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Introduction to Wikipedia , This page will be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:DGG/NYPL this version, July 7, 2009

Reading and using Wikipedia

Wikipedia and other sources

What is distinctive about Wikipedia (Wikipedia:Five pillars, Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset)

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

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

Comparison with Library web sources (NYPL, available remotely with a Library card

Biography Resource Center, Literature Reference Center
Newspapers: National Newspaper Index, New York State Newspapers, Newspaper Source, Custom Newspapers (Gale)

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:

Popular culture: TV, movies, games
Computers; Medicine; Sports; Politics
United States, Great Britain
WP:Featured Topics, WP:Featured Articles, WP:Good Articles

Where it is weak or erratic (Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias)

Classic literature and drama
History and Religion
Africa, most of Asia, Latin America

Where it is too difficult for most people?:

Mathematics, Linguistics, ...

How to use Wikipedia (Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia)

Searching

Wikipedia Search box
Google and other search engines

Browsing Portal:Contents

Wikipedia Portals of broad subjects Portal:Contents/Portals
Wikipedia Categories & Complete A-Z list of categories, Outlines, and Lists; Timelines,Complete A-Z Index
Links in articles

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

Quality and priority designations (Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment)
Problem designations: Cleanup, PovCheck, Unreferenced, Tone, Advert, Disputed, Update

Examples:

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film) (and at IMDB). Compare H.M.S. Pinafore (19th century topic easier to illustrate) and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Malcolm X compared with Bill Clinton
Fairy tale
Macintosh
Metal umlaut (video on article evolution)

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

Getting started (Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia)

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

1. Finding an article; disambiguation pages; finding stubs
2. Registering an account; usernames
3. Copy editing (common typo: "occured" instead of "occurred"); grammar changes: WP:MOS; click "minor" edits?; edit summary
4. Content editing: Category:New York City stubs, Recent deaths

A. Look over article before editing - The information may already be there

B. Look at recent discussions on Talk page

C. Get research information and bibliographic reference to source; WP:V; WP:RS; WP:NOR. See, e.g., Newsday? Google?

D. Edit this page tab; Editing sections; Write using your own words - (copyright/plagiarism)

E. Formatting your citation; WP:CITE; Reflist

F. Provide an edit summary; describe purpose of change on Talk page (sign with four tildes: ~~~~ ); WP:NPOV; WP:CIVIL; WP:CONSENSUS; try commenting about University Village, New York at Wikipedia:Peer review/University Village, New York/archive1

G. Show preview; when satisfied, save page. SELECT ALL and copy before saving in case of software problem

H. Wikify; pipes; Wikipedia:Tutorial; Wikipedia:Cheatsheet

I. History tab - see record of previous edits

J. Categories; External links; See also

K. Assessment - Stub; GA; FA - Look to Featured articles for good examples; Wikipedia:Article development

L. Examples

Recent deaths list:

5. Wikipedia:Starting an article

A. Wikipedia:Naming conventions; Make sure that article does not already exist under different name (Use search)

B. WP:Notability; WP:COI; WP:NOT

C. Redirects

D. Searching and bluelinking your article's name in existing articles

E. Wikipedia:Layout

6. Uploading images
7. Wikipedia:Five pillars
8. Wikipedia:WikiProject - Discussion page will show you what projects cover your article. You can join. from:Ssilvers (talk) 19:12, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Example Stubs to add to

Recent deaths list (see above)
Category:New York City stubs

Places to look for possible article topics

Places to look for information for articles

Getting Help

Reader’s Guide to Wikipedia from The Missing Manual by John Broughton.
How Wikipedia Works by Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates
Wikipedia:Glossary -- our own jargon; Wikipedia:Cheatsheet

Follow-up

For the results of the Recent deaths articles experiment, see User talk:DGG/NYPL.
All participants are invited to Wiki-Conference New York on the weekend of July 25-26 at NYU.
The teachers of the class can be contacted at User talk:DGG, User talk:Pharos and User talk:Ssilvers, and will be glad to answer your questions.

