Hello,
Perhaps not the best list to ask this on, but this weekend I am holding my edit-a-thon at my local library and I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to look over my Introduction to Wikipedia presentation?
I would love some feedback about whether it's too long, too short, too complex, too simple, or if it misses any key information. I'm not sure how many people are planning on attending, but I know I should be getting at least one person who is just an average reader so it needs to accessible to them.
I've uploaded the file to Commons here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Introduction_to_Wikipedia_Presentati... df
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
Computer Specialist
Alizee Pathology
I like it.
In fact, I really like your slides 3 and 4, and would recommend that your slides 10 & 11 be done in that style, too.
Laura
---------------------------------- Laura Markstein Quilter / lquilter@lquilter.net
*Attorney, Geek, Militant Librarian, Teacher * Copyright and Information Policy Librarian University of Massachusetts, Amherst lquilter@library.umass.edu
Lecturer, Simmons College, GSLIS laura.quilter@simmons.edu
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Derric Atzrott < datzrott@alizeepathology.com> wrote:
Hello,
Perhaps not the best list to ask this on, but this weekend I am holding my edit-a-thon at my local library and I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to look over my Introduction to Wikipedia presentation?
I would love some feedback about whether it’s too long, too short, too complex, too simple, or if it misses any key information. I’m not sure how many people are planning on attending, but I know I should be getting at least one person who is just an average reader so it needs to accessible to them.
I’ve uploaded the file to Commons here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Introduction_to_Wikipedia_Presentati...
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
Computer Specialist
Alizee Pathology
Libraries mailing list Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
I liked it also. Very direct, straight-forward, easy to understand since you are going to elaborate while presenting.
Johanna de Leon, MLIS The Palmas Academy Palmas del Mar Humacao, PR
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Laura Quilter lquilter@lquilter.net wrote:
I like it.
In fact, I really like your slides 3 and 4, and would recommend that your slides 10 & 11 be done in that style, too.
Laura
Laura Markstein Quilter / lquilter@lquilter.net
*Attorney, Geek, Militant Librarian, Teacher * Copyright and Information Policy Librarian University of Massachusetts, Amherst lquilter@library.umass.edu
Lecturer, Simmons College, GSLIS laura.quilter@simmons.edu
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Derric Atzrott < datzrott@alizeepathology.com> wrote:
Hello,
Perhaps not the best list to ask this on, but this weekend I am holding my edit-a-thon at my local library and I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to look over my Introduction to Wikipedia presentation?
I would love some feedback about whether it’s too long, too short, too complex, too simple, or if it misses any key information. I’m not sure how many people are planning on attending, but I know I should be getting at least one person who is just an average reader so it needs to accessible to them.
I’ve uploaded the file to Commons here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Introduction_to_Wikipedia_Presentati...
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
Computer Specialist
Alizee Pathology
Libraries mailing list Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
Libraries mailing list Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
Hi Derric,
On 10 Jun, 2014, at 7:15 am, Laura Quilter lquilter@lquilter.net wrote:
In fact, I really like your slides 3 and 4, and would recommend that your slides 10 & 11 be done in that style, too.
Agreed. I also worry a bit about your acronyms: it might not be obvious what “WP:RELIABLE” (slide 9) and “CC-BY-SA” means. I’d cite “Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources” for the first, and cite all the images in a single slide at the end (or just show your audience the excellent “Share Your Knowledge: Why?” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPWc18LswRM)
Apart from that, your presentation looks great! You can find other “Introduction to Wikipedia” presentations at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Bookshelf#Wikipedia_basics_for_... and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM_presentations — I’ve added your presentation to the latter category, and you should consider adding your presentation to the Bookshelf.
All the best! Don’t forget to write about your edit-a-thon for “The Month in GLAM” [1] so we know how it went!
cheers, Gaurav
[1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom
Hey there Derric,
I like your presentation! It's short, succinct & concise, and will leave more time for editing. (Having been involved in a few of these, I think getting people editing sooner is a preferred strategy.) You cover important points so that the attendees will know to refer back to your slides for reference.
Good luck!