Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/120th month report
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| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | List of reports to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 1 December 2025 – 31 January 2026 (One hundred and twentieth month of the residency) | 6 February 2026 | Click here to view all reports. |
Summary of main points for January 2026
- Assistant Wikimedian in Residence: PhD student Anna Judelsone appointed for this one year one day a week role and commenced work on 28th November 2025. She has delivered Wikipedia training in three workshops now and is preparing social media and email communications to refresh our offering geographically distant parts of the University in 2026.
- Recruitment of Digital Heritage and Open Knowledge (Wikimedia) intern: A job description has been written and approved for a student intern to be recruited for 12 weeks full-time this Summern (June 2026) and working with the 70th anniversary of Nursing Studies (and its archive) and 300 years of the Edinburgh Medical School as well as other related & existing Wikidata projects. The advert has been submitted for advertising with interviews planned for March 2026.
- Wikimedia in the Curriculum: The Wikimedian in Residence is further supporting the Korean Studies MSc and East Asian Studies MSc by holding a 2hr Wikipedia editing workshop on 13 February 2026.
- Student Experience Grant and the 300th anniversary of the Medical School - a funded £4,000 Student Experience Grant application has been approved with three History Society students as co-applicants to help research and produce Wikipedia articles about individuals from the Medical School's 300 year history related to a project theme of 300 Faces from EMS300 as part of a one day a week project for 12 weeks. This will begin in the February to June 2026 period.
- Information and Data Literacy internship - Dervla Craig is continuing in the internship role on a one day a week part-time basis and has now been extended to 8 June 2026. As of end January 2026, the University has decided to no longer submit to the National Lottery Heritage Fund given the time and resource required.
- Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia – 55–80hr Edinburgh Award- 10 students have now submitted their Input 2 submissions (a Fortnightly Log of Activities) as of 12 January 2026 for this extracurricular accredited project where students volunteer to improve topic coverage on Wikipedia for 55-80hrs from 21 Oct until 31 March 2026.
- Jewish Staff Network editathon – EM liaising with Dr. Itamar Kastner to prepare, promote and deliver an editathon in collaboration with the Jewish Staff Network and student society for Wednesday 4th February 2026. The new Assistant Wikimedian in Residence has started researching topic areas and resources for this event and specifically looking at the Jewish community of Edinburgh and its history.
- Philosophy and Epistemic Justice editathon – EM liaising with Philosophy Society's Victoria Wang to prepare, promote and deliver an editathon aimed at Philosophy staff and students to promote networking and themed on epistemic justice. This is going ahead Wed 4th March 2026.
- Mapping Identities Conference - 10 Feb – EM first presented on the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland - Wikidata project at an event on 8 October 2025 at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Dr. Oisin Plumb and Dr.Andrew Lind, University of Highlands and Islands have invited the resident to submit an updated paper for their next conference planned for 10 February 2026 at UHI Perth. Dervla Craig and EM will present remotely on the history and latest developments on the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland project.
- International Women’s Day 2026 – E. McAndrew and line manager Tess Higgins have been discussing preparations for this year’s IWD to be held on Monday 9th March at the Molly Fergusson Room at King’s Buildings in partnership with the Molly Fergusson Initiative (Engineering) and the School of Theoretical Physics.
Running total of staff & student engagement
| Institution | Resident's Name | Number of training sessions delivered | Number of students trained | Number of staff trained | Members of the public trained | Number of editathons | Total articles created | Total articles improved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Edinburgh | Ewan McAndrew | 413 | 2,458 | 724 | 792 | 176 | 2,454 | 16,744 |
Strategic Aim 1
Hold equity, diversity and inclusion at the heart of the organisation and our charitable activities, increasing the involvement and representation of the global majority and other minoritised groups and subjects.
Progress
- Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia – 55–80hr Edinburgh Award - 10 students submitted their Input 2 submissions (Fortnightly Log of Activities) for the deadline of 12 January 2026.
- Jewish Staff Network editathon – EM and Assistant Wikimedian Anna Judelson liaising with Dr. Itamar Kastner to prepare, promote and deliver an editathon in collaboration with the Jewish Staff Network. This is going ahead Wed 4th February 2026.
