If anyone is feeling inspired by the ideas in this thread and would like to propose a fellowship project aimed at attracting and retaining more editors, the WMF Community Fellowship application process is still open:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 23:22:46 +0100 > From: Jan Ku?era <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] A fundraiser for editors > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <CA+n47WLfSH9=C55ajGFkytCDXVj=rbnvec1x2jvwCV=wupk...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Full support here! > > 2012/1/3 Pharos <[email protected]> > > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Przykuta <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> I agree cities are probably better, but I don't think that's really > the > > >> best place to start editing Wikipedia either, because it's an area > where > > >> it's really easy for new users to mistakenly think that they should > > >> write content based on their personal experience rather than on > sources. > > > > > > What do you think about libraries? ^^ > > > > FWIW, this was actually the focus of the Seattle Wikipedia Loves > > Libraries event: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/seattleWLL > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_libraries_in_Seattle > > > > Thanks, > > Richard > > (User:Pharos) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > -- Siko Bouterse Head of Community Fellowships Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. [email protected] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
