.	1	1	100% female
Translation Studies MSc workshop - Digital Skills drop-in clinic run by Ewan McAndrew at the University of Edinburgh	10 December 2019 3pm-5pm	University of Edinburgh, Computing Lab 1.02, 50 George Square, Edinburgh.	3	0	100% female

Projects/events in development

• Wikipedia Women in Red - Digital Skills intern being recruited in December 2019 for January to July position.
• WikiCite and Natural History symposium has been accepted for holding as part of the conference for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and the International Council of Museums Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History (ICOM NATHIST) in 7 to 13 June 2020.

Upcoming events in 2019

• November 20 - Wikidata and Histropedia workshop.
• November 21 - Global Health MSc workshop.
• November 21 - Presentation on the Map of Witches project at the Riddles Court symposium.
• November 26 - Translation Studies MSc drop-in clinic. (CANCELLED)
• November 27 - Wikipedia Women in Red workshop. (CANCELLED)
• December 4 - Introduction to Wikipedia - Digital Skills workshop.
• December 10 - Translation Studies MSc drop-in clinic.
• December 17 - Wikipedia Women in Red workshop.
• December 20 - Presentation by Data Science for Design MSc students on the Lasercut wooden map of accused witches in Scotland.

Media

New articles and blogposts

• Article in the Scotsman: Women scientists being whitewashed from Wikipedia – Ewan McAndrew, Siobhan O’Connor, Dr Sara Thomas and Dr Alice White
• Women and Wikipedia….Open Learning and a hobby for life!
• Translation and Open Education – An Experiment using Wikipedia
• Wikipedia in Higher Education: How students are shaping the open web
• Diversifying Wikipedia for the Festival of Creative Learning 2019
• JISC case study – Wikimedia in the curriculum: Addressing the challenges of digital and information literacy, digital scholarship and open knowledge at the University of Edinburgh
• You can’t be what you can’t see: Creating new role models on Wikipedia to encourage the next generation of Immodest Women
• International Women’s Day 2019
• Recruiting a Witchfinder General
• Wikimedia at the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2019
• Balance for Better – recognising notable Edinburgh women
• Balance for Better – Teaching Matters
• Wikimania 2019 - Digital Support Librarian Lauren Smith reports on her first-time attendance at Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Scotland Loves Monuments 2019 - Get involved in Wiki Loves Monuments!
• Learning to become an online editor: the editathon as a learning environment by Allison Littlejohn, Nina Hood, Martin Rehm, Lou McGill, Bart Rienties and Melissa Highton.
• Wikipedia on Olive Schreiner, like it or what? by Professor Liz Stanley.

Videos

• Click to see the number of pageviews on Wikipedia for October 2019 for the MOOC snippets on Wikimedia Commons.
• New videos:
  • How to create multiple sandboxes/personal draft spaces on Wikipedia
  • How to copy drafted text from one sandbox to another for a group editing assignment
  • How to edit existing pages on Wikipedia the right way
  • Playlist of videos from Wikimania 2019 from Stockholm University.
  • Playlist of videos from WikidataCon 2019 at Urania, Berlin

• The Wicked Findings of the Witchfinder General - Putting Scotland's accused witches on the map using Wikidata
• Interview with a Witchfinder General - Emma Carroll on the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland Wikidata project
• OpenRefine Beginners Tutorial by Emma Carroll

Wikimedian in Residence - University of Edinburgh Media Hopper channel

• The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Media Hopper now has 287 videos. 98 views this month with 56 plays.

Number of videos	Views this month	Percentage increase	Number of plays this month	Percentage increase
287	98	+180%	56	+65%

The most played videos were:

Position	Video	Plays this month	Total plays
1	Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor:Part 2.3 Adding an image	11 plays	184 plays
2	ALT C - The Wicked Findings of a Witchfinder General	3 plays	16 plays
3	Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.4 Adding categories	3 plays	51 plays
4	Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.1 Adding headings	2 plays	21 plays
5	How to create multiple sandboxes.	2 plays	4 plays

Wikimedian in Residence - Youtube channel

• The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Youtube which has now received over 76,272 views in total of its 70 videos with 310 subscribers (30,700 more views in the last year and 2,200 hours watched approx. since the last report with 78 more subscribers, 331 'likes', and 330 'shares' since the last report). These videos have been viewed in 168 countries around the world over the course of the channel's lifetime. 299,852 minutes have now been watched since the channel started.

Number of videos	Views this month	Minutes watched this month	New 'likes'	New shares	New subscribers	Total subscribers	Total views	Total number of countries viewing the channel
70	2,757	13,031	31	36	15	310	76,272	168

Image uploads to Wikimedia Commons

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  Conectando editathon at University of Edinburgh library
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  University of Edinburgh wins Herald Higher Education Award 2019
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  National Library of Scotland map curator Chris Fleet and Wikidata intern Emma Carroll.

Press about the residency

1. Edinburgh University searches for 'Wikimedians' - Edinburgh Evening News, 8th October 2015.
2. University of Edinburgh to employ ‘Wikimedian in Residence’ web editor - The Student Newspaper.org, October 13th 2015.
3. The History of Medicine gets mentioned in the ILW Awards 2016
4. The OER16 Conference, co-chaired by Melissa Highton and Lorna M. Campbell, won Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year Award
5. 'Wikidata and Wikisource Showcase' mentioned on IS News site.
6. The Wikimedia Residency, as part of the University Of Edinburgh's Open Education team, won 3rd place in ALT's Learning Technologist of the Year awards.
7. Open Education team (including Wikimedia residency) come third in ALT Learning Technologist of the Year awards - story on the IS News site.
8. Wikipedia's women problem - Melissa Highton writes for the Dangerous Women project 10th October 2016
9. STV News 'Live at Five' covers the Ada Lovelace Day - Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon.
10. New College take on Wikipedia edit-a-thon - Women and Religion 2 November 2016.
11. Brenda Moon remembered in Wikipedia editathon - article in IS News
12. Wikipedia editathon and Mary Stewart - Edinburgh Gothic Sat 12 November.
13. Wikipedia editathon at the University of Sheffield's Centre for the History of the Gothic
14. Collaborating to built a city of information literacy, a city of Wikipedia - Interview by OEPS Scotland
15. #1Lib1Ref at the University of Edinburgh - Blog article by Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator - 2nd February 2017
16. Fake News and Wikidata - a roundup of the Wikimedia UK Education Summit
17. Host a Wikimedian - You can't afford not to (blog article)
18. 'Wikipedia, research and representation- - Dr Amy Burge, Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh.
19. Mary Susan McIntosh and the Women in Red - Lorna Campbell.
20. What do you do with a dead chemist? - Anne-Marie Scott.
21. Wikipedia and Writing - Michael Seery, Reader in Education, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
22. Language and Politics - my takeaways by Mina Theofilatou.
23. How is it almost August? - Lorna Campbell.
24. While in Scotland - Käbi Suvi, Wikimedia Estonia.
25. Celtic Knot Conference 2017 in Edinburgh - Astrid Carlsen, Wikimedia Norge.
26. Wikipedia in the Classroom: developing information literacy, online citizenship and digital research skills - Teaching Matters blog 13th June 2017.
27. Congratulations to our Wikimedian of the Year - Wikimedia UK blog 1st August 2017.
28. University of Edinburgh journal vol.48 no.1 - Article about the Edinburgh residency on p.25
29. Ada Lovelace Day 2017 - celebrating Women in STEM - article on the WiR blog on 1st September 2017.
30. Scotland loves monuments - article for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 on the Wir Blog - Friday 8 September 2017.
31. Wanderings with a Wikimedian - Blog article by Anne-Marie Scott for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 - Monday 11 September 2017.
32. Mortuary Chapel, Revisited - Anne-Marie Scott's blog September 30 2017.
33. Ada Lovelace Day – Professor Elizabeth Slater - Lorna Campbell's blog on October 10 2017.
34. Ada Lovelace Day - knitting resources
35. Ada Lovelace Day 2017 photos.
36. Wikipedia is a very lovely place to be - Anne-Marie Scott's blog.
37. The 17th century map of Iceland released by the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Research Collections gets a mention in Creative Commons' influential 'State of the Commons report'.
38. Wikipedia has always depended on the kindness of strangers - Outcomes of Ada Lovelace 2017 on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 19 October 2017.
39. Wikipedia assignments – getting past the ‘Penguin effect’ and down to the brass tacks of sharing open knowledge - Teaching Matters blog.
40. Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – Celebrating women in STEM - Edinburgh University Science Magazine.
41. Another Story about Maps - Blogpost by Anne-Marie Scott 27 October 2017.
42. Open Tumshies for Halloween - blogpost by Lorna Campbell 31 October 2017.
43. Internet Transmitted Infections – I’ve got the SPLOTS - Anne-Marie Scott, 16 November 2017.
44. Wikidata in the Classroom on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 22 November 2017.
45. Open for all - Mansfield Traquair images hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Blog by Anne-Marie Scott 23 November 2017.
46. Take an Equal Bite - Blogpost by Melissa Highton about EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education and the the positive power of wikipedia editathons. 2nd December 2017.
47. Wikipedia Games / SPLOTPoint - Anne-Marie Scott blog, January 1st 2018.
48. 2017 Highs, Lows and Losses - Lorna Campbell blog, January 3rd 2018
49. Wikipedia at 17 – Facts matter. - January 16th 2018.
50. Reflections on International Women’s Day 2018 and Wikipedia – A Gude Cause - 8 March 2018.
51. New SPLOT Wikidata tutorial - Wikidata Basics.
52. Collaborated with John Lubbock at Wikimedia UK to produce Wikimedia UK blogpost: Data on the history of Scottish witch trials added to Wikidata on 9 March 2018.
53. Libraries, Literacies & Learning – presentation at SCURL event 23 March 2018
54. Digital Transformation and Data — The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh on Medium.com
55. Wikimedia resources – how to get started.
