On 20/02/2008, Cormac Lawler <cormaggio(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm doing a
class next week on educational implications of
wikis/Wikipedia - and part of
that is to give a look at what happens "inside Wikipedia". You can find this
at: <http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Inside_Wikipedia> -
please go edit/comment/fork as you see fit.
I gave a talk at a Linux conference a couple of weeks ago that you may
find useful. The aim was to demystify Wikipedia bureaucracy for those
who are comfortable using it but may run into common problems when
trying to edit. I talked about two common areas for trouble, article
deletion and dispute resolution.
Slides:
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Who%27s_Behind_Wikipedia%3F_slides_Brianna_Laugher.pdf>
Afterwards I spoke to a journo who more or less turned it into an article:
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1866322157;pp;1;fp;4194304;fpid;1>
Possibly useful diagram (this is supposed to be on slide 4, it doesn't
always show up...)
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:English_Wikipedia_user_access_levels_diagram.svg>
My talk was videoed but unfortunately that did not surface yet :(
Anyway I think this talk assumes too much for me to give it to an
audience of teachers. At one interview I gave I found people did not
know about the history tab, and the ability to view each previous
revision. So I will put more emphasis on those things for a teacher
audience, compared to a Linux tech audience.
cheers,
Brianna
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