Hi Victoria,
We ran an Editathon<https://www.david-livingstone-trust.org/2019-10-black-history-month-wikipedia-editathon> as part of Black History Month here at the David Livingstone Birthplace Project. We didn’t focus on collections specifically but wanted to highlight the under-represented histories and stories of individuals who travelled and helped Livingstone in Southern Africa (which we are also highlighting as part of the museum redevelopment).
The links Lorna sent over are really helpful, and we’ve used them before too. Sara Thomas (Wikimedia UK) delivered training which was accessible to our range of volunteers and audiences. It was a great way to strengthen existing partnership links. We asked our Livingstone Online<https://www.livingstoneonline.org/> colleagues to take part and share their research. More on the Livingstone Online blog post here https://livingstoneonline.wordpress.com/2019/11/25/editathon-at-david-livingstone-birthplace-trust-for-black-history-month/ - our next one will hopefully be in March, for Women’s History Month.
The Wikipedia Editathon we organised in October was our first, and thanks to Sara’s training and support, it went really smoothly. If you’d like to chat more about what the process was like for us, please feel free to get in touch!
Best wishes,
Elena
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Hi Victoria,
It would be worth reaching out to Wikimedia UK (https://wikimedia.org.uk/) if you haven’t already done so, as they will be able to provide you with resources and guidance on running editathons. I can also recommend contacting Martin Poulter (http://infobomb.org/) who is incredibly helpful and knowledgeable when it comes to Wikimedia and GLAM.
Also Ewan McAndrew, our Wikimedia in Residence here at the University of Edinburgh, has created lots of resources about editing Wikipedia and running editathons that you might find useful.
How to run a Wikipedia editathon https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/eahil-editathon/
How to edit Wikipedia https://media.ed.ac.uk/playlist/dedicated/51020161/1_zpsapxek/1_jgbrxzn0
Tools to help you work with Wikimedia https://media.ed.ac.uk/playlist/dedicated/51020161/1_836hl5fy/1_uutk3kuz
Best wishes,
Lorna
On 21 Jan 2020, at 10:32, Victoria Jenner <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m the digital content editor for Waddesdon Manor (a National Trust property in Bucks) and we’re considering hosting a wikithon around spring time. I just wanted to reach out to anyone who may have experience in wiki editing for collections content or those who may be interested in attending our first wikithon. The event is based around highlights of our Rothschild collection, and will include a house tour with one of our curators as well as wiki-editing guidance from some GLAM professionals.
That said, any suggestions / advice with how to proceed is also very welcome… this is our first attempt at a wikithon (eeeek!)
Many thanks in advance.
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