Re COI for academics: I've recently come across Melodee Beals, a senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. Her userpage <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mhbeals> strikes me as an exemplar of one way for academics to engage with Wikipedia. She has given thought and space to making a declaration of interests, spelling out how she intends to handle affiliations and her understanding of self-promotion.
Declaration of interest: Dr Beals is the colleague of a friend of mine. Roberta ------------------------ *Roberta Wedge* *Gender Gap Project, **Wikimedia UK* [email protected] 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT +44 (0)20 7065 0921 Wikimedia UK is the British chapter of a global movement. We support, but do not control, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and other related Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia UK is both a limited company (Registered No. 6741827) and a charity (Registered No.1144513). Visit wikimedia.org.uk <http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/> and @wikimediauk On 30 October 2014 10:58, Toby Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/University_of_Sydney_Wikibomb > > This is going to be big. There are 39 signed up (mostly female academics > and students), but we are expecting nearer 100. > > How Wikipedians can help: > > We will have a decent number of experienced editors on site, but we will > be stretched. Anyone who can provide online support 03:00-07:00 UTC > tomorrow (Friday) would be much appreciated. Please add your name to the > project page with a note so that we know who we can call on. Here's some > ways you can help: > > 1. Any sandbox started by a wikibomb participant should be added to > *Category:University > of Sydney Wikibomb 2014 > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:University_of_Sydney_Wikibomb_2014>* > so > that we can all find it. > 2. Monitor *These Related Changes > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/University_of_Sydney_Wikibomb>* > to > look out for editors having trouble. > 3. Write (kind) sandbox_talk page comments if you see *promotional > language*. It seems that some participants are intending to write > articles about their friend/colleague/boss. The organizing team now all > understand how much COI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COI> > editing > is discouraged, but I'm afraid academics are harder to herd than cats. We > are at least trying to ensure that everyone declares their employer on > their userpage, and declares any COI they have on the article talk. > 4. Assess articles' *readiness to move into mainspace* (also post a > note on the talk page). Experienced Wikipedians will do these moves, but > for COI and general stress relief, it would be good to have third party > eyes over it. > 5. *Categorize, prettify, wikidatify, wikiprojectify* ({{WP Australia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WP_Australia>}}{{WP Biography > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WP_Biography>}} etc) any > articles that do make it into mainspace. We will not have time to > concentrate on any of these things. > 6. *Ping me (99of9 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:99of9>)* or > another involved Wikipedian if you spot any problems. > 7. Publicise on *Twitter (#Wikibomb)* with a link to the project page > > Thanks for helping! > > Toby/99of9 > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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