Hi all,
a friend of mine is moderating a debate about Wikipedia for diplomat, professor Marília Maciel, and I think it is of interested of some wikimedians. Please, see more infomation bellow
http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-wikipedia-diplomats
Diplo Foundation has cood courses on Internet Governance that may be of interest of those participating of some recent threads I've seen here. Share also with your local community.
Regards,
Tom
Everton Zanella Alvarenga wrote:
http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-wikipedia-diplomats
Is it just me who was surprised to see that Bence will be representing the Affiliations Committee during that webinar? I know for a fact that AffCom involves a lot of behind–the–scenes talks et al., but I don't think it's directly related to diplomacy issues?
-- Tomasz
I will be representing myself as a Wikimedia volunteer, who happens to hold a title related to AffCom and has a somewhat theoretical education of what diplomacy is supposed to be. I hope I am not totally unqualified to speak about the Wikipedia topics.
The webinar will be broadcast using Google Hangouts probably on the Diplo Foundation's channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/DiploFoundation), but if you register, you will get the link to the broadcast.
Best regards, Bence
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski <tomasz@twkozlowski.net
wrote:
Everton Zanella Alvarenga wrote:
http://www.diplomacy.edu/**calendar/webinar-wikipedia-**diplomatshttp://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-wikipedia-diplomats
Is it just me who was surprised to see that Bence will be representing the Affiliations Committee during that webinar? I know for a fact that AffCom involves a lot of behind–the–scenes talks et al., but I don't think it's directly related to diplomacy issues?
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Bence Damokos wrote:
I hope I am not totally unqualified to speak about the Wikipedia topics.
Quite the contrary, I think you're very knowledgeable about the subject—but what does AffCom have to do with it? If you're going to talk about Wikipedia's role in disseminating information about diplomacy issues, then I think it should be simply 'Bence Damokos, Wikipedian'.
(No offence intended, etc.)
-- Tomasz
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski <tomasz@twkozlowski.net
wrote:
Bence Damokos wrote:
I hope I am not totally unqualified to speak about the Wikipedia topics.
Quite the contrary, I think you're very knowledgeable about the subject—but what does AffCom have to do with it? If you're going to talk about Wikipedia's role in disseminating information about diplomacy issues, then I think it should be simply 'Bence Damokos, Wikipedian'.
(No offence intended, etc.)
None taken and thanks for the suggestion. In this case, I believe the best solution would have been to mention that I am the chair of AffCom, to make it clear that this is a position I hold (like the director level officials who will be the other participants) and not my qualification.
Best regards, Bence
Thanks Everton, I will be sure to join the Webinar.
"How can diplomats contribute to improve Wikipedia articles to increase their public diplomacy value?"
I am doing a Wikipedia project that is highly related to this issue that attempts to standardize economic data on Wikipedia for every country and city in the world. It's essentially the periodic table for economics. I guarantee this will be a valuable resource in the future. Please check it out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map
Here are draft articles I am working on for the top ten economies:
Countries ranked by 2011 GDP
1. United States:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States
2. China:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_China
3. Japan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_Japan
4. Germany:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_Germany
5. France:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_France
6. Brazil:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_Brazil
7. United Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom
8. Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economic_summary_of_Italy
9. India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economic_summary_of_India
10. Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economic_summary_of_Russia
On 18 June 2013 11:54, Bence Damokos bdamokos@gmail.com wrote:
I will be representing myself as a Wikimedia volunteer, who happens to hold a title related to AffCom and has a somewhat theoretical education of what diplomacy is supposed to be. I hope I am not totally unqualified to speak about the Wikipedia topics.
The webinar will be broadcast using Google Hangouts probably on the Diplo Foundation's channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/DiploFoundation), but if you register, you will get the link to the broadcast.
Best regards, Bence
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski < tomasz@twkozlowski.net
wrote:
Everton Zanella Alvarenga wrote:
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