Wikipedia - an introduction
jan@aina.li
2016-10-05, Visby, Sweden
Originally presented at Tech Meetup Gotland.
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Table of Contents
About this presentation
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About Wikimedia
Wait, wasn't he supposed to talk about Wikipedia?
Wikimedia Foundation
Volunteers
Chapters
Other organisations
Readers
Projects
Donors
Massive mega chart of doom
Basics
Five pillars
- Wikipedia is an encyclopedia
- Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view
- Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute
- Editors should treat each other with respect and civility
- Wikipedia has no firm rules
Sources and verifiability
The essence of Wikipedia
How to edit
Live test!
Random article
Backup: Gotland
You said what?
Why does it work?
Traceability
Instant feedback
Asynchronous non-personal discussion
Tools, tools, tools
What does that mean for us?
⚠ Conflict of interest
Write about your field
Guides
Notability
So, what else can we do?
Media
Upload your media files.
Data
Data donation,
if you have open data,
or if you haven an authoritative database.
Re-use content
Re-use software
MediaWiki
and contribute back.
And now what?
Meetups
Further questions?
If you have questions later,
reach me at @Jan_Ainali
Credits
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