[WikiEN-l] Welcoming Peter C. Wayner and...

[Kat Walsh]

On 8/15/05, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Assuming good faith, all these Dartmouth students will want to write a
> _useful_ article for their course credit. So, let's help them do so.
> 
> Would it be worth putting together a quick welcoming page, targeted at
> these students (and anyone else coming along later on the same sort of
> project, since there will be more), which points out resources like
> [[Wikipedia:Requested articles]], [[Wikipedia:Requested article
> translations]] (hey, *I'd* offer bonus credit for a translation),
> [[Wikipedia:Most wanted articles]] &c, with some notes on the kind of
> thing we'd really like and the kind of thing we'd discourage?
> 
> This'd also serve as an opportunity to make links like the Help Desk
> clear, mention the talk pages of some users willing to assist, &c
> &c... thoughts?
> 
> --
> - Andrew Gray

I like this; picking an appropriate topic will probably be the hardest
part. Actually,  [[Wikipedia:School and university projects]] has most
of these links already: perhaps a /studentguide subpage or something
as a welcome page directed at students participating in these
projects?

-Kat
[[User:Mindspillage]]

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