Enhancing your online presence with social mediaAnne Osterrieder
How can scientists use social media to enhance their online profile? Becoming pro-active and increasing your visibility is essential for your career development. Social media is a very useful tool to help you to get your name out there and to extend your professional network.
This is a talk which I gave on 2nd July in the "Advanced Communications" session at the SEB (Society for Experimental Biology) Annual Meeting, Salzburg 2012.
More information: http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Salzburg2012/education.html
Social Media For Researchers -- A personal accountcdessimoz
In this talk, I provide very pragmatic reasons for scientists—particularly early-career ones—to consider joining the social media bandwagon. I also provide a few examples of effective uses of social media.
Wikipedia for GLAMS_by_jentzsch_&_ockerbloomTracy Jentzsch
Presentation for Small Museum Association 2014 Conference, #SMA_14, on Wikipedia for GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums). By Tracy Jentzsch of the University of Delaware's Museum Studies Program and Mary Mark Okerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
8 Teaching and Learning Websites Mentioned by AASLAhniwa Ferrari
In the summer of 2009 the American Association of School Librarians honored 25 websites as the best for teaching and learning. These 25 websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. Websites from this list that would be useful in a public library setting will be previewed at the March 2nd First Tuesday’s continuing education free webinar at 9 a.m.
Enhancing your online presence with social mediaAnne Osterrieder
How can scientists use social media to enhance their online profile? Becoming pro-active and increasing your visibility is essential for your career development. Social media is a very useful tool to help you to get your name out there and to extend your professional network.
This is a talk which I gave on 2nd July in the "Advanced Communications" session at the SEB (Society for Experimental Biology) Annual Meeting, Salzburg 2012.
More information: http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Salzburg2012/education.html
Social Media For Researchers -- A personal accountcdessimoz
In this talk, I provide very pragmatic reasons for scientists—particularly early-career ones—to consider joining the social media bandwagon. I also provide a few examples of effective uses of social media.
Wikipedia for GLAMS_by_jentzsch_&_ockerbloomTracy Jentzsch
Presentation for Small Museum Association 2014 Conference, #SMA_14, on Wikipedia for GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums). By Tracy Jentzsch of the University of Delaware's Museum Studies Program and Mary Mark Okerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
8 Teaching and Learning Websites Mentioned by AASLAhniwa Ferrari
In the summer of 2009 the American Association of School Librarians honored 25 websites as the best for teaching and learning. These 25 websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. Websites from this list that would be useful in a public library setting will be previewed at the March 2nd First Tuesday’s continuing education free webinar at 9 a.m.
Wikipedia, the encylopedia that anyone can edit, “can never work in theory, only in practice.” Accounting for one in every 200 page views on the Internet, it has become a part of our everyday lives. Wikipedia is changing the way we think about the economics of the web, the potential and the pitfalls of engaging the masses, and the role of professional information architects in a world in which content arrives from literally every direction.
In this session, we’ll explore the nuts-and-bolts of how the Wikipedia project works. Who writes Wikipedia, and why? How does the English Wikipedia maintain quality, consistent tagging, and coherent organization across over two million articles? What happens when contributors disagree? We will take a tour behind the scenes at Wikipedia to learn what happens when users are encouraged to - as they say on Wikipedia… “be bold.”
Digital Identity & Social Networking for ResearchersFlea Palmer
How social media platforms can enhance your work as a researcher, and some of the potential issues around using these tools. Adapted from 'The Researcher Online: Building an Online Identity" by Dr Helen Webster, University of Cambridge
Wikipedia - How Should Pharma go about editing?Gary Monk
A presentation on how pharma should approach editing Wikipedia for corporate, health and brand related pages. It outlines the pillars of Wikipedia and how to work with the Wikipedia community when making edits. If you are interested in Pharma editing wikipedia you should definitely read and get in touch!
Presentation on the role of information architects in improving diversity and inclusion of underrepresented topics in Wikipedia, given at the 2017 Information Architecture Summit in Vancouver on March 25, 2017.
Wikipedia is the world's largest encyclopedia; however, fair representation of notable, but underrepresented people and topics remains a major concern. In response, the Wikimedia Foundation has supported many grassroots efforts including Women in Red, Art+Feminism, Wiki Loves Pride, Black Lunch Table and AfroCROWD, among others, to improve discovery of these topics.
