Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:43:16 +1000 From: cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net To: wikimediaau-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Media Release about WMAU's collaboration with the Australian Paralympic Movement Hi All, As you may be aware, Wikimedia Australia (WMAU) has been working for a period of time now to improve the quality of coverage on Wikimedia projects of Paralympic and disabled sports. A joint project between WMAU, the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the University of Queensland (UQ) has recently been successful in attracting funding from the Australian Research Council. Our friends at UQ have issued a media release on behalf of those involved in the project that gives a bit of background as to what it's all about and what we hope to achieve: http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=26747 At WMAU, we feel that apart from making more information available on Wikimedia on this often neglected area, projects like this one have a role in increasing diversity on our projects, in this case, encouraging more disabled people to participate by providing outreach and editing workshops focusing on a topic that is of interest to many of them. Regards, Craig Franklin President - Wikimedia Australia _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>