Dear fellow Wikipedians:
This is to let you know about my most recent article, co-authored with former student Kate Rattray. We’re especially proud of this piece, in which we make a pedagogical and public-service case for writing and editing Wikipedia articles for law school credit. The article has just been published in the Journal of Legal Education, which, appropriately, is an open-access journal. The current volume can be found here: http://jle.aals.org/home/. You can also read an abstract and download the article from my SSRN (Social Sciences Research Network) website, here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2729241.
Yours truly,
John Kleefeld
Associate Professor, College of Law
University of Saskatchewan
15 Campus Drive
Saskatoon SK S7N 5A6
tel: (+1) 306.966.1039
email: john.kleefeld(a)usask.ca
skype: johnkleefeld
twitter: @johnkleefeld
web: http://law.usask.ca/find-people/faculty/kleefeld-john.php
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
Dear all,
During Wikimania, representatives from the "Wikipedia & Education User
Group" organizing team have met with AffCom. AffCom members made some
suggestions regarding the formation of our group, and though we haven't
heard from them officially yet, we believe their suggestions requires a
wider discussion with all interested parties and potential members of the
group.
The meeting agenda will focus on* next steps, governance, membership and
the group's name* and will *last 1.5 hours.*
I have set up a doodle to schedule this meeting
<https://doodle.com/poll/kyassesr9w3dqwrd>. Please fill it out *by next
Tuesday, August 29th.* By Wed the 30th I'll announce the final date and
will send out a google hangout invite.
Best,
Shani (on behalf of the organizing team).
PS - this message will be posted on our talk page on Meta, as well as the
Wikipedia & Education FB group to ensure maximum participation.
Hello, education community!
I'm happy to announce that the new issue of This Month in Education
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News> is out. It's a rather
short issue this month, but there are still some great articles!
Like an article? Have a question?* Please contribute your thoughts* on the
article's talk page!
Finally, we want your stories! *Don't forget to submit your stories for the
next issue by 20 September! *You can submit by heading to the newsroom
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom>and
using the input box.
best,
--
*Nichole Saad*
WMF | Education Program Manager
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
*Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
Hi Vira,
Thank you very much! You can find the spreadsheet attached. Let me know if
you have any questions.
Best,
Nichole
On Aug 26, 2017 5:51 AM, "Vira Motorko" <vira.motorko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding translation into Ukrainian I am all yours :)
*--*
*Vira Motorko // Віра Моторко*
Wikimedia Ukraine <https://ua.wikimedia.org/> nonprofit organisation // ГО
«Вікімедіа Україна»
mobile: +380667740499 | facebook: vira.motorko
<https://www.facebook.com/vira.motorko> | wikipedia: Ата
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ата>
If this email is about your daily job and it reaches you outside of the
working hours, please, feel free to answer when it's appropriate! // Якщо
це робочий лист і Ви отримали його не в робочий час, будь ласка,
відповідайте, коли вважаєте за потрібне!
Якщо маєте електронну скриньку на зразок _(a)_.ru, задумайтесь, будь ласка,
над її зміною. Дякую!
2017-08-24 1:11 GMT+03:00 Nichole Saad <nsaad(a)wikimedia.org>:
> Dear [Affiliates, WMF Staff, Translators],
>
> The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will be running a survey in
> mid-September about the perception of the Wikipedia Education Program in
> order to better focus our communications and support materials to the
needs
> of our various audiences. In order for it to be easily accessible to as
> many people as possible, we need help to translate the survey into as many
> languages as we can.
>
> Ideally, we would like the survey translated into at least these 5
> languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
> Translations in additional languages are also welcome, as long as the
> survey can be fully translated in those languages.
>
> We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the translations. This is
> a logistical decision, as moving translations from Meta-wiki to Qualtrics
> (the platform of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated.
>
> If you are interested in helping and have some free time over the next two
> weeks, please respond to me directly to let me know which language you can
> help translate and I will follow up with more information. Our deadline
> for the translations to be completed is September 12.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you!
>
> best,
>
> --
> *Nichole Saad*
> WMF | Education Program Manager
> nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
> user: NSaad (WMF)
>
> *Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
> Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
> _______________________________________________
> Education mailing list
> Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
>
_______________________________________________
Education mailing list
Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Dear [Affiliates, WMF Staff, Translators],
The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will be running a survey in
mid-September about the perception of the Wikipedia Education Program in
order to better focus our communications and support materials to the needs
of our various audiences. In order for it to be easily accessible to as
many people as possible, we need help to translate the survey into as many
languages as we can.
Ideally, we would like the survey translated into at least these 5
languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
Translations in additional languages are also welcome, as long as the
survey can be fully translated in those languages.
We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the translations. This is
a logistical decision, as moving translations from Meta-wiki to Qualtrics
(the platform of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated.
If you are interested in helping and have some free time over the next two
weeks, please respond to me directly to let me know which language you can
help translate and I will follow up with more information. Our deadline
for the translations to be completed is September 12.
I look forward to hearing from you!
best,
--
*Nichole Saad*
WMF | Education Program Manager
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
*Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
Le 23 août 2017 6:38 PM, "Gabriel Thullen" <gthullen(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
> Hi,
> I can help translate into French.
>
> Gabe
>
> Le 23 août 2017 6:11 PM, "Nichole Saad" <nsaad(a)wikimedia.org> a écrit :
>
>> Dear [Affiliates, WMF Staff, Translators],
>>
>> The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will be running a survey in
>> mid-September about the perception of the Wikipedia Education Program in
>> order to better focus our communications and support materials to the
>> needs
>> of our various audiences. In order for it to be easily accessible to as
>> many people as possible, we need help to translate the survey into as many
>> languages as we can.
>>
>> Ideally, we would like the survey translated into at least these 5
>> languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
>> Translations in additional languages are also welcome, as long as the
>> survey can be fully translated in those languages.
>>
>> We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the translations. This is
>> a logistical decision, as moving translations from Meta-wiki to Qualtrics
>> (the platform of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated.
>>
>> If you are interested in helping and have some free time over the next two
>> weeks, please respond to me directly to let me know which language you can
>> help translate and I will follow up with more information. Our deadline
>> for the translations to be completed is September 12.
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you!
>>
>> best,
>>
>> --
>> *Nichole Saad*
>> WMF | Education Program Manager
>> nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
>> user: NSaad (WMF)
>>
>> *Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
>> Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
>> _______________________________________________
>> Education mailing list
>> Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
>>
>
Hello Education Folks,
I wanted to call your attention to a discussion page that has been set up
for the draft strategic direction, as part of the movement strategy process:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction/…
Many of you may have participated in the strategy process so far, be it in
person or on wiki. The discussion page on wiki has several prompts that you
can respond to, or leave other comments as well.
Thanks in advance for your input!
Tighe
--
Tighe Flanagan
Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
tflanagan(a)wikimedia.org
education.wikimedia.org
Greetings brilliant education community!
We're a bit short on stories for the newsletter this month, so I'm
extending the deadline to the end of the week, that's August 25, 2017.
Do you have something to contribute? For those who attended Wikimania
perhaps you can write about what you learned that could benefit our
education community? There are so many possibilities :)
Head over to the newsroom
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom> to
submit your story!
--
*Nichole Saad*
WMF | Education Program Manager
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
*Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
Hello Education enthusiasts!
For those at Wikimania that are interested in the launch of the UG, you're
welcome to join us Sunday at the Hémon room, on level A (-1) at 12:30 to
further the conversation we had today about the value of having this User
Group, and how it could best work within the ecosystem of the Affiliates
(among other topics).
Best Regards,
Vahid.
--
Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education