Re: [Wikimedia-l] teaching people how to edit Wikipedia

2012-04-16 Thread Patricio Molina
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Heather Ford hf...@ushahidi.com wrote: What resources are folks using to teach others how to edit Wikipedia? In Wikimedia Argentina we've created Wikipedia en el aula[0] for our workshops and talks. It was specifically oriented to teachers and students, showing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] teaching people how to edit Wikipedia

2012-04-15 Thread Nitika Tandon
Some tips, best practices and documents available here as well: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Outreach_Programs/Handbook Thanks Nitika On 13-Apr-2012, at 4:04 AM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: Oh my god, I think I'll recommend the Germans to create a work group to have a close look at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] teaching people how to edit Wikipedia

2012-04-12 Thread Heather Ford
Thanks, Ziko. That's really interesting and sounds like an effective way of getting them started. I'm curious what kinds of problems people contact you about when they start editing for real? On Apr 12, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: Hello, Myself, I have a presentation which