Women in Wikipedia, Oxford 2016
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On 23 March 2016, the Bodleian Libraries and IT Services, Oxford University hosted a Women In Wikipedia editathon as part of the Women In Red / Art + Feminism campaign during Women's History Month. The Wikimedian In Residence at the Bodleian, Martin Poulter, led the training.
New users and outcomes[edit | edit source]
There were seven trainees, all women, four of whom were new accounts and three had edited a small amount before.
Two articles created, eight images uploaded (shared from the archives of Lady Margaret Hall and St Hilda's College), ten articles improved
See w:Wikipedia:GLAM/Bodleian/Women_in_Wikipedia_editathon
Evaluation[edit | edit source]
One trainee left early. Another had edited Wikipedia before and arrived after the training session. The remaining five trainees filled in evaluation forms.
Please rate the quality of the following.[edit | edit source]
1= Not satisfying/ useful. 5= Very satisfying/useful.
- The workshop in general
5 4 5 4 5 Mean: 4.6
- Content
5 4 5 4 5 Mean: 4.6
- Trainers
5 4 5 4 5 Mean: 4.6
- Materials available
5 4 4 3 3 Mean: 3.8
- Your confidence to edit Wikipedia
5 5 3 4 4 Mean: 4.2
- Your understanding of Wikipedia
5 4 3 4 5 Mean: 4.2
- Comments
- Helps if prepare to edit subject in advance
How likely are you to continue editing?[edit | edit source]
5 5 4 5 3 Mean: 4.4
Please write three words/expressions which describe this workshop for you[edit | edit source]
- Exciting, accessible, informative
- Practical, informative, hands-on
- Instructive, reassuring, necessary (for me! - don't think I'd have attempted to edit without it)
- Informative, exploring, hands-on
- Instructive, new, [one blank]
Tell us at least one thing that would have improved this workshop for you[edit | edit source]
- More time!
- Learnt from last time- bring along/ prepare article to edit
- [rest blank]
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- Thank you
- [rest blank]