Re: [Wikimedia Education] Kosovo to hold a Wiki Academy this weekend

Hi, a few weeks ago I wrote here asking for mentors to come to Kosovo to help us with our Wiki Academy. It is happening this weekend. Thanks for your positive response. Below is a statement on the event. With the goal of improving the quality and quantity of online content related to Kosovo on Wikipedia, Kosovo is opening this weekend Wiki Academy Kosovo, where more than 100 mostly young future Kosovar Wikipedians are expected to participate. The Academy will bring together active online citizens and content experts and help them develop into skilled editors to write high quality articles and source high quality photos from Kosovo in categories such as culture, heritage, social issues, geography, institutions, economy and tourism. During the Wiki Academy participants will meet Wikipedia mentors and research experts from abroad and Kosovo and learn valuable research and drafting skills. Seven Wikipedians from abroad have been invited to lecture and mentor the participants, most of whom have not edited Wikipedia before. Some of the topics being worked on are those on economy, national cuisine, forests, and touristic destinations for Wikivoyage. In parallel, in a competition that will end today, the organizers have so far sourced more than 1,300 photographs depicting Kosovo, which can be seen on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Academy_Kosovo_Photo_Contest. The event is organized by Ipko Foundation with the support of Republic of Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Norwegian Embassy in Kosovo, Free/Libre Open Source Software Kosova and the British Council. See the website http://wikiacademykosovo.org for details, the articles being worked on our dedicated wiki at http://live.wikiacademykosovo.org if you would like to help out and follow the conversation on @ipkofoundation, #wikikosovo, and https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiAcademyKosovo Cheers, Arianit _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education