Wikipedia:WikiProject Consumer Reports/presentations

This page stores information about presentations done to introduce aspects of Wikipedia to Consumer Reports staff. Much of the information here could be applied to doing outreach to any organization.

The format of presentations is to be scheduled for an hour, including 15 minutes of lecture with visual aids followed by 45 minutes of discussion with audience participation.

Presentations at Consumer Reports' office

Presentation topics have been usually set in response to some participant's request for information on a particular topic.

Notes for outlining these presentations is at User:Bluerasberry/presentation.

Upcoming presentations

Life of a Wikipedia article - creation to maturity

• How to teach someone else to begin editing Wikipedia, even if you do not know how to do it yourself
• 10 ways to ask a question about editing Wikipedia
• Characteristics of high-quality Wikipedia articles
• Process flow for resolving a contentious editorial issue; examples of the general case and most complicated case
• Articles for Deletion: The criteria for Inclusion in and Exclusion from Wikipedia
• Wiki Gnomes - the people who do odd, low-profile tasks which make everything else work

2012 Past Presentations

1. Wednesday July 18 Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia that Anyone Can Edit
2. Friday, August 17 Dispute Resolution on Wikipedia
3. Friday, August 31 User roles on Wikipedia
4. Friday, September 7 Tour of the Wikipedia Web Site
5. Friday, September 14 User reputation hierarchies on Wikipedia: what causes a Wikipedian to have credibility, and be held in esteem by his/her colleagues?
6. Friday, September 21 Wikipedia's public controversies - when the outside world has had conflict with Wikipedia
7. Friday, September 28 Wikipedia's internal social network - how do people use Wikipedia to meet like-minded others
8. Friday, October 5 Free: The difference between free speech and free kittens - Licensing and copyright on Wikipedia
9. Friday, October 12 Faults of Wikipedia - What Wikipedia does poorly; a comparison of information platforms
10. Friday, November 9 The Wikipedia community's outreach to the public: what Wikipedia does to support people outside the website