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Creating and Sharing Water Knowledge Globally on Wikipedia

Creating and Sharing Water Knowledge Globally on Wikipedia. Manuel Schiffler Ana Nuñez Sanchez World Bank, Washington D.C. Where do you go to find information?. Pros Quick Accessible All sources Cons Not systematic Relevancy? Up to date? Hard to cite. Libraries. Pros

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Creating and Sharing Water Knowledge Globally on Wikipedia

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  1. Creating and Sharing Water Knowledge Globally on Wikipedia Manuel Schiffler Ana Nuñez Sanchez World Bank, Washington D.C.

  2. Where do you go to find information? • Pros • Quick • Accessible • All sources • Cons • Not systematic • Relevancy? • Up to date? • Hard to cite

  3. Libraries • Pros • Variety sources • Reliable • Cons • Time consuming • To read • To find references

  4. Colleagues • Pros • Interactive • Trust • Follow up • Cons • Time • Bias? • Can’t be quoted

  5. Wikipedia • Pros • Accessible • Portal to easily accesible references • Collaborative effort • Cons • Incentives to participate? • Reliability? • Technical learning barrier • Vandalism

  6. Picking up strengths…building something new Quick Accesible Variety of sources Interactive + Up-to-date + Relevant + Visible + Citation

  7. Our Approach to Wikipedia Wikipedia World Bank Pilot Project • How did we get started? • What have we accomplished? • Who is reading? • Who is collaborating with us?

  8. Country Topic Overview

  9. What can you find in our CTOs? • Systematic Information • Info box • Links • Other articles • Documents • Web sites • Discussion Page • Living Document

  10. Everybody can edit…We can control

  11. Benefits • Low Maintenance • Low Cost • Replicable • Visible

  12. Thank You!

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