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ADVANCED IKIPEDIA
EDITING
Today
1 hr
• Templates, references and citations
• Tables, categories, other useful tools
• Break
1 hr
• •Data Tools
Break
1 hr
• •Talk and communication with other editors
• •Wikimedia Foundation and WikiProjects
Wikipedia is becoming increasingly:
sophisticated
user friendly
data- oriented
Open a few Wikipedia article pages to use
as references during our DEMOs
Emphasison WikiProjects and
navigation
Before we get started:
References and Citations
First Off… User Preferences
• Apperance, Gadgets, etc.
• Enable Twinkle Templates- article maintenance
Templates
• What is a template?
• Finding Templates in Directories, Categories, Portals
•WikiprojectBibliographies
•Wikiproject Fact and Reference Check
•Wikiproject References
•Wikiproject Unreferenced Biographies of Living
Persons
Sources for Citation Templates
Demos: Citation Templates
• {{cite book}}
• {{cite web}}
• {{cite journal}}
• {{cite news}}
• {{OCLC:5647325048}}
• [[Don’t just say it,
prove it]]
• Fill in as much as
possible
•WikiprojectBibliographi
es#Using citation
templates
Other Languages in Wikipedia
•Differences in source citations across different language
Wikipedias
Tables, Templates, Categories
Tables and Boxes
{| class="wikitable"
|- ! Header text !! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|}
•When are tables are appropriate?
•Finding Table and box templates
Hands on Table Editing
• [[Help:Table]]
• [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables]]
Lists
• Different Types of Bullets
<br>
• List Articles
• [[WikiProject: Lists]]
• [[Wikipedia: Manual of Style/Lists]]
Columns
Go to [[Template:Columns-list]]
Option 1:
{{columns-list|number of columns|
*text
*(usually a list)
}}
Option 2:
{{columns-list|colwidth=width|
*text
*(usually a list)
}}
Interwiki Links and Invisible Links
HANDS-ON
• Sandbox Task:
Make a link to the
article for “US
History/Age of
Invention and Gilded
Age” that is in
Wikibooks
DEMO: Re-directs
• To create a basic redirect manually, set #REDIRECT
[[target page name here]] as the only body text of the
page.
• For instance, if you were redirecting from "UK" to “United
Kingdom”, this would be the entire body of the “UK” page.
#REDIRECT [[United Kingdom]]
Categorization
• Creating categories
• Adding pages to categories
• Creating subcategories
• [[WikiProject Categories]]
• [[Wikipedia:Categories for Discussion]] = deleting,
merging, renaming categories
Infoboxes: Structured Data
[[WikiProject: Infoboxes]]
Coordinates and Maps in Infoboxes
Hands On: Add coordinates and location maps into Infoboxes
1. Search for map template
2. Map templates with coordinates will put bullet spots on maps when you enter in a location’s coordinates
• [[Template:Location map]]
• EX: [[Template:Locationmap United
StatesManhattan]]
• [[Category:Location map
templates]]
• [[WikiProject Maps]]
Hands On: Adding
information to infoboxes
Edit the Infoboxfor your institution or for the president or founder of your institution
Break
Data Tools
PERSONDATA
• A hidden template used to store biographical information
as metadata
• Wouldn’t you know it there’s a WikiProject: Persondata
• To view Persondata, you must tinker with your
account settings…
PERSONDATA CONTD:
• Go to [[Special:Mypage/skin.css]] (this will bring up the
custom CSS page for whichever skin you are using.)
• Copy-paste the following into your skin.css:
table.persondata {display:table !important;}. If you are
using Internet Explorer 7 or earlier, copy and paste this
variation instead:
table.persondata {display:block;}.
• Save the page and bypass your browser's cache. This
can be achieved in Internet Explorer by pressing Ctrl+F5.
Authority Control
• Automation- do I need to participate or will the bots do the
work?
• 300,000 linkstoVIAFfromWikipedia.
