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

Phoebe Ayers

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

UC Davis Libraries

payers@wikimedia.org