Future of Wikipedia and WikidataUsing Wikipedia and Wikidata Information Innovation @ UTS 4 March...
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Using Wikipedia and WikidataInformation Innovation @ UTS
4 March 2019
Pru Mitchell, Tony Naar & Toby Hudson
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30K volunteers
5M articles
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Alexa (2019, February 25) alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org
Wikipedia Statistics: stats.wikimedia.org
Imagine a world in which every single
human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge.
That's our commitment.
Wikimedia Foundation vision
Where are we heading?
By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential
infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge,
and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join
us.
We, the Wikimedia contributors, communities, and
organizations, will advance our world by collecting
knowledge that fully represents human diversity, and by
building the services and structures that enable others to
do the same.
Knowledge equity
As a social movement, we will focus our efforts on
the knowledge and communities that have been left
out by structures of power and privilege.
We will welcome people from every background to
build strong and diverse communities.
We will break down the social, political, and
technical barriers preventing people from
accessing and contributing to free knowledge.
We are only as good as our sources.
If they are wrong, we are wrong.
Goldstein, T. (2007). Journalism and truth: strange bedfellows.
Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Ill, p. 59
attributed to New York Times reporter Judith Miller in 2003
Citing sources in Wikipedia• Every fact has an inline citation (superscript)
• Every citation has a full reference (footnote)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources
Born open access
Shafee, Thomas. Outline of publication process for Wiki.J.Sci
Knowledge as a service
To serve our users, we will become a platform that
serves open knowledge to the world across
interfaces and communities.
We will build tools for allies and partners to
organize and exchange free knowledge beyond
Wikimedia.
Our infrastructure will enable us and others to
collect and use different forms of free, trusted
knowledge.
Wiki Loves Monuments & Heritage
Our aim is to promote participation on
Wikimedia projects and the equality of
opportunity to access and participate in
the collaborative creation of Free Cultural
Works in Australia
wikimedia.org.au