- Philosophy and Epistemic Justice editathon – EM and Assistant Wikimedian Anna Judelson liaising with Philosophy Society's Victoria Wang to prepare, promote and deliver an editathon aimed at Philosophy staff and students to promote networking and themed on epistemic justice. This is going ahead Wed 4th March 2026.
Dervla Craig and EM will present remotely on the history and latest developments on the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland project.
- International Women’s Day 2026 – E. McAndrew and line manager Tess Higgins have been discussing preparations for this year’s IWD to be held on Monday 9th March at the Molly Fergusson Room at King’s Buildings in partnership with the Molly Fergusson Initiative (Engineering) and the School of Theoretical Physics.
Activities delivered with stats:
Events
Women in Red workshops
- Two new 'Wikipedia Women in Red' workshops (#99 and #100) took place in the months of December and January.
- The first was held on Wednesday 17 December 2025 at the University of Edinburgh's Main Library.
- The second (workshop #100) was held on Friday 23 January 2026 at the University of Edinburgh's Main Library.
| Event Name | Date and duration | Location | Attendees | New editors | Trainers | Gender breakdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women in Red editathon #99 Women in Red editathon - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded | 17 December 2025 | University of Edinburgh, hybrid workshop. | 7 | 4 | Anna Judelson | 71.4% female |
| Women in Red editathon #100 - Women in Education Women in Red editathon - creating new biography articles of notable women on Wikipedia List of usernames recorded | 23 January 2026 | University of Edinburgh, hybrid workshop. | 8 | 2 | Anna Judelson | 87.5% female |
- Next Women in Red editathon planned for Friday 27 February 2026. More details and booking links here.
Partnership interactions
- Women Medical Doctors in the UK (1877-1914) - a Student Experience Grant application has been submitted in November and approved in January 2026 with three History Society students as co-applicants to support ‘the 300 Faces of EMS300’ project' by adding their histories to Wikipedia and Wikidata over 12 weeks in this funded £4,000 project for February to June 2026.
Image statistics – for the month of January 2026
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- All uploads can be monitored via Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh.
- Baglama2 (page views for only those images released by the Centre for Research Collections
- Baglama2 (page views for images in the parent category – Images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh.
| UoE Centre for Research Collections images | Total for January 2026 | 1,393,132 views |
| All images uploaded in collaboration between WMUK and the University of Edinburgh | Total for January 2026 | 2,845,814 views |
The most viewed images for January 2026 across all Wikipedias were:
| Rank | Wikipedia page | Monthly views | Link to image/video on Commons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 531,140 views | Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura |
| 2 | Robert Burns | 143,581 views | Cast of the skull of Scottish poet Robert Burns. |
| 3 | Robert Burns | 143,567 views | 1787 Manuscript copy of 'Address to Edinburgh' in Burns' hand |
| 4 | Burns supper | 123,827 views | Burns Supper - January 25th 2024 |
| 5 | Burns supper | 116,341 views | Haggis3 |
| 6 | Burns supper | 116,326 views | Haggis1 |
| 7 | Tableau périodique des éléments | 104,038 views | Periodic Table cupcakes at Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh |
| 8 | Mahabharata | 75,197 views | Part of the Mahabharata illustrated manuscript scroll. One linear metre scroll; 78 miniatures in lobed- and quatrefoil-shaped cartouches. |
| 9 | Arthur Conan Doyle | 74,592 views | Title page from Arthur Conan Doyle's thesis |
| 10 | Robert Louis Stevenson | 74,416 views | Robert Louis Stevenson mit 7 Jahren |
Strategic Aim 4
Support the public’s ability to make informed decisions about critical issues by developing information literacy skills, promoting digital citizenship, advocating for the responsible use of AI, and campaigning for public policy measures that support and sustain a healthy information ecosystem
Progress
Information and Data Literacy internship
- Information and Data Literacy internship - Dervla Craig concluded her 12-week f/t internship on 29 August 2025 to support the creation of a National Lottery Heritage Fund bid related to supporting and preserving the Scottish Accused Witches dataset in the longer term. She will now continue in the role on a one day a week part-time basis until 8 June 2026. Latest developments include the University's decision not to pursue a NLHF bid and to try and resource supporting the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database through internal provision.
Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia – 55–80hr Edinburgh Award
- Wikipedia training held on 5th November 2025 - 24 registered students. 10 students have now submitted their Input 2 submissions by 12th January 2026.
New digital skills workshops
Workshops that took place in December 2025 included:
- Edinburgh Award - Input 2 workshop and Wikipedia project page creation, 3rd December.
- Monthly Wikipedia 'Women in Red' editing workshop, 17th December, 7 attendees.
Workshops that took place in January 2026 included:
- Edinburgh Award - Midpoint progress check, 14 January, ~10 attendees.
- Monthly Wikipedia editing workshop, 23rd January. 8 attendees.
- Edinburgh Award - End of project goals to be agreed, 28 January, ~10 attendees.
February 2026 will include:
- Jewish Staff Network Wikipedia editathon, 4 February.
- Edinburgh Award - Group research workshop, 11 February.
- Wikidata and Wikibase workshop, 18 February.
- Edinburgh Award - Group research workshop, 25 February.
- Monthly Wikipedia editing workshop, 27 February.
Activities with stats:
Events
| Event Name | Date and duration | Location | Attendees | New editors | Presenter | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input 2 Wikipedia project page creation for Edinburgh Award students | 3 December 2025, 2 hours | University of Edinburgh Main Library | ~16 | ~16 | Ewan McAndrew | The session was recorded for other students to catchup with asynchronously. |
| Midpoint progress check for Edinburgh Award students | 14 January 2025, 2 hours | University of Edinburgh Main Library | 8 | 8 | Ewan McAndrew | This session was a group discursive workshop aimed at solidifying projects and project worklists. |
| Setting project goals for Edinburgh Award students | 28 January 2025, 2 hours | University of Edinburgh Main Library | 8 | 8 | Ewan McAndrew | This session was a group discursive workshop aimed at mutually agreeing end of project goals & outcomes to aim for. |
Partnership interactions
See below for all partnership interactions and enquiries. The following Wikimedia in the curriculum projects are planned for Semester Two:
- Korean Studies MSc and East Asian Studies MSc - Dr. Youngmi Kim.
The next step is for the new Assistant Wikimedian in Residence, Anna Judelson, to send out an email to different schools and geographical locations of the University to secure invites for presentations and training workshops by the residency in order to collaborate with subject areas that have not previously engaged with the residency.
Strategic Aim 3
Increase free, verified and open access to knowledge and information about the climate crisis and other important topics, by delivering impactful projects with relevant partners, and advocating for the release of content.
Progress
- Mapping Identities Conference - Dr. Oisin Plumb and Dr. Andrew Lind, University of Highlands and Islands, have invited the resident to submit a paper on the latest developments of the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland Wikidata project at their planned RSE-funded conference on 10 February 2026. Dervla Craig and EM will present on the history, challenges, and latest developments of the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland - Wikidata project.
- AI-Bridges - Dr. Shani Evenstein Sigalov of University of London invited the resident to contribute to the AI Bridges content gap research project (funded for 2 years) in their meeting on the 19th of December 2025. They are due to meet again to discuss the project on 6 February 2026.
- Wikimedia UK Communications Spotlight – Anna Judelson has written a one page interview for publication on Wikimedia UK social media to highlight her role. Dervla Craig and EM are to do likewise in February 2026.
Activities delivered with stats:
Events
- Wikimedia UK and Wikimedians in Residence meetup – EM attended the annual gathering at the University of Leeds Library on 30 January 2026 and took part in all the skills and knowledge sharing activities in this one day event.
Partnership interactions
- The Wikimedian in Residence received enquiries in December 2025 from:Dr. Shani Evenstein Sigalov (University of London); Lucy Hinnie (University of Leeds Wikimedian); Fionnuala Doran (ECA); Anna Groundwater (National Museum of Scotland); Evelyn Balsells (UoE Global Health Challenges); Victoria Wang (UoE Philosophy Society); Professor Julian Goodare (UoE History); Dr. Sarah Liu (UoE Chinese Politics); DJ Johnston-Smith (Scotland’s Churches Trust); M Reid (Footshill Academy, Calgary); Luke Howard (UoE Marketing).
