Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users
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This document is a presentation by Brian Kelly from Cetis on editing Wikipedia and supporting users. The presentation provides 11 top tips for librarians on Wikipedia, including understanding why it is important, being willing to update articles, creating an account and profile, understanding principles, and supporting others. It also discusses case studies on Wikipedia use in education and outlines the structure of a workshop to train others on editing Wikipedia.
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Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users
- 1. Presentation by Brian Kelly, UKOLN on 25 October 2012 for an Open Access Week event at the University of Exeter 1 Talk by Brian Kelly, Cetis on 15 May 2014 at the CILIP Wales 2014 conference: Making a Difference: Libraries and Their Communities Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users Event hashtag: #cilipw14
- 2. Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users Brian Kelly Innovation Advocate Cetis University of Bolton Bolton, UK Contact Details Email: ukwebfocus@gmail.com Twitter: @briankelly Cetis Web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/ Blog: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/ Slides and further information available at http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/ Event hashtag: #cilipw14
- 3. About Me Brian Kelly: • Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton • Was UK Web Focus at UKOLN, University of Bath (1996-2013) • Prolific blogger (1,290+ posts since Nov 2006) Involvement in Wikipedia and Wikimedia UK: • Created first article in 2004 • Involved in Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thons since 2013 • Accredited Wikipedia trainer Introduction 3
- 4. 4 4 You are free to: copy, share, adapt, or re-mix; photograph, film, or broadcast; blog, live-blog, or post video of this presentation provided that: You attribute the work to its author and respect the rights and licences associated with its components. Idea from Cameron Neylon Slide Concept by Cameron Neylon, who has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights. This slide only CCZero. Social Media Icons adapted with permission from originals by Christopher Ross. Original images are available under GPL at: http://www.thisismyurl.com/free-downloads/15-free-speech-bubble-icons-for-popular-websites Source cited!
- 5. About You Who 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! 5 Can this figure be updated?
- 6. About You Who 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! 6 Click here from any Wikipedia page
- 7. Is Wikipedia Relevant? Who has: • Used Wikipedia? • Spotted errors in Wikipedia? • Updated Wikipedia? 7 Wikipedia in the library - the elephant in the (reading) room? Nancy Graham and Andrew Gray, LILAC 2014
- 8. Is Wikipedia Relevant? Who has: • Used Wikipedia? • Spotted errors in Wikipedia? • Updated Wikipedia? 8 Wikipedia in the library - the elephant in the (reading) room? Nancy Graham and Andrew Gray, LILAC 2014
- 9. Why Wikipedia is Important From Wikimedia UK https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach
- 10. Top Tips No. 1: Understand why Wikipedia is important to librarians 10
- 11. Eduwiki (UK) 2013 Eduwiki 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 11
- 12. 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 12 EduWiki2013
- 13. Outreach work by University of Birmingham Library • Demonstrate information literacy approaches to school pupils • Students surprised that Wikipedia was shown 13
- 14. 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” ) 14 Humphrey Southall at EduWiki conference EduWiki2013
- 15. Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages 15 Notice how: • Neutral Point of View principle was addressed • Students introduced to concept of citations EduWiki2013
- 16. Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages Example of article chosen for updating by student 16 EduWiki2013
- 17. Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages Article after updating 17 EduWiki2013
- 18. Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages Students learn about researching and citations 18 EduWiki2013
- 19. Wikimania 2014 Wikimania 2014 will be held in London in August 2014 19 Wikimania 2014, annual international conference, London 8-10 August 2014.
- 20. Top Tips No. 2: Understand how Wikipedia is being used in education 20
- 21. Wikipedia Behind the Article Who has looked at the information about a Wikipedia article? 21
- 22. Wikipedia Behind the Article We can see the history of the development of an article (contributors, update dates; …) 22
- 23. Top Tips No. 3: Gain a better understanding of the Wikipedia service 23
- 24. Beyond Consumption of Wikipedia You: • Spot an error in a Wikipedia article 24
- 25. Be Willing to Update Wikipedia Articles You: • Spot an error in a Wikipedia article • Identify an area for improvement 25 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
- 26. Top Tips No. 4: Be willing to update Wikipedia articles 26
- 27. Why You Should Have a Wikipedia Account Using a Wikipedia account to edit articles is recommended: • Openness • Record of contributions Ability to: • Create new articles • Join in discussions • Have customised preferences • … 27
- 28. Creating an Account Feel feel to: • Go to a Wikipedia page and click Create Account • Then complete the form A: New users 28 Did you do it in less than a minute?
