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 Wikimedians,
We hope this email finds you well. We invite you to join the next episode
of WikiAfrica Hour "Voices of the Future: Youth Rising in the Wikimedia
Movement”
We are very excited to discuss this topic with the episode guests and your
joining is very valuable.
What can you expect from the episode?
What does youth empowerment really look like in the Wikimedia movement?
In this powerful episode of WikiAfrica Hour, we chat with young Wikimedians
who are leading campaigns, building communities, and shaping the future of
Open knowledge.
Our guests share their journeys, proudest achievements, and what it takes
to thrive as young leaders in the movement. We dive into the challenges
they face, how they’re using Wikimedia to build skills, and what true youth
inclusion should look like by 2030.
From AI and TikTok to leadership and mentorship, this episode is a
must-watch for anyone passionate about the future of Wikimedia.
Join us as we explore how youth aren’t just the future—they’re the now.
Watch, share, and be inspired.
Who are the guest speakers?
-
Ferdinando Traversa
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ferdi2005> President
of Wikimedia Italy.
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Ndahiro Derrick Alter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ndahiro_derrick> a Rwandan
advocate for peace, open knowledge, gender equality, and youth engagement
in governance. He is the founder of Open Source Knowledge Rwanda (Wikimedia
Rwanda).
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Ahmad Ali Karim <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EmpAhmadK>: External
Relations Ambassador, Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia
Hosting them Shahen Araboghlian
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ShahenWasHere>, a Beirut-born,
Yerevan-based Wikipedia editor for 10 years now. On Wiki, he's an admin on
Western Armenian Wiki, a member of different Wiki groups, and has
participated in a number of conferences and camps since 2015. Outside of
Wiki, he works for the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies' headquarters.
TUMO is a free-of-charge, after school program for teenagers who learn 14
different creative and tech skills all around the world.
In Focus section: Highlights from Wikimedia Youth Conference 2025
We will listen to some attendees of Wikimedia Youth Conference sharing
their experience and takeaways from the conference.
When and where will the episode take place?
Data: Wednesday 25th June
Time: 16:00 UTC
Join us LIVE on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPuU_M4SqY0
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCsxAAD_1-o>.
You can also register in the event tool
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:WAH_Episode_47_-_Voices_of_the_Future…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:WAH_Episode_46_-_Organize,_Lead,_Sust…>
Looking forward to seeing you!
--
*Donia*
WikiAfrica Hour Production Coordinator
& Wiki In Africa Tools Community Facilitator
Hello!
*(sorry for cross posting)*
The deadline for Program Call for Proposals has been extended :) Submission
deadline is 24:00 UTC, *17 June!*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025
Best,
Connor