![Copyright and plagiarism
• except for brief quotations, no copying content from
copyrighted sources onto Wikipedia
• unattributed plagiarism - copied word-for-word without
citation
• cited plagiarism - copied word-for-word but cited - still
not OK!
• close paraphrasing - word order changed slightly - still
not OK!
• can challenge unreferenced statements with a {{fact}}
tag in wikicode -> adds a [citation needed] tag to the
statement](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/trainthetrainers3pdf-200313171929/85/Getting-started-with-Wikipedia-editing-pdf-13-320.jpg)
![Common wiki text
• ‘’’bold’’’ = bold
• [[bold]] = bold
• [[boldness|bold]] = bold (but links to Boldness)
• can get a specific user’s attention by “pinging”
them
• writing {{ping|Username}} on a talk page will
send them a notification
• unless you ping them, they’ll only know if you
address them on their talk page
• cheat sheet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Help:Cheatsheet](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/trainthetrainers3pdf-200313171929/85/Getting-started-with-Wikipedia-editing-pdf-35-320.jpg)
![Other useful things
• redirects
• automatically send people to a page if they search
for something similar (e.g. name including middle
initial; maiden name; alternative spellings)
• particularly important for female scientists who
may have taken on their husband’s name!
• make a new page and write #REDIRECT
[[Target]]
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Redirect](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/trainthetrainers3pdf-200313171929/85/Getting-started-with-Wikipedia-editing-pdf-37-320.jpg)
Getting started with Wikipedia editing pdf
- 1. Want to edit Wikipedia, but don’t know where to start? Here’s guide to helping you do your part!
- 2. Wikipedia has a serious diversity problem • Less than 18% of Wikipedia’s biographical articles are about women I got inspired by the work of Dr. Jess Wade https://www.theguardian.com/education/ 2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia- pages-year-female-scientists-noticed
- 3. Welcome to Wiki World! • what are all these things? Wikipedia is just 1 part of the WikiMedia universe Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons FREE PICTURES!
- 4. online encyclopedia neutral point of view free content respect & civility no firm rules Wikipedia’s 5 Pillars
- 5. 1. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia NOT A SOAPBOX NOT PRIMARY RESEARCH
- 6. 2. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view • describe, don’t debate; keep opinions out •strive for VERIFIABLE ACCURACY - cite reliable, authoritative sources •special caution for articles on living persons •avoid conflict of interest (COI) - no editing articles about yourself or any subject you have a personal, financial, or professional relationship with
- 7. 3. Wikipedia is FREE content •all editors freely license their work to the public •you don’t own what you write •respect copyright laws •don’t plagiarize •try to find free alternatives before borrowing non-free as fair use
- 8. 4. Respect and civility •Wikipedia etiquette •no personal attacks •assume good faith •be welcoming to newcomers •every article has a Talk page where you can interact with the other editors working on it
- 9. 5. No firm rules •but there are policies & guidelines •be bold but not reckless •every past version of a page is saved, so don’t be afraid!
- 10. Verifiability • reliable sources include: • textbooks • literature reviews • books or publications written by experts & published by reliable publishers • do NOT use: • blog posts • biased press materials • CITE - provide a way for others to check its accuracy
- 11. Notability • basic requirement for a topic to have its own article: significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject • significant coverage • at least a couple sources talk specifically about it (doesn’t have to be core focus of book or article, but needs to be more than a passing mention) • reliable sources • secondary sources from reputable publishers (don’t have to be in English or online) • independent of the subject • NOT self-publicity, advertising, self-published material by subject, autobiographies, press releases
- 12. No original research • don’t publish your ideas or conclusions on a topic • summarize what OTHER people have said • only write what you can explicitly verify • example: • write: High levels of fish poison were found in the water in 2002 (source #1). The fish population declined 50% in 2003 (source #2). • NOT: High levels of fish poison in the water led to a 50% decline in the fish population. • UNLESS you have a source you can cite that explicitly draws that conclusion
- 13. Copyright and plagiarism • except for brief quotations, no copying content from copyrighted sources onto Wikipedia • unattributed plagiarism - copied word-for-word without citation • cited plagiarism - copied word-for-word but cited - still not OK! • close paraphrasing - word order changed slightly - still not OK! • can challenge unreferenced statements with a {{fact}} tag in wikicode -> adds a [citation needed] tag to the statement
- 14. Special difficulties for women • less written about them • name changes - speaking of which, you can (and should) create “redirects” from all the versions of the name that someone might search to the main page • great information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Essays/ Primer_for_creating_women%27s_biographies
- 15. Special difficulties for scientists • Often not much is written about them - so not enough proof they’re “notable” • Donna Strickland wasn’t considered “notable” until she won a Nobel Prize - not enough had been written about her beforehand • Check out the notability guidelines for academics to make sure the scientist you want to write about meets them
