Send ComProj mailing list submissions to comproj(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/comproj or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to comproj-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at comproj-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ComProj digest..." Today's Topics: 1. WPCC - Need Volunteers (Sandra Ordonez) 2. Meeting abstract (Tico wiki) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:46:53 -0400 From: Sandra Ordonez <sordonez(a)wikimedia.org> Subject: [ComProj] WPCC - Need Volunteers To: Com Proj <comproj(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, lise.meitner(a)hotmail.com Message-ID: <462FCC4D.1050809(a)wikimedia.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi guys, I need help with Wikiproject Coordination. We need to: 1) Do a bit of research and draft a press release and translate it. (as well as get quotes from volunteers, particularly Lisa, who is main contact. 2) Research academic/education journals to send to....and find contact information 3) People that would be willing to actually pitch the story in their respective countries. As always, please email me directly if you are interested, or have any comments. Sandy See info: (From Lisa Boer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPCC We have 19 Wikipedian volunteers so far and our first coordinated project is underway: an instructor from the University of Minnesota is working with us to enhance a freshman composition assignment where groups of students collaborate to create a new Wikipedia article. Our volunteers will review draft versions in the students' userspace and offer suggestions before these pieces get uploaded into the main project, then if all goes according to plan we will honor the best group effort with our project award the WikiPen. Our goal is to offer feedback that helps these students meet encyclopedic standards - we're not here to do the assignments for them, but a few tips about reference works and copyediting would probably help them be better students as well as better Wikipedians. Our project is open to all educational levels. In order to maintain a safe environment we plan to work primarily with teachers at the pre-university level. Instructors can look to our project for examples of classroom assignments that have been successful in the past and for tips on structuring lessons in ways that conform with site policies. One interesting twist to this WikiProject is that some of our experienced site volunteers are themselves students.