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Category Archives: Wikimedia Commons
Baseball in a Wikidojo
When we started the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetups a few months back, I was eager to try out a newly-invented way for a group to build a wiki page together. The purpose of a Wikidojo, as the event is … Continue reading
Work of Wikipedians and Wikimedians preserves history
On this day 47 years ago (October 16, 1968), two black American sprinters took advantage their moment on a global stage, when they — with a white Australian — quietly directed the world’s attention to the deep racial injustices that run through our … Continue reading
Using Wikisource to make old photos more accessible
Wikipedia is mainly an effort to preserve existing knowledge. One thing Wikipedians like to do is to preserve old photos that have become part of the public domain. This can mean illustrating a Wikipedia article; but another goal is to give everybody direct … Continue reading
Wikipedia’s support page
Most users of Wikipedia aren’t aware that Wikipedia, like other online services, has a support staff. Granted, it is an all-volunteer staff and it can sometimes take months to get an answer to your question because of the backlog that … Continue reading
A Wikipedia portrait anchors a sports star’s place in history
Back in 2009, the Oregon Ducks’ star running back (college football) was suspended for most of the season, following a post-game flare-up in the nationally televised season opener. With rumors and hyperbole flying all over the Internet, I decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Free licenses, How-to, journalism, Oregon, sports, Wikimedia Commons
Tagged LeGarrette Blount, New England Patriots, Oregon Ducks, Super Bowl
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Video: how to categorize files with Cat-a-lot
A colleague, Eugene Eric Kim, has increasingly been uploading freely licensed photos to Wikimedia Commons. Excellent! The more you get involved with Commons, the more you’ll probably want to move files into categories; and if you’re working with more than … Continue reading
Wikidata: Why it matters, how to get started
Have you heard of Wikidata? It’s a (fairly) new Wikimedia project, designed to support Wikipedia in all language editions, Wikimedia Commons, and the rest of the Wikimedia family of wikis. It collects information — like the information in Wikipedia articles, for instance … Continue reading
Posted in Beginner how-to, gender, systemic bias, wiki, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
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Wikimedia Commons: An evolving community; far from “ethically broken”
This week, an email list discussion I took part in ballooned to 70 messages. It started with concerns about an image of a pile of corpses, featured on the front page of Wikimedia Commons; but it turned into an argument … Continue reading
Posted in Free licenses, government, wiki, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation
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Damian Lillard’s amazing shot: will we see it on Wikipedia?
Are you a basketball fan? If so, you’ve probably seen the incredible shot Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers just hit, with under one second of playing time remaining, to win the first seven-game series of the NBA 2014 playoffs. But if not, … Continue reading
Posted in Beginner how-to, Free licenses, Oregon, sports, wiki, Wikimedia Commons
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GLAMcamp DC, part 1: Planning
This is the first of a three-part series, on planning and facilitating GLAMcamp DC, a Wikipedia leadership workshop, in February 2012. 1: plan » 2: act » 3: reflect The challenge was irresistible. Last October (2011), I was honored with an … Continue reading
Posted in events, How-to, wiki, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, Wikipedia and education, Wikipedian in Residence
Tagged core, event planning, GLAM, Wikipedian in Residence
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