wikipedia - presentation to mosman council
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http://refdesk.mosmanlibraryblogs.com/article/120/liam-wyatt-at-mosman-libraryTRANSCRIPT
Everything you wanted to know about Wikipedia but
were too afraid to ask!
Liam Wyatt
Mosman Council - 2010
Wiki. What?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLYWikis in Plain English
Why you need to know1. It has something on everything
Why you need to know2. It is free (x2), not for profit, volunteer created, available to use, and re-use.
Why you need to know3. It is a global community
Why you need to know4. It is happening right now
Why you need to know5. All the cool kids are doing it
Why you need to
6. It is in every language you’ve never heard of.
7. It is available in many different ways.
http://underdogpictures.com/wikidoc/site/trailer.htm Documentary trailer - “Truth in Numbers”
Demo
Anatomy of an article
• Neutral Point of View (NPOV)
• Verifiability (V)
• No Original Research (NOR)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pillars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Wikipedia_is_not
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lame
[[Sydney Artists’ Camps]]
In depth example:
1. Free-licensing
2. Community
3. Wiki-editing
Origin: Dictionary of Sydney
• http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/artists_camps
1. Free-Licenses
• the freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it • the freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge
acquired from it • the freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole
or in part, of the information or expression • the freedom to make changes and improvements, and
to distribute derivative works
2. Communityhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEkF5o6KPNI
3. Wiki-editing
• “Beta”
• Latest usability example: http://prototype.wikimedia.org/s-6/index.php?title=San_Francisco&action=edit
Demo