Submissions:2014/Using the Memento Mediawiki Extension to Avoid Spoilers

Title of the submission

Using the Memento Mediawiki Extension to Avoid Spoilers

Themes (Proposal Themes - Community, Tech, Outreach, GLAM, Education)

Tech

Type of submission (Presentation Types - Panel, Workshop, Presentation, etc)

Curated Talk

Author of the submission

Shawn M. Jones

E-mail address

sjone@cs.odu.edu

Username

Shawnmjones

US state or country of origin

Virginia

Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)

Old Dominion University

Personal homepage or blog

http://ws-dl.blogspot.com

Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)

The rise in fan-based wikis allows fans to discuss TV shows and books in ways never before seen. Unfortunately, as fans, we have the problem of spoilers.

The Memento Mediawiki Extension implements RFC 7089, allowing a user to browse a wiki as it looked on a specified date. One of the great use cases of this extension is to avoid spoilers on wikis. This curated talk will discuss the benefits of this extension in this and other contexts, as well as providing a demonstration of the Memento concept in action using several different Mediawiki examples on the Internet.

Length of presentation/talk (see Presentation Types for lengths of different presentation types)

15 Minutes

Will you attend WikiConference USA if your submission is not accepted?

Yes

Slides or further information (optional)

• A recent blog post detailing this use case
• Download page for this extension

Special request as to time of presentations

Any date/time is fine

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