Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi all, I suppose I am in a similar position to Mike: I would help out, but I have to much other stuff on to take the lead. all the best Fabian aka Leutha > On 24 October 2015 at 19:22 Michael Peel wrote: > > Hi Fabian/Leutha, > > It would need some sort of working

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi Fabian/Leutha, It would need some sort of working group arrangement, whether that's a wikiproject or otherwise. The crucial factors are identifying who is interested in helping with this type of project, and making sure that the relevant stakeholders from the other charities/groups are also

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Dear Mike, I think the target group is significant here. My suspicion is that editing Wikipedia is not an entry level computer task. I have twice trained non computer users at editathons I was helping at, on one occasion I spent an inordinate amount of time teaching someone how to use a mouse. My

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of WereSpielChequers Sent: 13 October 2015 13:49 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week Dear Mike, I think the target group is significant here. My suspicion is that editing Wikipedia is not an entry level computer task

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Definitely! It's a shame we missed it this year but thanks for flagging it up Mike, would be good to be involved in future. Cheers, Lucy On 12 October 2015 at 18:39, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just discovered that this week is 'Get Online Week', see: >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

imediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On > Behalf Of *WereSpielChequers > *Sent:* 13 October 2015 13:49 > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week > > > > Dear Mike, > > I think the target group is significant here. My suspicion is that

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

it would be worth thinking about partnering up with the > library network on ‘Introduction to Wikipedia’ sessions telling people > about the scope, how to search etc. Ideally this would serve as an on-ramp > for people wanting to become editors further down the line! > > > > All

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

and happy to discuss further. > > > > > > > >Nick Poole > > > >Chief Executive > > > > Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) > > > > > > > >From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@li

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

On 13 October 2015 at 15:12, leu...@fabiant.eu wrote: ... > I think there is what we do and what we imagine we do. Although the > propaganda is that editathons are there to develop new editors, in fact they > are very poor at this with somewhere around a 5% success level.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

On 13/10/15 13:48, WereSpielChequers wrote: > > I think the target group is significant here. My suspicion is that > editing Wikipedia is not an entry level computer task. Indeed. I have sat in on sessions in community centres, teaching and helping to teach. Image manipulation (using The Gimp)

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi all, It's worth remembering that editathons weren't originally intended to recruit new editors - they were aimed at bringing together experienced editors with knowledgable people (e.g. museum creators) to improve Wikipedia articles using the knowledge of both groups. The change to focus on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

This sounds like a great idea, let's do it. I am not sure that a WIkiproject work for this. Is there a better way to approach things? all the best Fabian aka Leutha > Rather than running our own events for new internet users, how about providing >