This presentation offered an overview of current efforts to diversify the information available on Wikipedia. Learn how we can use our Information Architecture skills and Wikimedia tools to improve the findability and representation of valuable, but missing information, and start contributing to the topics you care about.
Visit WikiProject:Information Architecture and join the movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Information_Architecture
Teachers are invited to the school library on Mondays after school to explore new media and tech tools. The sessions are called mediamondays@thelibrary. Here's a sample of topics covered.
A half hour talk for around 80 National Honor students on using Wikipedia effectively for academia. An updated version of this Powerpoint has been uploaded on 5/13/08 at 12.20pm. You can also view the video of this talk at http://theory.isthereason.com/?p=2192
This is a presentation I gave at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology 2013 (http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Valencia/Valencia.html). It contains lots of tips for scientists to use social media appropriately and efficiently. It also highlights examples of social media in academia and types of possible content.
Art of GLAM-wiki:The Basics of Sharing Cultural Knowledge on WikipediaSara Snyder
A hands-on workshop instructing library, archives, and museum professionals on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Presented at ARLIS 2013 on April 26, 2013.
What is the internet?
What is a search engine?
What do search engines not search?
What if you are getting too many results?
What are filters?
What if the results are not relevant?
Why and how librarians should engage with Wikipedialisbk
Slides for a talk on "Why and How Librarians Should Engage With Wikipedia" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton at the CILIPS Autumn Gathering 2014 event in Edinburgh on 30 October 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/why-and-how-librarians-should-engage-with-wikipedia/
Many of us nowadays invest significant amounts of time in sharing our activities and opinions with friends and family via social networking tools. However, despite the availability of many platforms for scientists to connect and share with their peers in the scientific community the majority do not make use of these tools, despite their promise and potential impact and influence on our future careers. We are being indexed and exposed on the internet via our publications, presentations and data. We also have many more ways to contribute to science, to annotate and curate data, to “publish” in new ways, and many of these activities are as part of a growing crowdsourcing network. This presentation will provide an overview of the various types of networking and collaborative sites available to scientists and ways to expose your scientific activities online. Many of these can ultimately contribute to the developing measures of you as a scientist as identified in the new world of alternative metrics. Participating offers a great opportunity to develop a scientific profile within the community and may ultimately be very beneficial, especially to scientists early in their career.
Media Rights and Usage in Wikimedia CommonsSarah Stierch
A brief review of media rights and usage on Wikimedia Commons and related websites.
Originally intended for a galleries, libraries, archives and museum oriented audience, this PowerPoint provides a great starting point to become comfortable with copyright and Wikipedia.
Wikipedia, the encylopedia that anyone can edit, “can never work in theory, only in practice.” Accounting for one in every 200 page views on the Internet, it has become a part of our everyday lives. Wikipedia is changing the way we think about the economics of the web, the potential and the pitfalls of engaging the masses, and the role of professional information architects in a world in which content arrives from literally every direction.
In this session, we’ll explore the nuts-and-bolts of how the Wikipedia project works. Who writes Wikipedia, and why? How does the English Wikipedia maintain quality, consistent tagging, and coherent organization across over two million articles? What happens when contributors disagree? We will take a tour behind the scenes at Wikipedia to learn what happens when users are encouraged to - as they say on Wikipedia… “be bold.”
Digital Identity & Social Networking for ResearchersFlea Palmer
How social media platforms can enhance your work as a researcher, and some of the potential issues around using these tools. Adapted from 'The Researcher Online: Building an Online Identity" by Dr Helen Webster, University of Cambridge
Wikipedia - How Should Pharma go about editing?Gary Monk
A presentation on how pharma should approach editing Wikipedia for corporate, health and brand related pages. It outlines the pillars of Wikipedia and how to work with the Wikipedia community when making edits. If you are interested in Pharma editing wikipedia you should definitely read and get in touch!
Presentation on the role of information architects in improving diversity and inclusion of underrepresented topics in Wikipedia, given at the 2017 Information Architecture Summit in Vancouver on March 25, 2017.
