On 19-Dec-2011, at 9:50 PM, ansuman wrote:
It would be great if we can produce a common standard
Presentation/Brochure/Leaflet (name it whatever suits) which includes all the important
point, "Why One should contribute to Wikipedia" from the repository.
That's one of the things I'd love to work on. In order to do successful outreach
we need to have supportive documents that can be used and/or given away during the
sessions. These documents need to be well thought and structured and should be inclusive
of various aspects one needs to know about Wikipedia. In my opinion, a deck of documents
that should be readily available to anyone who wants to do an outreach are:
1. Presentations. These presentation should be in different modules and the presenter
should be able to choose a presentation from the deck depending upon the nature of the
audience, topic of discussion during the session etc.
Basic introduction to Wikipedia
Editing basics
Why contribute to Wikipedia?
Neutral point of view
Notability
Manual of Style
Referencing
Avoiding copyright violations / plagiarism
Introduction to Wikimedia Commons
2. Leaflet/brochure that can be given away to the participants. These leaflets can also be
used in other outreach programs: like exhibitions, trade fairs etc.
3. FAQs that can either be handed over to the participants in the session or can be mailed
to them as a follow up.
We should make sure that each of these documents have just the right amount of information
- too much of information can be confusing and too little information might not be
sufficient for a newbie.
I'm sure we have made some of these documents in the past. We need to update them and
collate them in a common place. I can track down some of the old documents pertaining to
these topics and share it with you all. We can then collaboratively start working on this
deck step-by-step. Please let me know if this sounds good or if you'd prefer to work
on this in any other way?
Nitika