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+<big>'''Introduction to Wikipedia''' </big>, '' This page will be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:DGG/NYPL''      this version, July 7, 2009
-(preliminary draft)
+__FORCETOC__
+==Reading and using Wikipedia==
 *Wikipedia and other sources
 :*What is distinctive about Wikipedia ([[Wikipedia:Five pillars]], [[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset]])
-::*A free encyclopedia, free to read and to use, free of copyright (except Fair Use)
+::*A free encyclopedia, free to read and to use, free of copyright (except for some [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|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 and extensively hyperlinked; extensively hyperlinked and categorized; lists; images; watchlists and other software tools
+::*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 get more material
+::*Verifiable, with references for the information, to check for accuracy and to find more material
-::*Open content: anyone can contribute – widest imaginable range of interests and knowledge; numerous contributors; Wikiprojects encourage collaboration
+::*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, with sources for them ([[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]])
+::*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
-:*In comparison to other sources
+:*Comparison with Other free web sources
-::*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
+:::*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
-::*Library sources and library web sources (NYPL)
+*Comparison with Library web sources (NYPL, [http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=2&j=home available remotely with a Library card]
-*Wikipedia's coverage
+:::*Biography Resource Center, Literature Reference Center
+:::*Newspapers: National Newspaper Index, New York State Newspapers, Newspaper Source, Custom Newspapers (Gale)
+[[File:English Wikipedia contributors by country.png|thumb|300px|English Wikipedia contributors by country (2007)]]
+[[File:Size of English Wikipedia August 2007 by subject.png|thumb|500px|Size of English Wikipedia by subject (2007)]]
+*Wikipedia's coverage
 :*What are the problems?:
 ::*Accuracy; updating; stability; edit wars/[[WP:OWN]]ership
 ::*Fairness; [[WP:COI]]
 ::*Poorly covered areas
-::*Uneven depth
+::*Uneven depth in even fairly well covered areas
+::*Spam
 :*Where is it strong:
 ::*Popular culture: TV, movies, games
-::*Computers; Medicine
+::*Computers; Medicine; Sports; Politics
-::*Sports; Politics
 ::*United States, Great Britain
 ::*[[WP:Featured Topics]], [[WP:Featured Articles]], [[WP:Good Articles]]
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 ::*Africa, most of Asia, Latin America
-:*Where it is too difficult for most people
+:*Where it is too difficult for most people?:
-::*Mathematics
+::*Mathematics, Linguistics, ...
-::*Linguistics
-*Nitty gritty ([[Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia]])
+*How to use Wikipedia ([[Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia]])
+:*Searching
+::*Wikipedia Search box
+::*Google and other search engines
+:*Browsing [[Portal:Contents]]
+::*Wikipedia Portals of broad subjects [[Portal:Contents/Portals]]
+::*Wikipedia [[Portal:Contents/Categorical index|Categories]] & [[Categories|Complete A-Z list of categories]], [[Portal:Contents/Outline of knowledge|Outlines]], and [[Portal:Contents/Lists of topics|Lists]]; [[Lists of timelines|Timelines]],[[Portal:Contents/Quick index|Complete A-Z Index]]
+::*Links in articles
 :*Evaluating an article
-::*Sourcing ([[Wikipedia:Verifiability]]; [[WP:RS]])
+::*Sourcing ([[Wikipedia:Verifiability]]; [[WP:RS]]); External links ([[WP:EL]])
-::*Article history (sometimes an old version might be better)
+::*Article history (sometimes an old version contains useful information that has been dropped)
 ::*Talk page - Wikiprojects rate their own articles; discussion of article improvement
 :::*Quality and priority designations ([[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment]])
-:::*Problem designations
+:::*Problem designations: Cleanup, PovCheck, Unreferenced, Tone, Advert, Disputed, Update
 :*Examples:
 ::*[[The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film)]] (and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111422/ at IMDB]).  Compare ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' (19th century topic easier to illustrate) and ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''