Wikipedia is the world's largest encyclopedia; however, fair representation of notable, but underrepresented people and topics remains a major concern. In response, the Wikimedia Foundation has supported many grassroots efforts including Women in Red, Art+Feminism, Wiki Loves Pride, Black Lunch Table and AfroCROWD, among others, to improve discovery of these topics.
This presentation offered an overview of current efforts to diversify the information available on Wikipedia. Learn how we can use our Information Architecture skills and Wikimedia tools to improve the findability and representation of valuable, but missing information, and start contributing to the topics you care about.
Visit WikiProject:Information Architecture and join the movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Information_Architecture
Teachers are invited to the school library on Mondays after school to explore new media and tech tools. The sessions are called mediamondays@thelibrary. Here's a sample of topics covered.
A half hour talk for around 80 National Honor students on using Wikipedia effectively for academia. An updated version of this Powerpoint has been uploaded on 5/13/08 at 12.20pm. You can also view the video of this talk at http://theory.isthereason.com/?p=2192
This is a presentation I gave at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology 2013 (http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Valencia/Valencia.html). It contains lots of tips for scientists to use social media appropriately and efficiently. It also highlights examples of social media in academia and types of possible content.
Art of GLAM-wiki:The Basics of Sharing Cultural Knowledge on WikipediaSara Snyder
A hands-on workshop instructing library, archives, and museum professionals on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Presented at ARLIS 2013 on April 26, 2013.
What is the internet?
What is a search engine?
What do search engines not search?
What if you are getting too many results?
What are filters?
What if the results are not relevant?
Why and how librarians should engage with Wikipedialisbk
Slides for a talk on "Why and How Librarians Should Engage With Wikipedia" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton at the CILIPS Autumn Gathering 2014 event in Edinburgh on 30 October 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/why-and-how-librarians-should-engage-with-wikipedia/
Many of us nowadays invest significant amounts of time in sharing our activities and opinions with friends and family via social networking tools. However, despite the availability of many platforms for scientists to connect and share with their peers in the scientific community the majority do not make use of these tools, despite their promise and potential impact and influence on our future careers. We are being indexed and exposed on the internet via our publications, presentations and data. We also have many more ways to contribute to science, to annotate and curate data, to “publish” in new ways, and many of these activities are as part of a growing crowdsourcing network. This presentation will provide an overview of the various types of networking and collaborative sites available to scientists and ways to expose your scientific activities online. Many of these can ultimately contribute to the developing measures of you as a scientist as identified in the new world of alternative metrics. Participating offers a great opportunity to develop a scientific profile within the community and may ultimately be very beneficial, especially to scientists early in their career.
Media Rights and Usage in Wikimedia CommonsSarah Stierch
A brief review of media rights and usage on Wikimedia Commons and related websites.
Originally intended for a galleries, libraries, archives and museum oriented audience, this PowerPoint provides a great starting point to become comfortable with copyright and Wikipedia.
Can you imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge? Every day Wikipedia’s audacious vision comes closer to reality, as humans (and other information services) exploit this top-ranking information source.
Here is an opportunity for educators to learn about how Wikipedia works to realise its position as a ‘neutral compilation of verifiable, established facts.’ and consider what information literacy education looks like in 2015, and how Wikipedia projects provide a way to move from a consumer to creator culture of learning.
Citation needed: Information literacy lessons from WikipediaPru Mitchell
This session presented as a webinar for the Australian School Library Association is an opportunity for educators to learn about how Wikipedia works to realise its position as a ‘neutral compilation of verifiable, established facts.’ Participants will consider what information literacy education looks like in 2015, and how Wikipedia projects provide a way to move from a consumer to creator culture of learning.
An introduction to editing Wikipedia, presented at the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, "Wikifying America’s Legislative Process: Congressional Committees and Hearings Wikipedia Edit-a-thon" on April 7, 2017.
A presentation by Gary Monk, Director of Strategy & Innovation at HAVAS LYNX EU, on how pharma should approach editing Wikipedia for corporate, health and brand related pages. It outlines the pillars of Wikipedia and how to work with the Wikipedia community when making edits
This is a presentation I gave at MIT to the Boston ACS Young Chemists regarding how they can take advantage of some of the online tools to spread the message about their activities, their interests, get engaged with collaborative science and participate now to gain benefits from the growing world of AltMetrics
This webinar presented by Pru Mitchell for school library staff considered critical thinking projects that show students how Wikipedia works, and helps move them from being consumers to creators. Participants evaluated content and citations to consider how Wikipedia can be a reliable source of neutral, verifiable, established background information on current curriculum topics.