- 16. Pictures • Wikipedia is very strict/cautious about this! • “Safe” photos to use are those: • in the public domain • created & shared with no restrictions, often by government agencies • works where copyright has expired (published before 1923 in US - varies by country - check!) • licensed with one of these free licenses: • CC BY-SA, CC BY, CC0 • For more information: • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/ Essays/Primer_for_creating_women's_biographies#Photographs • https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/images-and-media/ finding-an-image-on-wikipedia • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia:Ten_things_you_may_not_know_about_images_on_Wikipedi a
- 17. Finding usable pictures • 1st: check Wikimedia Commons • Flickr • 4 kinds of licenses you can potentially upload to the Commons using the Upload Wizard: • Commercial use allowed • Commercial use & mods allowed • U.S. Government works • No known copyright restrictions (potentially…) An institution’s stated terms of use may contradict with the Flickr license…
- 18. Fair use pictures • Fair-Use • you might be able to upload a low resolution picture of a deceased scientist if you can justify how it meets fair-use criteria: • Template and example • More info: • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple_non- free_content_guide • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple_non- free_content_guide • https://www.wikihow.com/Upload-Files-in-Wikipedia • if you can’t find one you can put: {{Image requested|people}} template on the article’s talk page
- 19. Categories • find the most specific subcategory & use it • index of all categories • view category trees Scientists Women scientists Women chemists Women chemists from Sweden for example, you’d add it to this bottom category and it’ll automatically be in those others
- 20. WikiProjects • pages where editors have organized around a particular topic • some keep lists of undeveloped or missing articles • can add an article to a project by putting it’s template on the article’s talk page • Directory • some that might be of interest to you: • WikiProject Women scientists • WikiProject Women in Red • WikiProject Biographies • WikiProject History of Science • WikiProject Molecular and Cell Biology
- 21. Who to write about? • WikiProject Women scientists worklist • WikiProject Women in Red RedList • Article Finder tool • lets you search keywords - can filter results by quality, completeness, & page view per day • WikiProject pages • lists of articles to be worked on • assessment tables
- 22. Need help? Take a tea break! • To search within Wikipedia (not the articles), type Wikipedia: into search bar followed by what you’re looking for • Help directory with links to tons of helpful resources • Reference Desk To find links to places to get help on specific topics • the Teahouse is a great way to get answers to your questions from patient people • WikiEdu has some good tutorials • And you can always search Google
- 23. Let’s take a look
- 24. Types of pages
- 25. Articles
- 26. User pages • every account has a user page • every user page has a talk page • users will be notified if you leave a message for them on their Talk page
- 27. Talk pages • every article has its own talk page • can introduce plans to improve an article, share books or articles you want to use • ask any questions • no Visual Editor option • to add a message, click the “New Section” button • add your comments to the bottom of the page & give the message a title • use a colon to indent your response deeper into the conversation • :, ::. ::: etc. • sign your messages with four tiles ~~~~ to automatically mark it with your username & a timestamp
- 28. History • View history page • list of recent changes & edit summaries • can compare histories between articles
- 29. The sandbox • this is where you can practice before taking a page “live” • it’s not indexed by search engines, but people can still see it if they have the link - so don’t put things on there you wouldn’t want someone to find accidentally • you can create as many sandbox pages as you want by • editing the URL after your username with the name of the new page you want to create (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Username/ sandboxname) • or put this in the search box: User:Yourname/sandboxname • additional sandboxes won’t be automatically linked - you can still find them in your contributions list; might be helpful to add links to them on your user page to find them easily you can find it here
- 30. Watchlists • personal Watchlist to monitor article changes, conversations, & collaborations • can add any page to your Watchlist by clicking the star • adding an article also adds that article’s talk page • can set email preferences to be notified by email
- 31. First things first - create an account
- 32. Editing an existing page
- 33. Visual Editor vs. Source Editing Visual Editor: edit text just as it appears on a Wikipedia page Source editing: see underlying Wikicode, which resembles HTML
- 34. Example • provide a summary • can review before saving changes • click the “minor change box” for small changes (like typos) - this will make a m show up next to the edit in the history
- 35. Common wiki text • ‘’’bold’’’ = bold • [[bold]] = bold • [[boldness|bold]] = bold (but links to Boldness) • can get a specific user’s attention by “pinging” them • writing {{ping|Username}} on a talk page will send them a notification • unless you ping them, they’ll only know if you address them on their talk page • cheat sheet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Help:Cheatsheet
- 36. Creating a new page • to create your first page, you can use the Article Wizard • when you’re done you can submit it for review • if your account is more than 4 days old & you’ve done 10 edits, you can automatically move a page from your sandbox
- 37. Other useful things • redirects • automatically send people to a page if they search for something similar (e.g. name including middle initial; maiden name; alternative spellings) • particularly important for female scientists who may have taken on their husband’s name! • make a new page and write #REDIRECT [[Target]] • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Redirect