- The Wikimedian in Residence received enquiries in January 2026 from:Tracey Madden (SCMALT mentor); Richard Nevell (Wikimedia UK); Dr. Oisin Plumb (UHI); Dr. Christopher McKenzie PhD (EMS); Tatjana Baleta (Wikimedian at University of Exeter); Pragya Modi (UoE Generative AI and ELM); Alessandra Bossoni (UoE Data and Equality Officer); Pam Smith (UoE Nursing Studies); Dr. Itamar Kastner (UoE Jewish Staff Network); Victoria Wang (UoE Philosophy Society); Prof. Gillian Raab (Edinburgh Napier); Dr. Karissa Patton (Wellcome Research Fellow in Medical Humanities); Mathilda Elwen (Witchy photo documentarian); Prof. Julian Goodare (UoE History).
Projects/events in development
- Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia - the fifth year of this Edinburgh Award is now past its halfway point. First meeting was held on 21 October 2025. 10 registered students remain and have submitted their Input 2 submissions as of 12 January 2026.
- NLHF application - E. McAndrew contributing to discussions and strategy documents about the NLHF bid application about creating a ‘golden copy’ of the historic data on Scotland’s accused witches. The decision has been taken by the University not to spend any more time on this particular approach.
- 300th anniversary of the Medical School - E. McAndrew has been invited to support preparations for the University’s celebrations next year for the 300th anniversary of the Medical School. In particular, EM will be supporting the approved £4,000 Student Experience Grant project and its three History Society student co-applicants working on the 300 Faces of Edinburgh Medical School's 300 year history and sharing these histories onto Wikipedia and Wikidata from February to June 2026.
- Jewish Staff Network editathon – EM and MH liaising with Dr. Itamar Kastner to prepare, promote and deliver an editathon in collaboration with the Jewish Staff Network for 4th February 2026.
- Wikimedia in the Curriculum: Korean Studies MSc workshop planned for 13 February 2026 this semester.
- Recruitment of Assistant Wikimedian in Residence: Anna Judelson appointed and commenced work on 28 November 2025. Her remit is to help with preparing, promoting and delivering Women in Red editathons and to increase community building and awareness in refreshing our offering to staff and students around the University over the next year and in particular groups and subject areas that have not previously engaged with the residency to date. She has run three Wikipedia workshops so far and prepared a new social media and email communication strategy.
- Recruitment of Digital Heritage and Open Knowledge (Wikimedia) intern: A job description has been written and approved for a student intern to be recruited for 12 weeks full-time this Summern (June 2026) and working with the 70th anniversary of Nursing Studies (and its archive) and 300 years of the Edinburgh Medical School as well as other related & existing Wikidata projects. The advert has been submitted for advertising with interviews planned for March 2026.
- Philosophy and Epistemic Justice - EM and Assistant Wikimedian Anna Judelson have started organising an editathon for 4 March 2026 on 'Philosophy and epistemic justice' aimed for Philosophy Society staff and students.
- Geographical Outreach - EM and Assistant Wikimedian Anna Judelson creating a plan to reach out and attend different geographical parts of the wider University estate to refresh our offering to colleagues and raise awareness of our services.
Upcoming events in 2026
- Jewish Staff Network Wikipedia editathon, 4 February.
- AI-Bridges interview with Dr. Shani Evenstein Sigalov, 6 February.
- Mapping Identities Conference, UHI Perth campus, 10 February.
- Edinburgh Award - Group Research workshop, 11 February.
- Wikidata and Wikibase (1hr) workshop, 18 February.
- Edinburgh Award - Group Research workshop, 25 February.
- Monthly Wikipedia editing workshop, 27th February.
Media
New articles
- Happy 25th Birthday Wikipedia - article on the WiR blog.
- Two more being prepared for the University's Teaching Matters blog following interviews with UoE lecturers working with Wikipedia in the Curriculum, Huw Halstead and Sarah Liu.
New videos and podcasts
- No new videos or podcasts this month.
Wikimedian in Residence – University of Edinburgh Media Hopper channel
- The Wikimedian in Residence channel on Media Hopper now has 437 videos.
