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[[File:Phoebe_in_front_of_the_Wikipedia_globe,_arms_crossed,_2010-06-15.jpg|thumb|left|me in the WMF offices, June 2010. Credit [[user:ragesoss|Sage Ross]].]] 

'''Hello!''' And welcome. My name is Phoebe Ayers. I am an academic engineering [[librarian]], currently based in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] where I work for [[MIT]] Libraries. I've been writing about, editing and using Wikipedia on and off since August 2003. There is always something else I want to do. 

I work on Wikipedia, but I also talk and write about it a lot in various contexts, and as a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation was involved in our project-wide governance. I have also been involved in a variety of other projects, including lots of in-person outreach and event work, detailed below.

For why I work on Wikipedia -- why I started and why I continue -- see my essay [[user:phoebe/why|Why work on Wikipedia?]]

<blockquote>''You start talking about the long term — about being one of the first large information sources on the web that is truly free. You start talking about what will happen if this works; that because it's free, it's going to be the default resource for a whole lot of people, and you start to get a little bit awed by the responsibility to build it properly, and keep it open, and keep it sane, and most of all, to get the facts right, because this work is going to be a base on which many unforeseeable future projects will be built. -- [[user:CatherineMunro]]''</blockquote> 
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==Things I do around here==
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===Board of Trustees===
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[[File:Making-Wikipedia-Better-Photos-Florin-Wikimania-2012-02.jpg|thumb|right|me at Wikimania 2012, on how to make Wikipedia better (also, by the looks of it, on how to survive sleep deprivation)]] 
In July 2010 I was selected for a two-year term on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees through the [[:m:Chapter-selected_Board_seats/Process|chapters seat selection process]]. During 2011-2012 I served as the Executive Secretary. In July 2012 my term ended, as I was not re-elected by the chapters. With the resignation of Arne Klempert (who held the other chapter-appointed seat), we were replaced by Alice Weigand and Patricio Lorente. 

I ran for the board again in Spring 2013 and was reelected by the community for a two-year term, serving until 2015.

The 10-member volunteer Board of Trustees governs the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], which runs the infrastructure for Wikipedia and her sister projects, as well as development and maintenance of the MediaWiki software. The work of the Foundation includes legal, press, financial, technical and administrative support, as well as community-focused activities; the Board is responsible for fiduciary and legal oversight as well as charting the strategic direction of the WMF, including thinking about the future of the Wikimedia projects and movement as a whole. That means that the Board approves the annual plan (budget) for the WMF, but also think about longer-term strategy and "big picture" issues. You can find more about the Board [[:wmf:Board of Trustees|here]]. 
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* '''Note: unless explicitly stated otherwise, please assume that any edits or statements I make here (or on any other projects) I am making as a community member and not in any official capacity whatsoever.'''</small>

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===Book: ''How Wikipedia Works''===
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With [[user:Charles Matthews|Charles Matthews]] and [[user:Tlogmer|Ben Yates]], I am the author of '''''[[How Wikipedia Works]]''''', a [[user:phoebe#Book|book]] about using and editing Wikipedia. It was published in September 2008 by [[No Starch Press]]. Find more information [http://www.nostarch.com/wikipedia.htm here], or find the full text of the book at Wikibooks: [[:b:How Wikipedia Works|How Wikipedia Works]]. The book is licensed under the GFDL, relicensed under CC-BY-SA, and covers all aspects of Wikipedia from a community perspective. The book's official website is [http://howwikipediaworks.net howwikipediaworks.net]. 

If you are interested in leaving comments or questions, please add them to the Wikibooks site or feel free to email me. The old page about the book, with suggestions, can be found here; [[user:phoebe/book]]; '''[[Special:EmailUser/Phoebe|Feel free to email me]]''' if you would like to be notified of announcements and news about the book. Cheers!

