Wikipedia:Meetup/Sheffield 1

Saturday, 22 November 2014, 10:00 AM - 16:30 PM

Owen 744, City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University.

See the [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Sheffield+Hallam+University+-+City+Campus/@53.37842,-1.465612,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x37add1086f57be4f Google map] for the location.

For people unable to attend in person a live stream of the speakers and a chat room will be available through a [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm3wUpXNpHW_gzrmySxcw0w YouTube live stream].

This event is organised by Dr M. H. Beals, Senior Lecturer in History at Sheffield Hallam University, who may be contacted with any queries.

• 10:00, Arrival, coffee and username creation
• 10:45, Welcome
• 11:00, Introduction to editing Wikipedia
• 11:30, Guided editing exercises
• 12:00, Why Are Some Authors forgotten? Remembering Yorkshire Writers Phyllis Bentley, Thomas Armstrong and Lettice Cooper
• 12:30, Who Are the Men Behind the Headlines? Remembering Yorkshire Newspaper Editors
• 13:00, Lunch
• 14:00, Editing time
• 16:30, Wrap-up and Survey

The edit-a-thon will offer a selection of prepared projects for attendees to work on:

1. Create and/or expand articles pertaining to books and authors in the Readerships and Literary Cultures 1900-1950 collection
2. Create and/or expand articles pertaining to newspapers and editors in the wider Yorkshire region

Please place a {{Check mark}} next an article to indicate that edits were made; the mark does not mean that all the suggested work for that article was completed.

Inheritance by Phyllis Bentley

The Crowthers of Bankdam (book) by Thomas Armstrong

• Thomas Armstrong, author of The Crowthers of Bankdam (book) {{Check mark}}

• Original Illuminated Clock Almanack

• William Hill, Founding editor of the Northern Star

• Lettice Cooper{{Check mark}}
• Phyllis Bentley{{Check mark}}
• John Hartley (poet)

• Northern Star{{Check mark}}
• Sheffield Telegraph
• Sheffield Iris

• Joseph Burgess
• Joseph Barker

Wifi access will be provided to participants who bring their own laptops to the event (recommended). Internet access will also be provided via university PCs at the event.

• [https://archive.org/ Archive.org]

The following Sheffield Hallam University subscription databases will be available to those onsite:

• [http://www.jstor.org/ JSTOR]
• [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/newspdigproj/database/ 19th Century British Library Newspaper Database]
• [https://www.dawsonera.com/ Dawsonera Ebook Collection]

