[Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Ryan Lomonaco
Forwarded to the list on behalf of a non-member. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jacob Franklin jake.frankl...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:39 PM Subject: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org Dear WikiMedia, In recent

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Fred Bauder
We should do this before some aggressive outfit like Wikinfo jumps in... It wouldn't be an anyone can edit wiki. Only authorized student accounts could edit. It would be a teaching tool. Fred Forwarded to the list on behalf of a non-member. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jacob

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:49:58 -0600 (MDT), Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: We should do this before some aggressive outfit like Wikinfo jumps in... It wouldn't be an anyone can edit wiki. Only authorized student accounts could edit. It would be a teaching tool. Fred To do this is

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Fred Bauder
On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:49:58 -0600 (MDT), Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: We should do this before some aggressive outfit like Wikinfo jumps in... It wouldn't be an anyone can edit wiki. Only authorized student accounts could edit. It would be a teaching tool. Fred To do this

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Isabell Long
Hi, On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 12:14:39AM +0400, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:49:58 -0600 (MDT), Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: We should do this before some aggressive outfit like Wikinfo jumps in... It wouldn't be an anyone can edit wiki. Only authorized

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Fred Bauder
Hi, On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 12:14:39AM +0400, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:49:58 -0600 (MDT), Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: We should do this before some aggressive outfit like Wikinfo jumps in... It wouldn't be an anyone can edit wiki. Only authorized

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Isabell Long
Hi, On 2 July 2011 23:28, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: On 2 July 2011 23:16, Isabell Long isabell...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to dampen things, but as we're proposing what ifs, what if some of Wikipedia's material was copied to it and it just became a kind of duplicate of

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Fred Bauder
Hi, On 2 July 2011 23:28, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: On 2 July 2011 23:16, Isabell Long isabell...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to dampen things, but as we're proposing what ifs, what if some of Wikipedia's material was copied to it and it just became a kind of duplicate of

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia

2011-07-02 Thread Keegan Peterzell
Fantastic idea. One I'd really like to see put to fruition. I know as a kid I would have taken to the idea immediately. However, considering this is the WMF discussion list, I don't think it's a feasible project for the the WMF. The Foundation hosts sites that are volunteer community generated