class: center, middle # CSCI-UA 480.10: OSSD <br> ## Open Encyclopedia .author[ Instructor: Joanna Klukowska <br> ] .license[ Unless noted otherwise all content is released under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ] --- # Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/ - "__is a free online encyclopedia with the mission of allowing anyone to create or edit articles.__ Wikipedia is the largest and most popular general reference work on the Internet, and is ranked the fifth-most popular website. Wikipedia is a project owned by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia , retrieved Jan. 28) - [_The Birth of Wikipedia_](https://www.ted.com/talks/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia) - TED talk by Jimmy Wales - [_The importance of Wikipedia_](https://opensource.com/business/11/11/importance-wikipedia), Dana Blankenhorn, Nov. 30, 2011, Opensource.com --- # Wikipedia among the top of "The top 500 sites on the web) <img src="img/top_sites.png" width="450" > (source: https://www.alexa.com/topsites, retrieved Jan. 28, 2018) --- # Wikimedia Foundation and their projects Wikipedia is not the only project run by the Wikimedia Foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation#Projects_and_initiatives Can you name a few? -- There are over ... edits to the Wikimedia projects so far (pick the closest answer). - 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 - 100,000,000 - 1,000,000,000 -- over 3,400,000,000 and going up fast, see https://tools.wmflabs.org/wmcounter/ --- # Wikipedia download https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download --- # Contributing to Wikipedia - how can we figure out how to cotribute to a project like Wikipedia? --- # Additional Readings [Contributing to Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia) [Wikipedia:Cleanup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup) - minor issues that can be fixed without deeper knowledge on the subject, like broken links, incorrect formatting, etc. [Elsavier guide to contributing](http://www.elsevier.com/authors-update/home/featured-article/irked-by-wikipedia-errors-heres-how-to-fix-them) BBC article [Wikipedia blocks hundreds of 'scam' sock puppet accounts](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34127466) from 2015 [4 tips for creating a Wikipedia article](https://opensource.com/article/16/11/4-tips-creating-wikipedia-article) [How WikiFundi is helping people in Africa contribute to Wikipedia](https://opensource.com/article/17/9/wikifundi-leader-florence-devouard) --- # Sources and Acknowledgements