This deck is a training presentation for the 2017 IA Summit session on editing wikipedia. The session was a working edit-a-thon and the deck was presented as a guide for attendees to access as needed. Slide 2 of this deck has links to the event dashboard and a list of diversity groups at Wikipedia. I also gave a talk at this conference on diversity and inclusion programs at Wikipedia and referenced a number of active user groups related to supporting diversity in Wikipedia. Attendees at the edit-a-thon were encouraged to either work on information architecture related content selected in the event dashboard, or a diversity project of their choice. Much of the content in this deck is from the Art + Feminism training guide.
Slides from national WIkipedia information sessions conducted by Wikimedia Australia for members of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).
This session considered ways libraries and Wikimedia Australia could work together, and provided an introduction to how Wikipedia works.
Meet key Australian Wikimedians from your area, and discover:
how Wikipedia really works
what other projects are associated with Wikipedia
why Wikipedia uses a Creative Commons licence
how libraries and Wikimedia are helping each other
how you, and your library community can get involved
answers to your wiki questions
Slides for a workshop session on "Open Knowledge: Wikipedia and Beyond" facilitated by Brian Kelly and Simon Grant, Cetis at the Cetis 2014 conference at the University of Bolton on 17-18 June 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cetis-2014-open-knowledge-wikipedia-and-beyond/
Getting to Grips with Wikipedia: a Practical Sessionlisbk
Slides for "Getting to Grips with Wikipedia: a Practical Session" to be facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis and Nancy Graham, University of Roehampton at the LILAC 2014 conference on 23 April 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/lilac-2014-getting-to-grips-with-wikipedia/
GLAM-Wiki - Why you should partner with Wikipedia and how to do it. (Short an...Sarah Stierch
A short and sweet presentation about what GLAM-Wiki is, why GLAMs should partner with Wikipedia, and how to do that.
I always verbally suggest that presentation attendees contact me directly to learn how to connect with the community. Saves time in the presentation and space in the slides.
1.Wireless Communication System_Wireless communication is a broad term that i...JeyaPerumal1
Wireless communication involves the transmission of information over a distance without the help of wires, cables or any other forms of electrical conductors.
Wireless communication is a broad term that incorporates all procedures and forms of connecting and communicating between two or more devices using a wireless signal through wireless communication technologies and devices.
Features of Wireless Communication
The evolution of wireless technology has brought many advancements with its effective features.
The transmitted distance can be anywhere between a few meters (for example, a television's remote control) and thousands of kilometers (for example, radio communication).
Wireless communication can be used for cellular telephony, wireless access to the internet, wireless home networking, and so on.
APNIC Foundation, presented by Ellisha Heppner at the PNG DNS Forum 2024APNIC
Ellisha Heppner, Grant Management Lead, presented an update on APNIC Foundation to the PNG DNS Forum held from 6 to 10 May, 2024 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
# Internet Security: Safeguarding Your Digital World
In the contemporary digital age, the internet is a cornerstone of our daily lives. It connects us to vast amounts of information, provides platforms for communication, enables commerce, and offers endless entertainment. However, with these conveniences come significant security challenges. Internet security is essential to protect our digital identities, sensitive data, and overall online experience. This comprehensive guide explores the multifaceted world of internet security, providing insights into its importance, common threats, and effective strategies to safeguard your digital world.
## Understanding Internet Security
Internet security encompasses the measures and protocols used to protect information, devices, and networks from unauthorized access, attacks, and damage. It involves a wide range of practices designed to safeguard data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Effective internet security is crucial for individuals, businesses, and governments alike, as cyber threats continue to evolve in complexity and scale.
### Key Components of Internet Security
1. **Confidentiality**: Ensuring that information is accessible only to those authorized to access it.
2. **Integrity**: Protecting information from being altered or tampered with by unauthorized parties.
