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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I just went through all the Australian Prime
Minister articles to see what state they were in - I expect that we'd ideally
want to include all of these if possible. It took me about half an hour to
do, although some of that was spent messing with templates and the like.
The results are here:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Australian_Schools_Selection/Article_Assessment_Workspace">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Australian_Schools_Selection/Article_Assessment_Workspace</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In addition to seeing what we ideally should
include, it also gives a good idea on how good our coverage on this topic is (my
verdict: good, but could be better). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How do I envision this being delivered?
Hopefully we can stick it on some hosting somewhere, put it under the WMAU
domain name, and give teachers that address (hopefully getting it whitelisted by
the various state education departments). We then put prominently on the
main page "There are 2.5 million more articles at
http://en.wikipedia.org".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With that said, it's a fair chunk of work, although
a good percentage of the legwork has been done by the team that put together the
existing Schools Selection; it's an excellent base to build upon and they have
really done a fantastic job. To use an encyclopędia analogy, I see this
project as an offering extra volume or two to a general encyclopędia for
specifically Australian subjects.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So what has to be done? Ideally, we find out
what teachers and educators want, and include that content. If any of
those topics are poorly covered or not covered at all, we collaborate to improve
that content (this is a benefit that flows back into the main WP project, as
well). Once we have our selection, we pick "good" revisions that do
not have any vandalism, are properly cited, etc. We make a copy of them
somewhere (a private Wiki, perhaps), and remove anything WP-specific that
doesn't make sense on a partial snapshot copy, such as disambig headers.
We also remove any unfree media that might be in the article. We add
in a link at the bottom of each page to the "live" version of the article on the
main WP site. We do any copyediting that has to be done.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, doing all this will be a pretty big job, but
I'm sure its nothing we can't handle. The big challenge at this point is
talking to educators and finding out what they want.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In any case, I'm open to ideas, as I'm sure there
are things I've not considered yet. I don't have any special
claims of ownership over this little mini-project, so if żou're interested,
please go and edit the page and jot down your own thoughts!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Craig</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>-------------------<BR>Craig Franklin<BR>PO Box 1093<BR>Toombul, Q,
4012<BR>Australia<BR><A href="http://www.halo-17.net">http://www.halo-17.net</A>
- Australia's Favourite Source of Indie Music, Art, and Culture.</DIV>
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<A title=pru.mitchell@bigpond.com href="mailto:pru.mitchell@bigpond.com">Pru
Mitchell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org
href="mailto:wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org">'Wikimedia-au'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:53
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [personal] Re: [Wikimediaau-l]
Wikipedia and schools</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=937274723-12122008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks Craig</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=937274723-12122008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
can see some real potential here as a 'bridge' for schools coming to terms
with concepts such as Wikipedia, and also for those with access issues
(filters, bandwidth and costs). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=937274723-12122008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>How
long do you envisage such a project would take? How much work do you
think is involved?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=937274723-12122008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It
may be possible to organise some assistance with this, but I don't have any
concept of what process would be followed to develop this
project.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=937274723-12122008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Could you give some 'how to' information as
background?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=937274723-12122008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Many
thanks, Pru</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pru Mitchell</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>ph:<SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=en-au> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>0433 551 204</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>me:
</FONT></SPAN><A href="http://me.edu.au/p/pru"><SPAN lang=en-us><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>me.edu.au/p/pru</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>e:
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lang=en-us><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>pru.mitchell@bigpond.com</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
wikimediaau-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediaau-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Craig
Franklin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 11 December 2008 9:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Wikimedia-au<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and
schools<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Okay, there seems to be a bit of interest here,
so I've boldly created a subpage for planning:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Australian_Schools_Selection">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Australian_Schools_Selection</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the moment it's really just my thoughts on
the subject, but as the advice on the edit page says; feel free to
edit it mercilessly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Craig</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>-------------------<BR>Craig Franklin<BR>PO Box 1093<BR>Toombul, Q,
4012<BR>Australia<BR><A
href="http://www.halo-17.net">http://www.halo-17.net</A> - Australia's
Favourite Source of Indie Music, Art, and Culture.</DIV>
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<A title=gnangarra@gmail.com
href="mailto:gnangarra@gmail.com">Gnangarra</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 11, 2008
8:43 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [personal] Re:
[Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I'd be up for that, cant let it have solely an Eastern
States POV :)<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2008/12/11 K. Peachey <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:p858snake@yahoo.com.au">p858snake@yahoo.com.au</A>></SPAN><BR>
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<DIV class=Ih2E3d>> Anyone for a mini-project then? =). The
existing SOS selection looks like<BR>> it'll be a good base, but
adding more "Australian" themed articles to it<BR>> would probably be
a nice attention grabber when we go talking to schools.<BR>><BR>>
Cheers,<BR>> Craig<BR></DIV>I would be! maybe a task-force for
WikiProject Australia?<BR>And we would have to decide what "Australian"
contents gets in, eg:<BR>iconic/well known tv shows/what history content
gets in.<BR>
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