Dear Wikipedians, I am partnering with a professor who wants their students to write in Arabic language Wikipedia. However, the students are at the beginning and intermediate level. One option we are considering is a Wikidata related project. If you have any recommendations or contacts who might advise on possible activities, please feel free to contact me. Thank you very much for any suggestions that you might have. Best wishes, Laura Laura Jenemann Communication, Media, & Film Librarian Boston University 617-353-9240 ljeneman@bu.edu<mailto:ljeneman@bu.edu>

Hi, For beginners or even intermediate students, translating articles may be too much of a reach. Seconding one of Andy's other ideas, they could easily add Arabic descriptions to Wikidata items. I see a lot of Wikidata items that lack descriptions in very many languages. This can also be a good exploratory exercise for Wikidata. How are their favorite movies, TV shows, authors, artists, represented? What about the place they are from? Institutions in their hometown? Seeing which of these have articles in Arabic and seeing what the difference between the English and Arabic language articles is could also be a good jumping off point for translation. I'm assuming the other instructor is familiar with Arabic Wikipedia policies? Keep us posted on what you and the students accomplish! Merrilee On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 8:21 AM Andy Mabbett &lt;andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk&gt; wrote: