Wikipedia:University of Sheffield/Events/Gothic edit-a-thon

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About the editathon[edit]

On Saturday 12 November, the Centre for the History of the Gothic (University of Sheffield) in partnership with the University Library presents a Gothic edit-a-thon, in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh and Wikimedia who are running a dual, Robert Louis Stevenson themed Edit-A-Thon in Edinburgh.

Programme[edit]

  • 10.00: Welcome
  • 10.30-11.30: Frances Babbage, ‘Staging Carter’s Gothic’
  • 11.30-12.00: Andy Smith, ‘The Centre for the Gothic’, Peter Barr, ‘Library Resources', Lauren Nixon '(tbc)'
  • 12.00-12.30: Lunch
  • 12.45-5.00: Training and Editing

Trainers[edit]

Delphine Dallison - Delphine has been a Wikimedia UK volunteer since 2013 and became a Wikimedia UK certified trainer in 2014. The training for today's editathon was prepared in collaboration with Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh.

Sheffield focus pages[edit]

The Manual of Style[edit]

Wikipedia has help pages which set out style guidelines for pages being created on certain subject areas. Please have a look at the following pages:

Featured articles[edit]

Some times it is a good idea to see how see how other similar articles have been structured. The following are considered to be of Featured Article quality.

University Library Sources (University of Sheffield)[edit]

As well as the items listed on the Edinburgh Event page, the below resources are available to attendees at the Sheffield event:

University Library Catalogue[edit]

Starplus - Sheffield's Library Catalogue

You can search the items in the University of Sheffield Collection. In the actions tab you can get correct citation information for your references. To access full-text versions of electronic items you will need to be a student or member of staff of the University

† requires a University of Sheffield login for access

Other Reference Sources[edit]

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography†
NCCO - 19th Century Collections†

  • British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture - primary sources related to the arts in the Victorian era
  • European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection - volumes from the Corvey Castle Library collection in English, French and German
  • Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform - church publications, missionary society papers and personal archives
  • Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Parts I and II - includes journals, books, reports and personal documents
  • Women: Transnational Networks - primary sources on gender and class, including European and North American social reform movements

ECCO - 18th Century Collections†
LION - Literature Online†
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
Open Library of Humanities - Open Access arts & humanities journals
White Rose Research Online - Open Access articles and papers from research at the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York

Citation Indexes[edit]

Indexes of academic articles and papers, indicating items that may not be held at Sheffield. Very useful for checking references.

MLA Bibliography†
Humanities Index†
Scopus†
Web of Science†

Newspapers[edit]

Guide to newspaper archives at the University of Sheffield.

Theses[edit]

Proquest Dissertations & Theses†
White Rose E-Theses Online - eTheses submitted to the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York
EThOS - UK University Theses submitted to the British Library eTheses service

Special Collections[edit]

NFA Digital - National Fairground & Circus Archive

  • Images of magicians, circuses, fairgrounds, 19th Century 'Freakshows', Ghost trains and more...


Sheffield Digital Special Collections

  • Beet Lantern Slide Collection - 19th Century magic lantern slides on a number of topics
  • Sorby Collection - architectural photographs of historic English buildings
  • More...


Shareable Images can be found through a Creative Commons search(which includes Google, Flickr & Wikicommons in its search)

Participants - Sign Up Here![edit]

Prior to the event:

  1. RSVP
  2. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
    No? Create a Wikipedia account
    Yes? Go to Step #3
  3. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.
  • Delphine Dallison (talk) 10:37, 12 November 2016 (UTC) I will be delivering the Wikimedia training for the Sheffield Gothic Editathon and I'll be on hand to guide you during the edit session. Drop me a message on my talk page if you have any questions before or after the event.[reply]
  • Maz Going (talk) 12:57, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Edwardx (talk) 13:03, 12 November 2016 (UTC) (contributing remotely from London)[reply]
  • Shefflib (talk) 13:09, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Danny.i.southward (talk) 14:47, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • MissM86 (talk) 14:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Jasmine Sahu 14:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC) The Diamond is the most un-Gothic setting for this wiki-edit-a-thon. Discuss.
  • Littleljn (talk) 15:05, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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