User:Whistlaw/Jan 28 Editathon

Welcome to the Medieval Women Edit-a-thon, 28th January 2015, which was arranged by the College of Arts & Humanities and the AHRC-funded 'Women Negotiating the Boundaries of Justice' project
and held at Swansea University.

Swansea University undergraduate and postgraduate students and university staff participated in the editathon, as did experienced Wikipedians. The event was held in the University Library at Singleton campus.

There was also a team from the James Lydon research centre at Trinity College Dublin participating in the editathon remotely and updating the pages of notable women of medieval Ireland.

Maria working hard on a new article in Greek: Κάθριν Φιτζεραλντ, Κόμισσα Ντέσμοντ (Katherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond).

Swansea University 1st Editathon; January 2015

Theme

The purpose of the day was to help to raise the profile of medieval and early modern women on wikipedia. Many notable women only appear in the articles of their husbands, fathers, or other male family members; they deserve coverage in their own right. On the day, Edit-a-thon editors created pages for medieval women who do not yet have their own wikipedia articles (full list of articles created below) and enhancing existing pages by adding relevant information, citations, or links (list of edited articles below). There was a particular focus on Welsh and Irish women, but some participants improved or created pages for interesting or important English medieval women.

Participants

In Swansea

Llywelyn2000 (talk · contribs) 14:47, 27 November 2014 (UTC) - Robin Owain - Presenting a few wiki-skills, tips and advise.
srbswansea (talk · contribs) - Sparky Booker - Women negotiating the boundaries of justice, Swansea University
Whistlaw (talk · contribs) - Deborah Youngs - Women negotiating the boundaries of justice, Swansea University
Ajwswansea (talk · contribs) 08:26, 10 December 2014 (UTC) Alison Williams Swansea University
Ham II (talk · contribs) 14:23, 8 January 2015 (UTC) – Marc Haynes – Accredited wiki skills trainer and graduate in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies!
jason.nlw (talk · contribs) - Jason Evans, Wikipedian in Residence at The National Library of Wales
Gscswansea (talk · contribs) 11:25, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
samsheep (talk · contribs) - Sam Oakley - Research Librarian, Swansea University
RickTurner62 (talk · contribs) 11:25, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
LaurelinT (talk · contribs)
LucyScan (talk · contribs) Lucy Scanlon - Swansea University
A+HSubLib (talk · contribs) 11:25, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Bethan581994 (talk · contribs)
Gemmalmond (talk · contribs) 11:26, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Chris Paul Clark (talk · contribs) 11:27, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
David Smitherman (talk · contribs) 11:27, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Kimingram (talk · contribs) 11:28, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Biebrach (talk · contribs) 11:28, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Minklet (talk · contribs) 11:29, 28 January 2015 (UTC) - Mike Mantin, Research Fellow, Swansea University
morrisrebekah (talk · contribs) - Rebekah Morris, Swansea University

From Dublin

thegreatearl (talk · contribs) - Caoimhe Whelan - Trinity College Dublin
Stina523 (talk · contribs) – Christina Wade - Gendered symbolism in Viking burial in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin
Blackmaryted (talk · contribs) 17:13, 20 January 2015 (UTC) - Martha Dalton - Trinity College, Dublin
Notairesenchae (talk · contribs) – Cherie N. Peters - Peasants and commoners in early medieval Ireland, Trinity College Dublin

Remotely from...

A day late and a dollar short (please drop me a line next time, a few days in advance): Drmies (talk) 16:18, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Further information

Our Project

This event was run as part of an exciting new AHRC-funded project which explores women's access to justice in various parts of Britain and Ireland between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries. Researchers from Swansea University, Cardiff University, and Glasgow University are collaborating to discover the ways in which women participated in the legal process. Check out more at: 'Women Negotiating the Boundaries of Justice: Britain and Ireland c.1100-c.1750. Contact the project at [email protected] or on Twitter @womenhistlaw

Photos from the day

[Us hard at work!]

The Swansea editathon team editing
More editing
Translating articles into Greek
The Dublin team editing
Editathon homepage
David and Kim working on Marie de St Pol's article
The remaining few, left after 6 hours of editing!
New Editor Lucy Scanlon
New Editor Kim Ingram
Marc Haynes (left), ex Wikipedian in Residence at Coleg and Jason Evans, Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales
Lucy, who edited Elizabeth de Burgh's article
Maria, our Greek-language expert
Sparky Booker, Women and law project RA
Sparky smiling and editing 'Jane Dee'

Pages created and modified

New pages

Κάθριν Φιτζεραλντ, Κόμισσα Ντέσμοντ (Katherine Fitzgerald, Countess of Desmond in Greek)
Gwen daughter of Ellis
Alis Wen (Welsh) and Alis Wen (English)
Senana ferch Caradog
Jane Dee

Edited pages

Minor edits / pages (or 'practice runs'!)

Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Swansea Museum
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, Princess of Wales
List of Welsh-language poets (6th century to c. 1600)
Swansea University
Burray
Wiesel Commission |(New article)
All the Things She Said

A direct outcome...

As a direct outcome of the editathon the Egypt Centre (Museum of Egyptian Antiquities) has agreed to upload over 5,000 images onto Commons on a CC-BY-SA licence.