Hi all
I'm working on a training programme to support Wikimedians in Residence, especially ones at larger and international organisations. I'm hoping that the course will be useful for anyone wanting to do a partnership or WiR like position.
Does anyone know of any existing materials that might be useful beyond the basic how to edit courses? Any suggestions are very welcome, anything from suggestions of kind of activities or projects it should include or any material you know about which could be included.
Thanks very much :)
John
Heya John,
Not exhaustive or perfect but here’s a guide I put together that includes activities and tips along with info about how to edit.
https://hdl.handle.net/1805/54998
Take care and hopefully folks will have additional stuff to share! Jamie
On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM john cummings via Wren < wren@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all
I'm working on a training programme to support Wikimedians in Residence, especially ones at larger and international organisations. I'm hoping that the course will be useful for anyone wanting to do a partnership or WiR like position.
Does anyone know of any existing materials that might be useful beyond the basic how to edit courses? Any suggestions are very welcome, anything from suggestions of kind of activities or projects it should include or any material you know about which could be included.
Thanks very much :)
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John, I'd love to talk. I think I've overseen 9 WIRs now. I have tips.
Cheers,
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On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 5:01 PM Jamie Flood via Wren wren@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
Heya John,
Not exhaustive or perfect but here’s a guide I put together that includes activities and tips along with info about how to edit.
https://hdl.handle.net/1805/54998
Take care and hopefully folks will have additional stuff to share! Jamie
On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM john cummings via Wren < wren@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all
I'm working on a training programme to support Wikimedians in Residence, especially ones at larger and international organisations. I'm hoping that the course will be useful for anyone wanting to do a partnership or WiR like position.
Does anyone know of any existing materials that might be useful beyond the basic how to edit courses? Any suggestions are very welcome, anything from suggestions of kind of activities or projects it should include or any material you know about which could be included.
Thanks very much :)
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Hi John, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Workbook_for_Cultural_Inst...
On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM john cummings via Wren < wren@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all
I'm working on a training programme to support Wikimedians in Residence, especially ones at larger and international organisations. I'm hoping that the course will be useful for anyone wanting to do a partnership or WiR like position.
Does anyone know of any existing materials that might be useful beyond the basic how to edit courses? Any suggestions are very welcome, anything from suggestions of kind of activities or projects it should include or any material you know about which could be included.
Thanks very much :)
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Hi John,
I don’t know whether it will be useful for you but I’ve attempted to create documentation for all the workflows I want to encourage at a Natural History institution I’m currently Wikimedian in Residence at. I’ve published these in Zenodo as well as Wikimedia Commons to ensure they have a wider audience. See https://zenodo.org/communities/nzbsiwir/records?q=&l=list&p=1&s=... for the Zenodo community where all the documentation created and also https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Zealand_Bioeconomy_Science_I... for much of the same documentation on WikiCommons.
Siobhan
On 1 Apr 2026, at 1:54 AM, john cummings via Wren wren@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all
I'm working on a training programme to support Wikimedians in Residence, especially ones at larger and international organisations. I'm hoping that the course will be useful for anyone wanting to do a partnership or WiR like position.
Does anyone know of any existing materials that might be useful beyond the basic how to edit courses? Any suggestions are very welcome, anything from suggestions of kind of activities or projects it should include or any material you know about which could be included.
Thanks very much :)
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Hey Siobhan
These are great, thanks so much, I'll read through them. I think a lot of these could become generalised guides with case studies. I'll read through them and come back to you with any questions.
Thanks :)
John
On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 at 08:09, Siobhan Leachman siobhan.leachman@gmail.com wrote:
Hi John,
I don’t know whether it will be useful for you but I’ve attempted to create documentation for all the workflows I want to encourage at a Natural History institution I’m currently Wikimedian in Residence at. I’ve published these in Zenodo as well as Wikimedia Commons to ensure they have a wider audience. See https://zenodo.org/communities/nzbsiwir/records?q=&l=list&p=1&s=... for the Zenodo community where all the documentation created and also https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Zealand_Bioeconomy_Science_I... for much of the same documentation on WikiCommons.
Siobhan
On 1 Apr 2026, at 1:54 AM, john cummings via Wren <
wren@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all
I'm working on a training programme to support Wikimedians in Residence,
especially ones at larger and international organisations. I'm hoping that the course will be useful for anyone wanting to do a partnership or WiR like position.
Does anyone know of any existing materials that might be useful beyond
the basic how to edit courses? Any suggestions are very welcome, anything from suggestions of kind of activities or projects it should include or any material you know about which could be included.
Thanks very much :)
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Kia ora John,
What a great idea for a training programme. I could have used that myself!
Mike Dickison and I are currently writing a handbook for Wikimedians around Wikifying a Conference - although the activities are generalisable to other events. It’ll be launched at Wikimania in hard copy.