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===Article (and other) editor===
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* Editor on en:wp since August 2003 | 10K+ edits as of 2011 sometime | 15K edits as of Jan 2015 <small>''(I am slow but thorough)''</small> 
:* As of 2019-20, I've been focusing on [[WP:PROCC|climate change]] related articles, and trying to analyze quality of these. I've also been working on articles about prisons and related topics. 
:* You'll see me editing a smattering of lots of things, thanks to leading editathons and helping others edit. 
:* I have a decade+ project going to work on [[User:Phoebe/Dict|historical scientific biographies]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_History_of_Science|related topics]]. I care about the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Librarians|library]] articles and [[WP:1000|core topics]], and have historically worked on [[fishery|marine science articles]]. I like doing [[:Category:Merge_by_month|merges]]. Lately I've been doing a lot of work on [[user:phoebe/bios|biographies]], both old and new. 
:* However, I also have interests in lots of other areas and I like to research things. Sometimes I just fix typos, or merge articles, or rewrite clunky phrasing. Things I'd like to see improved include [[Wikipedia:1.0|core articles]], [[WP:5000|heavily-accessed articles]], applied science and technology articles (including engineering), and sourcing for nearly everything. 
:* Referencing is my true love. I estimate I've added roughly a couple hundred references (so far) to print sources for articles I didn't originally write, mostly due to my [[User:phoebe/Dict|Dictionary of Scientific Biography]] project.
:* Lately I've been doing a lot of fixing and maintenance of references, especially working off of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia|this vast list]] and fixing broken links. This often entails updating the journal name if it's wrong (often is), checking other metadata, and finding a current or archived URL. 
:* [[User:Phoebe/Contribs|a very, very outdated list of contributions]] | [[Special:Contributions/Phoebe|see what I've been up to lately]] </small>
* I also contribute to:  [[:es:user:Phoebe|Spanish Wikipedia]] | [[:m:user:Phoebe|meta]] | [[:commons:user:phoebe|Commons]] | [[:wikidata:user:phoebe|Wikidata]] (6K edits by hand!) | [[:b:user:phoebe|Wikibooks]] | [[:wikivoyage:user:phoebe|Wikivoyage]] | [[:outreach:user:phoebe|Outreachwiki]] | [[:wmf:user:phoebe|WMFwiki]] | <small> and have dabbled in other multilingual work, such as helping out on [[:yo:user:phoebe|Yoruba Wikipedia]] </small> 
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===Conferences and meetups===
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[[File:Wikipedia10-sanfrancisco-group-joke.jpg|right|thumb|10 years, baby!]] 
I am a big believer in the benefit of getting together face-to-face to build community, socialize, and get work done. I feel extremely privileged that I have gotten to meet Wikimedians and go to Wikimedia events on five continents, over many years. I have organized or helped with the organization of dozens of events, large and small, in the Wikimedia world. Here's an incomplete list:
* '''Wikimania:''' I have had the great joy of being involved in the international [[Wikimania]] conferences, and I care a lot about making it a great event. I have been involved in writing and fixing up the event handbook and documentation on meta, at [[:m:Wikimania]]. My involvement has been as an organizer (Wikimania 2006-2009) and I ran the program of [http://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org Wikimania 2017] in the beautiful city of Montreal; as a bid jury member, moderator or advisor (Wikimania 2007-2012), and as a presenter/moderator at the actual conference (2005-2013, 2018). I'm currently on the Wikimania Steering Committee. For a full resume of my participation (and a scratchpad for notes), see [[user:phoebe/wikimania|here]]. As of 2020, I have been to all of the Wikimanias except Esino Lario (2016): 15 years of amazing intercontinental joy. 
* '''WikiConference North America''': [http://wikiconference.org WikiConference North America] in San Diego, 2016 was the third annual all-hands editor conference in North America, with participants from Canada, Mexico and the United States. I helped run the conference with a fine crew of folks. I also co-led '''WikiConference 2019''' hosted at MIT and Boston. So great! 
* '''WikiSym:''' [http://wikisym.org WikiSym] is an academic conference about wikis and open collaboration; it is unaffiliated with Wikimedia but there is obvious overlap -- many research papers about Wikipedia get presented at WikiSym. I was chair of WikiSym 2010 and was on the conference steering committee for a few years; I have also been on the program committee and planning committee as Wikimedia liaison (for 2008 and 2009 respectively). 
* '''RCC''': I went to several of the early "Recent Changes Camps" for wiki enthusiasts, and helped out with [http://rcc2008.blueoxen.net Recent Changes Camp San Francisco], May 9-11 2008: "The family reunion for the wiki ohana!" 
* '''Anniversaries''': I was involved in both the 10 year anniversary and the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia celebrations: for the 10th I helped run a 2-day conference + party in San Francisco, and for the 20th (a Covid year) I ran a trivia game for our global webcast!
* '''Local meetups''': I was involved with the irregular '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco|San Francisco-area]] meetups''', which has a mailing list & regular activities. I also helped out with SF-area events, notably our annual booth at [[Maker Faire]]. In 2013 (and beyond) I ran events at the [[University of California, Davis]].
* '''Boston''': I help run the long-running [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston|Boston meetup group]] and organize regular events at [[MIT Libraries]] with my colleagues there, which everyone is welcome to attend.  


