editing wikipedia: why you should and how you can support your users
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Slides for a talk on "Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users" to be given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis at the CILIP Wales 2014 conference in Cardiff on 15 May 2014. See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/ and http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/top-wikipedia-tips-for-librarians/TRANSCRIPT
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Presentation by Brian Kelly, UKOLN on 25 October 2012 for an Open Access Week event at the University of Exeter
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Talk by Brian Kelly, Cetis on 15 May 2014 at the CILIP Wales conference
Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support
Your Users
Event hashtag: #cilipw14
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Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support
Your UsersBrian KellyInnovation AdvocateCetisUniversity of BoltonBolton, UK
Contact DetailsEmail: [email protected]: @briankellyCetis Web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/Blog: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/
Slides and further information available athttp://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/
Event hashtag: #cilipw14
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About MeBrian Kelly:
• Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton
• Was UK Web Focus at UKOLN, University of Bath• Prolific blogger (1,250+ posts since Nov 2006)• User of various devices to support professional
activities (Open Educational Practices)Involvement in Wikipedia and Wikimedia UK:
• Created first article in 2004• Involved in Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thons
since 2013• Accredited Wikipedia trainer• Regard Wikipedia as an example of an Open
Educational Practice
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About YouWho has:
• Has a Wikipedia account?• Has edited Wikipedia
articles?Who would:
• Like to create an account?
• Create a user profile?• Perhaps even update an
article?Feel free to do this during this talk!
Can this figure be updated?
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About YouWho has:
• Has a Wikipedia account?• Has edited Wikipedia
articles?Who would:
• Like to create an account?
• Create a user profile?• Perhaps even update an
article?Feel free to do this during this talk!
Click here from any Wikipedia page
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Is Wikipedia Relevant?Who has:
• Used Wikipedia?• Spotted errors in Wikipedia?• Updated Wikipedia?
Wikipedia in the library - the elephant in the (reading) room? Nancy Graham and Andrew Gray, LILAC 2014
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Is Wikipedia Relevant?Who has:
• Used Wikipedia?• Spotted errors in Wikipedia?• Updated Wikipedia?
Wikipedia in the library - the elephant in the (reading) room? Nancy Graham and Andrew Gray, LILAC 2014
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Why Wikipedia is ImportantFrom Wikimedia UK
https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach
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Top Tips
No. 1: Understand why Wikipedia is important to librarians
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Eduwiki (UK) 2013Eduwiki conference:
• Held in Cardiff on 1-2 Dec 2013
• Second EduWiki UK conference
Covered:• Welsh language issues• Case studies from higher
education and schools• Broader considerations
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Two Case Studies Summary of two case studies presented at EduWiki 2013:
• Safe Use of Wikipedia in the Transition from School to University, Lisa Anderson and Nancy Graham, University of Birmingham (now Roehampton)
• Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages, Humphrey Southall, University of Portsmouth
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Outreach work by University of Birmingham Library
• Demonstrate information literacy approaches to school pupils
• Students surprised that Wikipedia was shown
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Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
This was the assignment (see “Telling the stories of rural England with Wikipedia” )
Humphrey Southall at EduWiki conference
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Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
Notice how Neutral Point of View principle was addressed
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Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
Example of article chosen for updating by student
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Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
Article after updating
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Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
Students learn about researching and citations
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Top Tips
No. 2: Understand how Wikipedia is being used in education
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Wikipedia Behind the Article
Who has looked at the information about a Wikipedia article?
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Wikipedia Behind the Article
We can see the history of the development of an article (contributors, update dates; …)
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Top Tips
No. 3: Gain a better understanding of the Wikipedia service
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Be Willing to Update Wikipedia Articles
You:• Spot an error in a
Wikipedia article
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Be Willing to Update Wikipedia Articles
You:• Spot an error in a
Wikipedia article• Identify an area for
improvement
As an information professional wouldn’t you wish to ensure that such information is accurate? (Especially if this can be done in minutes!)
Will need updating in 2014
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Top Tips
No. 4: Be willing to update Wikipedia articles
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Why You Should Have a Wikipedia Account
Using a Wikipedia account to edit articles is recommended:
• Openness• Record of
contributionsAbility to:
• Create new articles
• Join in discussions
• Have customised preferences
• …
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Creating an Account Feel feel to:
• Go to a Wikipedia pageand click Create Account
• Then complete the form
A: New users
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Did you do it in less than a minute?