3. **Availability**: Ensuring that authorized users have reliable access to information and resources when needed.
## Common Internet Security Threats
Cyber threats are numerous and constantly evolving. Understanding these threats is the first step in protecting against them. Some of the most common internet security threats include:
### Malware
Malware, or malicious software, is designed to harm, exploit, or otherwise compromise a device, network, or service. Common types of malware include:
- **Viruses**: Programs that attach themselves to legitimate software and replicate, spreading to other programs and files.
- **Worms**: Standalone malware that replicates itself to spread to other computers.
- **Trojan Horses**: Malicious software disguised as legitimate software.
- **Ransomware**: Malware that encrypts a user's files and demands a ransom for the decryption key.
- **Spyware**: Software that secretly monitors and collects user information.
### Phishing
Phishing is a social engineering attack that aims to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details. Attackers often masquerade as trusted entities in email or other communication channels, tricking victims into providing their information.
### Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attacks
MitM attacks occur when an attacker intercepts and potentially alters communication between two parties without their knowledge. This can lead to the unauthorized acquisition of sensitive information.
### Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
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Technical summary of Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Networking architectures with focus on 4 key topics.
1) Key patterns for Multi-cluster architectures
2) Architectural comparison of several OSS/ CNCF projects to address these patterns
3) Evolution trends for the APIs of these projects
4) Some design recommendations & guidelines for adopting/ deploying these solutions.
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1. Wikipedia: the basics
What you need to know to contribute
to the world’s largest encyclopedia
that anyone can edit.
Sarah Stierch
@sarah_stierch
sarahstierch@gmail.com
CC BY SA 3.0
5. To make an account or not to make an
account, that is the question
• Track your contribution history
• Your IP can be tracked without an
account by anyone
• You can use the same account on
any Wikimedia project
Tips:
• You don’t have to use your real
name
• Don’t use a name associated with
your organization or company
8. Notability
Subject must receive significant coverage in reliable
sources that are independent of the subject, and is
presumed to meet criteria for its own stand-alone
article or list.
9. No original research
Wikipedia does not accept:
facts, allegations, gossip, ideas, and stories for
which no reliable source exists.
10. Sources
Anything that could be
challenged must be backed up
by a reliable source.
A reliable source is content
from a trusted news source or
publisher.
Wikipedia prefers secondary
sources. Primary e.g. (oral
history, subjects website) are
OK if used sparingly.
11. What NOT to use
• Self published sources
– e.g. Blogs, patents,
newsletters, official
websites, message
boards, mailing lists
– Facebook, Twitter,
Myspace (do people still
use that?), Tumblr, etc.
– Self-created materials
• Press release
• Academic biography
• Trusted news sources
– New York Times
– Washington Post
– Register-Guard
• Academy, peer-
reviewed, scholarly
publications
• Blogs from trusted
sources – NYT,
Smithsonian, etc.
What TO use
17. Conflict of interest
Where advancing outside interests is more important to
an editor than advancing the aims of Wikipedia, that
editor stands in a conflict of interest.
Examples:
– Writing or editing your institutions Wikipedia article,
and doing it in a promotional way.
– Adding external links to your website on Wikipedia
pages (aka spam)
– Creating an account called “MsFoundation” to serve
as an institutional group account to make edits.
18. Conflict of Interest
• DO create a user account for you and you only.
• DO create a userpage that describes your position, institution,
and area of expertise/editing interest
• DO edit as yourself, not as your
institution/department/company
• DO improve articles and content related to your passion &
interests, you know the right sources & tools to improve
Wikipedia!
19. Sarah’s Editing Tip #1: Be boring
If your subject is interesting enough, your boring
Wikipedia article will speak for itself. Don’t get
flowery – this is an encyclopedia, after all.
20. Sarah’s Editing Tip #2: Find friends
Find community on Wikipedia through
WikiProjects and mailing lists.
• WikiProject Feminism, Women’s
history, California
• Gender Gap Mailing List:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/l
istinfo/gendergap
• WikiWomen’s Collaborative
– Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/WikiWo
mensCollaborative
– Twitter
https://twitter.com/WikiWomen
21. Sarah’s Editing Tip #3: WIKIPARTY!!!
21st century sewing bee
Have your own edit-a-thons and parties to edit
Wikipedia. Wikipedia is always more fun to
edit with wine.
