This project page co-ordinates activities to improve articles and images by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) staff and students. Individuals within RMIT are working to add authoritative content to Wikipedia.
Creating and editing articles in Wikipedia is in line with the RMIT’s mission of providing equitable access to contemporary and historical knowledge.
RMIT staff and students participate in Wikipedia on an equal footing with all other editors by using individual rather than Library accounts.
RMIT staff should disclose their affiliation with the University on their user page before editing.
If RMIT staff edit articles about the University as an institution, other users may perceive a conflict of interest. Simple factual changes (e.g.: personnel updates or outdated statistics) may likely be made without contention, but more substantive changes should be proposed first using discussion pages or other fora.
Additions to articles must be verifiable. This means that independent media or secondary sources should be cited whenever possible.
When editing articles, an impartial voice should be maintained. RMIT staff must remember they are writing an encyclopedia, not speaking for the University.
