- 1. Wikipedia Largest Open Content Encyclopediapane rakash Neu P
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2. Introduction Wikipedia is multi-lingual web-based open
knowledge encyclopedia. On which, everyone can write new article
and edit on the existing. Currently it has 30 millions articles.
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched In Jan 15 2001It is available
in 287 languages across the world including 5 Nepali languages i.e.
Nepali, Nepal Bhasa, Bhojpuri, Pali, sanskrit. Has given individual
web address usually beginning with the 2/3 character ISO code of
the language. (e.g. ne.wikipedia.org(); new.wikipedia.org() In
Pipeline Maithili, Tharu, Tamang, Gurung, Limbu, Sherpa, Awadhi,
Lepcha (These are in incubation) 3. Open Content Wikipedia is the
world largest open content repositoryOpen Content According to Open
Definition Any content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse and
redistribute it- Subject only, at most, to the requirement to
attribute and/or sharealike 4. What is Wikipedia?5+ Nepali
languages~12 billion articles read per month6th most popular
website on earth500 million unique visitors; 2 million come from
Nepal 5. Who edits Wikipedia? ProfessorsStudentsEverything on
Wikipedia has been written by people likeyou & me! fessionals
ProAmatures 6. Five Pillars of Wikipedia? Wikipedia is
EncyclopediaWikipedia is written by neutral point of viewWikipedia
is free/open content that anyone can edit, modify and
distributeEditors should treat each other with respectWikipedia
doesn't have any firm rules. 7. How everybody can edit Wiki pages?
Every individual can edit Wikipedia articles or write new
articles.One can edit or write by logging in or without logging
in.If you log-in with your username and password, the record log of
your edit is maintained and the number of your edit goes increasing
after every edit. If you edit without logging in, Wikipedia
maintains logs of your edits by your IP address. The Edit record
can be viewed by clicking in View History ( ) link. 8. Page and
edit log in Wikipedia 9. What to Write about? - In any language
Wikipedia people can write about any useful topic. - You can write
about Plants, Animals, Your place, Celebrities, Your role model,
History, Geography, Economics, Science, Environment, Culture, food
stuff etc. The following are NOT allowed in Wikipedia - Your
autobiography, Opinion, Business promotion. - While writing article
in new topic, you should be sure that there is no other article on
the same or similar subject. - Your topic has importance and worthy
to read. - Your article should tell about why the subject is
important in the first para after the introduction to the topic.
10. Take the following things into consideration Write the subject
clearly. Cite sources (Newspapers, magazine, books, journals etc.)
Categorize the article Respect Copyright Most Materials published
in books, newspapers or online are copyrighted. You cannot copy
Paste in Wikipedia. You should re-write the paragraphs and should
quote the source where youve taken it. 11. Why do people edit
Wikipedia? Love to share knowledgeLoveLove to preserve &
celebrate their language & cultureLove for a subject areaLove
to write Love to collaborate 12. Whats in it for you?Improve your
writing skillsImprove your critical thinkingLean how to
collaborateGet global audiencePreserve your language &
cultureImprove your research skills Note: All images have been
taken from Wikimedia Commons 13. Thank You! PraPase Na upenP h
PwwPpraPasena upencPP omPnp hWe are here to help you out Wikimedia
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