[Foundation-l] Three short films about Wikipedia

[Lennart Guldbrandsson]

Hello,

Thanks. I have now created a subpage to the Bookshelf Project, where we
collect materials such as these. Please help out with the translations here:

http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf/Three_Wikipedia_films

Best wishes,

Lennart

2011/9/21 emijrp <emijrp at gmail.com>

> Hey Lennart, they are great videos!
>
> Please, create a wikipage on meta:, and I will add the Spanish translation.
>
> Regards,
> emijrp
>
> 2011/9/21 Lennart Guldbrandsson <wikihannibal at gmail.com>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > (Sorry for cross-posting this.)
> >
> > In just two days, Wikimedia Sverige is once again going to participate at
> > the Gothenburg Book Fair, which is the second largest book fair in
> Europe.
> > Around 100 000 people come there every year from almost all of our target
> > groups.
> >
> > This year, we have prepared three short films about why the visitors
> should
> > contribute to Wikipedia (roughly a minute each) that we will show
> > continuously over the four days of the fair. But before we show them for
> > the
> > public, I'd like to show them to you.
> >
> > Keep in mind that they are meant to be shown at a busy fair. That's why
> we
> > have no sound, including no dialogue. (I.e. we didn't foul up when
> > uploading
> > them to YouTube). We only have a short sign at the end of the film with
> > sort
> > of a theme stated. Since we will be there to take questions, we didn't
> feel
> > that we needed more than that.
> >
> > And now, here are the links:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtUJCeWNzw8 (the librarian) (the sign at
> > the
> > end says: "When you look up a fact, enter it into Wikipedia as well. Next
> > time, it will be you that saves time.")
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-voNMspnU4g (the teacher) ("Wikipedia can
> > be
> > a good tool for teaching source criticism and how information is created.
> > Learn more about how Wikipedia works.")
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ovfukCZts (the senior citizen) ("Share
> > what
> > you know. Wikipedia is read by hundreds of thousands of people every day.
> > Maybe by your grandchild too.")
> >
> > The films are licensed cc-by-sa, and will be uploaded shortly to
> Wikimedia
> > Commons, both as they are now, and with soft music.
> >
> > Here is the good news: If you want a version in your language, just send
> us
> > what the sign at the end should say and we'll make it for you! Please
> have
> > at least two people proof-read it before you send it to us, to avoid
> > mistakes, since we probably won't be able to determine if you've made any
> > errors.
> >
> > If you want more films like this, holler and we may make them. We have a
> > good team here, and can make these films pretty cheaply and quickly.
> >
> > Any comments are welcome!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Lennart
> >
> >
> >
> > Lennart Guldbrandsson,
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> >
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Lennart Guldbrandsson
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