Well received. Will share feedback soon.. On Mon, 26 Jun 2023, 22:34 Chiemezie Atama, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Great initiative. > Best!! > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 7:51 PM Oby Ezeilo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow! Noble Initiative. Will give my feedback. >> >> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 3:17 PM Mohammed Awal Alhassan < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Fantastic Project! >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 2:10 PM Tochi Precious <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Veronica >>>> This is welcomed development. I'll look through and give my feedback. >>>> >>>> >>>> Tochi >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 12:47 PM Veronica Thamaini < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Wikimedians, >>>>> >>>>> In response to expressed needs of the communities in sub-Saharan >>>>> Africa to help achieve growth of the editing communities in the region, >>>>> the >>>>> Wikimedia Foundation is working on an experiment-based project dubbed the >>>>> Africa Growth Project. The project seeks to enhance already existing >>>>> community efforts by creating a more effective online learning component, >>>>> which would allow in-person efforts to focus on already-engaged newbies >>>>> who >>>>> have obtained a solid foundation in Wikipedia policies and collaboration >>>>> norms, maximizing the return on investment of human volunteer effort. The >>>>> hypothesis guiding this experiment is that providing high-quality training >>>>> to new and existing Wikimedians covering the basics of contribution to >>>>> Wikimedia (including introducing the many ways to contribute beyond >>>>> article >>>>> writing) can double the retention rates of active editors in the >>>>> region. >>>>> >>>>> For the pilot, we will be developing four modules, and we are inviting >>>>> you to share feedback on outlines for these training modules, which >>>>> are: >>>>> >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> Module 1: Preparing to participate in Wikimedia projects >>>>> >>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module1> >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> Module 2: 101 Ways to Contribute to Wikimedia >>>>> >>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module2> >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> Module 3: The Voice of Wikipedia: Neutral Point of View >>>>> >>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module3> >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> Module 4: Sourcing knowledge: Verifiability on Wikipedia >>>>> >>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module4> >>>>> >>>>> We hope to benefit from your experience as a Wikimedian in sharing >>>>> your input on these module outlines, to ensure that they capture what is >>>>> needed to support community understanding of those policies. >>>>> >>>>> We are interested to hear your thoughts on what's missing, what's >>>>> good, what could be improved, and any suggestions on the modules' and >>>>> sections' order and pace, great illustrative examples and helpful >>>>> exercises >>>>> that would be useful to incorporate. >>>>> >>>>> We await this input and will take it all into consideration as we >>>>> develop the full modules based on these outlines (including whatever >>>>> change >>>>> suggestions we accept). We will also be publishing the complete modules on >>>>> the WikiLearn platform when they are ready. >>>>> >>>>> See the details of each module here: >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies >>>>> >>>>> And share your comments here; >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies >>>>> >>>>> For your input to be useful in our module development, please share >>>>> your feedback by July 21st, 2023. >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> From the Africa Growth Pilot team (Dumisani Ndubane, Veronica >>>>> Thamaini, Asaf Bartov) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Veronica Thamaini | Manager of Regional Programs, Community Resources >>>>> >>>>> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list -- >>>> [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> African-Wikimedians mailing list -- >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list -- >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list -- > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] >
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