Wikipedia:Glam/Women In Red East Dunbartonshire 14.02.20

Women in Red Editathon - East Dunbartonshire in a nutshell:

Where?: William Patrick Library, Kirkintilloch
When?: Friday 14th February 10:30 - 13:30
Sign up: Eventbrite page here'

About the event[edit]

Want to help bridge the gender gap on Wikipedia? Join us for the ultimate Anti-Valentine’s Day! We need your help to create great Wikipedia articles about notable women from East Dunbartonshire. We’ll be creating Wikipedia pages from scratch, adding reliable citations from the extensive Local Studies collections.

No previous editing experience is needed as full training will be provided.

How do I prepare?

Create a Wikipedia account
Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day - please see our worklist below.

Programme[edit]

10:30 - Welcome
10:35 - 10:50 - Introduction to the event, & Introduction to Wiki
10:50 - 11:15 - How to Edit Wikipedia
11:15 - 11:40 - Log in, Create your User Page
11:40 - 11:55 - Examples of Good Wikipedia pages & When Things Go Wrong
11:55 - 12:05 - Assign pages for editing / creation
12:05 - 12:30 - Research
12:30 - 13:25 - Edit!
13:25 - 13:30 - What next?

Trainers[edit]

Training will be provided by Michelle West & Gillian Kealey

Worklist[edit]

Articles to create & improve[edit]

Please note that new articles should aim for a minimum of 250 words, and reference at least 3 external, independent, reliable secondary sources. Text MUST NOT be copy & pasted from any other source, unless that source is openly licensed. If the latter is true, this text must be marked as such. We recommend that new articles are started in Draft space.

Beatrice Clugston – Philanthropist
Jenny Coutts - First lady Provost of Kirkintilloch
Rita Taketsuru – married Masataka Taketsuru and founded Nikka Whisky
Jo Swinson – Former Leader of Liberal Democrats
Lady Stirling of Glorat – OBE, member of prominent Stirling family in Campsie - CHECK NAME, MAY ALREADY EXIST
Katie Archibald – Olympic Cyclist (from Milngavie)
Jackie Kay – Poet and author
Amy MacDonald – Singer
Moira Anderson – Singer
Joan Cameron – Provost of Bearsden and Milngavie Council 1988 - 1998
Vera Marvin – Bearsden’s first female Councillor, later Provost
Mamie Magnusson – Journalist
Sally Magnusson – Broadcaster and writer
Mary Blacklock – Last Provost of Burgh of Milngavie and first woman to hold office
Euphemia Irvine – first women to hold a Parish in the Church of Scotland
Jessie M King – Illustrator and “Glasgow Girl”
Marjorie Shanks Shaw – Founder of Shaw Convalescence Home

Event outputs[edit]

Articles created[edit]

Articles improved[edit]

After the event[edit]

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