Thanks for setting it up.
Please keep in mind the benefits of bringing back good discussions to
the open forum, including self-governance to avoid creating an
echo-chamber. The new list excludes me, and at the same time I support
experimenting with different types of safe spaces when there is a
pe
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
sourc
I'm going to take a moment here to encourage people on this list to
consider whether they may be willing to stand as candidates for any of
these positions.
While there's generally a reasonable idea of what the Board of Trustees do,
there are also 5 Funds Dissemination seats and the FDC Ombudsman s
An alternative tack is to encourage people to edit sections rather than click
the edit button at the top of the page. Aside from often avoiding templates and
infoboxes, a habit of editing by section will greatly reduce your risk of edit
conflicts.
As for editing Wikipedia improving a marketable
There is now a Systers-Wikipedia private mailing list for Wikipedia women
editors only. If you are a Wikipedia woman editor (including transgender),
contact me for info on how to join.
I meant to announce this a few weeks ago, but an unplanned, personal
business trip and a broken elbow held me up.
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
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 thi