With help from my academic department and after asking several people from my national chapter for help, I&#39;ve put together for a proposal for a women and children&#39;s sport research centre.  It should dovetail with some of WMF&#39;s goals in terms of creating female centric content and trying to get more women involved in Wikipedia (and related projects).  The wider goal is fundamentally about sharing knowledge and bringing people together in regards to women and children&#39;s sport. It is about making information freely available and getting as many people as possible to do that. It is about creating a community, both online and in person, who passionately believe in the importance of women and children&#39;s sport, and providing the community with tools to share their knowledge in order to help others.<div>
<br></div><div>A copy of the proposal can be found at <a href="http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/UCNISS/Women_and_children%27s_sport_research_centre_proposal">http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/UCNISS/Women_and_children%27s_sport_research_centre_proposal</a> .  My department is looking to get space and I&#39;ve taken the first step towards asking for requesting grant funding from my national chapter.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This proposal intersects with Wikipedia because it would involve setting up a wikiProject, and trying to provide contributors to the project with formal recognition for their contributions in ways that could help them establish academic credentials.  It may also provide a path to publishing for contributors, by providing a clear path to do that on Wikipedia.  We&#39;ve had several discussions inside my department with others inside WM-AU about how to do this in terms of academia and our own goals of doing justice for this topic.  Parts of that discussion can be found on <a href="http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:UCNISS/Women_and_children%27s_sport_research_centre_proposal">http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:UCNISS/Women_and_children%27s_sport_research_centre_proposal</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyway, feedback on proposal would be very much appreciated as it pertains to integration of Wikipedia into this proposal.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>twitter: purplepopple<br>blog: <a href="http://ozziesport.com" target="_blank">ozziesport.com</a><br>
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