"Safe wiki": teaching responsible use of Wikipedia

Presented at ACEC conference and EDNA ICT workshop in 2008.

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1. “Safe wiki :
   ”
   Teaching
   responsible
   use of
   Wikipedia
   Brianna Laugher
   Wikimedia Australia
   http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
   

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2. Brianna Laugher:
   “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
   ”
   Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
   http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    Wikipedia editor since 2005
    Wikimania attendee, speaker
    Blogger: http://brianna.modernthings.org/
    Wikimedia Australia ctte
   

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3. Educational landscape
   “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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   Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
   http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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   School
   TAFE
   University
   Adult/comm.
   education
   TV, radio, newspapers,
   magazines
   Family, friends
   Wikipedia + ?www
   Public libraries
   

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4. Wikipedia:
   “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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   Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
   http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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5. Wikipedia:
   “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
   ”
   Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
   http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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   1: encyclopedia
   

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7. Wikipedia:
   “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
   ”
   Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
   http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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   1: encyclopedia
   2: website
   

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8. Wikipedia:
   “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
   ”
   Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
   http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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   1: encyclopedia
   2: website
   3: not for profit
   Wikimedia Foundation = Wikipedia +
   Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiversity,
   Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikispecies,
   Wikiquote, Wikimedia Commons
   

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9. Wikipedia:
   “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
   ”
   Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
   http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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   1: encyclopedia
   2: website
   3: not for profit
   Wikimedia Foundation = Wikipedia +
   Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiversity,
   Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikispecies,
   Wikiquote, Wikimedia Commons
   4: multilingual
   

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10. Wikipedia:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
    ”
    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    1: encyclopedia
    2: website
    3: not for profit
    Wikimedia Foundation = Wikipedia +
    Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiversity,
    Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikispecies,
    Wikiquote, Wikimedia Commons
    4: multilingual
    5: wiki
    (community)
    

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11. Wikipedia:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
    ”
    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    1: encyclopedia
    2: website
    3: not for profit
    Wikimedia Foundation = Wikipedia +
    Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiversity,
    Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikispecies,
    Wikiquote, Wikimedia Commons
    4: multilingual
    5: wiki
    (community)
    6: free content
    

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12. Anatomy of an article:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    Tabs:
     Article
    

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13. Anatomy of an article:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    Tabs:
     Article
     Discussion
    (Talk)
    

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14. Anatomy of an article:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    Tabs:
     Article
     Discussion
    (Talk)
     Edit this page
    

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17. WikiEd
    syntax
    high-
    lighting
    

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18. Anatomy of an article:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    Tabs:
     Article
     Discussion
    (Talk)
     Edit this page
     History
    

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19. timestamp user/IP edit summary
    

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20. Removed text
    Timestamp, user/IP
    ,
    edit summary
    Diff view
    

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21. Timestamp, user/IP
    ,
    edit summary
    Added text
    Diff view
    

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22. Analysing histories:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Wikipedia Page History Statistics
    

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23. Analysing histories:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Wikipedia Page History Statistics
     WikiBlame
    

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24. Analysing histories:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Wikipedia Page History Statistics
     WikiBlame
     Wikipedia
    Trust Project
    

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25. Analysing histories:
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Wikipedia Page History Statistics
     WikiBlame
     Wikipedia Trust Project
     WikiChanges
    

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27. What types of projects?
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Referencing
    

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28. “Wikipedian Protestor”
    http://xkcd.com/285/
    

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29. What types of projects?
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Referencing
     Evaluating articles
    accuracy, coverage, depth
    

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30. What types of projects?
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Referencing
     Evaluating articles
     Improving/creating articles
    Work with WikiProjects!
    

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31. What types of projects?
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Referencing
     Evaluating articles
     Improving/creating articles
     Analysing collaborative authoring
    

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32. HSC English
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    Don Carter, the English inspector at the
    Board of Studies, said the course was
    intended to teach students skills of
    analysis to enable them to be more
    discerning about content they found on
    the web.
    "It was felt that Wikipedia reflected notions
    of the global village; that fluidity, of being
    up to date and changing in a way that
    other websites don't do."
    

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33. HSC English
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    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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    {{globalize}}: (2,500+ articles)
    

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35. HSC English
    “Safe wiki : Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia
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    Brianna Laugher (Wikimedia Australia), ACEC 2008
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
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     Wikipedia:List of controversial issues
     Wikipedia:Naming conflict
     Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)
    

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36. WP:LAME
    

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37. Thank you!
    Brianna Laugher
    brianna @ modernthings.org
    http://brianna.modernthings.org/
    Wikimedia Australia
    http://www.wikimedia.org.au/
    contact @ wikimedia.org.au
    

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