• Talk of adding Authority Control into Infoboxes to make it
more structured within WikiData
• [[WikiProject: Unique Identifiers]]
DEMO
• {{Authority control|
GND=118813250|LCCN=n/79/63767|VIAF=97113511}}
Brand New: RAMP Editor
University of Miami Libraries,
October, 2013
RAMP Editor DEMO
http://rampeditor.info/
DBPedia
•Extracts structured information from Wikipedia
•Different utility packages offering different classes of
extraction
•Modify the dump according to your needs…
languages etc.
Applications:
•Faceted Wikipedia Search
•Geo-temporal article searches, visualizations
•Graph-based interfaces to explore
DBPedia Demo:
Creating a
Query
Wikimetrics•Generate data on editing activities of groups “cohorts”
•Use for Edit-a-Thons, trainings, events to measure tangible results
•Available data: Edits made, articles added, bytes added
•Can run for desired time frame, long term, short term
WikimetricsDemo
https://metrics.wmflabs.org/
WikiDatawww.wikidata.org
•Managing and adding
interlanguage links into
a central
database(semi-
automated)
•Migrating infobox
information to inter-
language articles
•Possible incorporation
of Authority Control,
other UIDs
Break
Talk and Communication
Edit Wars vs. Discussion
• Not every edit revert is an edit-war
• Wikipedia is not about winning
• Improve rather than delete
• Take a long term view
• Three-revert rule (3RR)
• Next Steps: Dispute Resolution Requests
• Request for comment, special noticeboards, request third opinion,
formal mediation, arbitration.
Talk, Article Improvement
• Writing within discourse communities.
• Check the relevant Wikiprojects for style guides.
Drive-by-tagging Practices
• IE: “Citation Needed” {{fact}}
• WP:NPOV {{npov}}
• Clean-up tags {{stub}}
HANDS-ON
Cite policy as much as possible:
• WP:BIO (Biography, Notability)
• WP:CORP (organizations and companies, Notability)
• WP:POV and
• WP:NPOV (Point of View, Neutral point of view)
Talk pages
• New sections
• Cascading text
• Signatures
• Move conversation if it would be more relevant on another
page
• Watch talk pages
DEMO
Article Vandalism
• Patroll recent changes
• Check the edit history to make sure you're reverting to a
"clean" version of the page.
• Check vandal user’s other edits
Deletion Process :AfD (Articles for
Deletion)
• Variety of maintenance templates
[[Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates]]
• Etiquette
• Afd Deletion discussions usually occur for 7 days until an
action is made based on consensus
Organized Efforts and Big Picture
What is a Wikiproject?
• Topic coordination, larger conversations about coverage
of topics on Wikipedia
• Setting goals about improving article class, article review
and assessment
• Gather advice about how to apply Wikipedia's policies,
guidelines, and essays to their specific subject area
• Wikiprojects Vs. GLAM-Wiki
WikiProjectBannering• DEMO: banneringrelated article talk pages
• {{WikiProject New York|class=|importance=}}
• Article Classes:
• FA, A, GA, B, C,
Start, Stub,
Creating a WikiProject
• [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory]]
• Propose a Wikiproject through the WikiProject Council
Wikisource and WikiBooks
• Release documents/texts
• Wikisource- upload to Wikimedia Commons as PDF or
SVG, then upload from Commons to Wikisource.
DEMO
• Downsides:Wikisource does not accept annotations,
translations.
Wikisource EX: HP Lovecraft
Wikipedia Illustrated
Representations
of “Doppelganger
in different
language
Wikipedia articles
Big Picture
Recent challenges
• GLAM-Wiki is still not incorporated into Wikimedia Foundation-
lack of funding, but also problems with paid editing
• MIT study- there has been a recent drop in editors and retainment
• Widely dispersed learning resources for beginners
• Visual Editor Debate
• Articles are Western focused
Gender Gap in Wikipedia
• Emphasizing social impact of editing
• WikiProject Women’s History
• WikiWomen’s Collaborative
• Wikipedia Teahouse
• FOSS Outreach Program for Women