Kosovo to hold a Wiki Academy this weekend - Education

22 Feb 2013

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