Wikipedia:IDEA network/ideanetwork events

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The IDEA Network Events History:

Upcoming events

Event name	Date	Location	Event details	Organiser
Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland	January 2024	Online	Purpose: train youth workers as editors, and introduce them to the breadth of opportunities posed by the Wikiprojects.	Kirsty Ross
Lost in Translation STEP 2024	June - August 2024	Online	Purpose: train undergraduates in Wiki editing, supporting them to make their first translations	Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau
Antibiotics Under Our Feet STEP 2024	June - August 2024	Online	Purpose: train undergraduates in Wiki editing about microorganisms	Kirsty Ross and Clarissa Czekster

Past events

Event name	Date	Location	Event details	Organiser
Launch of the IDEA Network	1 April 2021	Online	Purpose: bring together staff, students, and potential external collaborators to share experiences of using Wikipedia and her sister projects in research, teaching, knowledge exchange and public engagement. It was followed by a new editor training session.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Sara Thomas
EXPLORATHON 2021 72 hour Editathon	00:01 on 23 September 2021 to 23:59 on 26 September 2021	Online	Purpose: build capacity by recruiting new editors from Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland. 5 editor training sessions were delivered in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 57 people registered for the training, 44 editors signed up to the Dashboard, and 13 edited over the course of the weekend.	Kirsty Ross of The IDEA Network and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
Open Research Launch (Strathclyde)	22 November 2021	Online	Purpose: raise awareness of Wikipedia and her sister projects.	Kirsty Ross
Scottish Refugee Festival 2021	19 June 2021	Online	Purpose: enable participants at the Refugee Festival Scotland to find out where their knowledge might improve Wikipedia and make it a better place for everyone.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Refugee Festival Scotland
Scottish Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities Mind the (gender) gap
Contributing to Open Knowledge: Mind The (Gender) Gap Wiki Workshop	23 April 2022	Zoom	As part of our efforts to promote inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) and with support from the Chevening organisation, Global Share social enterprise collaborated with the IDEA Network to host a Wiki Workshop where they worked together on adding biographies of women to Wikipedia. Those who took part developed new skills and challenge systemic biases at the same time.	Kirsty Ross, and Abd Alsattar Ardati
Wiki STEP Project	June – July 2022	MS Teams	The purpose of the event was to fill knowledge gaps in English and Simple English Wikipedia relating to topics such as soil micobes, historians, and mathematicians. 20 undergraduates spent the summer researching and creating new articles on these topics. 19 students and 2 staff members received new editor training, 20 signed up for the [[1]], and everyone edited over the summer.	Kirsty Ross of The IDEA Network and CEED at the University of St Andrews
EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour Editathon	00:01 on 30 September 2022 to 23:59 on 2 October 2022	On Wiki	The purpose of the event was to build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from Croatia, Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland by running 5 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72 hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 73 people registered for the training, 30 editors signed up to the [Dashboard], and 8 edited over the course of the weekend.	Kirsty Ross of The IDEA Network and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
WikiLovesMonuments Fun Palace	00:01 on 30 September 2022 to 23:59 on 2 October 2022	On Wiki	The purpose of the event was to encourage folks to added photos of listed buildings to WikiCommons by offering asynchronous training on the Fun Palace website over September 2022. This was very much a last-minute Fun Palace! 3 editors signed up to the [[2]], and 2 edited over the course of the weekend.	Kirsty Ross of The IDEA Network and Fun Palaces
EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour Editathon	00:01 on 30 September 2022 to 23:59 on 2 October2022	On Wiki	The purpose of the event was to build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training or Doctoral Training Partnerships by running 3 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 30 people registered for the training, 8 editors signed up to the [[3]], and 3 edited over the course of the weekend.	Kirsty Ross of The IDEA Network, OPTIMA CDT, and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
Mind The Gap	19 October 2022	School of Education, University of Strathclyde	The purpose of the event was to introduce trainee primary teachers to the possibilities offered by Wikipedia and her sister projects. 16 editors trained, 8 signed up to the [[4]], and 5 edited over the course of the session.	Kirsty Ross and Jane Essex, both of the Erasmus+ project, Diversity in Science and Science Inclusion (DiSSI)
