[Foundation-l] Wikizine - Special edition

[Ted (Hsiang-Tai) Chien]

It looks like an online training program.

I think it's a good idea to make a list in public on how people could help
on Wikizine so Walter does not have to explain it every time someone contact
him. It might also be good to have a wiki page to let people sign their
names for volunteering on this project. Or is there a wiki page I don't
know?

Regards,
Ted (Hsiang-Tai)

> From: SJ Klein
> 
> 
> Hello Walter,
> 
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Walter Vermeir wrote:
> 
> > Well, that is why I post this request for help. I do not understand what
> >  you mean with a "month-long workshop" in this context. I request people
> > to help with wikizine. People interested can contact me.
> 
> I think that a focused few weeks with an explicit call for people to get
> involved even if they don't know how they could help out, would attract
> a different and wider interest than a more unspecified request for help
> and individual contact.  "Show up in this channel on this date" may be
> easier for some collabs than "write me an email about how you can help"...
> more like a barn-raising, less like signing up to do solo work.
> 
> 
> > Then we proceed, I explain how things work and what exactly can be done.
> >  And then we will see what comes from it and how long it will last.
> > There is not really training involved. I will try to guide it so that
> > Wikizine remains wikizine and not something else but that is basically
> > it (Wikizine concept and style).  It is mostly a matter of doing it, not
> > training.  And finding people who will help to make it happen of course.
> 
> There is scheduling; planning to fill certain regular sections; planning
> for special editions and preparation for outages.  There is style for
> various kinds of links and reports; style for citations and neutrality or
> explicit spirited POV; methods for outreach to / review of various
> projects and languages; style and coordination with other news sources;
> how to distribute in various final formats; attribution.
> 
> Is there somewhere I can go to watch wikizine construction in progress?
> 
> It's not training at all, but these rules of thumb; and a sense of
> community and collaboration while working on it.  This makes it fun and
> not a chore; and lets people get quick answers to unformed questions by
> watching others talk and work.
> 
> SJ
> 
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