* for the word &quot;post&quot; read &quot;link&quot;.<div><br clear="all">Warm regards,<br><br>Ashwin Baindur<br>------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Ashwin Baindur <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ashwin.baindur@gmail.com">ashwin.baindur@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>Thanks for the link, srik.lak! But from reading that post, certain alarming questions arise.</div><div><br></div>What exactly is Wikipedia Education Programs? How does it work? Does it provide a private workspace to EP participants in Wikipedia completely invisible to other editors? Why are sock-puppets encouraged? What elevated permissions are being provided to EP members? Will the community be able to transparently oversee content introductions by Education Programs? <div>

<br clear="all">Warm regards,<br><br>Ashwin Baindur<br>------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:srik.lak@gmail.com" target="_blank">srik.lak@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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FYI, Since there is a lot of Interest in Education Program here.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rob Schnautz</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rschnautz@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">rschnautz@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span><br>



Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 01:30<br>Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Invitation to help beta-test the MediaWiki 1.19 extension for the Wikipedia Education Program<br>To: <a href="mailto:mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>, <a href="mailto:wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a><br>



<br><br>The MediaWiki developers have been working hard to integrate certain elements of the Wikipedia Education Program into MediaWiki. If anyone is interested in helping beta-test the new extension, click (or copy and paste) the link below to get started:<br>




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<a href="http://education.wmflabs.org/index.php/MW_1.18:Community_portal/Welcome,_beta_testers" target="_blank">http://education.wmflabs.org/index.php/MW_1.18:Community_portal/Welcome,_beta_testers</a>!<br>
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Please note that this site does not will not represent official Wikipedia Education Program data. Feel free to alter the data on the wiki however you wish; the more testing you do, the better!<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Rob Schnautz<br>
Online Communications Contractor<br>
Global Development<br>
Wikimedia Foundation<br>
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11450 Northridge Dr<br>
Evansville IN 47720<br>
c. <a href="tel:812.746.8347" value="+918127468347" target="_blank">812.746.8347</a><br>
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