Wikipedia:GLAM/Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Policy statement
Creating and editing articles in Wikipedia is in line with the RMIT’s mission of providing equitable access to contemporary and historical knowledge.


 * 1) RMIT staff and students participate in Wikipedia on an equal footing with all other editors by using individual rather than Library accounts.
 * 2) RMIT staff should disclose their affiliation with the University on their user page before editing.
 * 3) If RMIT staff edit articles about the University as an institution, other users may perceive a conflict of interest. Simple factual changes (e.g.: personnel updates or outdated statistics) may likely be made without contention, but more substantive changes should be proposed first using discussion pages or other fora.
 * 4) Additions to articles must be verifiable. This means that independent media or secondary sources should be cited whenever possible.
 * 5) When editing articles, an impartial voice should be maintained. RMIT staff must remember they are writing an encyclopedia, not speaking for the University.

Projects
Automated Decision Making and Society Wikimedia-in-Residence
 * Before now is tomorrow uncovers rare and obscured cultural heritage to publish online for open access and free reuse.

Resources
Training manual developed by the GLAM/SLQ helps participants continue to use their Wikipedia editing skills in their own time. Another potentially useful guide (with video) can be found at GLAM/BeginnersGuide

Links

 * All outbound links from Wikipedia to anywhere in the RMIT web domain (rmit.edu.au).