User:Pharos/FIT/Wikipedia

Reading and using Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia and other sources
 * What is distinctive about Wikipedia (Five pillars, 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 (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


 * 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 (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 (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 (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 (Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment)
 * Problem designations: Cleanup, PovCheck, Unreferenced, Tone, Advert, Disputed, Update

Anatomy of an article

 * Shoe polish
 * Tabs of plenty


 * Cheatsheet

Wiki in the World

 * Wikimedia Foundation
 * Free Culture Conference @ New York Law School this weekend (April 20-21)
 * Chapters, Wikimedia NYC (Great American Wiknic 2013!)
 * Wikipedia Ambassador Program
 * GLAM, Wikipedia Loves Libraries, Wikipedian In Residence role

Fashion stubs!!!
Many options for your particular obsession:


 * WikiProject Fashion
 * Category:Fashion stubs
 * Category:Clothing stubs
 * Category:Textile stubs
 * Category:Textile arts stubs
 * Category:Fashion events

List yours here: