Wikipedia:British Geological Survey/Africa Groundwater Atlas

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Background[edit]

The Groundwater Atlas was compiled on a MediaWiki based platform, with the intention that the information could, at some point in the future, be migrated to Wikipedia. Following discussions with Wikimedia UK, a selection of this text was licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0, compatible with Wikimedia. A number of images were also licensed under a wiki compatible license.

Text from the Africa Groundwater Atlas which bears the icon stating that it has been licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license can be used to create or improve Wikipedia articles, as long as it is properly attributed using the template. (See the "Openly licensed text" tab above.)

Monitoring[edit]

Pageviews for articles utilising openly-licensed text from BGS can be found here.

Editathon[edit]

An intial editathon was be held at the IAH Congress on Monday 23rd September 2019, between 4-7pm. A number of draft articles were created, to be worked on going forward.

How to add an article to Wikipedia using openly licensed text from the British Geological Survey[edit]

Create a Wikipedia account
Learn about editing - you can learn to edit Wikipedia in under an hour using Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure.
Select a red-linked article that you wish to create from the list below. These have been linked to create draft articles for ease of use for new and experienced editors alike.
Follow the guidelines given by the British Geological Survey for converting the Africa Groundwater Atlas text into a suitable format for Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia Cheatsheet summarises the main Wikitext codes you will need.
Remember to add the hydrogeology map image from the project media page .
Ensure that the openly-licensed text has been appropriately attributed (Please note that when attributing openly licensed text from the British Geological Survey, that the publisher should be listed as "British Geological Survey" when using the Open License text template - see instructions below.) - we recommend that you use the Visual Editor for this.
Add appropriate categories - we recommend category:Hydrogeology, category: Water in Africa, category: Geology of Africa (plus Water in... and Geology of... pages for individual countries, if they exist).
Add the below templates to the article's talk page where appropriate (copy and paste source code)
Save your draft. If you are a new user, please leave a message on Sara Thomas' talk page, or email scotland@wikimedia.org.uk with a link to your draft, for it to be checked and moved.

How to add open license text to Wikipedia

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Converting and adding open license text to Wikipedia[edit]

The process for adding open license text to Wikipedia can be broken down into the following steps:

	Copy: Add the text from the open license source into Wikipedia.
	Edit: Correct any formatting issues with the text, add headings and subheadings, change any wording not suitable for Wikipedia and add links to other articles.
	Adapt the style:You may need to adapt the layout and the style and tone of the writing. The first sentence of an article must be a definition of the subject. The text must also follow Wikipedia's three core content policies of neutral point of view, verifiability and no original research. When integrating other sources, it is very important to distinguish opinions and interpretations made by the original author from verifiable content that has a neutral point of view. To do this, you may have to refocus the text on surveying the topic, remove interpretations and attributing points of view within the work. Attributing points of view can be done b adding citations to either the source text or its references, and by adding in-text attribution of these opinions e.g "According to [ORIGINAL AUTHOR], "[QUOTE]".
	Add media: Add graphics from the source if they are available by uploading them to Wikimedia Commons where the license on the graphics allows. You can also add in tables to the article, if the table is in a PDF (Tabula may be helpful for such additions).
	Add attribution: Attribute the text using the 'Free-content attribution' template in the 'Sources' section, as explained below.
	Cite: Add the original source of the text as a reference at the end of every paragraph or more if required. If the text has references add them as citations in the article. If you are creating a new article add additional references from other reliable sources to establish the notability of the subject.
	Link: Create links to the article from other Wikipedia pages in both the main text and in the 'See also' sections, also add hatnotes where needed. Use the find link tool to identify and create links to the article. Add categories and Wikiproject templates to the talk page.
	Publish: Save the changes to the existing article or publish the new article. In the edit summary include that you are using open license text and name the source (sometimes open license text can be flagged as a copyright violation, this helps avoid those issues).

Attributing text[edit]

There are two ways to attribute open license text in Wikipedia, either through the Visual editor or the Source editor. Text from multiple pages of the same source can be attributed at the same time using page numbers, when using text from more than one source please attribute separately.

Attributing open license text in Visual editor[edit]

Copy and paste the open license text into a Wikipedia article.
Create a section called Sources above the References section and click Insert on the editing toolbar and select Template.
Paste Free-content attribution into the box, click the first option and then click add template
Add the relevant information into the Title, Author, Publisher, Source, URL, License statement URL (if not stated within the document) fields and License (e.g. CC-BY-SA).
Click Publish changes and add added open license text, see the Sources section for more information to the edit summary.

Attributing open license text in Source Editor[edit]

Copy and paste the open license text into a Wikipedia article.
Create a Sources section above the References section and paste in:

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Fill in the relevant fields, the text between the  is simply for guidance, it will not appear
Add added open license text, see the Sources section for more information to the edit summary and click Publish changes.

BGS instructions - How to take an article from the Atlas to Wikipedia

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Pick a red-linked article from the list, and open the correlating article in the Africa Groundwater Atlas.
Click on the red link to start your article, and follow the instructions below.
Once you've finished, save your draft article / move it to mainspace.
If you are a new user, please contact Sara Thomas, with a link to your draft, to have your article moved over to mainspace!

Groundwater in Country name

General points

Where possible, insert links to related Wikipedia articles (only do this for the first occurrence of a word)

Use inline references and include links to documents/webpages in the reference list

Main source of information is the Africa Groundwater Atlas Country Page, which can be found at: http://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Hydrogeology_by_country

Introductory paragraph Aim: provide context for page (few sentences) giving a brief summary of the importance of groundwater in the country Information Sources:

1. Africa Groundwater Atlas Country page [see link above]

Introductory section – only paragraph(s) related to (ground)water
Water Statistics section (data from FAO Aquastat)
Groundwater use section

2. Joint Monitoring Programme Data

See relevant country data in Skat_GroundwaterDependency_JMP_2019.pdf

Groundwater Environments

Aim: Provide an introduction/overview of the geology and hydrogeology of the country Sections to include:

1. Geology

Summarise the geology of the country
Link to Geology of pages in Wikipedia

2. Section on each of the main aquifer types, as shown on the hydrogeology map (i.e. basement, sedimentary, igneous, unconsolidated)

Aquifer descriptions may include:

Named aquifers
Thickness / depth / confinement
Productivity
Water quality Include the hydrogeology map, which is already uploaded to Wikipedia (find image here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_British_Geological_Survey)

Information sources:

1. Africa Groundwater Atlas Country page [see link above]

Geology section (map and tables)
Hydrogeology section (map and tables)

Groundwater Issues

Aim: Provide a summary of the main issues related to groundwater in the country

Sections may include:

Groundwater Availability (Quantity / over exploitation)
Groundwater Quality (Pollution and natural quality issues, e.g. fluoride, arsenic, salinity)
Transboundary groundwater

Information Sources:

1. Africa Groundwater Atlas Country page [see link above]