1. Introduction
Is Wikipedia a Credible Source?
Published on Oct 4, 2013It's the go-to website for information on just about anything. But is the info on Wikipedia worth it's weight in megabytes? Trace has the answer and tells us about a new plan to up the accuracy of some of its most popular pages.
Read More: UCSF First U.S. Medical School to Offer Credit For Wikipedia Articles
"UC San Francisco soon will be the first U.S. medical school at which medical students can earn academic credit for editing medical content on Wikipedia."Medical Students Can Now Earn Credit for Editing Wikipedia
"Starting this winter, medical students at the University of California San Francisco will be able to obtain academic credit from an unlikely source: Wikipedia."Using Wikipedia
"As a tool for scholarly research, Wikipedia can be either a grade-killer or a valuable friend, depending on who you ask and what you hope to accomplish using it. What is fairly certain is that your professor won't let you cite it in a scholarly research paper."Citing Wikipedia
Most university lecturers discourage students from citing any encyclopedia in academic work, preferring primary sources; some specifically prohibit Wikipedia citations. Wales stresses that encyclopedias of any type are not usually appropriate to use as citeable sources, and should not be relied upon as authoritative."Special Report Internet encyclopaedias go head to head
"Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds."Britannica attacks... and we respond.
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The History of Wikipedia (in two minutes)
Uploaded on Dec 2, 2009This is a short video about how the online information repository Wikipedia came into being.
NOTE: This video is intended to be a very simple overview of the Wikipedia project. With that said, the video does gloss over Larry Sanger's contributions to Wikipedia, and it oversimplifies his reasons for leaving the project. As pointed out by Larry Sanger himself, Mr. Sanger did approve of, and support Wikipedia as a free, open source, online encyclopedia; however, he was critical of "certain aspects of the Wikipedia project."
More information on Larry Sanger's role in Wikipedia's development, and his criticism of the model, can be found here: The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir.
More interesting stuff at: Surviving English ...or follow @SurviveEnglish on Twitter
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2. Wikimedia Foundation
SSTattler: How YOU can be an author - simply one click at the top "edit" and you in! Try it!Inside Wikimedia
Uploaded on Jan 26, 2009Who are the roughly 20 paid staffers working at the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia? Meet several of the technical, fundraising, programming, and administrative staff to hear their views about working for the organization behind one of the largest and most popular websites on the Internet.
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Wikipedia: Verifiability and Neutral Point of View
Uploaded on Apr 15, 2010Educational video explaining Wikipedia's concepts of "Verifiability" and "Neutral point of view". Created by Common Craft for the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Wikipedia: Username
Uploaded on Sep 21, 2010Who edits Wikipedia? Meet some of the volunteer editors from around the world who help make projects like Wikipedia a reality.
Author: Wikimedia Foundation. Video credits: Directed by Jelly Helm, produced by Noah Stanik, shot by DP Reed Harkness, edited by Sarah Marcus. Music by Matt Carey. Production team, Living Colour. Agency partner Fenton Communications.
Freely reusable under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license or the GNU FDL
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Wikipedia: Edit Button
Uploaded on Sep 23, 2010Have you ever considered contributing to Wikipedia? Some of the volunteers behind the projects introduce the edit button.
Author: Wikimedia Foundation. Video credits: Directed by Jelly Helm, produced by Noah Stanik, shot by DP Reed Harkness, edited by Sarah Marcus. Music by Matt Carey. Production team, Living Colour. Agency partner Fenton Communications.
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Wikipedia: Contribute
Uploaded on Nov 22, 2010What does it take to keep Wikipedia going? Your support: http://donate.wikimedia.org
Author: Wikimedia Foundation. Video credits: Directed by Jelly Helm, produced by Noah Stanik, shot by DP Reed Harkness, edited by Sarah Marcus. Music by Matt Carey. Production team, Living Colour. Agency partner Fenton Communications.
Freely reusable under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license or the GNU FDL.
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Wikipedia: Great Feeling
Uploaded on Sep 24, 2010Think you need superpowers to contribute to Wikipedia? "Great Feeling" is the final video in our four-part series about Wikimedia editors and projects.
Author: Wikimedia Foundation. Video credits: Directed by Jelly Helm, produced by Noah Stanik, shot by DP Reed Harkness, edited by Sarah Marcus. Music by Matt Carey. Production team, Living Colour. Agency partner Fenton Communications.
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Wikipedia: Nice People
Uploaded on Sep 22, 2010Why do people contribute to Wikipedia? Some of the volunteer editors behind projects share their reasons.
Author: Wikimedia Foundation. Video credits: Directed by Jelly Helm, produced by Noah Stanik, shot by DP Reed Harkness, edited by Sarah Marcus. Music by Matt Carey. Production team, Living Colour. Agency partner Fenton Communications.
Freely reusable under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license or the GNU FDL.
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Page Curation on Wikipedia
Published on Sep 21, 2012Video tour of Page Curation, a set of tools to review new pages on Wikipedia.
This quick video tour (3:30) shows how page patrollers can use the New Pages Feed and Curation Toolbar to review new pages more productively -- and give better feedback to page creators. This video was created and narrated by Wikimedia product manager Fabrice Florin.
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Sneak Preview - Wikipedia VisualEditor
Published on Mar 1, 2013Visit and watch a sneak preview of the VisualEditor on English Wikipedia Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide. Please share this video with others and help drive awareness of this new feature.
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3. The Impact of Wikipedia
Poongothai Balasubramanian
Published on Nov 30, 2012'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- How Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it.
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Gereon Kalkuhl
Published on Dec 5, 2012'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- How Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it.
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Adrianne Wadewitz
Published on Dec 4, 2012'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- How Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it.
Produced during Wikimania 2012 by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Mike Cline
Published on Dec 17, 2012'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- How Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it.
Produced during Wikimania 2012 by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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