-::*[[Bill Clinton]] compared with [[Malcolm X]]
+::*[[Malcolm X]] compared with [[Bill Clinton]]
 ::*[[Fairy tale]]
 ::*[[Macintosh]]
+::*[[Metal umlaut]] ([http://jonudell.net/udell/gems/umlaut/umlaut.html video on article evolution])
+*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
 *Getting started ([[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia]])
 :*Discussing an article; Wikiquette; Consensus
 :*Correcting/expanding an article; [[WP:CITE]]; [[WP:MOS]]
-:*Writing a new article
+:*Writing a new article [[WP:FIRST]]
 :*Researching an article with library and other resources
-::*Edit an article in [[:Category:New York City stubs]]!
+==Writing for Wikipedia==
+*1. Finding an article; disambiguation pages; finding stubs
+*2. Registering an account; usernames
+*3. Copy editing (common typo: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=0&search=occured&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&title=Special%3ASearch&advanced=1&fulltext=Advanced+search "occured" instead of "occurred"]); grammar changes: [[WP:MOS]]; click "minor" edits?; edit summary
+*4. Content editing: [[:Category:New York City stubs]], Recent deaths
+:A. Look over article before editing - The information may already be there
+:B. Look at recent discussions on Talk page
+:C. Get research information and bibliographic reference to source; [[WP:V]]; [[WP:RS]]; [[WP:NOR]].  See, e.g., [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ Newsday?]  Google?
+:D. Edit this page tab; Editing sections; Write using your own words - (copyright/plagiarism)
+:E. Formatting your citation; [[WP:CITE]]; Reflist
+:F. Provide an edit summary; describe purpose of change on Talk page (sign with four tildes: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>  ); [[WP:NPOV]]; [[WP:CIVIL]]; [[WP:CONSENSUS]]; try commenting about [[University Village, New York]] at [[Wikipedia:Peer review/University Village, New York/archive1]]
+:G. Show preview; when satisfied, save page. SELECT ALL and copy before saving in case of software problem
+:H. Wikify; pipes; [[Wikipedia:Tutorial]]; [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet]]
+:I. History tab - see record of previous edits
+:J. Categories; External links; See also
+:K. Assessment - Stub; GA; FA - Look to Featured articles for good examples; [[Wikipedia:Article development]]
+:L. Examples
+Recent deaths list:
+*[[Anna Karen Morrow]]
+*[[Béla Király]]
+*[[Bill Kelso]]
+*[[Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye]]
+*[[Charles N. Brown]]
+*[[Christopher Nolan (author)]]
+*[[Dorothy Layton]]
+*[[Hortensia Bussi]]
+*[[Hui Ki On]]
+*[[James F. McNulty, Jr.]]
+*[[Molly Bee]]
+*[[Robert W. Scott]]
+*[[Si Frumkin]]
+*[[Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem]]
+*[[Victor Smorgon]]
+*5. [[Wikipedia:Starting an article]]
+:A. [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions]]; Make sure that article does not already exist under different name (Use search)
+:B. [[WP:Notability]]; [[WP:COI]]; [[WP:NOT]]
+:C. Redirects
+:D. Searching and bluelinking your article's name in existing articles
+:E. [[Wikipedia:Layout]]
+*6. Uploading images
+*7. [[Wikipedia:Five pillars]]
+*8. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject]] - Discussion page will show you what projects cover your article.  You can join. from:[[User:Ssilvers|Ssilvers]] ([[User talk:Ssilvers#top|talk]]) 19:12, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
+==Example Stubs to add to==
+*Recent deaths list (see above)
+*[[:Category:New York City stubs]]
+==Places to look for possible article topics==
+==Places to look for information for articles==
+==Getting Help==
+:*[[Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/Reader’s Guide to Wikipedia|Reader’s Guide to Wikipedia]] from [[Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual|The Missing Manual]] by John Broughton.
+:*[http://howwikipediaworks.net/ How Wikipedia Works] by Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates
+:*[[Wikipedia:Glossary]] -- our own jargon; [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet]]
+==Follow-up==
+:*For the results of the Recent deaths articles experiment, see [[User talk:DGG/NYPL]].
+:*All participants are invited to [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference 2009|Wiki-Conference New York]] on the weekend of July 25-26 at NYU.
+:*The teachers of the class can be contacted at [[User talk:DGG]], [[User talk:Pharos]] and [[User talk:Ssilvers]], and will be glad to answer your questions.