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host: ryan mcgrady and it has been growing ever since. ryan mcgrady has joined us from new york. thank you for being with us. guest: pleasure to be here. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span three. >> next on railamerica, real alliance. a service film documenting the april 1962 official state visit of the empress of iran and the s hah of iran to the u.s. a joint meeting of u.s. congress, visit rocket launch sites, and several military exercises. and they receive a tickertape parade in new york city. ♪ your majesties, i speak on behalf of all of my fellow americans in welcoming you to the united states. the interest of both of us is the same. to maintain our freedom. to maintain our peace. and to provide a better life for our people. that is the purpose of your visit. and it's how we can jointly preserve that effort. >> citizens, it is a most pleasant opportunity for the empress and myself to be able to accept your very kind invitation to visit your beautiful country. forica has a magic meaning the most distant communities of the world. i bring

steve: ryan mcgrady, he is the manager of the scholars and scientists program at wiki education, joining us from new york. thank you for being with us. ryan: pleasure to be here. announcer 1: this is "american history tv" featuring events, interviews, archival films and visits to college classrooms, museums and historic places, exploring our nation's past every weekend on c-span three. historian jarret hardisty talks about his book, black lives, native lands, white worlds, a history of slavery in new england, which focuses on the region's involvement in slavery and the slave trade during the colonial era. the hingham historical society and abigail

host: joining us from our studios in new york, ryan mcgrady. he runs the scholars and scientists program as the manager for wiki education, which means what? guest: i run a program that brings subject matter experts to wikipedia. host: how did wikipedia start out? what is its etymology in genesis? guest: wikipedia is a concept of -- a combination of the concept of wikipedia and if wikipedia. is a software that it uses which is that easy to edit, easy to collaborate text and images software. wiki is not the same of -- same as wikipedia but they merge the two together. it began in 2001 as a project of a more traditional encyclopedia. a drafting is for that traditional encyclopedia. it kind of took off and got a life of its own. very quickly amassed hundreds of thousands of articles. host: who writes and edits for wikipedia and how do you check to make sure it is 100% accurate? guest: as far as who writes wikipedia, anybody can write wikipedia. you could write wikipedia. i write wikipedia. anybody who decides they want to share and the compilation

joining us from our studios in new york, ryan mcgrady. he runs the scholars and scientists program as the manager for wiki education, which means what? which means that i run a program which brings subject matter experts to wikipedia. host: how did wikipedia start out? what is its etymology in genesis? andt: wikipedia is wiki encyclopedia. wiki is the software it uses, which is that kind of easy to edit, easy to collaborate sort of bear text and images software. wiki is not the same as wikipedia but they merged the two together, and it began in 2001 as the kind of side project of a more traditional encyclopedia. it took off to get a life of its own and very quickly amassed hundreds of thousands of articles. host: who writes and edits for wikipedia and how do you double check that the information is 100% accurate? writesas far as who wikipedia, anybody can write wikipedia. i write wikipedia. anybody who decides that they compilatione in the and sharing of human knowledge, how do you check it? one of the fundamental rules of wikipedia is th

steve: joining us from our studios in new york, ryan mcgrady.runs the scholars and scientists program as the manager for wiki education, which means what? ryan: the -- which means that i run a program which brings subject matter experts to wikipedia. steve: how did wikipedia start out? what is its etymology in genesis? wikipedia is the combination of the concept of wiki and encyclopedia. wiki is the software it uses,

. >> ryan mcgrady, the manager of the scholars and scientists program. he's joining us from new york. thank you for being with us. >> pleasure to be here. >>> weeknights this week we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on cpan 3. tonight we focus on d.c. museums which include the smithsonian institution, open free to the public nearly every day of the year. recently the smithsonian announced its museums and zoo would be closing this past saturday due to the coronavirus outbreak. to talk about george washington's vision for the presidency. then museum curator and the marine corps historian took questions about the battle of wio jeema at the national museum of the marine corps. and harding took question about the long campaign to win women the right to vote. american history tv tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> c-span, your unfiltered view of government created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. >>> next on "the presidency" presidential rhetoric s

host: joining us from our studios in new york, ryan mcgrady. he is the manager for wiki education, which means what? a program that brings subject matter experts to wikipedia. host: what is

. >>> ryan mcgrady from wiki education talks about how wikipedia has changed. he works with academics to improve site content. this interview was recorded at the annual american historical association meeting in new york city. >> joining us from our studios in new york, ryan mcgrady. he runs the scholars and scientists program as the manager for wiki education, which means what? >> which means that i run a program that brings subject matter experts to wikipedia. >> how did wikipedia start out? what's its etymology and genesis? >> well, wikipedia is a combination of wiki and encyclopedia. wiki is the kind of software it uses which is that easy to edit, easy to collaborate sort of bare text and images software. wiki is not the same as wikipedia, but they kind of merged the two together. it began in 2001 as a kind of side project, it was a drafting space for that more traditional encyclopedia, but it kind of took off and very quickly amassed hundreds of thousands of articles. >> so who writes and edits for wikipedia, and how do you double-check hat the information

host: ryan mcgrady, manager of the scholars and scientists program at wiki education, joining us from new york. thank you for being with us. guest: pleasure to be here. are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. hardistyian jared talks about his book, black lives, native lands, white worlds, a history of slavery in new england, which focuses on the region's involvement in slavery and the slave trade during the colonial era. historical society and apical atoms historical society cohosted this event. welcome. welcome to the museum. my name is deirdre anderson. i have the pleasure of serving as the executive director of the hingham historical society. what a treat to welcome you all here tonight and this sold-out program. i would like to thank, on behalf of our board of directors and small staff, i would like to thank you all for making us a part of your week. i me. i would like -- excuse me. i would like to thank c-span for filming us so that others who cannot be with us tonight can see it at a later date. and thank you to the abaco atoms historical societ