Collaboration with Wikipedia and Wikimedia

This page describes examples and best practices in working together with Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.

Possible ways of collaboration

• Donation of images and other media to Wikimedia Commons, the database for media of Wikipedia.
• Donation of data to Wikidata, the knowledge base with structured data.
• Release of texts under a free license so it can be used in Wikipedia or any of the other Wikimedia platforms.
• Workshop/course: introduction about Wikipedia and editing Wikipedia
• Writing session of Wikipedia articles (edit-a-thon), often in combination with a short introduction in Wikipedia
• Supporting an organisation at their location(s) (like meetings on request or periodical helpdesk hours)
• Wikipedian in Residence (WiR): a volunteer from Wikipedia/Wikimedia who is active in-house of an organisation and helps with opening up knowledge, working together with Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and the other Wikimedia platforms, periodical courses in editing Wikipedia, and more.
• QRpedia: QR codes to be placed on location to help visitors access information on Wikipedia on site

See also

• GLAM