Thanks for the clarification. I signed up and am looking forward to fruitful interactions including but not limited to Wikipedia(s). d.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 11:21 AM Shani Evenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, the brand is what guided the founding members of the group when > choosing the name, especially thinking about global outreach; but we are > certainly looking at all Wikimedia projects. Wikidata is very much a focus > - actually, I was the one to suggest and lead the Wikidata & Education > session at WikidataCon and have been including WD in my academic courses > for a few years now, so I have a personal interest in what you're doing, > Daniel. ☺ In general, initiatives around any of the other sister projects > are very much of an interest. There are success stories / best practices > that I can think of about working with WikiQuote, WikiSource, WikiBooks and > of course WikiCommons. We'd love to document more examples we might not be > aware of. > > Shani. > > On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 10:10 Vojtěch Dostál, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I guess that's just a name, nothing more. Wikipedia is by far the best >> known brand - hence the name of the user group - but our activities will >> AFAIK support educators using all Wikimedia projects. >> >> Vojtěch Dostál >> >> předseda rady / chair of the board >> >> Wikimedia Česká republika >> >> Web <http://www.wikimedia.cz/> | Facebook >> <https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR> | Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR> | Newsletter >> <http://wikimedia.us7.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=24c9403aa67fc995b69c7e704&id=4c2c82e14b> >> >> >> 2018-08-09 8:10 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]>: >> >>> Daniel Mietchen, 09/08/2018 08:46: >>> >>>> I'm very interested in matters at the interface between Wikimedia and >>>> education but don't understand whether this user group - as the name >>>> and existing documentation would suggest - is limited specifically to >>>> Wikipedia(s) or what the role would be for other Wikimedia projects. >>>> >>> >>> I agree, it's confusing and not inclusive. Wikimedia activities in >>> education need to be flexible: in many cases Wikipedia is just not a viable >>> option. Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata etc. >>> have proven to be essential educational tools in various cases. >>> >>> Federico >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> education-collab mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> education-collab mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab >> > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
