Difference between revisions of "Submissions:2019/Fighting Fake News with Real Information: Newspapers on Wikipedia"
Peteforsyth (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{WCNA 2019 Session Submission |theme=Reliability of Information<br /> |type=Presentation |abstract=We added and expanded numerous Wikipedia articles about existing newspapers...") |
Peteforsyth (talk | contribs) (fmt) |
||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
|theme=Reliability of Information<br /> |
|theme=Reliability of Information<br /> |
||
|type=Presentation |
|type=Presentation |
||
− | |abstract=We added and expanded numerous Wikipedia articles about existing newspapers, in an all-volunteer effort run with minimal funding. This project had several beneficial outcomes: |
+ | |abstract=We added and expanded numerous Wikipedia articles about existing newspapers, in an all-volunteer effort run with minimal funding. This project had several beneficial outcomes: |
+ | # Internet users will now more readily find Knowledge Panel results indicating how long a newspaper has existed, and other key information, when using Google or Facebook. |
||
+ | # Wikipedia readers will more readily find such information. |
||
+ | # Our approach may serve as a model for "content sprints" on Wikipedia, and for engaging and retaining new Wikipedia editors, especially through college courses. |
||
+ | # We began to build tools to measure our success which could prove useful to related efforts in the future. |
||
The main WikiProject page is here: [[w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers]] |
The main WikiProject page is here: [[w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers]] |
Revision as of 22:36, 18 September 2019
This submission has been noted and is pending review for WikiConference North America 2019.
Title:
- Fighting Fake News with Real Information: Newspapers on Wikipedia
Theme:
- Reliability of Information
Type of session:
- Presentation
Abstract:
We added and expanded numerous Wikipedia articles about existing newspapers, in an all-volunteer effort run with minimal funding. This project had several beneficial outcomes:
- Internet users will now more readily find Knowledge Panel results indicating how long a newspaper has existed, and other key information, when using Google or Facebook.
- Wikipedia readers will more readily find such information.
- Our approach may serve as a model for "content sprints" on Wikipedia, and for engaging and retaining new Wikipedia editors, especially through college courses.
- We began to build tools to measure our success which could prove useful to related efforts in the future.
The main WikiProject page is here: w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers
I submitted this to Wiki Conference NA last year, but was unable to attend: Submissions:2018/Fighting Fake News with Real Information: WikiProject Newspapers
Academic Peer Review option:
- Yes
Author name:
E-mail address:
- pete.public.emailgmail.com
Wikimedia username:
- peteforsyth
Affiliated organization(s):
- Wiki Strategies
Estimated time:
- 30 minutes
Preferred room size:
- 50 people (?)
Special requests:
Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:
- Yes, but at a smaller scale, and prior to the project's conclusion (lightning talks and unconference sessions at Wikicite 2018). I have presented more generally on Wikipedia and journalism at a number of conferences for more than a decade.
If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)
- Yes (I'd be especially open to repurposing it for a roundtable discussion on Wikipedia content sprints)