[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia as community service

[Kelly Martin]

On 9/29/05, Greg Andrews <gregandrews at gmail.com> wrote:
> As part of a college class I am in, we are required to, along with at
> least a few other students, do 10 hours of community service.  We are
> allowed to present our ideas to the class for others to join our
> cause.
>
> My thought is to use Wikipedia as a community service project.  Pledge
> to spend those 10 hours (ideally non-consecutive) editing, cleaning,
> and writing for Wikipedia.
>
> I'm set to propose this idea to my class tomorrow.  Has anyone done
> something like this before, and what are you opinions on it?

As long as your instructor doesn't require anyone at Wikipedia to
certify that you did the community service.  It would be hard for us
to certify how many *hours* you spent editing.

Kelly