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{{The Real Life Barnstar|For your dedication to Wikipedia meetups, and that [[User:Mindspillage|Kat]] had given you the RL version -- [[User:WikiLeon]]}}
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===UC Davis WikiProject===
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In 2013-2014, I worked on the [[WP:UCD|UC Davis WikiProject]], a [[WP:GLAM|GLAM]] project based in the [[UC Davis]] libraries to train students, faculty and librarians in how to edit, produce evaluation and analysis materials, share UC libraries materials on Wikipedia, build community and work with other UC libraries. A page about the project is [http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/wikipedia/ here]. This was (I think) the first long-term Wikipedia project based specifically out of a university library (as opposed to a national library, a museum, or another type of department).

The project, and my work, was focused on running training workshops (edit-a-thons and teaching workshops) for the UC Davis and surrounding community throughout the academic year; assessing the level of interest in Wikipedia on campus; and building some tools for evaluating articles and assessing contributions that will be of interest to academics contributing to Wikipedia. 

''Note: this disclaimer isn't really needed anymore since I no longer work for UCD or am working on the project, but I'll keep it for historical interest.''<small> Disclaimer: While my focus is on training others to edit and making sure faculty teaching with Wikipedia and librarians interested in adding materials have the information they need, rather than editing specific articles myself, you may see me categorizing or tagging UC-related articles and articles relating to subjects studied at UCD (especially our specialties in science and agriculture). Additionally, while this project is part of my job, it is unrelated to my work as a Wikimedia trustee and also unrelated to the editing I continue to do as a volunteer.  I do not believe this project poses a conflict of interest (but rather is an opportunity to spend *even more* of my time on Wikipedia work), and have checked with the WMF legal team about any conflicts with my other Wikimedia duties. If you have concerns about any of my work, (as always) please feel free to revert any of my changes and leave a note with any concerns on my talk page.</small> 

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===Boston and MIT meetups===
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Beginning in 2015, I've been helping my amazing colleagues at the [[MIT Libraries]] run edit-a-thons on site. Here's a few; a complete list is at [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston|the Boston meetup page]]. All our events are open to the whole community. 

* [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/WritingBlackHistory|Writing Black History into Wikipedia]] (Jan 2016) 
* [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/IntroToEditingWikipedia|Intro to editing & teaching with Wikipedia]] (Jan 2016) 
* [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/ArtAndFeminism 2016|Art & Feminism]] (Mar 2016) 
* [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/ImagesofScienceandTech|Images of Science and Technology]] (Oct 2016) 
* [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/MITrarebooks|Exploring rare books]] (Oct 2016) 

And I've been doing occasional stuff with the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston|New England Meetup group]], like organizing our [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Wiknic|2016 Wiknic]]! I'm the 2019-20 chair of the group. 

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===Other projects===
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;research into Wikipedia
* I'm interested in and participate in the [[m:WRN|Wikipedia and wiki research]] community. I presented a short paper at [[m:Wikimania 2005]]; completed a literature review of ongoing research that was presented at [[ASIS&T]]'06; and helped with a successful [http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:JF1 research BoF] at Wikimania '06. As per above, I was also involved with WikiSym (an academic conference about wikis), chairing it in 2010. Check out the new [[:m:Research|Research index]] on meta! 
:* scratchpad:  [[User:Phoebe/Research]]
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;Signpost community newsletter
* For several years, I have contributed occasional stories for the [[Wikipedia:Signpost|Signpost]]; in 2009, I was the lead reporter for the "news and notes" section, writing almost every week, stopping when I joined the Board of Trustees out of fears of conflicts of interest.
:* Besides the ''News and Notes'' column, other stories include: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-03-30/License_update|license update]] | [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-03-02/Books_extension|books extension]] | [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-07-28/Wikimania_2008|Wikimania 2008 wrapup]] | [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-05-12/Maker_Faire|report on Maker Faire and Recent Changes Camp in SF]] | [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-05-07/Wikimania2007|Wikimania 2007 plans]] | and a whole series of articles in Summer 2006, with [[user:sj|sj]], about [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-08-28/Wikimania_series|Wikimania 2006]]. 

