Bannatyne Wikithon
Try your hand at creating and editing Wikipedia entries about the Bannatyne manuscript, an important 16th-century collection of Older Scots verse
As part of the Leverhulme-funded project ‘Digitising the Bannatyne MS (c. 1568)’ you are invited to join a unique Wikipedia edit-a-thon, in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland and the University of Saskatchewan.
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 2
Time: 8–11:45 am (CST Saskatchewan time)
Location: Online
To participate in this event, contact lucy.hinnie@usask.ca
No previous Wikipedia experience is necessary: this is a friendly, open and welcoming environment to try your hand at some editing!
The Bannatyne manuscript (NLS Adv. 1.1.6) is the single most important collection of Older Scots verse. Compiled in the 1560s by George Bannatyne, a young Edinburgh burgess, the collection is distinguished by its unique division by genre into sections on theology, morality, comedy, love and animal fables. Produced during the volatile climate of Mary’s reign, the manuscript offers insights into religious and social values in its selections and censorship. It is also an artefact of an Edinburgh in which the plague ran rife and citizens were forced into self-isolation.
This event aims to create, edit and curate entries relating to the manuscript, its contents, the people associated with the poems, and the historical and social context of 16th century Scotland. Sources and suggestions will be made available on the day, but you are welcome to come with your own ideas. We are particularly interested in articles and research pertaining to the role of women at this time.
A provisional schedule is shared below. If you cannot make the event in its entirety but are keen to attend, please let us know and we can do our best to make accommodations!
Provisional Schedule
8:00 – Introduction and Bannatyne MS overview
8:20 – Guide to editing Wikipedia
9:15 – Coffee break
9:30 – Article writing/editing
10:30 – Check in
10:45 – Article writing/editing
11:30 – Article publishing
11:45 – Final reflections and wrap up
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