User:Mozzy66/Birdwood 2012

What is it?
Wikipedia


 * Do you use Wikipedia at home?
 * Do your parents use it?
 * Who thinks it is pretty good/bad?

How old is it?
How old are you?

How big is it?
International!
 * Roman_portraiture

How good is it?
People use it (everybody) in everyday work:
 * references
 * books are good! And articles, etc.
 * vandalism
 * my watchlist
 * rules
 * Five_pillars
 * Museums are helping too..
 * GLAM/SLQ
 * GLAM/SI
 * Journalists
 * Doctors
 * Programmers

Knowing how to use W well, is a good guide to knowing how to use other online resource. E.g. Stack Overflow.

Why do people help with to it?

 * Fun
 * Frustration at gaps
 * A worthwhile volunteer activity
 * Keep the mind sharp
 * work with other people with similar interests and passions
 * Spanish art - before I helped, t looked like this:
 * organisation: Australian Wikipedians' notice_board

Pages to look at:

 * Antarctica - through to Mawson aust. Bio external link
 * 2012 Summer Olympics
 * Commodore
 * Mary Donaldson
 * Fantastic Mr Fox
 * Starcraft
 * Hannah Montana copyright of images issue
 * Adelaide very minor artcles
 * Birdwood
 * let us improve it!
 * Link to G F Angas. George Fife Angas
 * Better range of photos

Wikipedia

Things Wikipedia is not the best at

 * personal info
 * very local data
 * howto instruction
 * medical
 * latest news (good for background)
 * timetables, weather, inflation/unemployment rates
 * going really deep into a subject
 * unencyclopedic topics

Wikipedia is the most reliable, general first port of call, for if you want to find information on the Internet.

Wikipedia is your friend