;Presentations
* I give general presentations about wikis and Wikipedia to various groups, particularly librarians. In recent years I have presented at: 
** The American Libraries Association annual conference
** The Special Libraries Association annual conference
** The Charleston conference
** SXSW
** and several other venues. 

* A handout I developed for librarians may be found [[en:User:Brassratgirl/Librarians|here]]. I am happy to share slides, notes, and thoughts on what works & what doesn't. More [[User:Phoebe#how_to_use_Wikipedia_--_resources|notes]] are here. Someday I will get around to making a full listing of my talks, with slides! But that day is not today. You can, however, find my recent stock Wikipedia presentations on [http://slideshare.com/phoebeayers Slideshare]. 

;Press
I sometimes give interviews, as a Wikipedian or on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I have been interviewed for both radio and print stories, and on a few occasions for TV. I am a member of the Communications Committee (comcom) list and help out where I can. 

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* I am interested in good essays about Wikipedia; please add them to [[user:phoebe/essays|essays]]. 
* I also served on the now-defunct [[m:Special Projects Committee]], from May 2006-2007ish. 
* for a couple of years in from late 2008-early 2010, I worked on summarizing the Foundation-l mailing list at '''[[:m:LSS|the List Summary Service]]'''; hopefully this is useful to those who need to quickly catch up with the list. 
* I can often be found on IRC, where I go by '''brassratgirl'''; and can sometimes be found sending long-winded posts to various Wikimedia mailing lists. I almost always regret this in the morning. 

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==Things I do in other places==
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In the rest of my life, I am a librarian at the amazing [[MIT]], specializing in electrical engineering and computer science. I have academic training in literature and history, as well as library science, and have worked as an engineering librarian at UC Davis and the University of Washington as well as MIT. Professionally, I am interested in open access and scholarly communications issues, scientific information and data management, collection management, how people find and learn to find information, the effective use of collaborative tools (such as wikis) within communities, and how trustworthy information and knowledge is created both on- and off-line. I have a personal website [http://phoebeayers.info/ here]. 

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==Things I care about==
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* Foundation governance, transparency, and sustainability; integrating new contributors into governance smoothly; exploring what it really means to "lead with a [[Wikipedia_community|community]]." 
* Goodwill and fun with my fellow Wikipedians: hence, [[WP:MEET|meetups]] and [[Wikimania]] :) Events are very important to the community as a whole, and I encourage everyone to go to and organize meetups. 
* References and sources in articles. This is not about arguing whether crufty websites 'count' as sources; this is about making sure the 90% of totally verifiable content gets good references added, '''for the sake of the readers.'''
* [[User:Phoebe/outline|Communicating]] about Wikipedia. 
* [http://wikichix.org Gender] on the projects; the construction of outsiders versus insiders, and implications for creating knowledge. 
* Free knowledge; [http://freecontentdefinition.org parse this as you will]. 

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==Friends and usernames==
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* I have been fortunate to meet [[User:Phoebe/Drinking|many Wikipedians]] in person.
;on usernames: 
<hiero>D58 D21 G4 S29 S29 D21 G4 X1</hiero> 
I use the name <nowiki>[[user:phoebe]]</nowiki> on all the Wikimedia wikis; I do not have a second or official account. I will always note when I am explicitly making an "official" edit (such as when uploading board minutes); everything else I say and do on my own behalf, and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the WMF, MIT, or any other organization. 

There are a few User:Phoebe accounts on a few smaller wikis that date to pre-SUL that aren't me. I think none of those folks are active, though. 

<small> I used to edit content under the name '''brassratgirl'''. I generally teach and present using my given name. That username is longstanding and has nothing whatsoever to do with [[MIT]], or [[Brass_Rat|this]]. It is also not symbolic of anything in particular. If you're curious, ask and I'll send you the explanation. (I am also not [[user:BrassRat]], or related to any other variation). [[Help:WikiHiero_syntax|wikihiero]]</small>
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==personal principles==
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;''From the past: or the use common sense department, or why it's good to remember not to make a big deal out of things.''

