wikipedia - presentation to mosman council

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

Thank you.

liamwyatt@gmail.com[[user:witty lama]]

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