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Week 8 – The Temporal Data Behind the Sorcery – Witchfinder General – Data Visualisation Internship

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/witchcraft_visualisation/the-temporal-data-behind-the-sorcery/

31 Jul 2019: The next step if time allowed, would be to link the accused witches to the people that were associated with their trial to be able to visualise the geographical links between ... I think that there could be a trend between different locations having

Weeks 9 and 10 – Sweeping the Cobwebs(ite) – Witchfinder General – Data Visualisation Internship

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/witchcraft_visualisation/weeks-9-and-10-cleaning-the-cobwebsite/

12 Aug 2022: I finished processing the witches ’ meeting places and what went down in these meetings, as well as the calendar customs that were mentioned in the witchcraft investigations. ... This was the working example he sent us, and I used this example to try my

Image extraction | Wikimedian in Residence | Information Services

https://information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia/wikisource/using-wikisource-with-library-and-university-colle/image-extraction

25 Nov 2025: Advice for texts containing images.

Decolonising the Curriculum with Wikipedia | Wikimedian in Residence | Information Services

https://information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia/wikimedia-and-equality-diversity-and-inclusion/decolonising-curriculum-wikipedia

25 Nov 2025: How to support decolonisation in open knowledge and education using Wikipedia.

Scanning texts | Wikimedian in Residence | Information Services

https://information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia/wikisource/using-wikisource-with-library-and-university-colle/scanning-texts

25 Nov 2025: The material on Wikisource should ideally be proofread from a scan of the original, physical text: a book, magazine, newspaper, etc. The first step in this process is therefore scanning and digitising the text in the first place.

Week 11 – Charming Data Errors on Wikidata – Witchfinder General – Data Visualisation Internship

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/witchcraft_visualisation/week-11-charming-data-errors-on-wikidata/

23 Aug 2019: Within the database some of the accused witches had multiple trials and each trial has its own item on Wikidata. ... Some of the accused witches have case start and end dates while others just have a start date.

What types of texts can be hosted on Wikisource? | Wikimedian in Residence | Information Services

https://information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia/wikisource/what-types-of-texts-can-be-hosted-on-wikisource

25 Nov 2025: Wikisource is a free content library of source texts, as well as translations of source texts in any language. Only certain types of texts are allowed to be hosted on Wikisource.

Week 5 – The Magic of Map Making Has Begun – Witchfinder General – Data Visualisation Internship

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/witchcraft_visualisation/week-5-the-magic-of-map-making-has-began/

12 Jul 2019: As a result of this upload there is now a wealth of geographical information about the accused witches . ... This is the first time that this amount of geographical information has been located for the accused Scottish witches !

Summer 2023 Internship Round Up – Information Services Group: Student Employee Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/isintern/2023/12/12/summer-2023-internship-round-up/

12 Dec 2023: Over the summer Ruby worked on a map of accused witches , updating the information on the website, and fixing bugs, to make the website ready for release.

Podcast: Improving science communication with… Wikipedia? (19 minutes) – Teaching Matters

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/teaching-matters/podcast-improving-science-wikipedia/

10 Feb 2022: Latterly, he has completed an Information Management degree, hosted the ‘Celtic Knot’ minority language Wikipedia conference, and launched the Map of Accused Witches of Scotland website.