Working well with Wikipedia
Phoebe AyersWikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
UC Davis Libraries
Why?
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of
all knowledge.
Wikimania 2005
[[user:Walkerma]]
Bangalore, 2010
Wikimania, Buenos Aires 2009
Wikimania, Haifa 2011
• Free [to use and reuse]
• Volunteer-written
• Supported by readers
• Everyone can participate
• Neutral, encyclopedic, factual
• No top down editorial control:
• Community curated work
Values
How to cite
Evaluating an article
Becoming an editor
Adding a reference