http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4056585.html
I suspect we may have (how do I put this) an opportunity to be helpful
to an influx of newbies with not-so-good articles in need of
improvement.
(Is there a good place on-wiki to note such endeavours? One of the VPs?)
- d.
There is currently an enormous backlog at Articles for Creation, of over 700 articles.
If you've got some time spare, it'd be great if you could help work on the AfC backlog.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC
Many hands make light wiki-work. ;-)
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Just a reminder that this will be happening in a few minutes.
Rob
From: Rob Schnautz
Subject: Office hour: Wikipedia Education Program
The Wikimedia Foundation staff for the Wikipedia Education Program (Frank Schulenburg, Annie Lin, LiAnna Davis, Jami Mathewson, and I) will be hosting a scheduled public office hour in the #wikimedia-office IRC channel.
Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012
Time: 16:00 – 17:00 UTC (noon-1 p.m. EDT, 9-10 a.m. PDT) (click here for local time)
Topic: Wikipedia Education Program
This will be a general question and answer session. We have several exciting new developments coming up: a transition from staff-led programs to volunteer-led programs in North America, and a new piece of software for Wikipedia that will help us manage the program better. We also are happy to answer general questions you may have about the program.
If you have questions or concerns about the programs, or are simply curious, this is a great opportunity to gain better insight into these programs. If you are unable to attend, a link to the chat log will be posted at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours for public viewing following the session.
Details on how to join the session are included below. We look forward to chatting with you!
Rob Schnautz
Online Communications Contractor
Global Development
Wikimedia Foundation
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If you haven't used IRC before, it may be easiest to use a web client; this means you don't have to install any software on your computer. Just click here to join in, and then choose a username when prompted: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-office You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It's fine.
For more information about IRC software you can install on your computer, go to the Wikipedia entry on IRC or the Meta page on Wikimedia IRC. If using dedicated software, connect to the channel #wikimedia-officeconnect on the freenode network.
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:35:43 +0200, Martijn Hoekstra wrote:
> "Google CEO Larry Page is a great big poopyhead"
> should be reverted no matter what
Even if you can find a Reliable Source [tm] for it?
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Is there any collected consensus on PR editing or is it all still a
lot of shouting? I'm not asking for your own opinions, but if there's
anywhere this is being discussed in some sort of abstractable manner.
I ask because next Wednesday I will be the Wikipedian at an episode of
the CIPR TV webcast[1]. Basically a podcast with a camera. I have my
own strong opinions, but rather than pushing those I'll be there to
say something reasonably representative of what the community actually
thinks, if there is any one thing it can be said to think. So is there
any place to get a feel for that?
They're also interested in
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Draft_best_practice_guidelines_for_PR
which is a how-not-to-foul-up guide put together by WMUK. But of
course that's descriptive and not normative.
- d.
[1] A past episode:
http://www.cipr.co.uk/ciprtv/107801/focus-on-public-relations-practice
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:25:31 +0000 (GMT), Matthew Bowker wrote:
> Even through all that, I believe AfC needs to exist. It does
> provide a great service to anon editors who won't create accounts
> for whatever reason.
Are supporters of AfC known as "creationists"?
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A claim made here about Duolingo and translating Wikipedia:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18367017
"With 100,000 active users, von Ahn says Duolingo could translate
Wikipedia from English into Spanish in five weeks. With one million
users, it would take about 80 hours."
Our article on Duolingo is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duolingo
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