[Irtalk] Wikipedia & ORCID to promote authority in Wikipedia

[Ina Smith]

Dear Colleagues

Maybe consider promoting both Open Access, authority of information, Wikipedia and ORCID this year, during OA Week.

ORCID already serves as a form of authority control in wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ORCID#Template_in_sister_projects> and various developments continue to happen. There are three ways we can use ORCID identifiers in Wikipedia:

 *   In articles about people
 *   On user pages
 *   In citations
Andy Mabbett is the ORCID Wikipedian-in Residence<https://orcid.org/blog/2014/06/04/announcing-orcid%E2%80%99s-wikipedian-residence>. Andy put together a poster<http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/2014-05-21-ORCID-in-Wikipedia.pdf> last year which highlights how ORCID is used in various Wikipedia platforms. The contact details for Matthew Buys, ORCID Regional Director Africa & Middle East:

Matthew Buys
Regional Director, Africa & Middle East
m.buys at orcid.org<mailto:m.buys at orcid.org>
+27 83 588 3160
Skype: mjbuys
http://orcid.org<http://orcid.org/>
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7234-3684

Kind regards
Ina

Ina Smith
SciELO Planning Manager
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

LIASA Exco Portfolio ICT Development (2014-2016)
LIASA HELIG Chair (2014-2016)

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