I'd like to try out an idea to have a periodic newsletter, maybe every two weeks or so. Here is the trial version:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Newsletter
Help me make it better so we can send it out.
I think that a periodic review of what we are doing will help us gather forces and get people more excited about what is being done.
Thanks, Karl
Hi Karl,
Idea sounds cool to me, but I've 2 little things:
1: Isn't it to early for a newsletter? I mean, it might be fun for 3 times or something, but after that period, it might become annoying work. And what from the around 8,500 articles would you pick every week? Most books are related, which reduces the subjects were you can talk about, so that you maybe haven't enough articles to bring in some new news in the newsletter. 2: The newsletter seems a bit English orientated. That's logical, because you (Karl Wick), as English speaking person, have been the only editor of it for so far. I'm from the Dutch Wikibooks myself and I'm under no illusions about our articlecount in comparison with the English books, but maybe there should be some news from the German Wikibooks. I think there are enough Germans on this list to add something?
After all, if there will become more people involved in this newsletter, it might be an interesting project. It's a pity that I've no time for the coming 2 months, because of my preliminary examinations. But after that, maybe I've time to add some very little things about the Dutch Wikibooks.
Yours sincerly,
Koos Jol aka [[b:nl:Gebruiker:Firefox]] <-- most used :-) aka [[b:en:User:Firefox]]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Wick" karlwick@gmail.com To: "Wikimedia textbook discussion" textbook-l@wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 6:45 PM Subject: [Textbook-l] Wikibooks Newsletter
I'd like to try out an idea to have a periodic newsletter, maybe every two weeks or so. Here is the trial version:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Newsletter
Help me make it better so we can send it out.
I think that a periodic review of what we are doing will help us gather forces and get people more excited about what is being done.
Thanks, Karl _______________________________________________ Textbook-l mailing list Textbook-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/textbook-l
oh my...
This is a GREAT idea Karl.
Cheers for you
Ant
Karl Wick a écrit:
I'd like to try out an idea to have a periodic newsletter, maybe every two weeks or so. Here is the trial version:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Newsletter
Help me make it better so we can send it out.
I think that a periodic review of what we are doing will help us gather forces and get people more excited about what is being done.
Thanks, Karl
I love it :-)
Perhaps coordinate this somehow with http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports ? (which, btw, we might want to do quarterly rather than monthly for all but the most active projects...)
SJ
PS - I don't believe nearly enough Wikibooks enthusiasts are coming to discuss wikibooks at Wikimania this summer. In fact, we're more or less at 0. A nice peaceful workshop about how to start a wikibook on [your favorite subject] and how to make it shine, would be welcome. http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Papers
On 5/23/05, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
oh my...
This is a GREAT idea Karl.
Cheers for you
Ant
Karl Wick a écrit:
I'd like to try out an idea to have a periodic newsletter, maybe every two weeks or so. Here is the trial version:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Newsletter
Help me make it better so we can send it out.
I think that a periodic review of what we are doing will help us gather forces and get people more excited about what is being done.
Thanks, Karl
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I'll go to Wikimania if anyone out there can hook me up with a ticket there from here in Mexico...
The WikiMedia newsletter ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/1 ) looks a lot more professional than I had in mind for the WB one. Just goes to show anyways that there are no new ideas out there .... maybe ...
I like the idea of coordinating thing with reports ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports ), or at least using it as a reference tool.
My proposal is that the WB newsletter is periodic as needs fit, that is, we send out a new one every once in a while, with no official release schedule. Could that work?
Karl
PS The English newsletter would focus on the English WikiBooks, and other newsletters could eventually be begun in other languages. However we could mention notable books from other languages.
Dang, I feel spacy today ....
On 5/23/05, Sj 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
I love it :-)
Perhaps coordinate this somehow with http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports ? (which, btw, we might want to do quarterly rather than monthly for all but the most active projects...)
SJ
PS - I don't believe nearly enough Wikibooks enthusiasts are coming to discuss wikibooks at Wikimania this summer. In fact, we're more or less at 0. A nice peaceful workshop about how to start a wikibook on [your favorite subject] and how to make it shine, would be welcome. http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Papers
On 5/23/05, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
oh my...
This is a GREAT idea Karl.
Cheers for you
Ant
Karl Wick a écrit:
I'd like to try out an idea to have a periodic newsletter, maybe every two weeks or so. Here is the trial version:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Newsletter
Help me make it better so we can send it out.
I think that a periodic review of what we are doing will help us gather forces and get people more excited about what is being done.
Thanks, Karl
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