Who's Behind Wikipedia? navigation ● From linux.conf.au, the free (software) conference What is Wikipedia? “The problem with Wikipedia is that it ● Wikimedia only works in practice. In theory, it can Foundation never work. ” ―Unknown ● “Foundation issues” “Who's Behind Wikipedia?” is a ● Policies and presentation at the LinuxChix guidelines miniconference of the 2008 Linux.conf.au conference. ● Case 1: AfD
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● Wikipedia & the future http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:There's_no_cabal.png Orig inal in French by Rama, translated by Sandstei n Licensed CC-BY-SA-2.0-France: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en_GB What is Wikipedia? navigation ● What is Wikipedia? 253 language editions (145 have > ● Wikimedia 1000 articles), > 8 million articles total. Foundation
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Wikimedia Foundation navigation ● What is Mission statement: The mission of the Wikimedia Wikipedia? Foundation is to empower and engage people around the ● Wikimedia world to collect and develop educational content under a Foundation free license or in the public domain, ● “Foundation and to disseminate it effectively and issues” globally...[T]he Foundation provides ● Policies and the essential infrastructure and an guidelines organizational framework for the ● Case 1: AfD support and development of multi- ● Case 2: lingual wiki projects and other Dispute resolution endeavors which serve this mission. The Foundation will make and keep ● How to get involved useful information from its projects available on the Internet free of charge, in perpetuity. ● Wikipedia & the future
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Policies... ●Verifiability' navigation ● ● ● What is Ignore all rules WP:NOT Wikipedia? ●Bots ●Deletion ● Wikimedia ● ●Speedy deletion Foundation Civility ●Edit warring ●Office actions ● “Foundation ● ● issues” No personal attacks Oversight ● ● ● Policies and Sock puppetry Proposed deletion guidelines ●3RR ●Blocks ● Case 1: AfD ●Username ●Arbitration ● Case 2: ●Vandalism ●Bans Dispute ● ● resolution Wheel war Consensus ● ● ● How to get BLP Protection involved ●Naming conventions ●Resolving disputes ● Wikipedia & ● ● the future NPOV Fair use ● ● No original research Reuse ... and guidelines navigation ● ● What is Article size Wikipedia? ● Manual of Style (over 100!) Be bold ● ● Wikimedia ● Lists Foundation Linking ● ● Categories Edit summary ● ● “Foundation ● Series boxes (navboxes, issues” Autobiography ● infoboxes) ● Policies and Notability ● guidelines ● Titles Disambiguation ● ● Case 1: AfD ● Sections Cite sources ●
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Deletion process navigation ● What is Wikipedia? Speedy: Admin deletes on sight, or another user ● Wikimedia Foundation tags for an admin to delete
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How to get involved navigation ● What is Wikipedia? ● [[WP:AWNB]] ● Wikimedia ● Foundation WikiProjects ● “Foundation ● issues” Don't leap into controversy ● ● Policies and Start with what you know or like guidelines
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The future navigation ● What is Wikipedia? ● WYSIWYG editing? Templates, ● Wikimedia Foundation tables ● “Foundation ● issues” Stable versions ● ● Policies and Trust highlighting guidelines ●Splintered community ● Case 1: AfD ● ● Case 2: Knol, Citizendium Dispute ● resolution Probably more bureaucracy
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