indianapolis - wikipedia and the cultural sector
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Presentation given at IUPUI on 19th April 2010. "Wikipedia and the Cultural Sector" - about some of the problems and advantages that the two communities have in working with each other.TRANSCRIPT
Wiki. What?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLYWikis in Plain English
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http://underdogpictures.com/wikidoc/site/trailer.htm Documentary trailer - “Truth in Numbers”
Common theme...
Engaging the community with their culture.
Preserving and sharing that culture.
So how does WP fit that theme?
http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2010/04/09/the-bird-flies-in-denver/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPSPA
Pillars
• Neutral Point of View (NPOV)
• Verifiability (V)
• No Original Research (NOR)
cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pillars
“Free”
• 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
http://freedomdefined.org/
“Free x2”not for profit, volunteer created,
available to use, and re-use. Imagine if you never had to deal with a licensing org. again!
Gratis Libre
(even if love isn’t always free)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVE_(Sculpture)
Local Historyhttp://mallala.nowandthen.net.au/
• Bridges the digital divide in a community
• Builds, strengthens and connects networks
• Is extensible, transferrable, storable
• Lets you have your “own space” and connect it to Wikipedia if you choose
Community Heritage Wiki
Problems and Solutions (?) in Wikimedia
1. Freedom of panorama v. Permission
2. Biting newbies v. Community
3. Wiki-markup v. Usability
4. Scarce resources v. Measuring ROI
1. Panoramafreiheithttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama
On the other hand... The US is the home of P.D.
2. Communityhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEkF5o6KPNI
3. Usabilityhttp://usability.wikimedia.org/
Before...
4. Measuring quantitatively & qualitatively
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM
Peace, Love & [email protected]
[[user:witty lama]]@wittylama
www.wittylama.com/blog
Presentation available via my website