S OSIZE OF WIKIPEDIATop Largest Websites

>500 000 0001. Google 2. Facebook3 Y t b

>500,000,000 Monthly Views

3. Youtube4. Yahoo!5. Baidu 6th Largest Site6. Wikipedia7. Windows Live!8 QQ

6 Largest Site

8. QQ9. Amazon10. LinkedIn

89,000 Active Editors

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Top Largest Websites1. Google 2. Facebook3 Y t b3. Youtube4. Yahoo!5. Baidu No user 6. Wikipedia7. Windows Live!8 QQ

surveillance8. QQ9. Amazon10. LinkedIn

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“Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our

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Library or Wikipedia?

FreeFree

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Question Catalog Search Stacks

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Question Web Search Wikipedia

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Question Web Search WikipediaLibrary• Digital• Physical

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Question Web Search WikipediaLibrary• Digital• Physical

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It’s not contentious that research should end at the sources.

The open question is how to Who’s linking?

p qcreate the links between Wikipedia and Libraries. What needs

li ki ?linking?

Where to link?

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Direct Editing• Institutions have edited

Wiki di h i i l Direct Editing

Editathons

Wikipedia on their own special collections.

• Editathons bring Wikipediansto the sources Editathons

Workshops

to the sources.• Workshops train new editors

on how to create edit Wikipedia Workshops

Bots

Wikipedia.• Bots (robots) are software

that automatically edit Wikipedia. Bots

Media Donation

p• Media Donations are bulk

uploads of media to the commons.

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(Ro)bots are software that can Scalableedit Wikipedia at huge scale.

For instance: VIAFbot[1] Useful for data integration projects

For instance: VIAFbot[1].Advantages: Hugely scalable if

the problem can be solved algorithmically

Must be approved by community

algorithmically. Disadvantages: Requires very

specific data focus and skills.

Requires programming skills

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe

dia:VIAF

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Gi d iIndividual librarians are also in need on

Wikipedia Give advice on references

Wikipedia.

Reliable sources noticeboard is a discussion forum on assessing the quality of sources[1].

Improve articles

quality of sources[1].“Category:Unreferenced” is a list of

articles lacking sourcing entirely[2].The Teahouse is a new, friendly approach

to peer support on Wikipedia[3]. Improve articlesp pp p [ ][1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sour

ces/Noticeboard

Grow an inside perspective

[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_lackin

g_sources[3]

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p phttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse

VIAF – the Virtual InternationalA th it Fil i t hiAuthority File – is a matching algorithm for over 20 national name authority files.

In VIAF’s algorithmic matching

An aggregating authority file

In VIAF s algorithmic matching process it uses Wikipedia as to help disambiguate creators.

When a successful match is found Uses and links to Wiki di d tand Wikipedia is used, VIAF

links to the Wikipedia article it used.

This VIAF >Wikipedia link could be

Wikipedia data

W ld b l bl ifThis VIAF->Wikipedia link could be reciprocated on Wikipedia, making it part of a web of services.

Would be valuable if Wikipedia reciprocated links

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VIAFbot proposes to edit 260,000 articles.G tti l l j t 260 000 ti l t ditGetting approval on large projects on Wikipedia is difficult because there is

no central office.Instead you must find community

consensus.

260,000 articles to edit

Requires Approvalconsensus.

Phases: • Village Pump (discussion)

Requires Approval

No office to call• Request for Comment (officious)• Bot Approval Group (review)

We’re close to doing it [1]

No office to call

Must find community consensusWe re close to doing it [1].

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Auth

ority_control_integration_proposal

consensus

>30,000 community members

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What is authority control in Wikipedia?

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