[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia as community service

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

Ah ah,

I love that idea. I always thought that it would be great if wikipedia 
could establish some sort of very vague partnership with teaching 
institution so that students would use their work to complete wp.

Greg Andrews 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?
> 
> -Greg
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