56. The OER 18 EdTech editathon 'SPLOT' resource.
57. Wikimedia at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2018
58. Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye – reflection on 12 months by Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
59. Wikipedia in Higher Education (co-authored with Jemima John, 4th year Law undergraduate student.
60. Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web.
61. Tracings (don’t look too closely)
62. NEW SPLOT resource created for the Wikidata Workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas.
63. NEW 'SPLOT' resource for running a Wikipedia translation workshop created for the Celtic Knot 2018 conference at the National Library of Wales on 5-6 July.
64. NEW 'SPLOT' resource for running a Wikipedia 'micro' editathon workshop initially created by the resident and then Academic Support Librarian colleagues tailored & populated the resource for use at the EAHIL conference in Cardiff on 13 July.
65. Wikipedia in the Classroom – how students are shaping the open web - Teaching Matters blog
66. Case study about the Wikidata in the Classroom project on the Data Science for Design MSc course. Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and shared in Wikidata Status Updates.
67. Towards Open-ish? - a hybrid conversation organised as part of the Wikimania conference in Cape Town.
68. Languages - blog about whether other language Wikipedias should refer to all places in Scotland by their Gaelic names.
69. Newspapers - created a Wikipedia page as part of Mike Caulfield’s Newspapers on Wikipedia project.
70. Reflections on CELT Symposium 2018 - includes mention of our Open Content Curation Student Interns and the Wikimedia in the Classroom initiatives.
71. The Soul of Liberty: Openness, Equality and Co-creation - transcript of Lorna Campbell's keynote at CELT 2018 - includes Wikipedia in the classroom initiatives and Wikidata projects at the University of Edinburgh.
72. Circular Records Hall on Atlas Obscura - one of Lorna's photographs was featured in Atlas Obscura. It was one that she uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as part of the Wiki Loves Monuments competition last year.
73. What I did on my holidays - taking pictures for Wiki Loves Monuments.
74. Academia and Wikipedia – a presentation at Maynooth University on 18 June 2018.
75. Celebrating 100 years of Votes for Women
76. Ada Lovelace Day 2018 – nominate Women in STEM heroines.
77. Open.Ed – OER and Open Knowledge at the University of Edinburgh.
78. Wikidata in the Classroom and the WikiCite project - presentation at Repository Fringe 2018.
79. University wins Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year award
80. University of Edinburgh wins Wikimedia UK Partnership of the Year Award.
81. Open.Ed at RepoFringe18
82. Scotland loves Monuments 2018
83. Wiki Loves Monuments 2018
84. The internet’s favourite website for information.
85. How to run a Wikipedia editathon – a workshop for health information professionals at the EAHIL conference - This post was authored by Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh.
86. Ada Lovelace Day – 1 month to go!
87. Facts and Fallacies: Cultural Representations of Mental Health
88. Edinburgh Gothic for Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2018
89. Witchy Wikidata – a 6th birthday celebration event for Halloween
90. Editing Wikipedia as part of teaching public health? by Felix Stein, by Global Health MSc course leader at the University of Edinburgh.
91. JISC Case study:Wikimedia in the curriculum - addressing the challenges of digital and information literacy, digital scholarship and open knowledge at the University of Edinburgh.
92. The New Statesman:From Chinese spies to award-winning geologists, we’re making women visible on Wikipedia - co-authored with Siobhan O'Connor, Sara Thomas and Alice White.
93. Wikimedian in Residence blog:You can’t be what you can’t see - creating new role models on Wikipedia to encourage the next generation of #ImmodestWomen.
94. Article in the Scotsman: Women scientists being whitewashed from Wikipedia – Ewan McAndrew, Siobhan O’Connor, Dr Sara Thomas and Dr Alice White
95. Women and Wikipedia….Open Learning and a hobby for life!
96. Translation and Open Education – An Experiment using Wikipedia
97. Wikipedia in Higher Education: How students are shaping the open web
98. Diversifying Wikipedia for the Festival of Creative Learning 2019
99. JISC case study – Wikimedia in the curriculum: Addressing the challenges of digital and information literacy, digital scholarship and open knowledge at the University of Edinburgh
100. You can’t be what you can’t see: Creating new role models on Wikipedia to encourage the next generation of Immodest Women
101. International Women’s Day 2019
102. Recruiting a Witchfinder General
103. Wikimedia at the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2019
104. Balance for Better – recognising notable Edinburgh women
105. Balance for Better – Teaching Matters
106. Wikimania 2019 - Digital Support Librarian Lauren Smith reports on her first-time attendance at Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.
107. Scotland Loves Monuments 2019 - Get involved in Wiki Loves Monuments!
108. Learning to become an online editor: the editathon as a learning environment by Allison Littlejohn, Nina Hood, Martin Rehm, Lou McGill, Bart Rienties and Melissa Highton.
109. Wikipedia on Olive Schreiner, like it or what? by Professor Liz Stanley.