The document discusses the role of Wikipedia and wikis in preserving and sharing cultural heritage while engaging communities. It emphasizes key principles such as neutrality, verifiability, and the freedoms associated with using wiki content. Additionally, it addresses challenges within the Wikimedia community, including usability and resource allocation.

1. Wikipedia and the
Cultural Sector
Liam Wyatt, 19 April 2010
IUPUI, Indianapolis

2. Some introduction...

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

4. Charity Software
Chapter Website

6. http://underdogpictures.com/wikidoc/site/trailer.htm
Documentary trailer - “Truth in Numbers”
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7. Lets talk about
Mission Statements...

9. Common theme...
Engaging the community with their culture.
Preserving and sharing that culture.
So how does WP fit
that theme?

11. http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2010/04/09/the-bird-flies-in-denver/

12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPSPA

13. Some key principles...

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

15. “Free”
•
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
http://freedomdefined.org/

16. http://creativecommons.org/

17. “Free x2”
not for profit, volunteer created,
available to use, and re-use.
Imagine if you never had to deal with a licensing org. again!
Gratis Libre

18. If you love something,
set it free.

19. (even if love isn’t always free)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVE_(Sculpture)

20. Not every Wiki is
Wikipedia...

21. Local History
http://mallala.nowandthen.net.au/

22. Community Heritage Wiki
• Bridges the digital divide in a community
• Builds, strengthens and connects networks
• Is extensible, transferrable, storable
• Lets you have your “own space” and
connect it to Wikipedia if you choose

23. Problems and Solutions
(?) in Wikimedia
1. Freedom of panorama v. Permission
2. Biting newbies v. Community
3. Wiki-markup v. Usability
4. Scarce resources v. Measuring ROI

24. 1. Panoramafreiheit
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama
On the other hand... The US is the home of P.D.

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

26. 3. Usability
Before...
http://usability.wikimedia.org/

27. Soon!

28. 4. Measuring quantitatively &
qualitatively
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM

29. Peace, Love & Metadata
liamwyatt@gmail.com
[[user:witty lama]]
@wittylama
www.wittylama.com/blog
Presentation available via my website