Since was in WA would have been nice to wait until someone here had
commented before making contact
I have already emailed Len Collard, they were trying to organise a date to
talk 2/3 weeks ago
Believe WMF Philippe is also involved because of the negative use of WP
name in the press release
Hi Janet,
One thing that most of us (who are generally only English speakers) don't
take into account is that a lot of the rules that we have on Wikipedia
are actually English Wikipedia rules. Verifiability, notability, etc
guidelines are pretty broad, but some language Wikipedias may choose to
/IndigenousTweet/status/433230348801961985 )
Regards,
Charles
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Oh, and on the other topic you raise, you're thinking of Oral citations.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research%3aOral_Citations
Unfortunately, it didn't end happily on English Wikipedia as it was just
too much of a cultural leap for everyone to make, which is why you don't
see them anymore.
Oral histories are better being recorded, stored separately and then used
for citation of quotes rather than pure reference sources, I think creating
a Wikitionary Noongar language would be a better fit with en articles
covering noongar stories and inclusion of Noongar stories, names etc in
Leigh Blackall, 28/05/2013 11:18:
Hi folks.
Who can point me to or suggest a process for a university wishing to
engage Wikimedia projects? By that I mean initial consultation to get
advice on how to consider and formulate an appropriate plan encompasing
the alignment of policy and
Hey all
Just as an observation regarding the possibilities and potential for an
Aboriginal Australian peoples kind project (see below):
1. the native title determination processes generate a lot of detailed
research around the manner and extend to which original Aboriginal 'societies'
Interesting that the question about whether oral history was a valid source
came up at yesterday`s Paralympics workshop in Melbourne (great day by the way
for anyone who can get to today`s session).
If someone publishes an oral history do they usually verify facts before
publishing? We thought
