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== Have you created or collected surveys for your program implementations? ==
[[Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Overview#Program_Leader|Program leaders]] have been inquiring about survey design since the creation of the [[Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Overview#Program_Evaluation_and_Design_Team|Program Evaluation and Design team]] here at the Wikimedia Foundation.
**** I had to do some digging, but I found [[:Commons:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill/Manhattan%27s_junk]]. That was a lesson learned! Should undelete the photos to get it complete again ;-)
**** I think after that Wiki Loves Art was done (too in New York). We used that model in 2009 to do [[:Commons:Commons:Wiki Loves Art Netherlands|Wiki Loves Art Netherlands]]. [[User:Multichill|Multichill]] ([[User talk:Multichill|talk]]) 22:59, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
== When was the first edit-a-thon? ==
Hi everyone. I'm doing some research to document the history of programs, like edit-a-thons, for the Program Evaluation & Design teams [[Programs:Evaluation portal/Boiler room/Forge/Data report outline|data report]]. I want to give some background about programs. First, I'm starting with edit-a-thons.
:When did the first edit-a-thon take place? (and any documentation about it if possible) - and it doesn't have to be an event that used the title "edit-a-thon". It can be any type of event where people got together to edit Wikipedia in the same room.
Now, we might not get the *exact* first edit-a-thon, but, having an idea about when the first one(s) took place and by who would be great. Thanks for your input :) [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 18:40, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
*The earliest use of the term I can find is the British Library event in [https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Editathon,_British_Library/January_2011 January 2011] (perhaps Mike Peel remembers where he got the term?). There were certainly events before this, but they didn't seem to use the term. [[User:Andrew Gray|Andrew Gray]] ([[User talk:Andrew Gray|talk]]) 18:51, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
** Hi Sarah. The first "editathon" (at least, under that name that I'm aware of) was the one that I organised at the British Library in January 2011. The list of early editathons at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon#List_of_edit-a-thons] should be reasonably complete.
*: I think me and [[User:Tango|Thomas Dalton]] invented the concept and the name, although we were originally envisaging it as a 24-hour editing session rather than the shorter time periods that turned out to be more practical. Unless anyone knows of any prior art here?
*: Thanks. [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] ([[User talk:Mike Peel|talk]]) 18:53, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
This is great! Thanks guys. I'd also love information on when the community believes (or knows that) the first event when people got in a room together and edited Wikipedia in a somewhat (ha!) organized fashion. [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 18:56, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
:That I don't know, but I think there's decent odds it will have been in Germany or the Netherlands ;-). [[User:Andrew Gray|Andrew Gray]] ([[User talk:Andrew Gray|talk]]) 19:10, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
::Though not called an editathon at the time, the [[:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:GLAM/British Museum/Hoxne challenge|Hoxne Hoard challenge]] (June 2010) fits the criteria. Oddly enough, not on the page Mike linked to. [[User:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|Richard Nevell (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|talk]]) 20:23, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
:::Yes, the first I know of was the one Liam organised in June 2010 at the British Museum. I can't remember if he called it an editathon, at the time it was called the Hoxne Challenge. But in hindsight I would describe it as an editathon.
[[File:Editing Hoxne Hoard at the British Museum.ogv|right|thumb|I still have that Orange shirt and use the same netbook. Today's editathons look very similar, though we've learned to spread over more articles than to try and focus that many people on one. Also some of us are showing our age and not moving around so quickly. [[User:WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]] ([[User talk:WereSpielChequers|talk]]) 23:09, 16 October 2013 (UTC)]]
:::One curious thing, I checked a couple of months ago and the ten Wikimedians who were involved were all still active three years on. I'm not sure that's enough to prove the theory that GLAM is the solution to our editor retention problem.. But it certainly gives a hint that it could be.
