Wikipedia writing workshop by the Image Archive
Join the Image Archive’s very first Wikipedia writing workshop! It will take place online on Saturday, 15 May 2021, and the topic will be ETH portraits.
Your dissertation supervisor doesn’t have a Wikipedia entry yet? The article about your favourite professor could be improved? Would you like to learn from experienced Wikipedia contributors how to write and edit articles? And would you also like to gain an insight into the Image Archive of the ETH Library?
Writing biographical articles and exchanging knowledge with others
Wikipedian external page Hadiand the Image Archive are jointly offering a writing workshop on the topic of ETH portraits. The meet-up will give experienced Wikipedians an opportunity to meet institutions from the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives and museums), while newcomers to Wikipedia learn how to edit and write articles. There will also be plenty of time for casual exchange.
Programme on Saturday, 15 May 2021
- from 09.45: Logging in, trying out the possibilities with Zoom
- 10.00: Welcome, presentation of the Image Archive and the project on articles and photos of ETH professors: external page WikiProject ETH Portraits. Subsequently division into two online rooms: 1) experienced Wikipedians and 2) introduction to editing for newcomers
- 12.00: Exchange for interested participants
- 13.00: Exchange for interested participants
- 14.00: Exchange for interested participants
- 15.00: Exchange for interested participants
- 16.30 (at the latest): Joint review and conclusion
Become a Wikipedian!
Would you enjoy writing biographical articles about the ETH professors for Wikipedia or adding images to existing articles? We have plenty of image material and writing resources for you.
Up to 30 participants may join the event. We look forward to receiving your registration by email to: .
Good to know: For programme details, see the external page Wikipedia page.
WikiProject ETH Portraits
“Is your Wikipedia article still missing a portrait? The ETH Library’s Image Archive team would be happy to help!” With this slogan, we hope to encourage professors of ETH Zurich to submit their portrait photos. The goal of the external page WikiProject ETH Portraits is to add as many images as possible to Wikipedia articles and write any articles that may be missing.
We have been able to identify around 2,000 historical, retired and active professors. There are 1,340 Wikipedia articles about them in German, English and French. Around 900 portrait photos are already available in external page Wikimedia Commons. They can be added to the corresponding Wikipedia articles.
Are you keen to prepare in advance? For inspiration, you can look at the external page Wikipedia tutorial and the external page Video tutorial by “Frauen für Wikipedia” (SRF).
You can also create your external page Wikipedia user account in advance if you do not already have one.
