Re: [Wikimedia-l] Students Editing

2014-12-10 Thread James Heilman
It has been brought to my attention that maybe my initial comments were not sufficiently clear. The issues we are facing are primarily from classes not supported by the WMF Education Program or the Education Foundation. The question is what do we as a community do to verify that students have the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Students Editing

2014-12-10 Thread James Heilman
I would like to clarify that I do not have any issues with the formal "education program" itself or with any of the individuals involved with it. I think the education program is a good idea generally. The issue I have is the current methods we are using to bring students to Wikipedia. I think we

[Wikimedia-l] Students Editing

2014-12-10 Thread James Heilman
Hey All We must scale back the education program working on English medical articles immediately. It is simple not working. Students are filling our medical articles with plagiarism, poorly sourced content, and duplicate content. This is not good for Wikipedia, it is not good for the students, it