Presentation given at IUPUI on 19th April 2010. "Wikipedia and the Cultural Sector" - about some of the problems and advantages that the two communities have in working with each other.
14. Pillars
• Neutral Point of
View (NPOV)
• Verifiability (V)
• No Original
Research (NOR)
cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pillars
15. “Free”
•
the freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it
•
the freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired
from it
•
the freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part,
of the information or expression
•
the freedom to make changes and improvements, and to
distribute derivative works
http://freedomdefined.org/
17. “Free x2”
not for profit, volunteer created,
available to use, and re-use.
Imagine if you never had to deal with a licensing org. again!
Gratis Libre
22. Community Heritage Wiki
• Bridges the digital divide in a community
• Builds, strengthens and connects networks
• Is extensible, transferrable, storable
• Lets you have your “own space” and
connect it to Wikipedia if you choose
23. Problems and Solutions
(?) in Wikimedia
1. Freedom of panorama v. Permission
2. Biting newbies v. Community
3. Wiki-markup v. Usability
4. Scarce resources v. Measuring ROI
24. 1. Panoramafreiheit
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama
On the other hand... The US is the home of P.D.