;'''On RFAs and project history''':

A question from the very first batch of archived RFAs, in 2003 (around the time I joined the project): 
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*Wow. I don't know. What are the responsibilities of being a sysop? 
:* As far as I know, there aren't really any responsibilities, just a list of obvious things not to do.
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I'd encourage anyone new to the project who is thinking about being an adminstrator, or who is getting heavily involved, to [[Wikipedia:Successful_adminship_candidacies#Links_to_earlier_successful_nominations|read up on your history]]; many of these friendly people are still around today, though many others sadly aren't.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MartinHarper&oldid=166149918 the wikipedia oracle]

;'''On policy''': 
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If Wikipedia achieves its potential there will be thousands of people writing and editing articles. There is no system in place that would allow all of this activity to be monitored by some central authority to insure compliance with various editorial policies. With this in mind, we should not try now to lay down policies as if the project is easily controlled. We should assume that policies will emerge from use and experience. We should not try to anticipate what the lessons of experience will be. from [[user:Tim Shell|Tim Shell]], from [http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolicyPolicy here]
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* If all policy discussion was conducted [[Wikipedia_talk:Pranking#Some_thoughts|in verse]], the world would be so much better. 

;'''On sourcing'''
I wrote a mini-essay about why sourcing is important, and posted it on Foundation-L. You can join those (unfortunate?) readers [[user:phoebe/sourcing|here]].

* [[User:Mike Christie/The citation habit|this is a lovely essay on sourcing and how writing for Wikipedia can change how you see the world.]] 

;'''On arguments'''
* <small>''(nb: I wrote the following paragraph soon after joining wp, but it holds true today; though after a couple of years I don't mind holding my own in a debate, I still don't participate in many arguments.)''</small> ''Things I like doing on Wikipedia:'' browsing, wikifying, adding citations, verifying things like bibliographies and expanding articles about common yet complicated things, and having the sense of working on an encyclopedia in the grand tradition of same, albeit in a completely new fashion. I also like reading articles. ''Things I don't like at all:'' debates about controversial subjects, flame or edit wars. 

; '''On pet peeves:''' 
* My biggest pet peeve: [[Wikipedia:Cite_sources|cite your sources]], people! If you need help finding sources, there's the [[Wikipedia:Reference_Desk|Reference Desk]], the new [[Wikipedia:Newspapers_and_magazines_request_service| Newspaper and magazine article request service]], the [[WP:FACT|fact and reference check people]], or I will individually work with anyone who needs help finding or verifying sources. Just ask. 

* When in doubt, be nice and see [[Wikipedia:Simplified_Ruleset]]. It's not so hard. 

* [[user:brassratgirl/EHICKTASMISHCTR|A warning, or, EHICKTASMISHCTR]]

; '''things to keep:''' 
* A few of the unpopular things I have fought to keep over the years: 
:* [[WP:BJAODN]] : part of our history; community building; sometimes genuinely funny. In remembrance, have started my own small collection: [[User:Phoebe/fame]]. 
:* [[List of important publications in computer science]] : imperfect but actually useful.
:* [[Library of Congress classification]] subpages : more browsing systems are good. Could go to wikisource as suggested by [[user:Benjamin Mako Hill|mako]].

;'''On mergers'''
''Oppose. Bananas do not have nearly the nutirition and great flavor of plantains when cooked right. It would be an insult to plantains to combine the two.'' from [[Talk:Banana]].

;On splits
''People seem to think that Gauge Theory is difficult. Bah! What's ''really'' confusing is the history of this article ;) From [[Talk:Gauge theory]]

;On trivia
:''from [[user:rothorpe]]'' 
* On trivia
**I'm in favour of trivia sections
**People will add their pet facts 
**Reverting them feels cruel, integrating them feels foolish
**[[Apartheid]] for trivia is the best policy

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==Editing resources==
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===A referencing challenge===
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There are many useful and scholarly online sources of further reading and information that I feel should be systematically cited in appropriate articles. For example: 
* [http://www.maa.org/BLL/toc.htm the great bibliographies of basic mathematical books] available from the "Basic library list" of the [[Mathematical Association of America]] 
* [http://www.madehow.com/ How products are made], an encyclopedia from McGraw-Hill that is inexplicably free online (and very cool)
* [http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/ Internet Public Library pathfinders] are lovely guides to the web in a small topic area 
* [http://lii.org not to mention the Librarian's Index to the Internet], a peer-reviewed collection of sites on all topics 
* [http://www.nap.edu The National Academies Press] puts most of its books online; they are generally nicely reviewed treatises on policy and technical issues 
* the [http://nsdl.org National Science Digital Library] has good resources also
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul02.html The LOC American Memory "on this day"] project -- for the date articles 
* Almost every topic has a book about it listed in [http://worldcat.org worldcat]
* [http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html Open CourseWare courses] 
* [http://www.biologybrowser.org/bb/Subject/Publications/Biographies/ biographies of biologists from biologists] 
* [http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html tree of life pages] with citations 
* [http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bix/fieldguides/main.htm A giant list of field guides!] guides for almost everything imaginable. 
* [http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ british newspapers]
* [http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/books/t0002/t0002_bib.jsp Africana bibliography] 
for those with access to printed or expensive resources: 
* see [[user:phoebe/Dict|here]] for a project to collect history of science biographical resources 
''more to come''

