‘I [edit] Wikipedia’ Campaign

‘I [edit] Wikipedia’ Campaign

Wikipedia - Art Historian Wikipedia - Cancer Survivor Wikipedia - Veteran

Wikipedia - Gamer Wikipedia - Musician Wikipedia - T-shirt

The “I [edit] Wikipedia” campaign was a school project for Holly Shields art direction 2 class in the Spring of 2008. In this campaign, Jacob Brubaker, Mark Decker and I came up with the concept to show how everyday people can be experts in their fields, thus making them qualified to edit Wikipedia entries.

Because Wiki entries rely entirely on public edits, Wikipedia has long been viewed as inaccurate or prone to abuse. With our campaign, we are showing that most entries have been edited by people well-versed in the that topic.

Happily, this project not only earned our group an A, but it has been selected for the 2008 Art Directors Club of Houston show, and the t-shirt design design was featured at the 2008 international design bienalle EXPERIMENTADESIGN in Amerstam. The entire project has received high praise, especially among the numerous Wikipedia contributors, and even the official Wikimedia Blog.

The campaign consists of two posters, one t-shirt and three print ads.

Art Direction by Jacob Brubaker, Mark Decker and Mike E. Perez
Photography by Mark Decker
Design by Mike E. Perez
Illustration by Mark Decker, Mike E. Perez and Jacob Brubaker
Models: Linsey Metcalf, Darryl Patrick, Nathaniel Arreola, Jacob Brubaker and Tom

2 Responses to “‘I [edit] Wikipedia’ Campaign”

  1. Maya Says:

    Went through the flickr stream. Good stuff!

    Here is a mention about your project:

    http://blog.prathambooks.org/2009/01/visual-depiction-of-wikipedia.html

    Cheers,
    Maya

  2. Students promote Wikipedia « Learning Technology @ Notre Dame Says:

    […] To learn more about the club, see Students at McGill U. Band Together to Promote Wikipedia or read the article in the McGill Tribune. To learn about editing Wikipedia read “Wikipedia: Your first article” or “Wikipedia: How to edit a page.” You can also read about the student design project. […]