Hi Leigh,

I agree with you that there should be an easy way to facilitate discussion. Last month I dedicated a specific page called "featured topic" to that task, but it went unused, and I do not think it was the best solution. I can look into including a comments section on the articles, but it will take some time. For this month, I encourage you to use the talk page on the article to discuss its contents. Would you mind posting your comments there? 

all the best,

Nichole

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter <osamadre@hotmail.com> wrote:

I was thinking along the lines of the Signpost.

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Hi!

What specifically do you mean with comments section?

There is always a talk page that can be used for comments. In the newsletter This Month in GLAM we let people who like to respond do that on the talk page. The template at the bottom of the article includes the comments of the talk page below the article. ( https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter )

Is that what be a solution for your comment?

Romaine 

Op zaterdag 1 april 2017 heeft Leigh Thelmadatter <osamadre@hotmail.com> het volgende geschreven:

We need to have comments sections for the articles, especially in important articles that talk about our challenges.


I would bet that the issues Liang has faced are common ones among those of us to who organize programs and are the face of Wikipedia to one or more educational institutions.


There is a small assumption I think in the Q and A format. That there is an assumption what with a change in a particular program, a problem can be solved. This is definitely not always the case. For example, how much responsibility should a program coordinator or teacher have for the quality of work produced by students? It seems to me that organized student writing gets a lot more scrutiny than those done by the "typical" Wikipedian, and complaints against programs are not rare.


Liang's article indicates that he receives money to review student articles. A similar situation exists at my school (and is in development). However, is that really a scalable solution? Is this a norm which will develop, because it could leave out collaboration with institutions who cannot or dont want the expense.


I think these are things that we as a community need to consider, not just individual programs/coordinators here and there.

From: Education <education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Nichole Saad <nsaad@wikimedia.org>
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Subject: [Wikimedia Education] March 2017 Issue of This Month in Education is out!
 
Hello education community! 

I'm happy (and relieved) to announce that the new issue of This Month in Education is out. There are some great stories to read, as well as a featured article about challenges written by Liang. Don't forget to submit your stories for the next issue by 20 April! Late submissions will go in the next month's issue. 

Wish you a great week, and for those at WikiCon, enjoy the last day of the conference! 

best, 

Nichole

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