1 January 2026 to 31 January 2026
| Number of videos | Impressions | Minutes viewed | Number of plays since 1 January 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 437 | 2,484 | 917 | 240 |
Wikimedian in Residence – YouTube channel
- The Wikimedian in Residence channel on YouTube which has now received over 625,320 views in total of its 153 videos with 2,177 subscribers. These videos have been viewed in 168 countries around the world over the course of the channel's lifetime.
| Number of videos | Views in January 2026 | Hours watched in January 2026 | New subscribers | Total subscribers | Total views | Total number of countries viewing the channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 4,971 | 137.9 | +1 | 2,177 | 625,320 | 168 |
Media uploads to Wikimedia Commons
Press about the residency
- Edinburgh University searches for 'Wikimedians' – Edinburgh Evening News, 8 October 2015.
- University of Edinburgh to employ ‘Wikimedian in Residence’ web editor – The Student Newspaper.org, October 13, 2015.
- The History of Medicine gets mentioned in the ILW Awards 2016
- The OER16 Conference, co-chaired by Melissa Highton and Lorna M. Campbell, won Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year Award
- 'Wikidata and Wikisource Showcase' mentioned on IS News site.
- The Wikimedia Residency, as part of the University Of Edinburgh's Open Education team, won 3rd place in ALT's Learning Technologist of the Year awards.
- Open Education team (including Wikimedia residency) come third in ALT Learning Technologist of the Year awards – story on the IS News site.
- Wikipedia's women problem – Melissa Highton writes for the Dangerous Women project 10th October 2016
- STV News 'Live at Five' covers the Ada Lovelace Day – Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon.
- New College take on Wikipedia edit-a-thon – Women and Religion 2 November 2016.
- Brenda Moon remembered in Wikipedia editathon – article in IS News
- Wikipedia editathon and Mary Stewart – Edinburgh Gothic Sat 12 November.
- Wikipedia editathon at the University of Sheffield's Centre for the History of the Gothic
- Collaborating to built a city of information literacy, a city of Wikipedia – Interview by OEPS Scotland
- #1Lib1Ref at the University of Edinburgh – Blog article by Gavin Willshaw, Digital Curator – 2 February 2017
- Fake News and Wikidata – a roundup of the Wikimedia UK Education Summit
- Host a Wikimedian – You can't afford not to (blog article)
- 'Wikipedia, research and representation – Dr Amy Burge, Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh.
- Mary Susan McIntosh and the Women in Red – Lorna Campbell.
- What do you do with a dead chemist? – Anne-Marie Scott.
- Wikipedia and Writing – Michael Seery, Reader in Education, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
- Language and Politics – my takeaways by Mina Theofilatou.
- How is it almost August? – Lorna Campbell.
- While in Scotland – Käbi Suvi, Wikimedia Estonia.
- Celtic Knot Conference 2017 in Edinburgh – Astrid Carlsen, Wikimedia Norge.
- Wikipedia in the Classroom: developing information literacy, online citizenship and digital research skills – Teaching Matters blog 13 June 2017.
- Congratulations to our Wikimedian of the Year – Wikimedia UK blog 1 August 2017.
- University of Edinburgh journal vol.48 no.1 – Article about the Edinburgh residency on p.25
- Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – celebrating Women in STEM – article on the WiR blog on 1 September 2017.
- Scotland loves monuments – article for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 on the Wir Blog – Friday 8 September 2017.
- Wanderings with a Wikimedian – Blog article by Anne-Marie Scott for Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 – Monday 11 September 2017.
- Mortuary Chapel, Revisited – Anne-Marie Scott's blog September 30 2017.
- Ada Lovelace Day – Professor Elizabeth Slater – Lorna Campbell's blog on October 10 2017.
- Ada Lovelace Day – knitting resources
- Ada Lovelace Day 2017 photos.
- Wikipedia is a very lovely place to be – Anne-Marie Scott's blog.
- The 17th century map of Iceland released by the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Research Collections gets a mention in Creative Commons' influential 'State of the Commons report'.
- Wikipedia has always depended on the kindness of strangers – Outcomes of Ada Lovelace 2017 on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 19 October 2017.
- Wikipedia assignments – getting past the ‘Penguin effect’ and down to the brass tacks of sharing open knowledge – Teaching Matters blog.
- Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – Celebrating women in STEM – Edinburgh University Science Magazine.
- Another Story about Maps – Blogpost by Anne-Marie Scott 27 October 2017.
- Open Tumshies for Halloween – blogpost by Lorna Campbell 31 October 2017.
- Internet Transmitted Infections – I’ve got the SPLOTS – Anne-Marie Scott, 16 November 2017.
- Wikidata in the Classroom on the Wikimedian in Residence blog 22 November 2017.
- Open for all – Mansfield Traquair images hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Blog by Anne-Marie Scott 23 November 2017.
- Take an Equal Bite – Blogpost by Melissa Highton about EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education and the the positive power of wikipedia editathons. 2 December 2017.
- Wikipedia Games / SPLOTPoint – Anne-Marie Scott blog, January 1 2018.
- 2017 Highs, Lows and Losses – Lorna Campbell blog, January 3, 2018
- Wikipedia at 17 – Facts matter. – January 16, 2018.
- Reflections on International Women’s Day 2018 and Wikipedia – A Gude Cause – 8 March 2018.
- New SPLOT Wikidata tutorial – Wikidata Basics.
- Collaborated with John Lubbock at Wikimedia UK to produce Wikimedia UK blogpost: Data on the history of Scottish witch trials added to Wikidata on 9 March 2018.
- Libraries, Literacies & Learning – presentation at SCURL event 23 March 2018
- Digital Transformation and Data — The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh on Medium.com
- Wikimedia resources – how to get started.
- The OER 18 EdTech editathon 'SPLOT' resource.
- Wikimedia at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2018
- Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye – reflection on 12 months by Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
- Wikipedia in Higher Education (co-authored with Jemima John, 4th year Law undergraduate student.
- Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web.
- Tracings (don’t look too closely)
- NEW SPLOT resource created for the Wikidata Workshop at the Digital Day of Ideas.
- NEW 'SPLOT' resource for running a Wikipedia translation workshop created for the Celtic Knot 2018 conference at the National Library of Wales on 5-6 July.
- NEW 'SPLOT' resource for running a Wikipedia 'micro' editathon workshop initially created by the resident and then Academic Support Librarian colleagues tailored & populated the resource for use at the EAHIL conference in Cardiff on 13 July.
- Wikipedia in the Classroom – how students are shaping the open web – Teaching Matters blog
- Case study about the Wikidata in the Classroom project on the Data Science for Design MSc course. Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and shared in Wikidata Status Updates.
- Towards Open-ish? – a hybrid conversation organised as part of the Wikimania conference in Cape Town.
- Languages – blog about whether other language Wikipedias should refer to all places in Scotland by their Gaelic names.
- Newspapers – created a Wikipedia page as part of Mike Caulfield’s Newspapers on Wikipedia project.
- Reflections on CELT Symposium 2018 – includes mention of our Open Content Curation Student Interns and the Wikimedia in the Classroom initiatives.
- The Soul of Liberty: Openness, Equality and Co-creation – transcript of Lorna Campbell's keynote at CELT 2018 – includes Wikipedia in the classroom initiatives and Wikidata projects at the University of Edinburgh.
- Circular Records Hall on Atlas Obscura – one of Lorna's photographs was featured in Atlas Obscura. It was one that she uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as part of the Wiki Loves Monuments competition last year.
- What I did on my holidays – taking pictures for Wiki Loves Monuments.
- Academia and Wikipedia – a presentation at Maynooth University on 18 June 2018.
- Celebrating 100 years of Votes for Women
- Ada Lovelace Day 2018 – nominate Women in STEM heroines.
- Open.Ed – OER and Open Knowledge at the University of Edinburgh.
- Wikidata in the Classroom and the WikiCite project – presentation at Repository Fringe 2018.
- University wins Wikimedia UK’s Partnership of the Year award
- University of Edinburgh wins Wikimedia UK Partnership of the Year Award.
- Open.Ed at RepoFringe18
- Scotland loves Monuments 2018
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2018
- The internet’s favourite website for information.
- How to run a Wikipedia editathon – a workshop for health information professionals at the EAHIL conference – This post was authored by Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh.