:::Oh and the original idea of GLAM as a route to improve quality on Wikipedia? Well Hoxne hoard is a featured article in both English and French. [[User:WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]] ([[User talk:WereSpielChequers|talk]]) 23:09, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
::::The other curious thing is how many people in that room have gone on to be either trustees or staff of Wikimedia UK.... :-) [[User:The Land|Chris Keating (The Land)]] ([[User talk:The Land|talk]]) 17:24, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Are you looking only for the earliest or the earliest in various countries as well? [[User:Thelmadatter|Thelmadatter]] ([[User talk:Thelmadatter|talk]]) 19:10, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
:Hi Leigh. Ideally it'd be the "first ever". I'm happy to collect information on various countries, but I can't promise it will make it in this specific data report. [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 19:15, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
::first meetup [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/DC1 Meetup/DC1] May 7-8, 2005, was a photo treasure hunt, not "editathon" [[User:Slowking4|Slowking4]] ([[User talk:Slowking4|talk]]) 19:21, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
::first meetup NYC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December_2004 NYC/Dec 2004] quiz, photo sharing [[User:Slowking4|Slowking4]] ([[User talk:Slowking4|talk]]) 19:29, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
:::Thanks Slow. I'm primarily focused on edit-a-thons this second but this helpful too. We can always start a new thread as needed, or section. [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 19:42, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
:In 2007, we Esperanto Wikipedians did something like an "edit-a-thon" (I dislike the word) in Antwerp, Belgium. [[User:Ziko|Ziko]] ([[User talk:Ziko|talk]]) 20:07, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
::@[[User:Ziko|Ziko]], is there any documentation of this online? (Even in Esperanto?) Thanks! [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 22:56, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
:::Hi Sarah and others; Just letting you all know that we had a proper live edit marathon in Bangalore, India in November 2010. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore21 Link] ----[[User:Rsrikanth05|Rsrikanth05]] ([[User talk:Rsrikanth05|talk]]) 11:21, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
While it wasn't branded as an 'edit-a-thon', I would suggest that the first attempt at doing a bit of editing, on site at a GLAM institution in collaboration with staff was at the [[w:Powerhouse Museum]] in April 2009. This was part of the first ever "Backstage Pass" event that I coordinated and was the first GLAMWIKI event in the world (as far as I know). It was documented in their blog here: http://www.freshandnew.org/2009/04/working-with-wikipedia-backstage-pass-at-the-powerhouse-museum/ and the wiki project page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/Powerhouse_Museum_2009-03-13 [[User:Wittylama|Wittylama]] ([[User talk:Wittylama|talk]]) 13:58, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
:I guess one of the other earliest official GLAM workshops/minieditathons was at New York Public Library in July 2009, which included what at the time we called the [[w:User talk:DGG/NYPL|'Recent deaths articles' experiment]].--[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 19:51, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
if i´m getting the definition of "editathon" right, the first one in de.wp was [[:de:Wikipedia:Artikelmarathon]], which started in august 2007 for the first time, and since then takes place two times a year. --[[User:Kulac|Kulac]] ([[User talk:Kulac|talk]]) 18:46, 17 October 2013 (UTC) PS: it´s just writing articles on any topic, not a GLAM related editathon.
as steven walling pointed out, such efforts predate wikipedia, and predate wiki. some english names are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_bee bee], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_work communal work], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_raising barn raising], in german it might be [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachbarschaftshilfe nachbarschaftshilfe]. e.g. a wanted page cleanup barn raising effort [http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/BarnRaisingNominations was done april 2001 at meatballs]. somebody seemed able to create some new names for a century old concept :) --[[User:ThurnerRupert|ThurnerRupert]] ([[User talk:ThurnerRupert|talk]]) 00:09, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
::Thanks. I don't have any documentation here on meta from Steven, but I did see he said something on one of the many mailing lists. I'm not retaining mailing list comments, only meta comments for transparency and community involvement. Anyway, I'm also only focusing on Wikipedia related group editing events, as I only have about 400 words or less to document the idea. Thanks for sharing some more historical things, I actually did quite a bit of research into barn raising and communal work for an exhibition I did quite a while back! [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 16:59, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
The [[en:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academy]] events, the first one in June 2006, are another candidate. They include(d) both talks about Wikipedia, and editing sessions/workshops. They are/were (not sure if they still happen) mainly aimed at introducing Wikipedia to academics and researchers, and to encourage them to become editors. --[[User:Delirium|Delirium]] ([[User talk:Delirium|talk]]) 15:21, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
*If the definition is «event when people got in a room together and edited Wikipedia in a somewhat (ha!) organized fashion», all the first [[w:it:Wikipedia:Raduni#2004|Italian meetups in 2004]] probably fit, according to what Frieda says about them (I think this was already documented in some previous Meta or outreachwiki "survey" on the topic, but I can't find it). [[w:it:Wikipedia:Incontro di Pescara--20, 21, 22 agosto 2004]] is the first which explicitly mentions "hands on" features and new editors recruitment (part of a broader hacker event). --[[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 06:39, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
*:That event looks more like a workshop - lectures and then a hands on experience at editing. Thanks for sharing it! [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 17:34, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
*::Nothing in there suggests there was anything like a workshop: they had a booth. If you want something else, please clarify the definition. --[[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 09:39, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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