Hi Wynand
A Wikipedia event at Rhodes would be fantastic!
I think two kinds of events would be really useful:
1. A session for academics and postdocs on how to use Wikipedia as a
teaching tool for undergrads & postgrads
2. A session for students on how to become Wiki editors
I'm pretty sure I could drum up a fair amount of interest in using
Wikipedia as a teaching tool (for example, at the Centre for Postgraduate
Studies). Which is to say, how can I help to make this happen? :)
Also, in the spirit of wishlists, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could get
a small community of Wikipedia editors to facilitate the creation of
excellent Wikipedia content a la the methodology of the Murder, Madness and
Mayhem
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Murder_Madness_and_Mayhem&oldid=679170429>
project? They had the help of the Features Article team, which is now a
defunct Wikipedia project, but maybe we could put together a similar small
project for Rhodes students? There are some really important local topics
that Rhodes grad students are working on, such as ancestral veneration and
the history of jazz in the Eastern Cape. They could write these articles in
isiXhosa, Afrikaans, English etc.
Warmly,
Nimi
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 3:55 PM Wynand van der Walt <wynlib40(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Nimi and Colleagues,
I have submitted a request to WikimediaZA to become the Wikipedia in
residence at Rhodes. Please let me know if there is anything I can assist
with to get more community members involved in this area. I have been
talking (though initial stages) to Douglas Scott from WikimediaZA to look
at the possibility of hosting a Wikipedia event at Rhodes. Would that be
something that you would be interested in?
Regards,
*Wynand van der Walt*
*Acting Director: RU Library Services *
*Head Librarian: Technical Services*
Rhodes University - P O Box 184 – Grahamstown - 6140*|**TEL:* +27(0)46 603
8281*|*
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 12:12 PM Nimi Hoffmann <nimi.hoffmann(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
One last quick question: does anyone know if
there are any Wikipedia
campus
ambassadors in the Eastern Cape? Can't find
anything online (they all
seem
to be located in WC and Gauteng).
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 12:07 PM Nimi Hoffmann <nimi.hoffmann(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Ah, this is excellent. Thanks David!
Warmly,
Nimi
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 11:32 AM David Richfield <
davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nimi,
>>
>> You could take a look at the Wikipedia Education Program:
>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_program
>> There you will find people who have run similar activities.
>>
>> There's also a Facebook group:
>>
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1052002851481030?refid=27
>>
>> Best of luck!!
>>
>> David
>>
>> Am So., 10. Feb. 2019, 10:08 hat Nimi Hoffmann <
nimi.hoffmann(a)gmail.com
>
>> geschrieben:
>>
>> > Hi everyone
>> >
>> > I teach a postgraduate course in African social policy at Rhodes
>> > University. This year, I'm considering getting my students to
create a
>> > wikipedia entry on an under-covered
topic as part of their
assessment.
> >
> > Has anyone had any experience with this? I'd love to hear stories
about
> how
> > you've done this. Have so much to learn!
> >
> > Warmly,
> > Nimi
> >
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