- Ada Lovelace Day – 1 month to go!
- Facts and Fallacies: Cultural Representations of Mental Health
- Edinburgh Gothic for Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2018
- Witchy Wikidata – a 6th birthday celebration event for Halloween
- Editing Wikipedia as part of teaching public health? by Felix Stein, by Global Health MSc course leader at the University of Edinburgh.
- JISC Case study:Wikimedia in the curriculum – addressing the challenges of digital and information literacy, digital scholarship and open knowledge at the University of Edinburgh.
- The New Statesman:From Chinese spies to award-winning geologists, we’re making women visible on Wikipedia – co-authored with Siobhan O'Connor, Sara Thomas and Alice White.
- Wikimedian in Residence blog:You can’t be what you can’t see – creating new role models on Wikipedia to encourage the next generation of #ImmodestWomen.
- Article in the Scotsman: Women scientists being whitewashed from Wikipedia – Ewan McAndrew, Siobhan O’Connor, Dr Sara Thomas and Dr Alice White
- Women and Wikipedia….Open Learning and a hobby for life!
- Translation and Open Education – An Experiment using Wikipedia
- Wikipedia in Higher Education: How students are shaping the open web
- Diversifying Wikipedia for the Festival of Creative Learning 2019
- JISC case study – Wikimedia in the curriculum: Addressing the challenges of digital and information literacy, digital scholarship and open knowledge at the University of Edinburgh
- You can’t be what you can’t see: Creating new role models on Wikipedia to encourage the next generation of Immodest Women
- International Women’s Day 2019
- Recruiting a Witchfinder General
- Wikimedia at the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2019
- Balance for Better – recognising notable Edinburgh women
- Balance for Better – Teaching Matters
- Wikimania 2019 – Digital Support Librarian Lauren Smith reports on her first-time attendance at Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Scotland Loves Monuments 2019 – Get involved in Wiki Loves Monuments!
- Learning to become an online editor: the editathon as a learning environment by Allison Littlejohn, Nina Hood, Martin Rehm, Lou McGill, Bart Rienties and Melissa Highton.
- Wikipedia on Olive Schreiner, like it or what? by Professor Liz Stanley.
- Celebrating notable women of Edinburgh
- Wikimedia Women in Red internship
- Four page spread on the Map of Accused Witches Wikidata project in the May/June 2020 publication of History Scotland magazine.
- Shifting Gears and Finding Female Pioneers
- To the Future of Women in Red and Online Diversity
- My first week as a Wikimedia Training Intern – blogpost by Hannah Rothmann
- 4 weeks into my Wikimedia Internship by Hannah Rothmann on the residency blog.
- #WCCWiki Colloquium 2020 by Hannah Rothmann on the residency blog.
- Final reflections on my Wikimedia Training Internship by Hannah Rothmann on the residency blog.
- Scotland Loves Monuments 2020 on the residency blog.
- Wikipedia as Learning Technology: Teaching Knowledge Activism vs Passive Consumption by Hannah Rothmann, Wikimedia Training Intern, for the University of Edinburgh's Teaching Matters blog.
- Introducing Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Clerics, Manuscripts, and Open Data on the Wikimedia UK blog.
- Article on Mapping of Scotland's Accused Witches with Open Data project appeared in an article on the Heritage Fund UK website on 27 October 2020 in the run up to Halloween.
- Editing Wikipedia: Stars, robots and talismans Honours course by Glaire Anderson for the Wikimedia UK blog
- Happy Birthday Wikipedia – guest blog post by Classics undergraduate student, Hannah Rothmann, for Wikipedia's 20th birthday.
- Telling the history of HIV and AIDS activism in Scotland on Wikipedia – WiR blog
- Scotland, Slavery and Black History project – WiR blog
- Those who fought: Representing HIV/AIDS activism on Wikipedia – Blog by Lorna Campbell
- My first week as a Wikisourceror – Guest post by student intern, Erin Boyle
- Open Data and Knowledge Equity – my first week by student intern, Clea Strathmann
- Supporting Open Collections – Guest post by Wikisourceror intern, Erin Boyle
- Wikimedia and the Diversity of Languages online – Guest post by Clea Strathmann
- Chapter 13 in the new Wikipedia and Academic Libraries book on Changing the Way Stories Are Told: Engaging staff and students in improving Wikipedia content about women in Scotland.
