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Collaboratively fixing automatic citations in Wikipedia

Web2Cit

Diego de la Hera (User:Diegodlh)

Wikimedia Argentina /

Wikimedistas Calamuchita

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Automatic citations

Greatly simplify inserting citations

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Automatic citations

But sometimes they fail

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How do they work?

/path/A

www

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How do they work?

www

www

www

www

www

translators

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www

www

if (programmer) {

return “OK”

} else {

throw new Error()

}

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Web2Cit

Collaboratively and simply

define and maintain

procedures and tests

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meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web2Cit

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/path/A

www

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Demonstration

meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web2Cit

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Use

User script installation

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meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web2Cit#Getting_started

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Edit

Translation summary

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Edit

Translation test

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Edit

Translation template

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Monitor

meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web2Cit/monitor

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Team

Evelin Heidel

(Scann)

Wikimedistas de Uruguay

Gimena del Rio Riande

(Gimenadelrioriande)

HD CAICYT LAB - CONICET

Nidia Hernández

(Nidiah)

HD CAICYT LAB - CONICET

Dennis Tobar

(Superzerocool)

Wikimedia Chile

Romina de León

(Rominicky)

HD CAICYT LAB - CONICET

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Thank you!

Diego de la Hera (User:Diegodlh)

Wikimedia Argentina /

Wikimedistas Calamuchita

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delahera AT gmail DOT com

@diegodlh