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===editing and teaching resources===
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[[Image:Be_afraid.png|thumb|[[wikipedia:be Afraid|be afraid]]]]
* [[Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects|Are you a professor teaching or a student in a class about Wikipedia? read this]]. 
* For any editor: '''[[User:John_Broughton/Editor%27s_Index_to_Wikipedia|An amazing index]]'''
* '''[[User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a|How to satisfy Criterion 1a]]'''
* '''[[Wikipedia:Department_directory|how to find everything]]'''
* [[:m:MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide#For_editors editing help for mediawiki|Mediawiki user's guide]] -- despite writing a book, I have a terrible time remembering syntax

'''Random things''': 
* [[user:Phoebe/Dict|dict. sci. bio.]]
* [[User:Phoebe/Infoboxes|Infoboxen!]]
* [[Special:Upload|upload images]] and [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Images|that new-fangled image markup]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template_messages|templates for you!]]
* line art drawings of fish [http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/photos.html] for use on marine/fishery/fish pages. Excellent line art drawings. done so far: [[sturgeon]], [[flounder]], [[mola mola]]..
* how to look up page view statistics: [http://stats.grok.se/en/200811/University%20of%20San%20Francisco]
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===Handouts===
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These are handouts for learning and teaching Wikipedia. Feel free to print them, distribute them, use them for presentations, change them, claim them, whatever you need to do. 

* [[:|Getting started]] (pdf)
* [[:File:How to evaluate a Wikipedia Article (Handout).pdf|How to evaluate an article]] (pdf)
* [[user:phoebe/Librarians|the (extensive) list of resources for librarians (and everybody else) new to Wikipedia]]

* Also see: [[Wikipedia:Instructional material]] 

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===toolbox===
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<small>''shamelessly stolen from [[user:Ravedave]]''</small> 

'''Reference''': [[Template:Unreferenced|unreferenced/unsourced template]] should be used extremely liberally | as should [[Template:Not verified]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check]] | [[Wikipedia:Newspapers and magazines request service]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia|journals cited by Wikipedia]] 

'''Librariana''': [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Librarians]] | [[Template:Library-stub|Library-stub articles]] | [[Wikipedia:Reference Desk]] 

'''Research''': [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikidemia]] | ''(see also: meta)''

'''Fix it''': [[Wikipedia:Cleanup resources]] | [[Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup|cleanup templates]] | [[:Category:Articles_to_be_merged|articles to be merged]] (perhaps my favorite cleanup task | [[Wikipedia:Typo]] | [[Wikipedia:Notability_%28academics%29|the professor test]]  | [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+engineering+%22This+article+does+not+cite+any+references+or+sources%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Engineering x fact-check articles] | [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%22electrical+engineering%22+%22This+article+does+not+cite+any+references+or+sources%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Electrical Eng x fact-check] | '''[[User:Messedrocker/Unreferenced_BLPs|Unreferenced BLPs]]''' | [[Wikipedia:Database_reports|db reports]] | [[:Category:Pages with broken reference names|broken ref names]] | [[:Category:Articles_lacking_sources|no sources]] | [[:Category:Articles with unsourced statements|citation needed]] ''(8,111 from Feb '07 | 309,558 total - on Feb. 12, 2013 |328,455 total on Nov. 12, 2013)''  | [[:Category:Wikipedia references cleanup|ref cleanup]] | [[:Category:Pages_with_broken_reference_names|a satisfying task]] 

'''Make it great''': [[WP:1|Wikipedia 1.0]] | [[Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have]] | [[Template:Grading_scheme]] and [[:Category:Wikipedia editorial validation]] ([[:m:category:article validation|meta-discussion]]) | [[Wikipedia:Core_biographies|core biographies!]] 

'''Meet:''' [[Wikipedia:Meetup]] (I'm still a Seattleite at heart) | [[Wikimania]]

'''Tools:''' [http://toolserver.org/~daniel/WikiSense/CategoryIntersect.php catscan], the greatest thing ever | '''stats''' are [http://stats.grok.se good for you]

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