Excellent! I look forward to learning from WMPL's experience with this similar curriculum. You can always contact the WikiLearn team at [email protected].
Cheers, A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Lead Program Officer, Emerging Communities Community Development Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM Ada Skirło <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > That's great news! Congratulations on the project - I'll definitely have a > closer look at this training course! > > At Wikimedia Poland, we ran a very similar initiative called the Wikimedia > Academy. We started it about two years ago during our business > collaboration with Grow Uperion (we presented the project at Wikimania in > Katowice). The course introduces complete beginners to the world of > Wikipedia, presenting its rules, the community of editors, their > communication methods, and the role of WMPL. During the course, we > teach participants how to perform basic activities on Wikipedia (there are > also tasks that refer directly to Wikipedia). We also introduce wiki guides > from ‘Adopt-a-user' program. > > The course programme is as follows: > > 1. Welcome to Wikipedia! – the five pillars that form the basic principles > of Wikimedia projects > 2. First steps on Wikipedia – how to create an account, where to find help > and how to edit articles > 3. Get to know the Wikipedia community! – how Wikipedia works behind the > scenes, who really creates it and how they communicate with each other > 4. Go ahead and edit Wikipedia! – how to add graphics, footnotes, tables > and much more > > The course worked best for organised groups (for example, students do it > as part of their classes). With other individuals in mind, I managed to > transfer this course to Wiki > <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Polska+WMPL003+2025/about> > Learn in September. It is available there in a slightly different form, as > a self-study course. > > Unfortunately, it is currently available only in Polish, but we would like > to translate it into English at least. I would love to let you know once > that happens, and we can exchange feedback and comments. > > Warmest regards, > > > *Ada Skirło* > > > *Senior Technology Specialist* > > > tel: +48 790 290 275 > > e-mail:[email protected] > > > > > Support free knowledge! <https://wikimedia.pl/darowizny/> > > Make a donation to Wikipedia <https://wikimedia.pl/darowizny/> > > wikimedia.pl > > al. Szucha 16/15, 00-580 Warszawa, Polska > <https://goo.gl/maps/R5LidcMYNs4T1qJv5> > > KRS 0000244732 > > NIP 728-25-97-388 > > Information on processing can be found in the Privacy Policy. Contact: > [email protected] > > wt., 21 paź 2025 o 19:11 Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> napisał(a): > >> Dear Wikimedians, >> >> The Community Development team has developed *a set of online learning >> modules* >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP000+2025/about> >> on the core content policies of (English) Wikipedia, and is inviting you to >> make use of them in your outreach work, as well as to adapt or remix them >> to your needs, or translate (if relevant) to other languages. Feedback on >> the content of the learning modules is also very welcome! Details below: >> >> ==Contents== >> >> In addition to a brief introductory module, there are seven content >> modules: >> >> >> 1. Preparing to participate in Wikimedia projects (norms and attitudes) >> >> 2. The Voice of Wikipedia: Neutral Point of View >> >> 3. Sourcing knowledge: Verifiability on Wikipedia >> >> 4. Notability: The standard of inclusion in Wikipedia >> >> 5. Copyright and free licenses tutorial >> >> 6. Communicating on-wiki (talk pages; getting help) >> >> 7. 101 ways to contribute to Wikimedia (beyond writing Wikipedia >> articles) >> >> ==Course structure== >> >> The full course includes 13 hours of videos, cut into very digestible >> short segments (rarely more than 5 minutes each; often shorter). Some >> segments are followed by comprehension quizzes to assist learners in >> ensuring they understood the segment. All videos have English subtitles, >> to ease understanding and to prepare for potential translation. >> >> The modules are intended for complete beginners, and assume no prior >> knowledge about Wikimedia, but do assume proficiency in English and a >> high-school level of education. >> >> They are intended to be taken in order, but can be taken separately. >> This is so that learners who are not complete beginners, but only want to >> strengthen their understanding of, for example, copyright and free >> licenses, can directly take just that module. >> >> ==Rationale== >> >> The Community Development team (with Dumisani Ndubane in the project's >> earlier stages) developed this course to support massive outreach in >> sub-Saharan Africa, based on input received from African Wikimedia >> communities, which shared a need for high-quality video resources on the >> core policies. (This is