The Wikimedia Foundation is now recruiting Online Ambassadors for the Public Policy Initiative. (The Initiative is a new program in which university students will contribute meaningful work to Wikipedia as part of their classes -- but we need a corps of Wikipedia Ambassadors to help professors and students throughout the semester and to lay the groundwork for new, more effective, and more systematic ways of helping new users.)
We are finalizing a list of Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors who will be available in person on the college campuses, but we also want Wikipedia Online Ambassadors who can coordinate with professors and assist students via email, on the wiki, and on IRC.
We need experienced Wikipedians with a track record of helping newbies who will be able to commit at least 2 hours per week in the fall semester to join. We want the Online Ambassadors program to be something that continues on and expands after the Public Policy Initiative concludes, as a more systematic way to help new users and put Wikipedia's friendliest face forward. So the idea is to develop a community, and best practices, for focused welcoming of new editors, especially students assigned to edit.
If you're interested, please visit our Online Ambassadors page for more details on the position and how to apply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Poli...
-Sage Ross (aka ragesoss) Online Facilitator, Public Policy Initiative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sross_%28Public_Policy%29
On 22 July 2010 20:15, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipedia@gmail.com wrote:
The Wikimedia Foundation is now recruiting Online Ambassadors for the Public Policy Initiative. (The Initiative is a new program in which university students will contribute meaningful work to Wikipedia as part of their classes -- but we need a corps of Wikipedia Ambassadors to help professors and students throughout the semester and to lay the groundwork for new, more effective, and more systematic ways of helping new users.)
We are finalizing a list of Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors who will be available in person on the college campuses, but we also want Wikipedia Online Ambassadors who can coordinate with professors and assist students via email, on the wiki, and on IRC.
We need experienced Wikipedians with a track record of helping newbies who will be able to commit at least 2 hours per week in the fall semester to join. We want the Online Ambassadors program to be something that continues on and expands after the Public Policy Initiative concludes, as a more systematic way to help new users and put Wikipedia's friendliest face forward. So the idea is to develop a community, and best practices, for focused welcoming of new editors, especially students assigned to edit.
If you're interested, please visit our Online Ambassadors page for more details on the position and how to apply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Poli...
You haven't mentioned it, but I guess this is only open to people in the US?
Pete / the wub
I thought that this is open to anyone, regardless of where they live, as long as they fulfill the requirements.
Bejinhan
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Peter Coombe thewub.wiki@googlemail.comwrote:
On 22 July 2010 20:15, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia@gmail.comragesoss%2Bwikipedia@gmail.com> wrote:
The Wikimedia Foundation is now recruiting Online Ambassadors for the Public Policy Initiative. (The Initiative is a new program in which university students will contribute meaningful work to Wikipedia as part of their classes -- but we need a corps of Wikipedia Ambassadors to help professors and students throughout the semester and to lay the groundwork for new, more effective, and more systematic ways of helping new users.)
We are finalizing a list of Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors who will be available in person on the college campuses, but we also want Wikipedia Online Ambassadors who can coordinate with professors and assist students via email, on the wiki, and on IRC.
We need experienced Wikipedians with a track record of helping newbies who will be able to commit at least 2 hours per week in the fall semester to join. We want the Online Ambassadors program to be something that continues on and expands after the Public Policy Initiative concludes, as a more systematic way to help new users and put Wikipedia's friendliest face forward. So the idea is to develop a community, and best practices, for focused welcoming of new editors, especially students assigned to edit.
If you're interested, please visit our Online Ambassadors page for more details on the position and how to apply:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Poli...
You haven't mentioned it, but I guess this is only open to people in the US?
Pete / the wub
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Yes, the Online Ambassadors program is open to people anywhere. It's about helping people online, so there's no need to limit it.
The Campus Ambassadors, at this point, are limited to the handful of US universities that we've been working with so far (but that should expand in the future).
I suspect later on there will be more crossover, so if you're interested in being a Campus Ambassador but aren't at one of the current schools, doing the Online Ambassador thing might be a good idea so that you can see how the program works and help roll it out to new schools when we get to that point.
-Sage
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Bejinhan bejinhan@gmail.com wrote:
I thought that this is open to anyone, regardless of where they live, as long as they fulfill the requirements.
Bejinhan
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Peter Coombe thewub.wiki@googlemail.comwrote:
You haven't mentioned it, but I guess this is only open to people in the US?
Pete / the wub