The World According to Wikipedia

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The World According to Wikipedia episodes

March 10, 2021 S1 Ep10: Veni, Vidi, Vicipéid, building Irish Wikipedia
For Seachtain na Gaeilge, Rebecca talks to Dr. Claire Murray, a scientist and Vicipéidóir - or an editor of Vicipéid, the Irish language Wikipedia.

Rebecca also explains the concept of Notability as it relates to Wikipedia.

Our Wiki-Hero of the week is Samuel Baltz, for creating articles relating to women in Political Science all through 2020.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
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39 min
February 24, 2021 S1 Ep9: Making Folklore Tangible
In this episode we will talk to Joy Agyepong, a ghanaian wikimedian and administrative executive with Open Foundation West Africa.

Rebecca talks about Wiki Loves Folklore, Monuments, Earth and Africa.
Vicipéid have a writing competition this year as part of Wiki loves Folklore.

We explain the 'Did you know?' section of Wikipedia's front page.

This Episode's Wiki Hero is Katherine Maher, the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation. During her tenure there has been a 500% increase in editors from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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39 min
February 10, 2021 S1 Ep8: Building a Sustainable Wikipedia
In this episode Rebecca and Fionnuala look at how people collaborate on Wikipedia, from groups, to communities, to chapters.
They also take a deeper dive into how or why articles are deleted.

Rebecca talks to long-time Wikipedian and senior strategist for Community Programs at the Wikimedia Foundation, Alex Stinson.

This week's Wiki-hero is the Ghanaian project to upload 4,000 words of Dagbani to the commons.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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36 min
January 27, 2021 S1 Ep7: Vandals, Disruption and Climate Change
In this episode we talk to Femke Nijsse, an academic based in the UK who researches climate change, and in her spare time edits articles relating to this on Wikipedia.

Rebecca talks about the differences between vandalism and unconstructive edits on Wikipedia. We also talk in more detail about the NPOV or Neutral Point of View.

The Wiki hero of the week is Dariusz Jemielniak who has framed Wikipedia as an MMORPG.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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39 min
January 13, 2021 S1 Ep6: Going GLAM for Wikipedia's Birthday
In this week's episode Rebecca talks about Wikipedia's birthday on the 15th January. The international birthday event will be Global (but virtual).

The hosts also discuss how to thank someone for the work they do on Wikipedia, from virtual cookies to barnstars.

Rebecca talks to Jim Hayes, a Digital Docent from Washington DC. They discuss wiki-meetups & wiki-10, working with GLAM institutes on wikipedia. The Smithsonian Institute went open access recently, allowing wikipedians to use their images under creative commons. Two articles that show the impact of work with the Smithsonian are Alma Thomas and The Greek Slave.
They also mentioned the Woman of the Century work.

Wikihero of the Episode is the University of Leiden for releasing 4,000 images relating to Africa under open license on Wikimedia Commons.

Our 2nd hero is Rebecca herself, who completed 366 Wikipedia articles in 2020. You can see all of them here.

Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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29 min
December 30, 2020 S1 Ep5: Our Man in Brussels!
In this episode we talk to Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov, the Wikimedian in Brussels who talks about why Public Domain matters and the difficulties around it.
Rebecca talks about Public Domain Day and why it matters and she also goes deep into what Creative Commons is and why it's necessary for Wikipedia to function

Our Wiki-hero this week is the editor Ceoil who spearheaded the work on the Honan Chapel article on Wikipedia.

Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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29 min
December 16, 2020 S1 Ep4: Wikipedian in Residence, STAT!
In this episode we talk to Dr Conor Malone, an Irish doctor and Ireland’s National Healthcare Wikipedian in Residence

We discuss Wikipedians in Residence in more detail and look into why people should not be paid to edit.

The Wikihero of the episode is the Climate Change Editing drive

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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40 min
December 02, 2020 S1 Ep3: Standards, Style and Covid 19
In this episode, we talk to Dr Netha Hussain, a medical doctor with a PhD in neurobiology and an active member of WikiProject Medicine and WikiProject COVID-19.

We discuss who should be editing Wikipedia and the Manual of Style. Our Wiki-hero of the episode is the new Inari Sámi wikipedia.

Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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29 min
November 18, 2020 S1 Ep2: Wikipedia's Women in Red
Rebecca and Fionnuala introduce the concept of the WikiProject.
They discuss in more depth the WikiProject: Women in Red - What the project is, the purpose behind it and the difficulties in turning Women on Wikipedia from red to blue.
Rebecca interviews Rosie Stephenson Goodknight , Wikipedian of the year 2016.
Rebecca goes into depth about what Wikipedia isn't (WP: NOT).
This episode's "Wiki Hero" is Wikipedia Matters - a study into the effect Wikipedia can have on tourism in your area.

Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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35 min
November 18, 2020 S1 Ep1: Welcome to the World of Wikipedia
In this first episode of the podcast, our intrepid hosts Rebecca (Wikipedia editor with too much time on her hands) and Fionnuala (Not a wikipedia editor) explore what Wikipedia is and what are the fundamental "rules" that govern it. Even if there is some debate over the existence of such rules
Rebecca interviews Andrew Lih, the veteran Wikipedian known as Fuzheado and author of The Wikipedia Revolution.
And the hosts introduce the segment "Wiki Hero" with an interesting story about Scots' Language Wikipedia.

Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia
Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/

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33 min

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Lifting the lid on the weird and wonderful world of Wikipedia. The World According to Wikipedia is a show that takes a good long look at the inner workings of Wikipedia and the people that keep it…