The Glasgow editors were similarly bright and very
happy to be able to
contribute - a brilliant day, all round.
Art+Feminism is similar in lots of ways...
Sara
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*From:* Wikimediauk-l <wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on
behalf of Roger Bamkin <victuallers(a)gmail.com>
*Sent:* 08 December 2016 19:36
*To:* wikimediauk-l
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia
The editors in London who had editor support did very well. We trained
lots of very bright people. I know that we've had dozens in other languages
and we had newbies in London creating two good articles. A link to the
detail might have been a catch all but we no have a bare Edit button above
every article. I suspect this is the biggest in person editathon... Have
there been others?
On 8 Dec 2016 10:24 am, "Michael Peel" <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
It's possible to follow the edits through the
hashtag, at:
http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search/100Womenwiki
Maybe help interact with the new users there? There are already a few
problematic usernames being used... (e.g., User:BBC100)
Thanks,
Mike
On 8 Dec 2016, at 07:49, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi Gordo
This is one of the issues we've been discussing with the BBC all
along...the idea being to focus on in person training events where people
get a real sense of how to edit and are far less likely to be reverted. Of
course the BBC were quite focused on having a large scale call to
action...we're hoping to see most engagement at the in person events and we
also have people keeping an eye on the hashtag so that we can spot
potentially tricky situations. But you're right, it is a concern.
Lucy
On 8 December 2016 at 09:30, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
On 05/12/16 14:41, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote:
As I know some of you will already be aware, Wikimedia UK, Women in Red
and Wikimedia editors and communities around the world are partnering
with BBC 100 Women to raise awareness of the gender gap on Wikipedia,
improve coverage of women and encourage women to edit.
Great stuff, but on the BBC News article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38219838
we find
"How to create a new profile on Wikipedia"
This is really about article creation for new biographic entries. If
this is a living person, then one of the most difficult starting points
for a new editor.
I would think of "new profile" as being a User page.
So, going live with a new article and then facing a rapid deletion
request is hardly constructive. No mention of a sandbox.... for example.
There should be explicit links to extant help, tutorials and other
instruction.
Gordo
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