As a WiR at a university I’ve found myself doing a lot of different activities (surprisingly little actually teaching people to edit). For some I was able to find guides, for others I had to write my own. Activities include
1. Teaching high school teachers about using Wikipedia in the classroom (they didn’t like the lesson plans we have especially, but they loved the Wikeys board game) 2. Teaching students to read Wikipedia critically (talk pages, edit summaries, page history, gaps etc) 3. Teaching staff about the conflict of interest process (I don’t like an abstinence approach, people want to get errors corrected, they need to know how to do it without breaking the rules). 4. Developing engagement activities for students, as I’m based on the library floor - e.g. polls, Wiki colouring pages, a game I developed call ‘can I trust Wikipedia?’, posters highlighting Wikipedia content related to book displays (e.g. neurodiversity on Wikipedia, Pride on Wikipedia) 5. Talking to library staff about the appearance of Wikidata and Wikipedia in the library catalogue (ex Libris Primo) and making training videos about it 6. Talking to institutional staff about our copyright policies, open text books, and to researchers about the importance of an up-to-date open ORCID profile. 7. Teaching WikiSource transcription to create an eBook of a Victorian fairy story that one of the academics teaches about.
Good luck with the training programme - can you tell us any more about it? How will it be made available, and what’s your planned timeline?
Ngā mihi Tamsin
--
Tamsin Braisher
Wikimedian in Residence
University of Otago
tamsin.braisher@otago.ac.nzmailto:tamsin.braisher@otago.ac.nz
Wikimedia user: DrThneed
From: john cummings via Wren wren@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Monday, 6 April 2026 at 11:48 AM To: Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network wren@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: john cummings mrjohncummings@gmail.com Subject: [Wren] Looking for materials and suggestions for a Wikimedian in Residence training programme
Hi all
I'm working on a training programme to support Wikimedians in Residence, especially ones at larger and international organisations. I'm hoping that the course will be useful for anyone wanting to do a partnership or WiR like position.
Does anyone know of any existing materials that might be useful beyond the basic how to edit courses? Any suggestions are very welcome, anything from suggestions of kind of activities or projects it should include or any material you know about which could be included.
Thanks very much :)
John
Hi Tamsin
Thanks very much indeed, great you are working on this. I'm surprised how different many of the activities you've been doing are to my work, I think it shows how varied a role it is. If there are any gaps you identify that feel out of scope for your guide that you think might be useful for my guide, please do tell me.
Are there any guides you published or used as part of your work that you think might be useful for other WiRs?
Thanks again
John
On Tue, 7 Apr 2026 at 01:53, Tamsin Braisher tamsin.braisher@otago.ac.nz wrote:
Kia ora John,
What a great idea for a training programme. I could have used that myself!
Mike Dickison and I are currently writing a handbook for Wikimedians around Wikifying a Conference - although the activities are generalisable to other events. It’ll be launched at Wikimania in hard copy.
As a WiR at a university I’ve found myself doing a lot of different activities (surprisingly little actually teaching people to edit). For some I was able to find guides, for others I had to write my own. Activities include
- Teaching high school teachers about using Wikipedia in the
classroom (they didn’t like the lesson plans we have especially, but they loved the Wikeys board game) 2. Teaching students to read Wikipedia critically (talk pages, edit summaries, page history, gaps etc) 3. Teaching staff about the conflict of interest process (I don’t like an abstinence approach, people want to get errors corrected, they need to know how to do it without breaking the rules). 4. Developing engagement activities for students, as I’m based on the library floor - e.g. polls, Wiki colouring pages, a game I developed call ‘can I trust Wikipedia?’, posters highlighting Wikipedia content related to book displays (e.g. neurodiversity on Wikipedia, Pride on Wikipedia) 5. Talking to library staff about the appearance of Wikidata and Wikipedia in the library catalogue (ex Libris Primo) and making training videos about it 6. Talking to institutional staff about our copyright policies, open text books, and to researchers about the importance of an up-to-date open ORCID profile. 7. Teaching WikiSource transcription to create an eBook of a Victorian fairy story that one of the academics teaches about.
Good luck with the training programme - can you tell us any more about it? How will it be made available, and what’s your planned timeline?
Ngā mihi Tamsin
--
Tamsin Braisher
Wikimedian in Residence
University of Otago
*tamsin.braisher@otago.ac.nz tamsin.braisher@otago.ac.nz*
Wikimedia user: DrThneed *From: *john cummings via Wren wren@lists.wikimedia.org *Date: *Monday, 6 April 2026 at 11:48 AM *To: *Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network wren@lists.wikimedia.org *Cc: *john cummings mrjohncummings@gmail.com *Subject: *[Wren] Looking for materials and suggestions for a Wikimedian in Residence training programme
Hi all
I'm working on a training programme to support Wikimedians in Residence, especially ones at larger and international organisations. I'm hoping that the course will be useful for anyone wanting to do a partnership or WiR like position.
Does anyone know of any existing materials that might be useful beyond the basic how to edit courses? Any suggestions are very welcome, anything from suggestions of kind of activities or projects it should include or any material you know about which could be included.
Thanks very much :)
John
