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Collaborative editing
Thursday Feb 1, 2018, 16h00-17h15 Greenwich Mean Time
Convenors: Gabriel Bodard, Emma Bridges, Lucia Vannini (Institute of Classical Studies)
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/hAdByjGN2L0
In ths session we shall discuss collaborative editing in the production of digital classical texts, under three main headings: (1) issues around synchronous and asynchronous collaboration, credit and attribution, and licensing of editions for transformative use; (2) crowd-sourcing, "community-sourcing," and the pedagogical value of student work in academic resource creation; (3) academic issues around editing Wikipedia, the community and the audience, efforts to improve representation in the world of the Wiki.
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With particular reference to this useful guideline for authoring Wikipedia pages:
- Logan DW, Sandal M, Gardner PP, Manske M, Bateman A (2010). ‘Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia.’ PLoS Computational Biology 6(9). Available: http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000941
Either create a new page on a topic of classical interest (see suggestions below), or try to improve an existing page that is marked as a "stub" or has significant problems identified on the talk page, paying attention to Wikipedia's rules and practices. We will discuss issues in the seminar, and keep an eye on your page over the next few weeks to see how the Wikipedia community interacts with it (if at all).
If you don't already have a Wikipedia account you can find instructions on how to create one here. There's also a guide to the basics of editing Wikipedia here.
Some suggested pages to work with:
- WCC listing of biographies of women classicists that need creating or improving — note that some pages in the "to add" section may have been added since the list was compiled (those where the link is still in red have yet to be created). Items with names in brackets beside them have been claimed, so are probably being worked on already.
- Lists of stub pages on: Greek mythology; Ancient Roman mythology; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Ancient Greek writers etc.
- Pages with problems (look at the talk pages): a few classical pages "needing attention"