Hello, and let me say Welcome to the Wikiversity community.
On 9/22/07, elibeth matute <elibethmatute(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I have read a little bit about what the mission is with this project and
if you could provide with a little more information related to what ways my
assistance could be best utilized, that would help me tremendously. I
currently have a few hours of spear time that I would enjoy using toward
making Wikipedia, or more specifically Wikiversity, a better source of
online information. I look forward to being part of the team and hearing
from you soon.
First, I should point out that Wikiversity (and Wikipedia) are actually part
of the Wikimedia Foundation's projects. Wikipedia is the best known, but
there are projects for a dictionary, books, news reporting, and a few
others.
While Wikiversity could use your help in dozens of areas, my advice would be
to persue an area that interests you, or an area you have studied or are
studying. We actively encourage "learning projects", which allow people to
tackle a subject and impart what they've learned to the community.
There are a few spots to check out if this doesn't narrow down your choices
or you are still having trouble finding someplace to start. The "meeting
place" at Wikiversity is called the Colloquium (
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Colloquium ), and is a great
place for feedback and ideas. Another spot is the list of redlinks (
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Wantedpages ), those pages which one
contributor has placed a link for but for which a page has not been created
yet. You can also check out formal request for a page or topic, which are
here (
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Page_creation_requests ).
If you want to help with the organisation or adminstration of pages, the
best place to come is the IRC channel #wikiversity-en. The simplest way to
get started is to follow this link (
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Chat#Web_based_versions ), click
on "CGI IRC platform <http://chat.wikizine.org/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi>"
and
choose "Wikiversity-en" from the dropdown list. (That page lists other
access methods too, if you feel comfortable with IRC or setting it up, but
the web cgi version is quite good and requires only a web browser on your
computer).
Hopefully this has give you someplace to start. If not, feel free to ask
more questions!
Thanks,
Gerald (Historybuff @ Wikiversity)