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From ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference Why and How to Create and Edit Articles for Wikipedia Colin Warwick, Product Owner, Agilent Technologies, but this is my personal experience and opinion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Woz2 [email protected] @ColinWarwick Notes on this session are here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Woz2/ProductCamp_B oston_notes This presentation is licensed CC-BY-SA Creative Commons 3.0 - Share Alike - Attribution

Why and how to create and edit articles on Wikipedia

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When there is a Wikipedia article on a topic that you search on, it usually appears as the top result or near it. It's tempting for the passionate professionals here to jump in and contribute but be careful because this might backfire. This talk will help you contribute to Wikipedia successfully.

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  • 1.Why and How to Create and Edit Articles for WikipediaFrom ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferenceColin Warwick, Product Owner, Agilent Technologies, but this is mypersonal experience and opinionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:[email protected]@ColinWarwickNotes on this session are here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Woz2/ProductCamp_Boston_notesThis presentation is licensed CC-BY-SA Creative Commons 3.0 -Share Alike - Attribution

2. Why?From ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference 3. Why? Because Your Customers Are Reading ItFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconferencebut Wikipedia is different from other topuser-generated content sites likeYouTube, Facebook, and Twitter You need adifferent approach Quantcast CompeteSiteUniques/mo. Rankgoogle.com 160,693,511 1facebook.com 154,573,438 2yahoo.com152,335,520 3youtube.com150,702,803 4bing.com 121,796,759 5wikipedia.org 93,065,246 6amazon.com89,851,449 7msn.com 86,391,408 8live.com76,311,162 9ask.com 72,773,201 10 4. Why? Community Writing About Your Company and ProductsFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference1,700 Volumes & Adding 20 Per MonthImage credit: Wikipedia/Tompw CC-BY-SA 5. Why? Your Customers See It When They SearchFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference 6. How Should You React If You Dont Like What Theyre Reading?From ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference 7. How?From ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference 8. You Are Not Interacting With a Data CenterFrom ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferencePhotos of theWikimedia Cluster inthe EQIADdeployment PhotoCredit: WikiMediaCommons/RobHNote: WikiMediaFoundation has 679servers compared toGoogles one million 9. You Are Interacting With Real People Just Like YouFrom ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferenceVideo credit: WikiMedia Foundation CC-BY-SAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Feeling.ogv 10. No Superpowers Just 300 Edits You Can Totally Do ItFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference EditsCumulative WikipediansCumulative Edits 1 4,058,477 100.0% 193,308,312100.0% 3 1,614,93839.8% 189,392,60798.0%10 772,55719.0% 184,566,29095.5%32 300,523 7.4% 176,631,85991.4% 100 121,156 3.0% 166,948,06886.4% 31652,329 1.3% 155,152,12380.3%100023,328 0.6% 139,120,60672.0%3162 9,576 0.2% 115,086,05259.5% 10000 2,975 0.1%78,947,12740.8% 31623 609 0.0%39,467,98020.4%10000062 0.0%11,784,6556.1%316228 8 0.0% 3,991,2972.1%2001 to date, cumulative bottom to topIn addition WikiMedia Foundation has 131 paid staff. Source: Wikipedia 11. Would You Grab the Microphone at a Town Hall Meeting?From ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Sage Ross 12. Neutral Point of View: Think Like an Exo-AnthropologistFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference Artist impression of smallest known exoplanets based on Kepler mission data. Comparison to Earth. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Public domain 13. Conflict of Interest Hinders NeutralityFrom ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferenceMilkshake Anyone?Photo credit:WikiMediaCommons, Flickr, krzyboy2oCC-BY-SA 14. Passionate Experts Are WelcomeFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference 15. Aim of a Neutral, Reliably Sourced Encyclopedia Comes FirstFrom ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferenceGuideline supporting Neutral Point of View principle 16. Primary: Secondary: Subject of article, pressReliable source (JohnTertiary:release, blog, unreviewedWiley, Nature, New York Wikipediapaper Times) 17. MechanicsFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference 18. Account Creation TipsFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference One Login One Real Person Not shared between your department or company Pseudonymous login: e.g. two randomwords PurplePython or something. Fill out (optional) email address field Communication is key Set E-mail me when my user talk page is changed preference 19. Account Creation TipsFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference Dont look like newbie by leaving youruser pages blank (redlinked). At aminimum: Put icon for your primary language on your user page (Babel box). On your talk page, to tell other editors how to communicate with you. (TalkBack template) 20. Editing TipsFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference Collect your reliable sources first Proves notability Learn a bit of Wiki mark up code Especially reference/citation tags Edit existing articles before creating anew one Draft new articles in a sandbox Never attempt to create a new article in-situ 21. Side Benefit: Exposure for Your Remark-able ContentFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference Note: Use {{request edit}} Remark- tag if in doubtable content onyour site(Apologies to HubSpot formashing up their sprocketlogo) 22. Risks and BenefitsFrom ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferenceRisks Public embarrassment if contributions arebiasedBenefits Learn more about topics you think youknew something about Make voice heard in the community Side benefit: Exposure for your remark-able content if worthy 23. Questions? From ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferenceWhose parents came to California after 1930? 7th & 8th graders in Westley, California. Photo credit: Dorothea Lange/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/WikiMedia Commons. Public domain 24. Backup SlidesFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference 25. Neutral Point of View: Think Like a JudgeFrom ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferenceGordon Hewart, 1st ViscountHewart (1870-1943)Photo credit: WikiMediaCommons/Public domain 26. Why? Because Your Customers Are Reading ItFrom ProductCamp Boston, the UnconferenceTotal Annual Expenses: ~$26 bn incl #31 million servers25,000 paid staff~$1.9 bn~$0.018 bn697 servers 131 paid staff ~$0.10 bn1,000 paid staff 27. Created in 2001 By a Bunch of NobodiesFrom ProductCamp Boston, the Unconference