- 29. Top Tips No. 5: Create a Wikipedia account 29
- 30. Create a User Profile Nancy Graham’s user profile 30 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msnancygraham User: msnancygraham Use search box as a quick way to find user profiles
- 31. Create a User Profile Nancy Graham’s user profile 31 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msnancygraham User: msnancygraham
- 32. Today’s Goal : Create a User Profile http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/User:Lawsonstu 32
- 33. Categories 33 [[Category:Wikipedian librarians]] Add this to bottom of your user profile to be included {{Userboxtop}} {{template:User librarian}} {{Userboxbottom}} Add this to top of your user profile to display a badge
- 34. Top Tips No. 6: Create a Wikipedia profile 34
- 35. Be Ethical! Quality of Wikipedia articles is provided by volunteer effort Please do not: • Introduce errors to see how soon they are corrected 35 [[Swansea city centre|central Swansea]]
- 36. Outreach work by Uni of Birmingham Library • Demonstrate information literacy approaches to school pupils • Surprise that Wikipedia was shown 36 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.
- 37. Top Tips No. 7: Be ethical 37
- 38. Content Can Change! Changes to the Jalalpur, Bihar arty=icle 38Minor edit made (to check processes for new editors)
- 39. Content Can Change! Changes to the Jalalpur, Bihar arty=icle 39 This article was proposed for deletion by Lfstevens on 2 May 2014 with the comment: unnotable, uncited stub It was contested by Necrothesp on 7 May 2014 with the comment: all settlements are considered to be notable; cleaned up
- 40. Top Tips No. 8: Be prepared for your contributions to be changed (but be willing to get involved in discussions on Talk page) 40
- 41. The Five Pillars Fundamental principles by which the Wikimedia community operates... Wikipedia: 1. is an encyclopedia 2. is written from a neutral point of view 3. is free content that anyone can edit / use/ modify / share 4. editors should respect each other 5. does not have any firm rules 41
- 42. Key Principles for Content (1) No original research All 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 42
- 43. Key Principles for Content (2) Neutral Point of View Content 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. 43
- 44. Top Tips No. 9: Understand the Wikipedia principles 44
- 45. Supporting Others About a training course – see http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/lilac-2014-getting-to-grips-with-wikipedia/ 45
- 46. Supporting Others Approaches 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 46 Structure of a one-hour hands-on session
- 47. Structure of Workshop Structure 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) 47 BasicEditing Case study 1: Basic editing Change examples to relevant profiles (e.g. for sessions for librarians) See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111
- 48. Structure of Workshop Structure of hour-long session: • About the session • Creating an account • Creating a user profile: 4 slides Now create a profile using plain text 48 BasicEditing See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111
- 49. Structure of Workshop Structure of hour-long session • About the session • Creating an account • Creating a user profile • Wikimedia syntax (formatting, headings and links): 1 slide Now improve your profile; feel free to reuse ideas for profiles we’ve shown. Slide left on screen during exercise. 49 BasicEditing See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111
- 50. Structure of Workshop Structure 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 50 BasicEditing See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111
- 51. Top Tips No. 10: Support others (and feel free to reuse existing materials) 51
- 52. Don’t Forget Wicipedia Don’t Forget Wicipedia Cymraeg (the Welsh Wicipedia): http://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defnyddiwr:Llywelyn2000 52
- 53. Learning from Others Example of contributors to Wikipedia Wales 53
- 54. Top Tips No. 11: Don’t forget Wicipedia! 54
- 55. The Top 10 (+ 1 bonus) Tips 1. Understand why Wikipedia is important to librarians 2. Understand how Wikipedia is being used 3. Gain a better understanding of the Wikipedia service 4. Be willing to update Wikipedia articles 5. Create a Wikipedia account 6. Create a Wikipedia profile 7. Be ethical 8. Be prepared for your contributions to be changed 9. Understand the Wikipedia principles 10.Support others (and feel free to reuse existing materials) 11.Don’t forget Wicipedia!
- 56. ANY QUESTIONS? Cartoon 56 Continue the discussion: see the blog post about this presentation: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/top-wikipedia-tips-for-librarians
- 57. Questions? Any questions, comments, …? 57 Continue the discussion: see the blog post about this presentation: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/top-wikipedia-tips-for-librarians
- 58. This presentation, “Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users” by Brian Kelly, Cetis is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence Note the licence covers most of the text in this presentation. Quotations may have other licence conditions. Images may have other licence conditions. Where possible links are provided to the source of images so that licence conditions can be found. 58 Slides and further information available at http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/ Licence and Additional Resources