Презентация на тему Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users

Presentation by Brian Kelly, UKOLN on 25 October 2012 for an Open Access Week event at the University of Exeter

Talk by Brian Kelly, Cetis on 15 May 2014 at the CILIP Wales conference

Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users

Event hashtag: #cilipw14

Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users

Brian Kelly
Innovation Advocate
Cetis
University of Bolton
Bolton, UK

Contact Details
Email: ukwebfocus@gmail.com
Twitter: @briankelly
Cetis Web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/
Blog: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/

Slides and further information available at http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/

Event hashtag: #cilipw14

About Me

Brian Kelly:
Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton
Was UK Web Focus at UKOLN, University of Bath
Prolific blogger (1,250+ posts since Nov 2006)
User of various devices to support professional activities (Open Educational Practices)
Involvement in Wikipedia and Wikimedia UK:
Created first article in 2004
Involved in Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thons since 2013
Accredited Wikipedia trainer
Regard Wikipedia as an example of an Open Educational Practice

Introduction

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Idea from Cameron Neylon

Slide Concept by Cameron Neylon, who has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights. This slide only CCZero.
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Source cited!

About You

Who has:
Has a Wikipedia account?
Has edited Wikipedia articles?
Who would:
Like to create an account?
Create a user profile?
Perhaps even update an article?
Feel free to do this during this talk!

About You

Who has:
Has a Wikipedia account?
Has edited Wikipedia articles?
Who would:
Like to create an account?
Create a user profile?
Perhaps even update an article?
Feel free to do this during this talk!

Click here from any Wikipedia page

Is Wikipedia Relevant?

Who has:
Used Wikipedia?
Spotted errors in Wikipedia?
Updated Wikipedia?

Wikipedia in the library - the elephant in the (reading) room? Nancy Graham and Andrew Gray, LILAC 2014

Is Wikipedia Relevant?

Who has:
Used Wikipedia?
Spotted errors in Wikipedia?
Updated Wikipedia?

Wikipedia in the library - the elephant in the (reading) room? Nancy Graham and Andrew Gray, LILAC 2014

Why Wikipedia is Important

From Wikimedia UK

https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach

Top Tips

No. 1: Understand why Wikipedia is important to librarians

Eduwiki (UK) 2013

Eduwiki conference:
Held in Cardiff on 1-2 Dec 2013
Second EduWiki UK conference
Covered:
Welsh language issues
Case studies from higher education and schools
Broader considerations

Two Case Studies

Summary of two case studies presented at EduWiki 2013:
Safe Use of Wikipedia in the Transition from School to University, Lisa Anderson and Nancy Graham, University of Birmingham (now Roehampton)
Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages, Humphrey Southall, University of Portsmouth

EduWiki 2013

Outreach work by University of Birmingham Library
Demonstrate information literacy approaches to school pupils
Students surprised that Wikipedia was shown

Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages

This was the assignment (see “Telling the stories of rural England with Wikipedia” )

Humphrey Southall at EduWiki conference 

EduWiki 2013

Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages

Notice how Neutral Point of View principle was addressed

EduWiki 2013

Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages

Example of article chosen for updating by student

EduWiki 2013

Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages

Article after updating

EduWiki 2013

Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages

Students learn about researching and citations

EduWiki 2013

Top Tips

No. 2: Understand how Wikipedia is being used in education

Wikipedia Behind the Article

Who has looked at the information about a Wikipedia article?

Wikipedia Behind the Article

We can see the history of the development of an article (contributors, update dates; …)

Top Tips

No. 3: Gain a better understanding of the Wikipedia service

Be Willing to Update Wikipedia Articles

You:
Spot an error in a Wikipedia article

Be Willing to Update Wikipedia Articles

You:
Spot an error in a Wikipedia article
Identify an area for improvement

As an information professional wouldn’t you wish to ensure that such information is accurate?
(Especially if this can be done in minutes!)

Top Tips

No. 4: Be willing to update Wikipedia articles

Why You Should Have a Wikipedia Account

Using a Wikipedia account to edit articles is recommended:
Openness
Record of contributions
Ability to:
Create new articles
Join in discussions
Have customised preferences
…

Creating an Account

Feel feel to:
Go to a Wikipedia page and click Create Account
Then complete the form

A: New users

Did you do it in less than a minute?

Top Tips

No. 5: Create a Wikipedia account

Create a User Profile

Nancy Graham’s user profile

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msnancygraham

User: msnancygraham

Use search box as a quick way to find user profiles

Create a User Profile

Nancy Graham’s user profile

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msnancygraham

User: msnancygraham

Today’s Goal : Create a User Profile

http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/User:Lawsonstu

Top Tips

No. 6: Create a Wikipedia profile

Be Ethical!

