Wikipedia:GLAM/ICE

A public 'editathon' event was held at the Institution of Civil Engineers headquarters in London on 19 July 2013.

The intention was to improve articles on engineering and engineers, using the ICE's extensive and historic archives. Training and support for people new to editing Wikipedia and its sister projects was available, using the venue's Wi-Fi. Refreshments and lunch were provided.

Venue

Institution of Civil Engineers
One Great George Street
Westminster
London
SW1P 3AA

Programme

10-10.30 Arrival; coffee.
10.30: Welcome & housekeeping
10:45: GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)-Wiki (Talk by GLAM-wiki presenter Andy Mabbett on and how the event will work)
11:00: ICE (Talk by ICE staff on highlights of its archives)
11.30 Coffee
11.50 Backstage tours (attendees in small groups are taken on tours of the building, library, archives, etc)
13.00 Lunch & networking
13.45 Editing. (during which, small group can be taken back to the archives/ round the building, for photography & scanning of documents)
15.00 Tea served as people work
16.30 Wrap up & thank-yous
16:45 End

Articles

Requested

To expand

John Scott Russell

Other tasks

For each winner of each ICE medal, ensure that the award is mentioned in their article, with citation and a link to the article about the medal.

Created

People

Alan Cockshaw
James Forrest (engineer) (Article created by sprocketonline)
Charles Manby (sprocketonline)
Alastair Craig Paterson (sprocketonline)
Geoffrey Binnie (Paul W)
Paul Jowitt (Paul W - reinstating some work done by Editorcj that was subsequently deleted for copyright reasons)
Jean Venables (Hajimi)
Thomas Yeoman (Chris55)

Organisations

British Dam Society (started Paul W)
British Geotechnical Association (started Paul W)
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (started Paul W)
British Hydrological Society (started Paul W)

Other

James Alfred Ewing Medal (incomplete, but other medal lists would be useful too (Chris55)

Improved

...

Images

77 images by Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing) uploaded to Commons:Category:ICE editathon - 19 July 2013 (sub category of Commons:Category:Institution of Civil Engineers and Commons:Category:One Great George Street)

Templates

{{WikiProject Civil engineering}} - goes on talk pages

For biographies

{{Infobox person}} using {{Infobox engineering career}} as a module. See Peter Hansford for example.
Succession boxes for presidents; see Jean Venables for example.
{{WikiProject banner shell|blp=yes}} or {{WikiProject banner shell|blp=no}} and {{WikiProject Biography}} - goes on talk pages

For organisations

{{Infobox organisation}}

Interested editors

Note: You may indicate your participation (remote or actual) here, but please don't forget to sign up with the ICE if you wish to attend the event.

Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs) (convening)
Paul_W (talk · contribs)
Sprocketonline (talk · contribs)
Nonameatall (talk · contribs). My interest is in the Municipal engineering page. - Four years ago, this was a small article, I expanded it into a longer piece following consultation with the Secretary General of IFME (International Federation of Municipal Engineering). Since then Robert Huxford and I have added bits and pieces on an an occasional basis. I'd like to add a link to this year's Smeaton Lecture on James Newlands, the first Borough Engineer.
Chris55 (talk · contribs)
Sizer (talk · contribs)
PaulGordon1979 (talk · contribs)
Neilglover (talk · contribs)
Editorcj (talk · contribs)
Tonysidcup (talk · contribs)
Hajimi (talk · contribs)

Apologies

Dumelow (talk · contribs). ~~I'd love to come down and take a look around but I will have to rearrange a few things and would probably be able to come just for the morning.~~ Unfortunately I am not going to be able to make it. However, as an ICE member and Wikipedia editor with an interest in historical engineering, I would love to attend any similar future events (would be easier for me with a bit more notice). Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 14:47, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Rstory (talk · contribs). Thank-you for the invitation, but I am not able to make it this time round.
Apologies. Not this time. Have a successful day. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 14:15, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Sorry I couldn't make it - clashed with a hospital appointment. Will catch up now by seeing what I can do with those red links. Andrew Davidson (talk) 10:28, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Useful resources

Wikipedia:Introduction
Wikipedia:Your first article
Wikipedia:Cheatsheet (Cheatsheet also available as a PDF)
Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual for your PC or e-reader