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S OSIZE OF WIKIPEDIATop Largest Websites
>500 000 0001. Google 2. Facebook3 Y t b
>500,000,000 Monthly Views
3. Youtube4. Yahoo!5. Baidu 6th Largest Site6. Wikipedia7. Windows Live!8 QQ
6 Largest Site
8. QQ9. Amazon10. LinkedIn
89,000 Active Editors
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Top Largest Websites1. Google 2. Facebook3 Y t b3. Youtube4. Yahoo!5. Baidu No user 6. Wikipedia7. Windows Live!8 QQ
surveillance8. QQ9. Amazon10. LinkedIn
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“Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our
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Completecommitment.”
Library or Wikipedia?
FreeFree
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Question Catalog Search Stacks
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Question Web Search Wikipedia
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Question Web Search WikipediaLibrary• Digital• Physical
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Question Web Search WikipediaLibrary• Digital• Physical
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It’s not contentious that research should end at the sources.
The open question is how to Who’s linking?
p qcreate the links between Wikipedia and Libraries. What needs
li ki ?linking?
Where to link?
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Direct Editing• Institutions have edited
Wiki di h i i l Direct Editing
Editathons
Wikipedia on their own special collections.
• Editathons bring Wikipediansto the sources Editathons
Workshops
to the sources.• Workshops train new editors
on how to create edit Wikipedia Workshops
Bots
Wikipedia.• Bots (robots) are software
that automatically edit Wikipedia. Bots
Media Donation
p• Media Donations are bulk
uploads of media to the commons.
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(Ro)bots are software that can Scalableedit Wikipedia at huge scale.
For instance: VIAFbot[1] Useful for data integration projects
For instance: VIAFbot[1].Advantages: Hugely scalable if
the problem can be solved algorithmically
Must be approved by community
algorithmically. Disadvantages: Requires very
specific data focus and skills.
Requires programming skills
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe
dia:VIAF
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Gi d iIndividual librarians are also in need on
Wikipedia Give advice on references
Wikipedia.
Reliable sources noticeboard is a discussion forum on assessing the quality of sources[1].
Improve articles
quality of sources[1].“Category:Unreferenced” is a list of
articles lacking sourcing entirely[2].The Teahouse is a new, friendly approach
to peer support on Wikipedia[3]. Improve articlesp pp p [ ][1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sour
ces/Noticeboard
Grow an inside perspective
[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_lackin
g_sources[3]
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VIAF – the Virtual InternationalA th it Fil i t hiAuthority File – is a matching algorithm for over 20 national name authority files.
In VIAF’s algorithmic matching
An aggregating authority file
In VIAF s algorithmic matching process it uses Wikipedia as to help disambiguate creators.
When a successful match is found Uses and links to Wiki di d tand Wikipedia is used, VIAF
links to the Wikipedia article it used.
This VIAF >Wikipedia link could be
Wikipedia data
W ld b l bl ifThis VIAF->Wikipedia link could be reciprocated on Wikipedia, making it part of a web of services.
Would be valuable if Wikipedia reciprocated links
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VIAFbot proposes to edit 260,000 articles.G tti l l j t 260 000 ti l t ditGetting approval on large projects on Wikipedia is difficult because there is
no central office.Instead you must find community
consensus.
260,000 articles to edit
Requires Approvalconsensus.
Phases: • Village Pump (discussion)
Requires Approval
No office to call• Request for Comment (officious)• Bot Approval Group (review)
We’re close to doing it [1]
No office to call
Must find community consensusWe re close to doing it [1].
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Auth
ority_control_integration_proposal
consensus
>30,000 community members
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What is authority control in Wikipedia?
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