I have my preferences set to have a section edit link at the top of the page, so I can edit introductions. This often includes templates and infoboxes.
From, Emily On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 3:26 PM, J Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: > i agree not coding > especially with visual editor > > i look at it as another tool in the box for social media outreach > for archivists and librarians and digital humanists > pushing content to where researchers can find it. > > also broad principles of crowd sourcing, and open source software of crowd > sourcing > organizations use media wiki for internal wikis, and use crowd sourcing > for transcription on their own site. > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Christine Meyer < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> You make some good points, Ellie. However, it's been my experience that >> even a basic knowledge of HTML helped me learn Wiki syntax. I am by no >> means a coder, although I am married to one. Perhaps a better way to frame >> it is that learning Wiki syntax can help you learn to code easier? >> >> Christine >> User:Figureskatingfan >> >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Ellie K <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I read Marie Earley's message about the Inspire campaign, and >>> specifically about the Pinterest-related proposal. I was interested in the >>> Pinterest proposal too! I use Pinterest for fun. As far as I know, I was >>> the only one to endorse it (I am FeralOink on WP, Ellie Kesselman IRL). >>> >>> Marie said this in her message on the GenderGap mailing list: >>> >>>> " >>>> If the pitch to women were "learn code by editing Wikipedia" then I >>>> think there would be a greater take up... >>>> " >>>> >>> >>> Yes, I agree that there would be a lot of interest from women if that >>> were true. However, editing Wikipedia and learning to code have nothing to >>> do with each other. Learning Wiki syntax for editing is something that can >>> take bona fide programmers a (brief) while to learn, as it is markup with >>> many additional Mediawiki-specific features. More to the point, Wiki syntax >>> isn't a programming language, nor does it closely resemble HTML or CSS, >>> which are not programming languages either. The only people who code on >>> Wikipedia are the Wikidata folks and those who build utilities (many in >>> Python, I think) for whatever the toolserver is called now. Most Wikipedia >>> editors are not going to have any interaction with these few folks, nor any >>> means to learn the skills they have. >>> >>> I'm sorry for sounding negative, but I don't want to mislead women into >>> thinking they will learn a job skill like programming (coding) by editing >>> Wikipedia. There are many other things one may learn by editing Wikipedia, >>> but they aren't so easy to articulate and vary by individual. >>> >>> --Ellie Kesselman (FeralOink) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >>> visit: >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Christine >> ____________________ >> Christine W. Meyer >> [email protected] >> 208/310-1549 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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