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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
WELCOME EVERYONE
First things first: you can edit
You just have to BE BOLD.
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
What do Wikipedians love more
than editing Wikipedia?
Making policies on how to edit Wikipedia
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.
No original research
Wikipedia does not accept:
facts, allegations, gossip, ideas, and stories for
which no reliable source exists.
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.
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
RELIABLE OR NOT?
RELIABLE OR NOT?
RELIABLE OR NOT?
RELIABLE OR NOT?
RELIABLE OR NOT?
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.
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!
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.
Sarah’s Editing Tip #2: Find friends
Find community on
Wikipedia through
WikiProjects.
Feminism, Women in Red,
Women’s history, LGBT
Studies, Gender Studies,
etc.
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.
Sarah’s Editing Tip #4: Be nice
Troll and annoying bossy
Wikipedian repellant: kill
them with kindness.
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!
• #msfembot2018 #visiblewikiwomen
#womeninred
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
• RuPaul edit-a-thon image created by Eva with original CC BY SA 3.0 photo by David Shankbone.
• Professor Sheila Bird, cropped by Katie Chan, from an original image by Katie Chan, CC BY SA 3.0
• Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon Taiwan 2017 by Wikimedia Taiwan, CC BY SA 4.0
• 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 Maryland, copyright University of Maryland, 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 RuPaul used under fair use
• 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
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

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Wikipedia: The Basics V2

  • 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
  • 3. First things first: you can edit You just have to BE BOLD.
  • 4.
  • 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
  • 6. What do Wikipedians love more than editing Wikipedia?
  • 7. Making policies on how to edit Wikipedia
  • 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. Feminism, Women in Red, Women’s history, LGBT Studies, Gender Studies, etc.
  • 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! • #msfembot2018 #visiblewikiwomen #womeninred
  • 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 • RuPaul edit-a-thon image created by Eva with original CC BY SA 3.0 photo by David Shankbone. • Professor Sheila Bird, cropped by Katie Chan, from an original image by Katie Chan, CC BY SA 3.0 • Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon Taiwan 2017 by Wikimedia Taiwan, CC BY SA 4.0 • 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 Maryland, copyright University of Maryland, 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 RuPaul used under fair use • 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

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Sheila Bird’s photo is her editing Wikipedia! Ha ha!
  2. 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.
  3. 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.