Wiki your Science! The videos of the Online Edit-a-thon are now available

VIDEOS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND

What is an Edit-a-thon?

According to Wikipedia's page, "edit-a-thon is an event where editors of online communities such as Wikipedia [...] edit and improve a specific topic or type of content. The events typically include basic editing training for new editors and may be combined with a more general social meetup."

The SEB edit-a-thon, in collaboration with Wikimedia UK, followed this format too. We bring together any SEB member or supporter who would like to join in, provide training on editing or creating Wikipedia pages and/or adding images to Wikimedia Commons, and have a community effort to improve content and imagery.

Our joint aims: 

1. Demystify Wikipedia and encourage more scientists to become new Wikipedians
2. Add and improve pages of biologists from historically marginalised communities to enhance visibility and inclusivity (joining efforts with the Women in Red Project).
3. Increase content and images on experimental biology topics lacking on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, respectively.
4. Utilise our international community to translate existing pages into different languages to make the content more accessible.

Watch now:

• Wiki Your Science with Jess Wade 
   

• Wiki Your Science with Ewan McAndrew 

This event has been organised in collaboration with Wikimedia UK