Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-15 Thread Gordon Joly
Thomas Dalton wrote: Check this out: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6032750 It's about social media and education, which is an interesting topic in itself, but most importantly it contains this line: Wikis are web pages that can be easily edited, the most famous of which is

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-10 Thread Charles Matthews
geni wrote: Well so far everything you have described would risk getting you blocked from wikipedia. Probably the most important thing to do is to contact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects first. I don't want to pull rank on this (much), but I have

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-10 Thread geni
2010/1/10 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: geni wrote: Well so far everything you have described would risk getting you blocked from wikipedia. Probably the most important thing to do is to contact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects first.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-10 Thread Thomas Dalton
2010/1/10 geni geni...@gmail.com: 2010/1/10 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: geni wrote: Well so far everything you have described would risk getting you blocked from wikipedia. Probably the most important thing to do is to contact

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-10 Thread Charles Matthews
Thomas Dalton wrote: 2010/1/10 geni geni...@gmail.com: 2010/1/10 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: geni wrote: Well so far everything you have described would risk getting you blocked from wikipedia. Probably the most important thing to do is to contact

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-10 Thread Thomas Dalton
2010/1/10 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: Shrug. Admins are never obliged to enforce policy if it gives a stupid result. ArbCom are obliged to make some sense out of what the policy pages say, bearing in mind the good of the mission. Asking for 1500 admins to come up with a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-10 Thread Brian McNeil
On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 18:34 +, Thomas Dalton wrote: 2010/1/10 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: Shrug. Admins are never obliged to enforce policy if it gives a stupid result. ArbCom are obliged to make some sense out of what the policy pages say, bearing in mind the good

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-10 Thread Charles Matthews
Brian McNeil wrote: On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 18:34 +, Thomas Dalton wrote: 2010/1/10 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: Shrug. Admins are never obliged to enforce policy if it gives a stupid result. ArbCom are obliged to make some sense out of what the policy pages

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Charles Matthews
Thomas Dalton wrote: Check this out: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6032750 It's about social media and education, which is an interesting topic in itself, but most importantly it contains this line: Wikis are web pages that can be easily edited, the most famous of which is

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia- Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Steve Virgin
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 11:09 AM To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia-Telegraph Thomas Dalton wrote: Check this out: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6032750 It's about social media

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Chris McKenna
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote: The point (for the guide that Brian and I are apparently writing) is that empowerment is a good buzzword, but there is a small, treacherous area to explore from a teachers' point of view: accounts for minors should not give personal details, so a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2010/1/9 Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org: On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote: The point (for the guide that Brian and I are apparently writing) is that empowerment is a good buzzword, but there is a small, treacherous area to explore from a teachers' point of view: accounts for minors

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia- Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2010/1/9 Steve Virgin st...@mediafocusuk.com: Another thought Is the WMFoundation putting out a press release saying 'thanks' to the thousands of donors who have helped it to hit its global fund raising targets? If it isn't, shouldn't we be doing it? I'm not sure about a press release.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia- Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Bod Notbod
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Steve Virgin st...@mediafocusuk.com wrote: Another thought Is the WMFoundation putting out a press release saying 'thanks' to the thousands of donors who have helped it to hit its global fund raising targets? Well, there's a massive banner on Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Charles Matthews
Thomas Dalton wrote: 2010/1/9 Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org: On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote: The point (for the guide that Brian and I are apparently writing) is that empowerment is a good buzzword, but there is a small, treacherous area to explore from a teachers'

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread geni
2010/1/9 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: Thomas Dalton wrote: 2010/1/9 Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org: On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote: The point (for the guide that Brian and I are apparently writing) is that empowerment is a good buzzword, but there is a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Brian McNeil
On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 21:14 +, geni wrote: 2010/1/9 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: Thomas Dalton wrote: 2010/1/9 Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org: On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote: The point (for the guide that Brian and I are apparently writing) is

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread Stephen Streater
On 9 Jan 2010, at 21:14, geni wrote: 2010/1/9 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: Thomas Dalton wrote: 2010/1/9 Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org: On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote: The point (for the guide that Brian and I are apparently writing) is that

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-08 Thread Michael Peel
The Times Educational Supplement contacted WMUK today about the ofqual guidance, with an urgent deadline to meet (2.30pm). I explained to them that the information they provide is good, and that Wikipedia is a great starting point, and a stepping stone to learning more (emphasising the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-08 Thread Thomas Dalton
Check this out: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6032750 It's about social media and education, which is an interesting topic in itself, but most importantly it contains this line: Wikis are web pages that can be easily edited, the most famous of which is Wikipedia, the world's