Melting Pot Wiki Workshop	10 June 2022	University of St Andrews	The Syrian Scottish Network, in its first collaboration with the IDEA Network, ran an online training titled the “Melting Pot for Cultural Exchange and Digital Skills Development” on 10th June from 6:30 – 9 pm (BST).	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Sara Thomas of The IDEA Network
Wiki Workshop for STEP students	15 June 2022	University of St Andrews	Supported by the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Network in Open Knowledge (IDEA Network) at the University of St Andrews, this workshop enabled STEP students to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects. There was be a follow-up session where the students were supported to create new articles in the sandbox and move them to mainspace.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Sara Thomas of The IDEA Network
Collaborate and Celebrate the First Female Alumni	12 August 2022	University of St Andrews Students' Association	The IDEA network collaborated with the Postgraduate Society at the University of St Andrews Students' Association, on hosting a pilot event for students who were invited to collaborate on researching digitised archival information about St Andrew’s first female alumni and thus expand the limited amount of information we have about these women. The event aimed to spark a discussion and encourage attendees to become “knowledge activists” by looking for additional information about these women. In addition to filling information gaps about underrepresented women, the session also showcased opportunities to develop skills in digital media, research, public engagement, and team collaboration.	Abd Alsattar Ardati of The IDEA Network and University of St Andrews Students' Association
User Troubles during “Shoot St Andrews to Green”!	20 August 2022	University of St Andrews Students' Association	The IDEA network collaborated with the Postgraduate Society at the University of St Andrews Students' Association, on hosting a pilot event to celebrate the town of St Andrews. St Andrews is well recognised globally for its history and over 600 years old University, but most photos of places are missing from open-access maps. We invited students and locals to a one-hour “Shoot St Andrews to Green” event on Saturday, the 20th of August 2022. This event aimed to spark a discussion and encourage attendees to become “open knowledge activists” and contribute as part of a network of others doing the same at the University. The session showcased different opportunities to develop skills in photography and team collaboration while filling information gaps about our town.	Abd Alsattar Ardati of The IDEA Network and University of St Andrews Students' Association
Whose knowledge counts session for the New Scots men's group.	27 November 2022	The Hay Community Centre, Edinburgh, EH16 4AQ.	"Whose knowledge counts" session for the New Scots men's group. The New Scots Connect program is a partnership including Science Ceilidg, Multicultural Family Base and Edinburgh Napier University supporting a community based and /youth work-based approach to public engagement working with children and adults from diverse migrant and refugee backgrounds to support confidence, wellbeing, English and general communication skills through workshops focused on Engineering.	Abd Alsattar Ardati of The IDEA Network and Science Ceilidg
PCST Wiki Workshop with the IDEA Network	15 April 2023	MS Teams	Supported by the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Network in Open Knowledge (IDEA Network) at the University of St Andrews, this workshop aimed to help public engagement professionals to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati of The IDEA Network
Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland	January 2024		Collab with Youth Scotland looking to upskill teaching staff and youth leaders.	Dr Kirsty Ross
European Researchers' Night - Middle Ages	14 September 2023		This programme will enable the Middle Ages team to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors.	Dr Kirsty Ross
School of Modern Languages Wiki Workshop & beyond	31 August 2023		This workshop will enable those in the School of Modern Languages to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors.	Dr Kirsty Ross
Work experience for High School students	July & August 2023		One to one support for Summer work experience project	Dr Kirsty Ross
Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme	June 2023 - January 2024		Consultancy work, cross-university programme, enabling researchers from the Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors.	Dr Kirsty Ross
American Society for Micobiology Day of Wiki Editing	4 May 2023		Linking to the Antibiotics Under our Feet STEP Programme, this day of editing focused on microbiology topics. We'll have different sessions, focused on soil microbes, fungi, and everything else that falls under the microbiology umbrella.	Dr Kirsty Ross