[WikiEN-l] Wanted: Wikipedia Online Ambassadors

[Bejinhan]

I thought that this is open to anyone, regardless of where they live, as
long as they fulfill the requirements.

Bejinhan

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Peter Coombe <thewub.wiki at googlemail.com>wrote:

> On 22 July 2010 20:15, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia at gmail.com<ragesoss%2Bwikipedia at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> > The Wikimedia Foundation is now recruiting Online Ambassadors for the
> > Public Policy Initiative.  (The Initiative is a new program in which
> > university students will contribute meaningful work to Wikipedia as
> > part of their classes -- but we need a corps of Wikipedia Ambassadors
> > to help professors and students throughout the semester and to lay the
> > groundwork for new, more effective, and more systematic ways of
> > helping new users.)
> >
> > We are finalizing a list of Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors who will be
> > available in person on the college campuses, but we also want
> > Wikipedia Online Ambassadors who can coordinate with professors and
> > assist students via email, on the wiki, and on IRC.
> >
> > We need experienced Wikipedians with a track record of helping newbies
> > who will be able to commit at least 2 hours per week in the fall
> > semester to join.  We want the Online Ambassadors program to be
> > something that continues on and expands after the Public Policy
> > Initiative concludes, as a more systematic way to help new users and
> > put Wikipedia's friendliest face forward.  So the idea is to develop a
> > community, and best practices, for focused welcoming of new editors,
> > especially students assigned to edit.
> >
> > If you're interested, please visit our Online Ambassadors page for
> > more details on the position and how to apply:
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Policy/Online_Ambassadors
> >
>
> You haven't mentioned it, but I guess this is only open to people in the
> US?
>
> Pete / the wub
>
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