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Top Tips
No. 5: Create a Wikipedia account
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Create a User Profile
Nancy Graham’s user profile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msnancygraham
User: msnancygraham
Use search box as a quick way to find user profiles
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Create a User Profile
Nancy Graham’s user profile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msnancygraham
User: msnancygraham
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Today’s Goal : Create a User Profile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lawsonstu
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Top Tips
No. 6: Create a Wikipedia profile
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Be Ethical! Quality of Wikipedia articles is provided by volunteer effortPlease do not:
• Introduce errors to see how soon they are corrected
[[Swansea city centre|central Swansea]]
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Outreach work by Uni of Birmingham Library
• Demonstrate information literacy approaches to school pupils
• Surprise that Wikipedia was shown
Discussion: “Live edit a Wikipedia entry – highlight how quickly edits are corrected”But should pages be ‘vandalised’ in order to demonstrate how the community fixes such vandalism?Highlighted need to address best practices for those who teach use of Wikipedia.
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Top Tips
No. 7: Be ethical
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Content Can Change!Changes to the Jalalpur, Bihar arty=icle
Minor edit made
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Content Can Change!Changes to the Jalalpur, Bihar arty=icle
This article was proposed for deletion by Lfstevens on 2 May 2014 with the comment:unnotable, uncited stubIt was contested by Necrothesp on 7 May 2014 with the comment:deprod; all settlements are considered to be notable; cleaned up
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Top Tips
No. 8: Be prepared for your contributions to be changed
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The Five PillarsFundamental principles by which the Wikimedia community operates...Wikipedia:
1. is an encyclopedia2. is written from a neutral point of view3. is free content that anyone can
edit / use/ modify / share4. editors should respect each other5. does not have any firm rules
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Key Principles for Content (1)No original researchAll research must come from published sources e.g.
• Peer-reviewed journals • Peer-reviewed books• University-level textbooks• Magazines, journals and books published by
respected publishing houses• Mainstream newspapers
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Key Principles for Content (2)Neutral Point of ViewContent should be provided from a neutral point of view:
• If your viewpoint is in the majority, then it should be easy to substantiate it with reference to commonly accepted reference texts;
• If your viewpoint is held by a significant minority, then it should be easy to name prominent adherents;
• If your viewpoint is held by an extremely small minority, then — whether it's true or not, whether you can prove it or not — it doesn't belong in Wikipedia, except perhaps in some ancillary article.
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Top Tips
No. 9: Understand the Wikipedia principles
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Supporting Others
About a training course – see http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/lilac-2014-getting-to-grips-with-wikipedia/
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Supporting OthersApproaches to the following aspects:
• Registration• Creating a Wikipedia profile• Editing existing articles• Creating new articles• What can go wrong?• Conforming with Wikipedia principles• Useful resources• Question time and discussion
Structure of a one-hour hands-on session
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Structure of WorkshopStructure of hour-long session:
• About the session• Creating an account: 1 slide.
Now login and do it! (not needed for some, so some moved on to next part, creating or editing user profile based on existing profiles)
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Basic editing
Change examples to relevant profiles (e.g. for sessions for librarians)
See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111
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Structure of WorkshopStructure of hour-long session:
• About the session • Creating an account• Creating a user profile: 4 slides
Now create a profile using plain text
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See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111
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Structure of WorkshopStructure of hour-long session
• About the session • Creating an account• Creating a user profile• Wikimedia syntax
(formatting, headings and links): 1 slideNow improve your profile; feel free to reuse ideas for profiles we’ve shown. Slide left on screen during exercise.
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Basic editing
See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111
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Structure of WorkshopStructure of hour-long session
• About the session • Creating an account• Creating a user profile• Wikimedia syntax (formatting,
headings and links)• Next steps (adding metadata and
finding pages to be improved): 4 slides
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See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111
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Top Tips
No. 10: Support others (and feel free to reuse existing materials)
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Don’t Forget WicipediaDon’t Forget Wicipedia Cymraeg (the Welsh Wicipedia): http://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defnyddiwr:Llywelyn2000
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Learning from OthersExample of contributors to Wikipedia Wales
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Top Tips
No. 11: Don’t forget Wicipedia!
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Conclusions 1. Understand why Wikipedia is important to
librarians2. Understand how Wikipedia is being used3. Gain a better understanding of the Wikipedia
service4. Be willing to update Wikipedia articles5. Create a Wikipedia account6. Create a Wikipedia profile7. Be ethical8. Be prepared for your contributions to be changed9. Understand the Wikipedia principles10.Support others (and feel free to reuse existing
materials) 11.Don’t forget Wicipedia!
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Questions?Any questions, comments, …?
Continue the discussion: blog post about this presentation linked in http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/
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