Hello! Scots Wiki are looking for a volunteer to support the Scots Wiki community.
Read on for more info about the role and how you can apply. Best wishes, Rupal *Volunteer role: Scots Wiki community support* Overall purpose of the role Since 2020, Wikimedia UK has been supporting the Scots Wiki community with a series of editathons / writing drives. We’re currently looking for a new volunteer to help add some capacity in this area of work, as the existing volunteer is stepping down, after five years of greatly-appreciated work. Ideally this person would be a Scots speaker / writer who’s got some Wiki skills, but we’re aware that that’s a small group of people! If you’re a Scots speaker / writer, we’re very happy to teach Wiki skills, and we’re open to exploring how this might work if you’ve got the requisite Wiki skills, and are interested in learning more about the Scots language. We estimate that this role would take around 1-2 hours per week, plus time spent in Zoom sessions (up to now, 2 x 2 hour sessions per writing drive). Writing Drives take place around every 2 months and are currently attended by a small but regular group of editors. You can see the progress we’ve made over the years on the Dashboards here. <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/scots_wiki/programs> You’d be working mainly with Dr Sara Thomas (Programme Manager at Wikimedia UK), and so duties can be divided, but this role would/could involve: - Creating & updating on-wiki event pages like this <https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Julie-August_2025_Writin_Drive> - Deciding on themes - Creating worklists (manually, or using PetScan <https://petscan.wmcloud.org/> or Wikidata) - Using the Event Registration tool to create registration pages like this <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Scots_Wiki_Writin_Drive_Julie_29.07.25> - Updating the project page <https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_The_Big_Wiki_Rewrite> with events & outputs - Creating Event Dashboards <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/> - Advertising the events - On-wiki posts on Commonty Yett / Mercat Cross - Off-wiki locations like Facebook, Discord, and the Scotwiki mailing list - Researching & reaching out to other places in which to advertise - Hosting or co-hosting the regular zoom sessions which form part of the Writing Drives - Wikimedia UK Zoom can be used! - Contributing to / leading on new ideas for events & campaigns What we can offer: As well as training in Wiki-skills should you not already have these, and support and regular contact with the Wikimedia UK team, we are also interested in offering a scholarship to a relevant conference to present about the work and to help support future work. How to apply: Please contact [email protected] outlining your relevant skills and experience, and we’ll set up a chat. -- Rupal Karia (she/her) Outreach and Community Coordinator *My pronouns are she/her and my name is pronounced like this <https://namedrop.io/rupalkaria>* Working hours - Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9-5pm [image: https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/] <https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/> Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. Wikimedia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales No.1144513 and Scotland No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration No. 6741827. Registered Office C/O Wikimedia UK, Level 4, Room 46018, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
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