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Contribute to Wikipedia using Open Access Media

This challenge is for the uninitiated Librarian-cum-Wikipedian.
You'll learn how to edit and then take the challenge of improving one article from our trove of Open Access Content.
You'll do this by taking following some interactive videos, and then editing Wikipedia.
The easiest way to tangibly contribute to Open Access Week.

P Time it should take to complete:
2 hrs

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Wikipedia Philosophy

Learn about how similar Wikipedia's mission is to the Library

OBSERVE:

http://youtu.be/Bv5NWFsPFZI

FAQ for librarians http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ_For_Librarians

This is the lovely article about Wikipedia by novelist Nicholson Baker

DO:

Create a Wikipedia (Global login amongst all projects) account and post your Wikipedia username in the discussion so we can follow your on-wiki progress (and award you the Open Access Barnstar badge).

Task Discussion

craigarian said:

Here's mine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Craigarian

on April 16, 2014, 1:58 a.m.
Wayne said:

My Wikipedia global login is WikiWayne58.

Here is the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WikiWayne58

on April 15, 2014, 3:26 p.m.

craigarian said:

Hi Wayne,

I'm glad to find someone else doing this, like me, well after it first opened.

Cheers,

Craig

on April 16, 2014, 2 a.m. in reply to Wayne
Anonym said:

I'm already a Wikipedia user:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lawsonstu

on Oct. 2, 2013, 4:45 p.m.
richardba said:

Hey there I'm already a wiki user!

It is nice to see a course about it, I LOVE wikipedia!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eduemoni

on Feb. 16, 2013, 12:36 p.m.
phette23 said:

Phette23

on Dec. 18, 2012, 9:18 p.m.
Dave Menninger said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DaveMenninger

on Oct. 29, 2012, 1:45 p.m.
Radka said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Syrovar

on Oct. 24, 2012, 3:16 p.m.
Lauren Bradley said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bibliosaurusrex

on Oct. 23, 2012, 3:49 p.m.

Max said:

Hi Lauren, welcome aboard. Looks like you managed to figure out how to create your user page too. Well, done. Like your alias.

on Oct. 23, 2012, 5:42 p.m. in reply to Lauren Bradley
Kathleen Johnson said:

http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Simkathy

on Oct. 23, 2012, 12:32 p.m.

Max said:

Looks like you posted your user name at the outreach wiki, rather than the wikipedia wiki. But with unified, global login among all wikimedia wikis it shouldn't matter.

on Oct. 23, 2012, 12:35 p.m. in reply to Kathleen Johnson

Kathleen Johnson said:

Ok hopefully this is right:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Simkathy

on Oct. 23, 2012, 5:38 p.m. in reply to Kathleen Johnson

Max said:

Yes, that's it.

on Oct. 23, 2012, 6:09 p.m. in reply to Kathleen Johnson
Desmond Wolf said:

This my username on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Notconfusing

on Oct. 18, 2012, 4:55 p.m.