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A beginners guide to editing Wikipedia A CRUK & Wikimedia UK training module Your trainer for today Dr Mike Peel - Lead trainer Astronomer at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester Wikipedian since

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A beginner’s guide to editing Wikipedia

A CRUK & Wikimedia UK training module

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Your trainer for today

  • Dr Mike Peel - Lead trainer
  • Astronomer at the Jodrell Bank Centre for

Astrophysics, University of Manchester

  • Wikipedian since 2005
  • www.mikepeel.net
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Today’s session

  • How to set up your account
  • Getting started as an editor
  • Adding to the encyclopaedia
  • Finding your subject focus
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Setting up a Wikipedia account

  • Please create an account, you can

see this is the top right corner:

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What is Wikipedia?

  • Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone

can edit and contribute to

  • There are articles written in over 295

languages

  • It is one of the largest collaborative projects

in history

  • It relies on the contribution of people like

you

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Why participate?

  • We need a diversity of experience
  • Wikipedia needs expertise
  • ~85% of Wikipedia Editors are male
  • Women are generally underrepresented

(only 1 in 6 biographies are of women)

  • Articles focus on “Global North” subjects and

Western culture

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Key points about edits

  • No original research

– Articles should summarise what others have published

  • Favour meta-analysis, not analysis
  • Give assertions context, e.g use quotation

marks to indicate that something is a point of view, not necessarily fact

  • Look for the consensus on a subject, not the

newest theory

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Key points about edits

  • Neutral point of view

– Articles should be accurate and without bias – All significant viewpoints should be considered and included in a balanced way

  • Articles should be written in an

encyclopaedic style with a formal tone

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  • Conflicts of interest:
  • “when advancing outside interests is more

important to an editor than advancing the aims

  • f Wikipedia, that editor stands in a conflict of

interest”

  • Paid contributions without disclosure are against

Wikipedia’s T&C.

  • Always note your affiliation on your user page if

it’s related to your editing activities.

Key points about edits

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Encyclopaedic style

  • Try to stick to all of these

– Use plain language – Be brief – Cite sources to back up factual claims – Attribute viewpoints to the people who hold them – Avoid stating conclusions

  • Unless attributable to specific sources
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Sources?

  • You are allowed to use primary sources….
  • Carefully. Secondary sources are best.
  • Scientific journals are preferred
  • Original papers can be both primary and

secondary sources E.g the Abstract may be a primary source, but the Introduction and Discussion may be secondary.

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Sources?

Discussion

"The present study shows substance X had an analgesic effect on cats" shows study is primary source. vs "The present study shows that substance X had an analgesic effect on cats, thereby supporting the review of Reference1" implying external expert review.

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Sources?

Introduction

"There is ample evidence that X is a risk-factor for Y (Reference1, Reference2, Reference3)." So, experts have reviewed the source.

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Your sandbox

  • Sandbox pages provide space to experiment

with the process of editing Wikipedia pages

  • When you are logged in to your User

Account you access your sandbox by clicking

  • n the link at the top right of your screen
  • The first time you open your sandbox,

Wikipedia will automatically create it

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Using your sandbox

  • Use your sandbox to practice and

experiment

  • You can draft new articles in your sandbox

first before saving them

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Note: “Edit Source” vs “Edit”?

  • Two different types of editing…

“Edit source” = Wikitext: Like HTML/LaTeX “Edit” = Visual Editor: MS Word style writing

  • Today we will be using Visual Editor
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Note: “Edit Source” vs “Edit”?

  • On some pages it will default to source editing, if so,

go to the pen icon on the far right.

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Creating your sandbox

  • Go to Wikipedia…
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Creating your sandbox

  • Go to the sandbox (top right)
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Pop-Ups

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Creating your sandbox

  • Go to the “Create”...
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Creating your sandbox

  • Type something below the box...
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Creating your sandbox

  • Then Save page (top right)...
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Creating your sandbox

  • Describe your edit briefly and save again.
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Creating your sandbox...

  • Now the sandbox has some content, it exists and

will show up in blue now where it was a red link before.

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Adding citations...

  • Go to the “edit” button
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Adding citations...

  • Type a verifiable statement e.g “The 8th March is

International Women’s Day”

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Find an online source to support your statement..

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Click the “cite” button...

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Add the URL link….

Copy & paste the url of your online source, and click “Generate”.

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Congratulations!

Then click “Insert” and you have added a citation.

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Note: Other citations...

  • You can reference using DOI or PMID

numbers too with the same method.

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The Cite tool will auto-populate the PMID/DOI metadata.

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And manual citations...

  • The Manual tab will offer you more templates to input data

manually..

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Next steps?

Please create a Userpage using the same method as you did with your sandbox.

  • Please say a little about yourself
  • Include profession or field of study
  • Affiliated institutions

This helps other editors see your edits in context and be less concerned about conflicts of interest.

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Create a user page

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Create a user page

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Create a user page

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Create a user page

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Next steps?

Relevant Wikiprojects for you may be:

  • Wikiproject Medicine ( enwp.org/WP:MED )
  • WikiProject Computational Biology ( enwp.org/WP:WCB )
  • WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Cancer dictionary

(Or Google them)

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Thank you!

  • Please fill in the signup sheets
  • It helps us tell how much gets added to

Wikipedia

  • It helps us tell who we are reaching