Wikipedia Training in Durham

This course has been developed for government professionals and others who wish to learn how to create, edit, and organize content using MediaWiki software for government purposes.

This course has been created for individuals who will be using MediaWiki software as editors, users, and website administrators for government.

This course explains how to:

• Find the information you are looking for on an existing site
• Create, edit, and remove pages
• Design a structure for the page
• Analyze the best solution for the overall project structure
• Manage users
• Create and manage a community

Some projects using MediaWiki:

Wikipedia - Free encyclopedia

Wiktionary - Dictionary and thesaurus

Wikinews - Free content news source

Wikiversity - Free learning tools

Commons - Shared media repository

Wikibooks - Free textbooks and manuals

Wikiquote - Collection of quotations

Wikisource - Free source documents

Wikispecies - Directory of species

MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software designed to support collaborative content creation and management. This one-day course, tailored for government, provides participants with an introduction to Semantic MediaWiki, enhancing their ability to manage and structure information effectively within public sector workflows.