Submissions/Wikipedia Books: How Offline Drives Online

This is an accepted submission for Wikimania 2012.

Submission no.

693

Title of the submission: Wikipedia Books: How Offline Drives Online

Type of submission (workshop, tutorial, panel, presentation): Presentation

Author of the submission: Gaëtan Landry

E-mail address: gaetan.landry@gmail.com

Username: User:Headbomb

Country of origin: Canada

Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.): PediaPress

Personal homepage or blog: None worth mentionning

Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)

Wikipedia Books ("books" from now on) are a relatively new way to visualize Wikipedia content. In this talk, I will explore the several ways the production of offline content affects the quality of the online content. In particular, I will tackle aspects such as

How books drive the creation of new content
The concerns of a book writer vs the concerns of an article writer
Using books to identify problems and lackluster areas in online content
Books as mini "WikiProjects/Taskforces"

This will be an updated version of my Wikimania 2010 talk, and will cover newly-devised tools such as "book reviews".

Track

WikiCulture and Community; Research, Analysis, and Education

Length of presentation/talk: 25 Minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?: Probably, although I can't 100%-guarantee I will be there if my talks are not accepted.

Slides or further information (optional)

The talk will be in English as most people there will speak English, but I can answer questions French as well.

Special request as to time of presentations

I don't have any special requests

Interested attendees

If you are interested in attending this session, please sign with your username below. This will help reviewers to decide which sessions are of high interest. Sign with four tildes. (~~~~).

Dmitri Lytov (talk) 20:57, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
NaBUru38 (talk) 18:13, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Add your username here.