Submissions:2016/Wiki Loves Heritage: The Case for a WMF Genealogical and Local History Wiki

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Title
Wiki Loves Heritage: The Case for a WMF Genealogical and Local History Wiki
Theme
outreach?
Academic Peer Review option
Yes
Type of submission
Presentation
Author
Robert Fernandez
E-mail address
wikigamaliel@gmail.com
Username
Gamaliel
Affiliation
Wikimedia District of Columbia
Abstract
The genealogical and local history community is a large, active, computer literate group participating in a number of collaborative projects. Based on surveys and the academic literature (e.g. Duff and Johnson, Fulton, Yakel), this presentation will discuss patterns of information seeking and dissemination in this group and how they compare to those of Wikimedians. It will survey existing genealogical and local history projects that are wholly or partially collaborative, including Ancestry.com, Geni.com, Find a Grave, and USGenWeb and how those projects enable or inhibit collaborative information gathering and dissemination based on Wikimedia standards, with reference to research on how Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects have been successful while other similar projects have failed (esp. Hill). It will present a potential WMF genealogical and local history designed to encourage collaborative, open access information gathering and dissemination that is specialized for the needs of these groups and designed to effectively interact with other WMF projects, especially Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons and make the case that such a project will draw the genealogical and local history community into the Wikimedia community to the benefit of both.
  • Duff, W., & Johnson, C. A. (2003). Where is the list with all the names? Information-seeking behavior of genealogists. American Archivist, 66(1), 79-95.
  • Fulton, C. (June 26, 2009). Quid Pro Quo: Information Sharing in Leisure Activities. Library Trends, 57, 4, 753-768.
  • Hill, B. M. (2013) Almost Wikipedia: Eight Early Encyclopedia Projects and the Mechanisms of Collective Action. In Hill, B. M., Essays on Volunteer Mobilization in Peer Production. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://mako.cc/academic/hill-almost_wikipedia-DRAFT.pdf
  • Yakel, E. (2004). Seeking information, seeking connections, seeking meaning: Genealogists and family historians. Information Research, 10(1), paper 205. Retrieved March 25, 2009, from http://informationr.net/ir/10-1/paper205.html
Length of presentation
30-75 min. for workshops
Special schedule requests
Will be presenting powerpoint
Preferred room size
large
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Yes

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