Uicipeid:Gaelic Wikipedian project/Aithisg 6

Institution	Resident	Period Covered	Date of Report	Full Report
National Library of Scotland	Susan Ross	16 Jan - 28 Feb 2017 (first month of residency)	6 March 2017	1st Month Report - read in full
National Library of Scotland	Susan Ross	1st - 31st March 2017 (second month of residency)	31 March 2017	2nd Month Report - read in full
National Library of Scotland	Susan Ross	1st - 30th April 2017 (third month of residency)	8 May 2017	3rd Month Report - read in full
National Library of Scotland	Susan Ross	1st - 31st May 2017 (fourth month of residency)	2017	4th Month Report - read in full
National Library of Scotland	Susan Ross	1st - 30th June 2017 (fifth month of residency)	2017	5th Month Report - read in full
National Library of Scotland	Susan Ross	1st - 31st July 2017 (sixth month of residency)	31st July 2017	6st Month Report - read in full

Activity

Strategic Goal 1

Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on cultural content

Outcomes

Wikidata infobox

As a result of working with Galder Gonzalez (Basque Wikimedians User Group) and wikipedian Akerbeltz (Uicipeid admin) at the Celtic Knot conference, a biography infobox autogenerated by WikiData was created for Uicipeid (see Teamplaid:Bogsa eachdraidh-bheatha). It has, as of the end of July, been implemented in 416 pages.

Partnerships

Event Planning

1. Stornoway (1 & 3 August)

created sign-up Google Forms for both events
created flyers to circulate advertising
placed ad in Stornoway Gazette

2. Uist (26/7 August)

created event page for Toradh
submitted event details for Toradh programme
arranged with teacher at local high school to meet with teachers to present Uicipeid and discuss possible future projects.

3. Mòd (14-19 October)

Mòd Edit-a-thon 1 (Gaelic Song): Booked Guest speaker Jo MacDonald
finalised and submitted details for Mòd programme

Other

Curated #airanlaseo (on this day) tweets to promote Uicipeid Twitter account (@Uicipeid).

Activities delivered in the past month with stats

none to report

Strategic Goal 2

Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level

Outcomes

1. 6 July 2017 BBC Radio nan Gaidheal

Was interviewed on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal’s morning news show ‘Aithris na Maidne’ about the Celtic Knot conference.

2. 6 July 2017 Celtic Knot

Attended Celtic Knot workshop at the University of Edinburgh

Delivered Scottish Gaelic taster workshop as part of pre-conference event
Delivered presentation on Scottish Gaelic Wikipedian project
Participated on final conference panel

3. 7 July 2017 Wikimedia UK summit

Attended Wikimedia UK wikimedians’ summit at National Library of Scotland

Partnerships

none to report

Activities delivered in the past month with stats

Celtic Knot conference: presentation on Scottish Gaelic Wikipedian project. Attended by around 25-30 participants. Available to view at University of Edinburgh site.

Strategic Goal 3

To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK

Outcomes

none to report

Partnerships

● In discussion to meet with high school teachers at Sgoil Lionacleit, Uist, about using Wikimedia & Uicipeid for education on digital literacy.

Activities delivered in the past month with stats

none to report

Media

Video of Celtic Knot conference presentation