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Using Wikipedia for GLAM Part I: Tracy H. Jentzsch, Program Assistant, Museum Studies at the University of Delaware [email protected] @Tracy_Jentzsch
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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.
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Using Wikipedia for GLAM
Part I: Tracy H. Jentzsch, Program Assistant,
Museum Studies at the University of [email protected] @Tracy_Jentzsch
What is WikiPedia?
Most Popular Websites
Most Popular Websites
#6 - Wikipedia
What is WikiCommons?
GLAM WIKI
The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
Wikipedia is an Encyclopedia
The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral point of view
The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral point of view
The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral point of view-Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, modify & distribute
The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral point of view-Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, modify & distribute-Editors should treat each other with respect and civility
The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral point of view-Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, modify & distribute-Editors should treat each other with respect and civility-Wikipedia does not have firm rules
What does a WikiPedia page look like?
What does a WikiPedia page look like?
What does a WikiPedia page look like?
Wikipedia – GLAM Partnerships
• Meeting informational needs• Building new or “unintended” audiences• Find additional information relevant to your
collections and build partnerships• Facilitating deeper levels of engagement
Getting Involved
• Wikipedia Meetups– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup
• Wikipedia Chaptershttp://bit.ly/1l2e7AM • Wikipedia & Libraries List serv– [email protected]
Getting Involved
• Wikipedia Loves Libraries– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Library
Using Wikipedia for GLAM
Part II: Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence,
Chemical Heritage [email protected] @MMOckerbloom
www.chemheritage.org
Chemical Heritage Foundation is a library, museum and archive. Our vision is to collect, study and communicate human stories about the sciences and technologies that shape material culture.
The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is … to collect and develop educational content … and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
The Goal
To improve the quality of articles on Wikipediaby sharing Chemical Heritage Foundation resources
“People see maybe 1% of what we have”books, artworks, artifacts, papers, photographs, oral history
events, awards, media (videos, magazine &website)
What Do I Do?Image release on Wikimedia Commons:
People (Events)Rare books (Alchemy)
Artworks, Artifacts, Other
Editing of articles on Wikipedia:Adding images and video, improving citations, writing
Creating new articles (often for special events)
Outreach:GLAM Café
Art And Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Art And Feminism Edit-a-thon
Quality, Accuracy & Integrity
Wikipedia “Did You Know”
Wikipedia article traffic statistics: Creation at edit-a-thon: 80 visitsDYK (February 8-9) : 1200 visits
Ada Lovelace Day 2013
Wikipedia Pages Bring Together Resources From Across The Institution
The Curse of Wikipedia
Thomas Wijck“The Alchemist in his Study”
Descriptive Metadata
Wikimedia Licensing
For Each Image, An Editable Page== {{int:filedesc}} =={{Photograph |photographer =Gregory Tobias |title =|Description ={{en|1=Set of Bakelite Buttons
Set of 24 [[w:Bakelite|Bakelite]] [[w:Button|buttons]] of various shapes, sizes, and colors; colors include different shades of green, red, white, and amber; some have brass fasteners.
}}
|depicted people = |depicted place = |date =2007 |medium = |dimensions = |institution = {{Institution:Chemical Heritage Foundation}} |department = |references = |object history = |exhibition history = |credit line = |inscriptions = |notes = Image downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation, as part of the
[[w:Wikipedian in Residence|Wikipedian in Residence]] initiative. |accession number = 2007.068 |source = [http://www.chemheritage.org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation], Photograph by Gregory Tobias |permission ={{CHF-cooperation}} {{CC-BY-SA-3.0 | Chemical Heritage Foundation}} |other_versions =}}
[[Category:Images from the Chemical Heritage Foundation]][[Category:Bakelite]][[Category:Textile closures]][[Category:Buttons (clothing)]]
Canonical Examples: Artwork
Canonical Examples: Photograph
Save the Date: March 11, 2014
The second Tuesday of each month, 5-8 p.m.
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Using Wikipedia for GLAM
Part III: HANDS ON
Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence,
Chemical Heritage [email protected] @MMOckerbloom
How-To Guides
Best Practices– Present a neutral point of view in an impartial voice. You are writing an
encyclopedia, not a press release or journal article.– Accuracy and verifiability: Reference known facts using verifiable sources
and fact-check references for accuracy. – Avoid Conflict of Interest: Editing articles about yourself, or an organization
or person for whom you work, is a potential conflict of interest. Simple factual changes (maybe); more substantive changes (propose first on talk page)
– Transparency: Disclose your affiliation to any organization for whom you work on your user page.
This summary has been adapted from NARA (National Archives and Records Administration)’s Guidelines.
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration/Guidelines
Go to English Wikipedia
Searching
• Wikipedia tries to be as helpful as possible
• It assumes you want content• It takes you straight to a
page if you match its title• You see more alternatives if
you don’t exactly match the title of a target page
To Find Pages Which Mention a TopicSearch “Content pages”
To Find Images, Search “Multimedia”
To Learn About How Wikipedia Works, Search “Help and Project Pages”
Go to English Wikipedia
Create an Account
You are Now an Editor!
Create Your User PageWhile logged in, click on your name to go to your user page. Say yes if it asks you to start or create the user page.
This is Your User Page
• Your user page “belongs” to you• All other pages are communal• All pages in Wikipedia are editable• It’s impolite to edit someone else’s user page
Disclose Your Affiliation
Congratulations!
You’ve just created your first page and made your first edit to Wikipedia!
Internal Links
Sandboxes Are For Preparation
Invoking the EditorYou can either:
Click the edit this page tab at the top of the page
Or click the [edit] box next to a section
First You Write
Then You Cite
Describe Your Citation
Then You Preview
Help! What Happened?
Then You Save
History
Contributions
Learn From Examples
A Good Article Should:
• Be neutral in tone• Be a reasonable length• Be well organized and readable• Include inline citations supporting all
information, for the article’s {{reflist}}• Link to other relevant topics on Wikipedia• Be linked to by other relevant topics on
Wikipedia • Contain relevant images when possible
Tips for Creating New Articles
• Start in your Sandbox• Create an article of some length – don’t stop
at three sentences• The ‘lead’ or first paragraph must establish the
significance of the topic of the article – why should this person/thing be in an encyclopedia
• If robots or people leave messages, ask yourself “How can I improve my article?”
Exploring and Asking for Help• If you like what someone has done on a page, click edit on the page to see
how they did it• Read the talk page of an article to assess the integrity of the content and
past questions or concerns.• Ask for advice on Project talk pages (e.g. Chemistry) if you have a concern
about something you want to write
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Beginner's_guide_to_Wikipedia
• Search on both Content and Help and Project pages• Explore the Help item on the sidebar and its decision tree• Go to the Teahouse “A friendly place to ask questions”• Add a {{helpme}} template to your talk page with an outline of your
question to attract a volunteer
Q & A
Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence,Chemical Heritage Foundation
[email protected] @MMOckerbloom
Tracy H. JentzschStaff Assistant, University of Delaware Museum Studies Program
[email protected] @Tracy_Jentzsch
Final Resource:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing
