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Citations Needed: Build Your Wikipedia Skills While Building the Worlds Encyclopedia 3 - 4 p.m. EST January 10, 2018 Todays presenters Monika Sengul- Betha Gutsche Emily Jack Jones WebJunction UNC Chapel Hill Wikipedian-in-

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Citations Needed:

Build Your Wikipedia Skills While Building the World’s Encyclopedia

3 - 4 p.m. EST January 10, 2018

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Today’s presenters

Emily Jack UNC Chapel Hill Libraries Betha Gutsche WebJunction Program Manager Monika Sengul- Jones Wikipedian-in- Residence, OCLC
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Agenda

  • Welcome and introduction
  • What is Wikipedia and how does it work?
  • #1lib1ref is a great way to get started
  • Running a successful #1lib1ref project
  • How to add a citation
  • Questions?
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What is your Wikipedia experience?

Check all that apply:

I have edited Wikipedia at least once. I have edited Wikipedia 10 or more times. I have added at least one citation. I have heard of the #1Lib1Ref campaign. I have participated in the #1Lib1Ref campaign. I’ve read Wikipedia articles and I’m brand new to editing!

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Strengthening ties between public libraries and Wikipedia

Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together

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By the numbers

  • The 236 active participant editors
  • made over 5600 edits
  • and 368 Commons (photo) uploads
  • to improve 728 articles
  • and create 6 new articles!

Since the start of the course, there have been

23.6m views of improved articles Librarians rocked the course!

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I was one of 99% of users who think

  • f Wikipedia as a less reliable source.

I must say that this course was an eye opener … I am a changed librarian now. A librarian who feels the worth of Wikipedia, crowdsourcing and contributing to the larger community.

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BE BE BOLD BOLD

Librarians have the power to make Wikipedia better and more reliable.

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There’s a community behind each

Photos: Left – Wikipedians by Ross Mayfield on Flickr; Right – MPOW Talk at PLA by Karen Schneider on Flickr

The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.

Wikipedians Librarians

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The thing that continues to stand

  • ut to me about the Wikipedia

community is how much time and thinking goes into every decision that is made. It's surprising and very impressive!

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You can do this!

Photo: Citation needed by Madeleine Ball on Flickr
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What is Wikipedia and how does it work?

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SLIDE 15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II
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The five pillars of Wikipedia

It’s an encyclopedia Neutral point
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Free to use, edit and share Respectful and civil decorum No firm rules
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What is an encyclopedia?

It’s an encyclopedia

First pillar of Wikipedia

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SLIDE 20 The BBC News Room, August 29, 2013. CC BY-3.0 Credit: User Deskana

There are ~300 edits per minute! … kind of like a virtual 24-hour newsroom for an encyclopedia

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Featured Article Good Article A-class article B-class article C-class article Start-class article Stub-class article Unassessed

??? Readers are not left wanting Professional, outstanding, and thorough A good start, exercise caution with refs Early in development process Underdeveloped, may be unreliable Unknown Excellent Excellent, has undergone peer review
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Second pillar of Wikipedia

Neutral point
  • f view

WP:NPOV

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Third pillar of Wikipedia

Free to use, edit and share

Wikipedia editing is open to all, collaborative; authorship is shared Free to share = may be reproduced elsewhere on the internet

Open access

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Fourth pillar of Wikipedia

Respectful and civil decorum
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Fifth pillar of Wikipedia

No firm rules
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#1lib1ref is a great way to get started

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#1lib1ref

Global citation campaign kicks off January 15, 2018

Add cake: #1lib1ref is held during Wikipedia’s birthday

“Wikipedia is a first stop for researchers. Let's make it better!”

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SLIDE 28 Andrea Davis (left) and Christina Moretta. User Pax Ahimsa Gethen - Own work CC BY-SA 4.0

How to participate?

Add one citation.

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How to participate?

With peers! ... Add citations together

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Emily Jack

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries

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Running a successful #1lib1ref project

(and getting people to care)

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SLIDE 32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UNC
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SLIDE 33 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Triangle_Wikipedians
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#1: Raise the stakes

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#1: Raise the stakes

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#2: Lower the barriers

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#2: Lower the barriers

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#2: Lower the barriers

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#3: Don’t just tell them how;

tell them why

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#3: Don’t just tell them how; tell them why

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#3: Don’t just tell them how; tell them why

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#3: Don’t just tell them how; tell them why

  • Mission alignment
  • High visibility
  • Open access
  • Core beliefs
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#4: Make it easy

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#4: Make it easy

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#5: Make it fun

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#5: Make it fun

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#5: Make it fun

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#5: Make it fun

http://www.theplanetofbaseball.com/baseball-slogans/
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#5: Make it fun

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The

  • utcome
Image by Heatherawalls, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Citations = 29

  • Citations = 204

Citations = 29

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The outcome

https://twitter.com/DukeLibraries/status/828635256001536000
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Planning

Image by Heatherawalls, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Planning

  • Seek out high-level support.
  • Recruit allies early.
  • If you hold a competition, agree
  • n the terms.
  • Be prepared for FAQs.
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Thank you!

Emily Jack Sodapopinski7 jack@email.unc.edu

Questions?

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Adding a citation

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Adding a citation in five steps

  • 1. Start a user account
  • 2. Select your editing mode
  • 3. Create a user page
  • 4. Choose a discovery pathway
  • 5. Make your edit
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Add a citation

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Questions?

Give Wikipedia and information seekers the gift of a citation!

Credit: Harry Walker - The University of Houston Digital Library. Public Domain. Birthday cake, circa 1910-1920 via Wikimedia Commons
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Thank you!

#1lib1ref #oclcwikilib