Presentation given to NSW KM Forum by Angela Beesley on wikis, Wikia & Wikipedia. Part of Online Comunities Feb 2009

1. Wiki communities Angela Beesley Starling NSW KM Forum Sydney 2009

5. Not just an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is a huge global community Wikimedia Conference 2007, Taipei.

7. Why do we want more editors? “ article quality is indeed correlated with both number of edits and number of distinct editors. ” HP Labs 2007

8. Learning wiki syntax is a barrier to participation

9. Make it as easy as you possibly can answers.wikia.com answers.wikia.com

10. Transparency increases trust

11. Dispute resolution

12. Encourage new members

14. Imagine a world in which every person can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Wikipedia’s Vision