Wikipedia:Global Lives

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The Global Lives Project is a non-profit effort to generate freely licensed video of people around the world in their everyday lives. This page will serve to coordinate efforts to explore how the Global Lives Project's content can be used to improve Wikipedia content.

Background/resources

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Editing Wikipedia

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  • Create an account. Special:UserLogin/signup (Let's discuss how to choose an account name before forging ahead.)
  • Add some information about yourself on your user page. If you're a Deloitte employee, Global Lives Project staff or board member, etc., disclose that information. This is very free-form, there is no formula -- be yourself!
  • Engage in discussion -- always! Today, we will be focusing our efforts primarily on talking about improving Wikipedia content; building consensus is a very important part of being effective in improving Wikipedia.

Writing a good Wikipedia article

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(some links to support improving Global Lives Project)

Possible articles to work on

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Notes on existing talk pages proposing to include Global Lives Project video:

-useful to have video added to Commemoration section of the article

-useful to have video added to general overview section of the article showing Manakish chef making and serving Manakish, topped with thyme

-useful to have video added to Basic Education section of the article showing children in a classroom in Lebanon.

  • Drbukh page in Arabic [1]

-useful to add video of a child using the Drbukh and demonstrating the instrument.

Types of articles that could benefit from Global Lives Project videos:

  • Languages
  • Places (countries, cities, towns, etc.)
  • Activities

Articles of interest by Global Lives participant:

Kick scooter
Child art#Scribbling
Bedtime story
Shatila
Beeswax
Beekeeping
Hampi
Tour guide
Mahjong#China
Disability rights movement
Girl Scouts of Japan
Cable car (railway)

Participants in service day

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