Wikipedia workshops

As part of the Wikipedia workshop, we make our holdings available to new and old Wikipedians.

Participate

Details about the next workshop can be found here.

Help us fill the Wikipedia gaps in our focus areas!

Below are some suggestions for additional and new Wikipedia articles on the topics of the Iron Library and the Corporate Archives of Georg Fischer Ltd. The list is not sorted and – of course – not complete:

Georg Fischer III (1864-1925)
Georg Fischer IV (1890-1966)
Luigi Valadier, bell founder, father of Giuseppe Valadier
Johann Haselberg, mining expert, 16th century, see here
David Kellner (Arzt) (1643–1725), German doctor and natural scientist
Wilhelm von Lindheim (1835–1898), German-Austrian industrialist and railway expert
Carl Reuther (Mannheim) (1846–1908), German manufacturer and company founder (VAG Armaturen)
Curt F. Kollbrunner (1907-1983), Swiss civil engineer
Wilfried Epprecht, geologist
Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut, Darmstadt, see here
Imperial Steel Works, Yawata, Japan, see here

Examples of shorter, but informative Wikipedia articles related to the Iron Library's holdings:

Johann Esaias Silberschlag (1721-1791), theologian and natural scientist
Sven Rinman (1720-1792), mining expert, mineralogist and chemist
Robert Durrer (1890-1978), metallurgist

Wikipedia Workshop "Women as multi-talents"

On May 12, 2022, the Iron Library will host a Wikipedia writing workshop on the biographies and achievements of women in science and technology

Wikipedia GLAM-on-Tour 2019

At the Iron Library's third Wikipedia event, experienced "Wikipedians" spent four days writing about the history of GF.

Wikipedia workshop 2018

Interested new Wikipedians spent a day writing articles on the history of technology, industrial history and monastic history.

Wikipedia workshop 2017

On Swiss Archives Day, Wikimedia Switzerland led an introductory course on creating Wikipedia entries at the Iron Library.