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Wikimedia for Librarians
Scottish Government Library - Monday 5th December 2016
Wikimedia Foundation
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
That’s our commitment.
“Our mission: to help people and organisations create and preserve open knowledge and to provide easy access for all.” - Wikimedia UK Mission
Custodians of cultural heritage - outreach & education - preservation & dissemination of knowledge - community & culture
Not just Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons - the free media repository
reliable metadata
Link to the catalogue
Wikisource - the free library
Wikidata - the central store for the structured data of
Wikimedia sister projects
How do these 3 fit in with Wikipedia?
More than meets the eye★ Quality & ratings scale★ Vandalism picked up quickly★ Wikipedia is more accurate than
you think★ Study by Nature in 2005, found Wiki
nearly as accurate as Britannica (2.92 errors per article comp to 3.86 on Wikipedia.)
★ Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2010 found Wiki as accurate as Physician Data Query.
★ Ease of editing reflects ongoing debate
Wiki has a gender problem
Pillars of Wikipedia
An encyclopediaNeutral point of viewFree content that anyone can use, reuse or distributeRespect & civilityNo firm rules
By Thermos (Thermos) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
Topics should meet Wiki’s standard of
notability
Avoid conflict of interest (maintain neutrality)
No personal interpretation (aka “no
original research”)
Wikipedia:Verifiability
“...anyone using the encyclopedia can check that the information comes from a reliable source.”
What’s a reliable source?If available, academic and peer-reviewed publications are usually the most reliable sources.Other reliable sources includeuniversity-level textbooksbooks published by respected publishing housesmagazinesjournalsmainstream newspapers
Wikipedia:QuotationsMust be used with care, not overusedMust be properly attributedShould not stray into personal interpretation
Standards of notability(Wikipedia:Notability)
Wikimedia & Open Education
Open Education & Open Culture
By Spillerjzy (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
What are the benefits of
OER in teaching & learning?
Collaborative learning - co-curation & co-creation
Public outreach
Accelerating research outcomes
Starting point, not an end point
Use of databases, understanding sourcing, data visualisation
Professional development
The Wiki-Detective Challenge
★ Find today’s featured article, & its talk page
★ Find the list of contributions★ Add the page to your watchlist★ In which other languages is it
written?★ In which categories does it fall?
Create your user page!
#1lib1refhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref
Let’s talk about markup
Just a little bit...
[[wikilink]]
[external link]
{{template}}
‘’Italic’’
‘’’Bold’’’
==Big heading==
: indent
~~~~ to sign a talkpage
Prepare your article in your sandbox
Search for the article name
Click “Create”
Copy & paste…
Add {{new user article}} to the talk page
Benoit Rochon [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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