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Beginner course Editing Wikipedia – the basics
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Trainer
Name
User Name
Name
User Name
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Here you can add photos and descriptions of yourselves (you don’t have to mention your real name)
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Agenda
XX – XX o’clock: What is Wikipedia?
XX – XX o’clock: Joining Wikipedia
XX – XX o’clock: Pause
XX – XX o’clock: Practice!
XX o’clock: End of workshop
Course contents:
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By Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68632688
Please edit the time frames
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Introductions
Please introduce yourselves briefly.
What do you hope to learn from this workshop?
Why are you here?
Have you got any experience editing Wikipedia?
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What is Wikipedia?
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What is the meaning of “encyclopedia”?
Wikipedia is created and written by volunteers
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By Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62313305
This is how Free Knowledge works in Germany
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Free Knowledge
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
Wikivoyage
Wikidata
etc.
and
Wikimedia Deutschland – Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
supports
create
Volunteers
access
donate to support Free Knowledge
What does Free Knowledge mean?
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, all content must stand under free license.
This means that the free use and redistribution of textual and media content is allowed without legal, social or technological restriction.
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So what does this mean for our editors?
3 Ground rules
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Doesn’t Wikipedia already contain everything?
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Von Poulpy - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19533017
No, there’s still a lot to do!
… and of course there’s 2.3 Million articles that require regular updates.
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By Villy Fink Isaksen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57718187
Our To Do List
Women in Red
Bridge project of Kontor Hamburg
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Von Enter - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50901388
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Porzellanmanufaktur Fürstenberg
Topic Industrial History & Culture - Glass and Porcelain
What we do today:
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Here you can add a sheet that fits your class (e.g. women, GLAM, etc.) [delete this box afterwards]
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Von Statuette Jean Desoche; Picture taken by Marcus Cyron - Picture taken by Marcus Cyron, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25733042
Wikipedia’s surface: an article page
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Exercise for article page
Exercise 1 - Page History
Look at the page history of today's featured article
Exercise 2 - Talk page
Look at the respective talk page of article “Berlin” or “Merkel-Raute”.
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Possibly alter article in exercise 1
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Namespaces
Main Namespace / Articles
User namespace
User:
Help namespace
Help:
Wikipedia namespace
Wikipedia:
Talk namespaces
Talk:
and many more
File:
Template:
Category:
Portal:
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The unknown part of WIkipedia
Search exercise
Search within the respective Namespace:
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This exercise can be amended, e.g. to the place, the specific group or some other relevant topic
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Let’s get started: Create an account
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Photo by Jukan Tateisi on Unsplash
Your User Account
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Break
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Editing an article - What does that mean?
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By Villy Fink Isaksen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57718187
To edit in Wikipedia can mean many things:
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Be bold!
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By Isiwal/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70085393
How do you edit an article?
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1. Identify possible edits
3. Preview and Summary
4. Publish
2. Edit
Basic rules for Edits
No self researching
✅ Articles summarise what others have already published
✅ Always indicate your information with the correct source references
❌ Don’t jump to your own conclusions
Neutrality
✅ Consider all relevant perspectives
❌ No subjective opinions
Style
✅ Encyclopedic style (formal)
✅ Easy to understand
✅ Short and sweet
❌ No slang
❌ Unbiased and neutral
❌ No emotional descriptions
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Culture of Discussions
Sometimes the tone is a bit rough…
Sometimes edits by newbies are being deleted without a comment…
Don’t take it personally!
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Von Manfred Werner / Tsui - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4609132
Practical Module I:
Editing an article
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Practical exercise a
Correct the spelling and grammar mistakes.
Revise the writing style, does it match an Encyclopedia?
Add Headings and Subheadings.
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Depending on the chosen articles (see procedure notes) you’ll have to adjust the exercise.
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Delete this page if you don’t work with fictitious articles!
Practical Exercise b
Read the article and think about what changes you would make. Make some notes.
Discuss in teams of two. (10 Min.)
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Possibly adjust this exercise.
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Delete this page in case you’re not working with a prior chosen article (option b)!
Wikipedia: Reviewing pending changes
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Practical Module II:
Creating an article workshop
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Creating subpages within your user namespace
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Practical excercise
Create a short, random text and try the following format options:
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Practical Module III:
Adding References
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Task a
Put the references from the text into footnotes.
Research relevant references and add them.
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Depending on the chosen articles (see procedural notes) you‘ll have to adjust the task.
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Delete this page in case you are not using ficticious articles!
Task b
Add the given footnotes from the following references:
[Add references here]
(10 Min.)
Add. task for advanced users:
Research relevant references and add them.
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Possibly adjust the task and add sources.
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Delete this page in case you’re not working with a prior chosen article (option b)!
Practical Module IV:
Communicating and discussing with Wikitext
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Where and how can I contact other editors?
Not publicly visible:
Wikimail
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→ Important: Sign every post with
--~~~~
Talk pages require Source Code
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''italics'' | italics |
'''bold''' | bold |
[[Link to a different Wikipage]] [[Link|different title]] | Add link to a different Wikipage |
* Apples * Pears | Create a list |
--~~~~ | User name plus date/time |
: | Indent text |
Exercise
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Exercise:
Signing event pages
Open the following link and sign up by adding your signature to the list of attendees:
INSERT LINK
Sign up for the next Editing Meetup!
INSERT LINK
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Add the Link to the event page and possibly OE
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Where to from here?
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Finding help
[Contact your trainer]
E-Mail address
Name
User Name
Asking questions
Wikipedia:Teahouse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse
Help pages
Help:Contents
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
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You can add your contact details here
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Open Editing Meetups
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Join our Editing Meetups!
Every [4. Thursday of a month]
Von [17-20 Uhr]
Von Die Geduldige (Urheber_in) - Eigenes Werk (Originaltext: Selbst erstellt), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66033591
Add your event dates here
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More of our Events
[You can inform about regular meetups or future events here, f.e. Wikipedia:Treffen. Otherwise delete this slide.]
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Participate Online:
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Learn more
Train with our training modules (English):
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training/editing-wikipedia/editing-basics
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Questions?
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Feedback round
How did you like this course?
What is your take-away?
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Evaluation
Please take three minutes and fill in our evaluation form.
This will help us to improve our Introduction courses. Thank you!
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Important: Create your own copy of the evaluation form and replace the link here, otherwise you won’t have direct access to the result.
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THANK YOU!
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E-Mail adress
Name
User Name
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