Good evening, Professor Christie. My name is Lixxx235, and I'm a Wikipedia
editor and an Online Ambassador with the Wikipedia Education Program. (
userpage <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lixxx235>)
It's come to my attention (through a student's request for help via
Wikipedia's live chat) that you have given your students assignments
relating to editing Wikipedia. While the Wikipedia Education Program fully
supports such assignments, and endorses a number of courses at various
universities around the world, according to one of your students, an
assignment you've given seems to have students confused and is causing
submissions in violation of some Wikipedia policies and wasting volunteer
and student time. For example, this
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fuel_controlled_fires_…>
is an entry one of your students tried to get help on from our live help
chat. This submission does not meet Wikipedia guidelines such as notability
policies, policies requiring verifiability of material, and policies
requiring a neutral point of view (NPOV) to be kept. In addition, it was
not in Wikipedia's standard format.
We'd love to get in touch with you. Please reply back to
lixxx235wikipedia(a)gmail.com and education(a)lists.wikimedia.org to see how we
can help you develop good assignments for editing Wikipedia and how we can
resolve some issues with your current assignment.
All the best,
Lixxx235
English Wikipedia
Hi all,
I will have an office hour regarding the development of the Motivational
and educational video to introduce Wikimedia
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Motivational_and_educational_vid…>
project. I would appreciate your comments and questions about:
* The outline of the subjects that will be included in the videos
* Good practices for onboarding newcomers that may be leveraged in the
video series
* What to name the video series when it is released to the general public
* Translation of the public communications related to the videos, and
translation of the script
* Anything else related to the series
Please participate in a Doodle poll to help with scheduling the office
hour: http://doodle.com/poll/eu4m62ccdq4senuv
I also welcome questions and comments on the project talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IEG/Motivational_and_educationa…>
.
Thank you!
Pine
Hello everyone!
There's already been a lot of inspiring reactions to the the Year of
Science, so I'm delighted to say that the Wiki Education Foundation (Wiki
Ed) is officially launching our Year of Science work in the USA and Canada
today.
There's a blog post pointing to the work we're doing:
https://wikiedu.org/blog/2016/01/19/wikipedia-year-of-science/
There's our Year of Science page for academics and their institutions,
describing what we're doing and how to contact us:
http://wikiedu.org/yearofscience/
And finally, we're handing over the reigns to the Wikipedia Year of Science
Portal to community members, so they can share ideas, news and events
related to the WP:YOS (that's a shortcut! or):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Year_of_Science
We'd love to see what chapters and projects can do with this theme, so
please spread the word freely! We're also hoping people will use
#yearofscience or #YoS when they do.
We're looking forward to seeing what we can all do together.
--
Eryk Salvaggio
Communications Manager
Wiki Education Foundation
eryk(a)wikiedu.org
User:Eryk (Wiki Ed) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eryk_(Wiki_Ed)>
@WikiEducation <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation>
wikiedu.org
*Our organization supports the Wikipedia Education Program in the United
States and Canada.*
FYI (sorry for crossposting)
-------- Messaggio inoltrato --------
Oggetto: [Wikimania-l] WMF Scholarship Deadline for Wikimania is Today
Data: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 14:55:30 -0600
Mittente: Ellie Young
Reminder:
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2016 which is being held in Esino
Lario, Italy on June 22–27, 2016 are now being accepted. Applications
are open until Saturday, January 09 2016 23:59 UTC. Applicants will be
able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full scholarship will
cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, shared
accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the
Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference
registration fees and shared accommodation. Applicants will be rated
using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria
established by the Scholarship Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation,
who will determine which applications are successful. To learn more
about Wikimania 2016 scholarships, please visit:
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/ScholarshipsTo apply for a
scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form on:
https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/applyIt is highly recommended that
applicants review all the material on the Scholarships page and the
associated FAQ (
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ) before
submitting an application. If you have any questions, please contact:
wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org
<mailto:wikimania-scholarships@wikimedia.org>or leave a message at:
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships
--
Ellie Young
Events Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
eyoung(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:eyoung@wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
Submission deadline for Wikimania 2016 has been postponed!
I've just heard back from the organizing team (in my capacity as the GLAM
Liaison).
I can confirm that the submission deadline will be postponed, but they are
still unclear till when.
We are going to have at least an extra week (till Jan15th), but I've
strongly recommended reinstating the original deadline of Jan 31st. They
are to have a meeting this week and decide on the final date.
When they do, the wiki page will be changed as well.
I'll notify you as soon as I hear back from them.
Cheers,
Shani.
On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Samir Elsharbaty <selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org
> wrote:
> Dear Collab members,
>
> I want to remind you of the following deadlines coming up with regard to
> Wikimania 2016:
>
> Wikimania Scholarships will be open until 09 January 2016 23:59 UTC. for
> more information see:
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
>
> Wikimania Call for Submissions is up and will be open until 07 January
> 2016. See:
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
>
> If you have any questions about Wikimania, please get in touch with Ellie
> Young, the Wikimedia Foundation's events manager at eyoung(a)wikimedia.org
>
> Good luck with your submissions and scholarship applications!
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Samir Elsharbaty,
> Wikipedia Education Program
> Wikimedia Foundation
> +20.100.944.3478
> education.wikimedia.org
>
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