Wikipedia - presentation to Mosman Council

Everything you wanted to know about Wikipedia but were too afraid to ask! Liam Wyatt Mosman Council - 2010

Wiki. What? Wikis in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Why you need to know 1. It has something on everything

Why you need to know 2. It is free (x2), not for proﬁt, volunteer created, available to use, and re-use.

Why you need to know 3. It is a global community

Why you need to know 4. It is happening right now

Why you need to know 5. All the cool kids are doing it

Why you need to 6. It is in every language you’ve never heard of. 7. It is available in many different ways.

http://underdogpictures.com/wikidoc/site/trailer.htm Documentary trailer - “Truth in Numbers”

Demo Anatomy of an article

• Neutral Point of View (NPOV) • Veriﬁability (V) • No Original Research (NOR) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pillars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Wikipedia_is_not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lame

In depth example: [[Sydney Artists’ Camps]] 1. Free-licensing 2. Community 3. Wiki-editing

Origin: Dictionary of Sydney • http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/artists_camps

1. Free-Licenses • 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

2. Community http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEkF5o6KPNI

3. Wiki-editing Demo • “Beta” • Latest usability example: http:// prototype.wikimedia.org/s-6/index.php? title=San_Francisco&action=edit

Thank you. liamwyatt@gmail.com [[user:witty lama]] www.wittylama.com/blog

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