Wikipedia is the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit with over 40 million free-to-access articles in over 300 languages. Articles are collaboratively created and edited by a global volunteer base.

This workshop will be a broad orientation to the wiki; the following will be discussed:

• Introduction to Wikipedia
• Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• Anatomy of a Wikipedia article
• Wikipedia policies and guidelines (Neutral point of view, Verifiability, Encyclopedic Writing, No original research, Editing guidelines, Notability guidelines, Conflict of Interest and Template use)
• Wikipedia governance
• Communities formed around Wikipedia
• Getting started with editing