22. Sarah’s Editing Tip #4: Be nice
Troll and annoying bossy
Wikipedian repellant: kill
them with kindness.
23. Edit-a-thon to-do list
• Make a Wikipedia account.
• Discover a topic you want to write about,
whether a new article or subject already on
Wikipedia.
• Start editing!
• Ask questions, raise hands, be patient
• There are no dumb questions
• YOU CAN EDIT!
• #wikiwomen and #msfembot2016
24.
25. Image credits
Thank you to everyone who has freely licensed images and materials for the world to use without
charge or fear of copyright infringement.
• Wikipedia logo, trademark Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY SA 3.0
• “We Can Edit!” by Tom Morris, public domain reuse of J. Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It!” poster
• Professor Sheila Bird, cropped by Katie Chan, from an original image by Katie Chan, CC BY SA 3.0
• Europeana fashion edit-a-thon, by Ter-burg, CC BY 3.0
• 2013 Policy Address, Voice of America, public domain
• Alma Thomas in her studio, 1968, by Ida Jervis. Used under fair use rationale.
• Sinclair Dinosaur plastic Brontosaurus, 1964, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, CC BY SA 3.0
• Catherine Millet par Marc Bervillé, CC BY SA 3.0
• Screenshot from University of Oregon, copyright University of Oregon, used under fair use
rationale.
• Screenshot from Ms., copyright Ms., used under fair use rationale
• Screenshot of Hillary Clinton’s Twitter page, used under fair use rationale
• WikiWomen4, Maia Weinstock, CC BY SA 3.0
• Wikipedia screenshots, CC BY SA 3.0
• GIF of Hillary Clinton, used under fair use rationale
• WikiWomen’s Logo, Heather Walls, CC BY SA 3.0
• Mermaid parade goer, Joe Mazzola, CC BY SA 2.0
• WikiWomen editing party, Seeeko, CC BY SA 3.0
• Unclothed woman in Washington, D.C. with a ? Sign, 1922, public domain
26. Wikipedia: the basics
What you need to know to contribute
to the world’s largest encyclopedia
that anyone can edit.
Sarah Stierch
@sarah_stierch
sarahstierch@gmail.com
CC BY SA 3.0
Editor's Notes
Sheila Bird’s photo is her editing Wikipedia! Ha ha!
That means, your subject has to be addressed, in detail, in verifiable published sources, such as major news organizations or scholarly publications. Significant means that your subject should be a major part of the coverage. For example, they are interviewed in the New York Times or are being interviewed frequently in academic publications and major news media because of their expertise on a subject. Or perhaps they have been the subject of a book, for example. I’ll talk about reliable sources in a few minutes. Independent means that your sources cannot be created by or affiliated with the subject – such as press releases, university bio’s, the subjects own website, etc. These can be used sparingly, but cannot be used to establish notability.
Now, just because your article meets the criteria, doesn’t mean it’s eligible for it’s own article. It might be eligible to be blended or mentioned about in another article. An article about a company might include a brief biography about the CEO of the company, instead the CEO of that company having their own article. This may be because there isn’t enough information to be collected about them, and their own Wikipedia article would be very small and lack opportunities for expansion. So we just put a section in their company article about them.
Artist Alma Thomas has her own article about herself – there are many reliable secondary sources about her, but this tiny plastic Sinclair oil dinosaur from 1964 does not warrant it’s own article, as there has been little to no coverage about these tiny 1964 plastic toys. But, it might merit a mention of it in the Sinclair Oil Corporation article.
No original research is allowed. For example, you can’t edit the article about cheesecake using what you remember about your mother making cheesecake, or using a recipe card. However, you can use an article about cheesecake that you read in a cooking magazine to expand the cheesecake article. Another example: you hear a rumor that a colleague of yours at another university got fired. Don’t go edit the article about them and write “she got fired in January 2013,” without having a reliable source to back it up. Rumors, word of mouth, and “fun facts” don’t work on Wikipedia, and will be removed with little question.
One fact: if you’re using oral histories you can use them sparingly and use basic factual information to fill in something you’re missing about a subject, but don’t base your whole article around a subjects oral history.