• [http://shura.shu.ac.uk/4075/1/phdthesisfinalversion16nov2011.pdf Daly, Michael From Sheffield to Raleigh: A Radical Publishing Network in the Age of Revolution (2011, PhD Thesis)]
• [http://shu.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwbV3LSkMxEA3iFwhW70a66Eq4kmTymKzF4l4Fd2GSm6xKKfj_0Jm-bhXXmQyEwHnAcEYpsC96_IMJQTeDzbfKCgIosOhnbDZUwPra3WGdyhxjcI2F6zt107b36mv99vn6Pp4WBIzVJkHXBN2QiBAruWkFidW-MyWm6h1pimzWG0XqDit6miKgTuR676g7AMFC3bLJbo9q2REgFoDkyLoyWURmXgIJm0_Ftzio1SV6IZ---Sd_yE4768K36K6Q0A_q-cxueXeMi8jHOar4X_FCWGAuxODFbuCgng6zkdctZGA7M1tHfq3hm78L5oOHM6PkabPJYkjEBBizBwbcbLs Dave, Russell. 'Province, Metropolis, and the Literary Carerr of Phyllis Bently in the 1930' The Historical Journal 51:3 (2008) (SHU Log-in Required)]
• [https://archive.org/details/newspaperpressi01grangoog Grant, James The newspaper press: its origin, progress and present position (1871)]
• [http://www.academia.edu/187659/When_the_provincial_press_was_the_national_press_c.1836-1900_ Hobbs, Andrew. 'When the Provincial Press was the National Press (c.1836-c1900)' Journal of Regional and Local Studies 5:1 (2009)]
• [http://shu.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwjV27bsMwDBS6dynQNN46pKMLkbT1mIME6dqms6DnFAQF4gD5_FLOo2mmbB5omwIE3h0kHoUgfJftTU1QMoPJfY7MIMgrJv1cm8EHwj6Wbhyn8mdjcFXgl0_iIW-fxfdysZ6v2tN8gDYyUOnWUoeoiwky9RaDDiHnYEoqNmOw0hvyWEqkTiZiXPRMNYA0eGYAOXneyxPx6Os98u0w9pulqXiNEVinFU4xEyslVjOlKMUvRZ2tCaYRcIYv93P0g3D_eLRxiAbqdMd6X4yUdodGvJzLvEubTT1B6kGzloBGvNXmk_3u8i10O3TSEelqdW47K91wGBoxvYljYVHJC3BCs2vAvAQcnWygEr4KSZz3PWHzkzF4bYjnv6qRr9-9ULf6-Prkp1_Xc5IA Roberts, Matthew. 'Constructing a Tory world‐view: popular politics and the Conservative press in late‐Victorian Leeds' Historical Research 79:203 (2006) ]
• [http://shu.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwjV27agMxEFzSpwk4-IpACqe8oPfpamOTD0hqob2VSmM4Gfz52b04iXHlfiRVmh2J2VkAa95Vf8MJQRUdiy8TKwibA4t-5mad0Ro_VbeMU_mPMbgi-P0TPJTDCr72u8_tR3-ZD9AfWRbbfqDRK0QfpoH3sy6i1zmqWl2ooTrjYqFcMx_HMoViRWJ571xVkmHlWec8w2MWH_mhLf1mtIZXwkiDEVOABG9pjTgQEirMGHkddfDyS9kpo_xGTG0W_WyX4uo7eJN2ktOcjj9pEcmk2SSVotyUUebfhdTOrYP1Dc6G0Ulan-1gc10C_wDyfBHHp0TKK4Hpe2DbS9S3tLi3b8EtdIk Roberts, Matthew. 'Election cartoons and political communication in Victorian England' Cultural and Social History 10:3 (2013) (SHU Log-in Required)]

[http://www.middlebrow-network.com/SpecialCollection.aspx Readerships and Literary Cultures 1900-1950 Special Collection]

• Help:Cheatsheet - quick guide to Wiki markup
• [http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ambassadors_Orientation_Resources:_Editing Editing - The Basics] has .pdf handouts and videos
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training Wikipedia Training], Includes a one-hour training for newcomers, and more extensive pages for teachers and Waikipedia Ambassadors
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial Wikipedia Tutorial] is a hands-on approach that walks you through various aspects of Wikipedia editing

Please register for the event at [http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fortitude-and-frailityreading-the-human-condition-tickets-12508353823?aff=eac2 Eventbrite]

• Mhbeals (talk) 12:55, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
• theclajw (talk) 09:15, 06 November 2015 (UTC)
• Drericabrown (talk) 10:53, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
• Waterloovillez23 (talk) 10:54, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
• PatHadley (talk) 14:01, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
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• Peace1967 (talk) 10:55, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

• Andrew Hobbs (talk) 11:35, 12 November 2014‎
• Limbsaw ^~talk~ 23:48, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
• Sam Walton (talk) 14:18, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
• Shreyakalra (talk) 09:19, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Users who are unable to attend in person can view our morning speakers and chat with us and each other using the [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm3wUpXNpHW_gzrmySxcw0w YouTube stream] created for the event.

Coaches stop at Sheffield Interchange, next to our City Campus. Visit the [http://www.nationalexpress.com/home.aspx National Express] website to see timetables and book tickets.

Sheffield train station is opposite our main City Campus. Visit [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ National Rail Enquiries] for times and fares, or call 08457 48 49 50.

If you're using satnav, our campus address and postcode is 'City Campus – Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB'

Visit the AA website for the latest [http://www.theaa.com/traffic-news/index.jsp travel information] and to [http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp?database=B plan your journey].

There is limited on-street pay and display parking on Arundel Street. We have discounted parking rates with the NCP car park on Arundel Gate and the ACPOA car park on Eyre Street. [http://www.shu.ac.uk/university/visit/find-us/car-parking.html Find out more about parking].

At the end of the edit-a-thon, participants will be asked to complete a brief, anonymous survey about the event (link forthcoming). The results of the survey will be summarized here as a part of the post-edit-a-thon report to assist future edit-a-thon planners.Category:Wikipedia meetups in 2014

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