Quality of Wikipedia articles is provided by volunteer effort
Please do not:
Introduce errors to see how soon they are corrected

[[Swansea city centre|central Swansea]]

Outreach work by Uni of Birmingham Library
Demonstrate information literacy approaches to school pupils
Surprise that Wikipedia was shown

Discussion:
“Live edit a Wikipedia entry – highlight how quickly edits are corrected”
But should pages be ‘vandalised’ in order to demonstrate how the community fixes such vandalism?
Highlighted need to address best practices for those who teach use of Wikipedia.

Top Tips

No. 7: Be ethical

Content Can Change!

Changes to the Jalalpur, Bihar arty=icle

Minor edit made

Content Can Change!

Changes to the Jalalpur, Bihar arty=icle

This article was proposed for deletion by Lfstevens on 2 May 2014 with the comment: unnotable, uncited stub It was contested by Necrothesp on 7 May 2014 with the comment: deprod; all settlements are considered to be notable; cleaned up

Top Tips

No. 8: Be prepared for your contributions to be changed

The Five Pillars

Fundamental principles by which the Wikimedia community operates...
Wikipedia:
1. is an encyclopedia
2. is written from a neutral point of view
3. is free content that anyone can edit / use/ modify / share
4. editors should respect each other
5. does not have any firm rules

Key Principles for Content (1)

No original research
All research must come from published sources e.g.
Peer-reviewed journals
Peer-reviewed books
University-level textbooks
Magazines, journals and books published by respected publishing houses
Mainstream newspapers

Key Principles for Content (2)

Neutral Point of View
Content should be provided from a neutral point of view:
If your viewpoint is in the majority, then it should be easy to substantiate it with reference to commonly accepted reference texts;
If your viewpoint is held by a significant minority, then it should be easy to name prominent adherents;
If your viewpoint is held by an extremely small minority, then — whether it's true or not, whether you can prove it or not — it doesn't belong in Wikipedia, except perhaps in some ancillary article.

Top Tips

No. 9: Understand the Wikipedia principles

Supporting Others

About a training course – see http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/lilac-2014-getting-to-grips-with-wikipedia/

Supporting Others

Approaches to the following aspects:
Registration
Creating a Wikipedia profile
Editing existing articles
Creating new articles
What can go wrong?
Conforming with Wikipedia principles
Useful resources
Question time and discussion

Structure of a one-hour hands-on session

Structure of Workshop

Structure of hour-long session:
About the session
Creating an account: 1 slide. Now login and do it! (not needed for some, so some moved on to next part, creating or editing user profile based on existing profiles)

Basic Editing

Case study 1: Basic editing

Change examples to relevant profiles (e.g. for sessions for librarians)

See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111

Structure of Workshop

Structure of hour-long session:
About the session
Creating an account
Creating a user profile: 4 slides Now create a profile using plain text

Basic Editing

See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111

Structure of Workshop

Structure of hour-long session
About the session
Creating an account
Creating a user profile
Wikimedia syntax (formatting, headings and links): 1 slide Now improve your profile; feel free to reuse ideas for profiles we’ve shown. Slide left on screen during exercise.

Basic Editing

Case study 1: Basic editing

See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111

Structure of Workshop

Structure of hour-long session
About the session
Creating an account
Creating a user profile
Wikimedia syntax (formatting, headings and links)
Next steps (adding metadata and finding pages to be improved): 4 slides

Basic Editing

See http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/wikipedia-training-the-trainer-34540111

Top Tips

No. 10: Support others (and feel free to reuse existing materials)

Don’t Forget Wicipedia

Don’t Forget Wicipedia Cymraeg (the Welsh Wicipedia): http://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defnyddiwr:Llywelyn2000

Learning from Others

Example of contributors to Wikipedia Wales

Top Tips

No. 11: Don’t forget Wicipedia!

Conclusions

Understand why Wikipedia is important to librarians
Understand how Wikipedia is being used
Gain a better understanding of the Wikipedia service
Be willing to update Wikipedia articles
Create a Wikipedia account
Create a Wikipedia profile
Be ethical
Be prepared for your contributions to be changed
Understand the Wikipedia principles
Support others (and feel free to reuse existing materials)
Don’t forget Wicipedia!

ANY QUESTIONS?

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Questions?

Any questions, comments, …?

Continue the discussion: blog post about this presentation linked in http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/

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