hi guys,
Mayenge and Alex nice thoughts.clubs need to be registered at the deans
offices in the respective campus and some other stuff that could be hectic.
Just a bench mark.
Google Kenya are getting thousands of edits from Kenya and yet they do not
have these clubs.
They have been using motivation to editors of their maps.These motivations
come in different forms and shapes.At a time last year they introduced a map
makers competition in all campuses where the winners would win prizes
ranging from laptops to food.Those that got gadgets were better placed
because they had more edits then they later held a party at the ihub for all
the other participants and they carried out a training on advanced usage of
google maps.i was in the competition and I only got the prize at the petite
end which happened to be attendance of the party.Am not complaining though.
The edits are always on the rise day in day out and they have even launched
another competition for this year and I am in FTW this time.
End of benchmark.
Guys this is area code 254 and getting some one spend on internet just to
edit something they wont benefit in some way they can feel directly is
quite hard.Which is not the case for wikimedians in area code 254
I stand to be corrected.
cheers,
Stephen W. Wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Apr 28, 2011 12:02 PM, "Limoke Oscar" <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> For starters, I feel the best way of engaging
Wikipedia in campuses is
> through already existing clubs. Starting a club from scratch can be
pretty
> cambersome. With existing clubs, we wouldn't
have to worry about
recruiting
new members,
sustainability of a whole club etc.
Good idea Alex. We would not even need to form a club,we could
alternatively
have "informal" editing "parties"
like Google Map Maker parties where we
invite interested students,teach them how to edit and do some communal
editing.
>
> ps: Oscar, most phones can access that wiki. You should see the phone I
use
for short wiki
edits!...
Tell me its the Nokia 1680c :P ...i have that too.
Thanks for the TIP.
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