{"id":370,"date":"2017-01-13T17:41:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T17:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=370"},"modified":"2017-01-18T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T09:55:43","slug":"1lib1ref-wikipedia-turns-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/1lib1ref-wikipedia-turns-16\/","title":{"rendered":"#1Lib1Ref – Wikipedia turns 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting citations into Wikipedia \u2013 <\/strong>can you spare 16 minutes to mark Wikipedia\u2019s 16th<\/sup> birthday<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s been quite the week in politics this week. #<\/strong>CitationDefinitelyNeeded<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Sunday 15th<\/sup> January 2017, Wikipedia will turn 16 years old. How often do you think you have used the free online encyclopaedia in this time?<\/p>\n

In this Google Talk<\/a>, the Wikimedia Foundation\u2019s Executive Director, Katherine Maher, speaks engagingly about Wikipedia\u2019s humble beginnings in 2001, where it is now and, importantly, where it is going.<\/p>\n

To mark Wikipedia\u2019s birthday, the Wikipedia Library are repeating their successful #1Lib1Ref campaign<\/a> from last year. This global campaign \u201c1 Librarian 1 Reference\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (#1Lib1Ref) is to get Information Services professionals and educators adding citations to Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

Events are taking place at the National Library of Scotland, the Bodleian Library in Oxford and all over the globe from January 15th<\/sup> To February 3rd<\/sup> 2017 but here at the University of Edinburgh we are kicking things off by asking you to spare a mere 16 minutes to mark Wikipedia\u2019s 16 years on Friday 20th<\/sup> January 2017<\/strong>. (You won\u2019t even need to leave your desk).<\/p>\n

Your 1,2,3 to taking part in next Friday\u2019s #1Lib1Ref event.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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  1. Have a nosy at what is involved:<\/strong> https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wikipedia_Library\/1Lib1Ref<\/a> – This link runs through what is involved (essentially finding one reference to back up a statement on Wikipedia that has no citation backing it up).<\/li>\n
  2. Create a Wikipedia account ahead of Friday\u2019s event.<\/strong> This 3 minute video<\/a> shows what you need to do to setup your account. (NB: It is better if you do create an account at home <\/strong>ahead of time as Wikipedia limits the number of accounts that can be created from a single IP address within a 24 hour period to a mere 6 accounts.)<\/li>\n
  3. On the day itself<\/strong> \u2013 This 5 minute video<\/a> demos what you need to do. Essentially using the Citation Hunt<\/a> tool to find a Wikipedia page that is both missing a citation \u00a0& that you are interested in helping out; and guiding you as to how to go about finding a suitable reference to fill that knowledge gap. NB: This post from the Biodiversity Heritage Library<\/a> also illustrates the process too.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    As you save your citation, please remember to add the hashtag<\/strong> #1Lib1Ref<\/strong> in your edit summary so that we can track participation in the event. We will announce these contributions on social media with the \u00a0strengthening Wikipedia\u2019s links to scholarly publications and celebrating the collective expertise of the world\u2019s Information Service professionals (so any pics you can share with the #1Lib1Ref hashtag would be greatly appreciated).<\/p>\n