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The Wikipedian perspective!

Vassia ‘Spiritia’ AtanassovaWikimedians of Bulgaria User Group

1 June 2015

Don’t believeeverything youread on theInternet justbecause there’sa picture with aquote next to it.

– Abraham LincolnSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_November_1863.jpg

Wikipedia and New Media

• How comes it’s so, SO, SOOO popular?

• If it’s so popular, is it that reliable?– The evergreen question

• How do media and Wikipedia interact?– Why is attribution is important for Wikipedia when

media reuse content?– Why is it important for the media themselves?

Community interaction

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(Some of) The problems in this

vicious circle

• disrespect of copyrights

• journalistic unprofessionalism

• lack of critical attitude

• multiplication and promotion

of mistakes, libels, …

• non-constructive criticism

towards Wikipedia and

volunteerism in general

Media usually copy-paste content from Wikipedia

(without verifying against other sources)

Wikipedia (usually correctly) cites the media publicationswhich are used as sourcesof information.

Wikipedia/Media interaction

User/Content interaction

The, hmm, FREE encyclopedia?Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Free_Beer.jpg | http://richardtullochwriter.com/2012/11/05/street-art-newtown-sydney/

Free software, free content

0. The freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it 1. The freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired from it2. The freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part, of the information or expression3. The freedom to make changes and improvements, and to distribute derivative works

• http://freedomdefined.org/Definition

Source: (C) http://tumblr.mylesbraithwaite.com/post/36087454035/if-you-have-an-apple-and-i-

have-an-apple-and-we

Source: NASA, Aug 2014http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lowell_Aug_20_2014_2121Z.jpg

Source: NASA, May 1969 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_10_earthrise.jpg

Source: NASA, 2011 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stars_Gather_in_%27Downtown%27_Milky_Way.jpg

Public Domain by state officers

Източник: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait.jpg

Източник: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barium_swallow_of_malignancy_oesophagus_01.jpg

Human vs. Non-human created content

Reproductions of Public Domain art

2D vs. 3DSource https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florence_-_Michelangelos_%22David%22_%282929585347%29.jpg

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davide_di_Michelangelo2.jpg

Freedom of Panorama

Read more: http://euobserver.com/justice/126375Source: Wikimedia UK's annual review for 2013–2014http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_AR_2014_download.pdf

Permissible combining of free licenses

Question• Free licensing is a mechanism for...?

Keeping copyrights

Violating copyrights

Inheriting copyrights

Renouncing copyrights

Acquiring copyrights

Tracking the use of copyrighted content

Respect your parents!They graduated without Google or Wikipedia

Source: (C) http://hitwallpaper.com/2013/07/heavy-metal-grandma-hd-wallpaper/

Thank you for the attention!patience :)