Creating and Sharing Water Knowledge Globally on Wikipedia Manuel Schiffler Ana Nuñez Sanchez World Bank, Washington D.C.

Where do you go to find information? Pros Pros –Quick –Accessible –All sources Cons Cons –Not systematic –Relevancy? –Up to date? –Hard to cite

Libraries Pros Pros –Variety sources –Reliable Cons Cons –Time consuming To read To find references

Colleagues Pros Pros –Interactive –Trust –Follow up Cons Cons –Time –Bias? –Can’t be quoted

Wikipedia Pros Pros –Accessible –Portal to easily accesible references –Collaborative effort Cons Cons –Incentives to participate? –Reliability? –Technical learning barrier –Vandalism

Picking up strengths… building something new Interactive Quick Accesible + Up-to-date + Relevant + Visible + Citation Variety of sources

Our Approach to Wikipedia Wikipedia World Bank Pilot Project How did we get started? How did we get started? What have we accomplished? What have we accomplished? Who is reading? Who is reading? Who is collaborating with us? Who is collaborating with us?

Country Topic Overview

What can you find in our CTOs? Systematic InformationSystematic Information Info boxInfo box LinksLinks –Other articles –Documents –Web sites Discussion PageDiscussion Page Living DocumentLiving Document

Everybody can edit… We can control

Benefits Low Maintenance Low Maintenance Low Cost Low Cost Replicable Replicable Visible Visible

Thank You!