Wikipedia used in schools!

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Confusing Manifestation confusingmanifestation@gmail.com Date: 2008/5/15 Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Letter to the NSW Board of Studies To: Wikimedia-au wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Hi everyone,

The NSW Board of Studies has included Wikipedia as a text in an elective of its 2009-2012 HSC English Syllabus (see http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/english/prescriptions-supp...). This is obviously a great opportunity for us, and given that I think they're going to release some more support documents in June or July, it would be good to get in contact with them before then, whether we've sorted out our incorporation blues or not (although preferably so). As such, I've drafted a letter to them, currently at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ConMan/NSW_BoS_Letter for your perusal and comment. Once it's presentable, I'll have a little chat with the interim committee about timing so we can hopefully get it sent off at around the same time that we have an organisation behind it.

With a little luck, this will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship, and a model for cooperation with other state, territory and federal education departments.

Cheers,

Chris

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