On 13 October 2015 at 14:01 Thomas Morton
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wrote:
Getting people to understand how to interact with Wikipedia *properly* as a
reader has always struck me as the most important thing. Because people
sometimes don't apply the sort of critical thinking needed. An encyclopaedia
is nothing if it's content is not *useful*.
For this reason (and I feel it is often overlooked in favour of encouraging
interest groups to engage and edit, a worthy goal) I've always thought that we
should spend a lot more time engaging with readers. Because that's an easier
step. And from a large pool of great, critical thinking, readers will come the
casual and committed editors needed to grow the corpus.
Tom
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 at 13:55 Nick Poole < Nick.Poole(a)cilip.org.uk
<mailto:Nick.Poole@cilip.org.uk> > wrote:
Hi all,
I am following this thread with interest. A lot of libraries are doing
interesting things around Get Online week, and I think it’s worth thinking
less in terms of people editing Wikipedia and more in terms of using it.
Obviously, edits is a metric, but I note in Martha Lane Fox’s
dot.everyone initiative that they talk as much about giving people reasons
to go online as they do giving them the skills to create web content.
I think that it would be worth thinking about partnering up with the
library network on ‘Introduction to Wikipedia’ sessions telling people about
the scope, how to search etc. Ideally this would serve as an on-ramp for
people wanting to become editors further down the line!
All best, and happy to discuss further.
Nick Poole
Chief Executive
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
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Dear Mike,
I think the target group is significant here. My suspicion is that
editing Wikipedia is not an entry level computer task. I have twice trained
non computer users at editathons I was helping at, on one occasion I spent
an inordinate amount of time teaching someone how to use a mouse. My
preference is that we leave "introducing people to the internet" to people
who are experienced at that sort of training, and we focus more on cross
training existing wikimedians and on those who are willing to help Wikipedia
or at least want to fill one of our gaps.
Jonathan
On 12 October 2015 at 18:39, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net
<mailto:email@mikepeel.net> > wrote:
Hi all,
I've just discovered that this week is 'Get Online Week', see:
http://getonlineweek.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Online_Week
It's too late for this week, but for next year perhaps we should think
about offering some sort of 'intro to Wikipedia' courses? Probably more 'how
to read' rather than 'how to edit', given the target group here.
Thanks,
Mike
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