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Chief Executive Officer (North Zone) '''Crowdsourcing Information Worldwide: The Wikipedia Phenomenon Tuesday 25-Oct-2011 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT Rutgers University Libraries --Alexander Library

'''Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Leveraging Library Expertise and Collections in the Wikipedia Environment Tuesday 27-Sep-11 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT Metropolitan New York Library Council -- 57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10003-4605

' presentation at   CCNY, Sept 13,  2011 for Ambassadors/Courses/English Composition (Amrita Dhawan) '

Librarian's Guide to the way Wikipedia works (What Librarians Can Do at Wikipedia)              – –         Librarian's view of Wikipedia and Reliability Princeton Talk, Oct.13, 2010  )and see Meetup/Princeton University Edit-a-thon  NYCCT presentation     – –         Princeton Theological Seminary presentation     Wikipedia class at NYPL     ––      (and see also the FAQ for Librarians at Outreach Wiki)

 People who use WP expect when they look for an article, to find something. 


 * To expand in terms of images:  The only restrictions should be encyclopedic purpose and fair use in US law. We should interpret the "minimal use" requirement of the foundation as meaning the minimum that would allow us to give as much good encyclopedic content as possible in the widest sense that the words will bear. And at another level, I'd support a campaign for the WMF to change or remove the NFCC policy and agree to host anything that's educational  & legal. The purpose of Wikipedia is to provide freely accessible content. The purpose of Commons is to provide free images for reuse. They are different projects.

 I do not attempt to convert my opponents--I aim at converting their audience. * 


 * To elucidate, this is why I try to avoid head-to-head debates with other editors. Once things have reached that stage, experience here as elsewhere shows that people are not generally successful in convincing their direct opponents to reverse their views. If I think my views are right, the only practical audience is the uncommitted—and especially the newcomers. This is a  different situation than attempts to reach a compromise solution where people continue to disagree, but find enough common ground for acceptable action, something which can be done without the least giving up one's principles--but the first step in working towards it is generally as clear a statement as possible of what one's principles actually are.  In debate between sensible people, this can be done without it being taken as hostility.

Essays:
 * 1) notability and inclusion

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