- Chapter 18 in the new Wikipedia and Academic Libraries book on Wikisource as a tool for OCR transcription correction: the National Library of Scotland’s response to Covid-19 by University of Edinburgh's Digitisation and Digital Engagement Manager, Gavin Willshaw.
- Teaching Matters Podcast: Wikimedia and Academia
- Teaching Matters Podcast: Wikimedia and Language
- Teaching Matters Podcast: Improving science communication with… Wikipedia?
- Podcast: Wikipedia: Where are the women? (13 minutes)
- Calls for Scotland to pardon witch-hunt victims gather pace – Guardian newspaper
- Down the Rabbit Hole with Wikipedia at the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2022, WiR blog.
- Wikipedia, Student Activism and the Ivory Tower – talk presented at the LILAC Information Literacy Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, 11-13 April 2022.
- Wikipedia and History – podcast series for Teaching Matters.
- Witchfinder General blog: Something wiki’d this way comes!
- Witchfinder General blog: Site Development is underway
- Witchfinder General blog: Some data processing sorcery
- Finding impossible witches – Data Visualisation intern blog by Claire Panella.
- “Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia” – the Edinburgh Award – Wikimedian in Residence blog.
- Recovering Histories – Improving Equality and Diversity Online – Wikimedian in Residence blog.
- Reading up about... Wikipedia – Wikimedian in Residence blog.
- A Witchfinder's quest: ensuring data accuracy and enhancing the website – Witchfinder General blog.
- Weeks 2 and 3: Unravelling anomalies and starting the website transformation – Witchfinder General blog
- From witches to widgets: a Witchfinder intern's update – Witchfinder General blog
- Internship wrap up – Ruby Imrie on the Map of Accused Witches blog.
- Wikipedia in Classics Education by Anna P. Judson, Katharine Shields and Victoria Leonard.
- EduTec Journal paper published – Campbell, L., Highton, M., & McAndrew, E. (2023). Apoyando la práctica educativa abierta: estudios de casos reflexivos de la Universidad de Edimburgo / Supporting open education practice: Reflective case studies from the University of Edinburgh. Edutec. Revista Electrónica De Tecnología Educativa, (85), 9-28. https://doi.org/10.21556/edutec.2023.85.2865
- Some wicked wiki news for Halloween – Wikimedian in Residence blog.
- Ellie Whitehead wrote new article on the Robert Burns Night editathon from 25 January 2024 on the Wikimedian in Residence blog.
- 7 years of Wikipedia and the Translation Studies MSc on the WiR blog
- Wikipedia, Inclusive Practice and Improving Representation Online on the WiR blog
- Edinburgh Award 2023/2024 success on the WiR blog
- Teaching data literacy with real world (witchy) datasets – WiR blog.
- Wikipedia editing for World Music Day 2024 – WiR blog.
- Wikimania 2024: A Conference of Collaboration, Learning and Culture – Witchcraft Visualisation blog by Wikidata Data Visualisation intern, Ruby Imrie.
- Scotland Loves Monuments 2024 – WiR blog.
- Witch Lore and Scottish Castles September Editathon – Ellie Whitehead on the WiR blog.
- Celtic Knot Wikipedia Language Conference – “Strength in Unity” – E. McAndrew on the WiR blog.
- The Final Countdown – Ruby Imrie on the Witchract Visualisation blog.
- Final Reflections on my Wikipedia Journey – Ellie Whitehead on the WiR blog.
- Wikipedia and artificial intelligence - WiR blog.
- Booklet of 21 case studies of Wikimedia in UK education - Open.Ed
- Mapping the Accused Witches of Scotland in place and time (Open Ed blog)
- Preserving Scottish (witchy) heritage - WiR blog written by student intern, Dervla Craig.
- Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia – open for 2025/2026 student participation
- Separating Legend from Legacy: Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland - Dervla Craig on the WiR blog.
- Ten years of Ada Lovelace Day at the University of Edinburgh - WiR blog.
- Happy 25th Birthday Wikipedia - article on the WiR blog.