Introduction to Wikipedia!

Audience’s Expectations Why do they edit Wikipedia? Who writes on Wikipedia? Notes Place your own picture behind this frame! Double click to crop it if necessary San Francisco Budapest Important Details (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr (cc) photo by Franco Folini on Flickr (cc) photo by jimmyharris on Flickr Stockholm (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr Introduction WP pillars & policies Tabs & pages What is Wikipedia? Online Encyclopedia Assets map details doodles notes outlook photo frame Introduction to Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Plagiarism 20+ Indic languages 11,70 Cr. page requests per month Hindi, Bengali, Marathi Telugu, Tamil, Urdu Kannada, Gujarati, Sindhi Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia Punjabi, Assamese, Nepali Kashmiri, Newari, B. Manipuri Sanskrit, Pali 50 crores unique visitors per month 2 crores come from India 5th most visited website in the world Bengaluru Mumbai Pune Delhi Kolkata Ahmedabad Cuttack Kerala Sharing knowledge Global collaboration & fun :) Preserving culture & language Passion about a particular topic There are so many people editing Wikipedia articles…. … How does this not lead to chaos? Because of Wikipedia’s Pillars & Policies. Let’s take a look at those… Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use, modify, and distribute. Editors should interact with each other in a respectful and civil manner. Wikipedia does not have firm rules. Neutral Point of View Articles mustn't take sides, but should explain the sides, fairly and without bias. This applies to both what you say and how you say it. No personal opinions Use impartial tone Give opposing views Conflicting ideas should be treated as opinions Citation Citation, also called referencing, serves to identify reliable sources based on which article is written. To validate what you’re writing To enable consult original source To cite different points of view To acknowledge the source to avoid plagiarism Sources Reliable Sources Unreliable Sources - Academic Publications - Social networking sites - Books & Magazines - User generated sites – Craigslist, Open Wikis, Zomato etc. - Newspaper - Personal or Group Blogs, & Journal articles - Web pages - Personal websites - Research papers - Self published books To validate what you’re writing To enable consult original source To cite different points of view To acknowledge the source to avoid plagiarism Don't make the work of others look like your own; give credit where it's due. Why Plagiarism is a problem? Duplicating work of others without credit Brings two people in dispute Readers can’t check the authenticity Poses legal problems Common Queries Can I copy paste from another source? NO Can I copy paste if I change the text a little bit? NO Can I copy paste works of central/state government? MAYBE What about quotes and idioms? YES ? What if I violate these rules? Plagiarised material added might get deleted. You’ll get warning. If repeated, you might be blocked from editing. Vandalism Intentionally making abusive edits to Wikipedia will result in a block. Detecting vandalism Tracking recent changes Watchlist Drastic incline/decline in article bytes Types of vandalism Article blanking Offensive Insertion Adding junk, personal blogs & letters Warning is not particularly essential, one may get blocked even without a warning! Notability For a topic to have its own Wikipedia article it should be notable - that has gained significant attention by the world at large Significant coverage Secondary sources - no original research Multiple reliable and verifiable sources Manual of Style MoS presents Wikipedia's style to produce articles with consistent, clear, and precise language, layout, and formatting. Not to use upper case to emphasis Write both full version and abbreviation at the first occurrence Capitalization of “The” e.g. The Lord of the Rings, The Hague Religious scriptures are capitalized e.g. Bhagavad Gita, Bible Write out "million" and "billion" on the first use. After that, unspaced M and bn can be used e.g. 70M and 25bn ? Questions? ? ? ? To collaborate, ask for help, discuss issues regarding the article To edit a page To create login To view changes on a particular article Questions? facebook.com/groups/wikipediasupport Prezi designed by Subhashish Panigrahi Under CC-BY-SA 3.0