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Newbie Wiki Workshop , This page will be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Pharos/NWC this version, May 10, 2011

Reading and using Wikipedia

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  • Wikipedia and other sources
  • A free encyclopedia, free to read and to use, free of copyright (except for some Fair Use material)
  • A comprehensive modern encyclopedia, with world-wide coverage, and at least some information about almost anything a person might look for in an encyclopedia; larger than print encyclopedias; extensively hyperlinked and categorized; lists; images & other media; watchlists and other software tools
  • Verifiable, with references for the information, to check for accuracy and to find more material
  • Open content: anyone can contribute – widest range of interests and knowledge; numerous contributors; Wikiprojects encourage collaboration
  • Neutral and factual: all major points of view are covered in proportion, with sources for them (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)
  • Uncensored: with respect to sex, politics, and other difficult topics
  • Open community: self-governing, with minimal structure; everyone is a volunteer
  • Discussion, Edit, History: The magical secrets at the top of every Wikipedia article
  • Comparison with Other free web sources
  • ask.com for quick basic information
  • IMDb.com for detailed information on movies
  • WorldCat for comprehensive information about books
  • Google News Search: for current events and Google News Archive for earlier ones.
  • Wikia for details on games and hobbies
  • PubMed+ for medical information from the National Library of Medicine
  • Biography Resource Center, Literature Reference Center
  • Newspapers: National Newspaper Index, New York State Newspapers, Newspaper Source, Custom Newspapers (Gale)
English Wikipedia contributors by country (2007)
Size of English Wikipedia by subject (2007)
  • Wikipedia's coverage
  • What are the problems?:
  • Accuracy; updating; stability; edit wars/WP:OWNership
  • Fairness; WP:COI
  • Poorly covered areas
  • Uneven depth in even fairly well covered areas
  • Spam
  • Where is it strong:
  • Classic literature and drama
  • History and Religion
  • Africa, most of Asia, Latin America
  • Where it is too difficult for most people?:
  • Mathematics, Linguistics, ...
  • Searching
  • Wikipedia Search box
  • Google and other search engines
  • Evaluating an article
  • Sourcing (Wikipedia:Verifiability; WP:RS); External links (WP:EL)
  • Article history (sometimes an old version contains useful information that has been dropped)
  • Talk page - Wikiprojects rate their own articles; discussion of article improvement
  • Examples:
  • Other parts of the system than articles
  • Commons: Pictures and media Files
  • Wikitionary; WikiSource (& related projects elsewhere, such as Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive)
  • other language Wikipedias
  • Discussing an article; Wikiquette; Consensus
  • Correcting/expanding an article; WP:CITE; WP:MOS
  • Writing a new article WP:FIRST
  • Researching an article with library and other resources

Writing for Wikipedia

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Stubs! good targets for your first edits

Try to include references!

Other articles for first edits

Engaging in discussion

Wikimedia NYC and NYU class background

Getting Help

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Follow-up

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