Hi all,
I am User:Netha Hussain from India. I have been editing ml-wikipedia for
more than an year. I am appointed as an online ambassador of India education
program. My job is to help the campus ambassadors and students with editing
Wikipedia. Presently, I am assigned a class of engineering students, and I
am to help them with editing wikipedia. I have not been in touch with campus
ambassadors other than that of my allotted class. Though I am not very
experienced, I'd be more than happy to mentor and support other women campus
ambassadors of India education program.
Anything I could do towards it?
--
Netha Hussain
*nethahussain.blogspot.com
swethaambari.wordpress.com*
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Risker
risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
> So this morning I happened to start off by clicking a link on the talk page
> of Maggie Dennis that involved concerns about one of the project's newer
> education wikiprojects, and ultimately wound up on the page featuring the
> Campus Ambassadors for the India Education Program.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Campus_Ambass...
>
> Notice anything interesting there? I was immediately taken by the high
> proportion of women who have signed up to become Campus Ambassadors for this
> program. Many are very new to the Wikipedia projects, so they have the
> double challenge of familiarizing themselves with the project as a whole,
> and also supporting new editors.
>
> It strikes me that this is precisely the demographic that could use some
> assistance and support from those of us with more experience; they're
> obviously interested and eager to participate, but we've seen so many times
> that it takes more than enthusiasm and knowledge to succeed. Mentoring from
> experienced women may help them to flourish in our environment. Anyone up
> for doing so?
>
> Risker/Anne
>
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