why many of the examples in the course are of >> African topics.) >> >> Despite that, the course is general and useful for anyone seeking to >> integrate into English Wikipedia anywhere in the world. >> >> Also, unlike some existing resources focused on teaching techniques (e.g. >> "this is how you add an image to an article"), this course focuses on >> imparting principles and attitudes needed to comply with Wikipedia >> policies, which, in our experience, is the steeper learning curve for >> most newbies. >> >> ==Uses for these materials== >> >> Based on the channels this is sent in, you are probably not a complete >> beginner, so perhaps you have no need to take the full course. Here are >> ways you can nonetheless make use of it: >> >> >> 1. You can use these modules as materials in your own trainings, >> in-person or online. (The slides are available and linked from the >> beginning of each module.) You can also assign watching particular units as >> tasks in any Wikimedia training you give. In addition to the full >> learning-platform experience, the materials (slides and videos) can be >> viewed directly on Commons >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Core_Curriculum> >> (albeit without subtitles so far). >> >> >> 2. You can (and we would love it if you) direct interested newbies to the >> online course. If you have folks reaching out to you personally or through >> your affiliate's online channels asking for training, you can now direct >> them to the course's public landing page >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP000+2025/about>, >> which will guide them through creating a Wikimedia account and then taking >> the course. >> >> >> We are also launching a geo-located CentralNotice campaign in sub-Saharan >> Africa aimed at complete beginners (shown to Wikipedia readers), to >> invite them to take the course, and it would be great if you repost our >> external campaign message in any relevant circles you have access to. >> >> >> 3. You can translate the modules and/or remix them for your needs (with >> appropriate adaptations to your own Wikipedia's policies). >> >> >> If you are interested in doing this, get in touch with the team at >> [email protected] and we will set up your own copy of the modules >> you're interested in and you can begin customizing them. >> >> >> 4. Finally, this is just the initial release of the course. We are >> confident we can still make many improvements to the modules (as well as >> add additional modules in the future), and your feedback, both from your >> own wiki-experience and from any learners you support using these modules, >> would help us tremendously! Your feedback is very welcome at >> [email protected] or at the talk page. >> >> >> ==Where is it?== >> >> The complete course is on the WikiLearn platform >> <https://learn.wiki/courses>, the movement's open courseware platform >> (based on Open edX software), maintained by the Community Development team >> at the Foundation. To take the course, learners must have a Wikimedia >> account. This does mean complete newbies first need to create a >> Wikimedia account, before they'd be able to log into the learning platform >> (which only accepts logins via Wikimedia OAuth). >> >> >> Here are direct links to each module: >> >> 0. a brief introductory module >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP000+2025/about> >> >> 1. Preparing to participate in Wikimedia projects >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP001+2025/about> >> >> 2. The Voice of Wikipedia: Neutral Point of View >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP002+2025/about> >> >> 3. Sourcing knowledge: Verifiability on Wikipedia >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP003+2025/about> >> >> 4. Notability: The standard of inclusion in Wikipedia >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP004+2025/about> >> >> 5. Copyright and free licenses tutorial >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP005+2025/about> >> >> 6. Communicating on-wiki >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP006+2025/about> >> >> >> 7. 101 ways to contribute to Wikimedia >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_AGP007+2025/about> >> >> >> ==FAQ== >> >> Q: Will it be available in languages other than English? >> >> A: This is an experimental Wikimedia Foundation program aimed at growing >> the active editor base in sub-Saharan Africa, and we experiment in English >> for practical reasons. *If* it succeeds, we will certainly be investing >> more in the program, including the [co-]creating at the very least a >> version of the curriculum in French. >> >> >> Q: What about other languages? >> >> A: We think the modules are good and can be useful to most Wikipedias, >> with appropriate adaptations to local policies (Notability does not work >> the same way in different Wikipedias, for example). We *encourage* volunteers >> interested in translating the modules into other languages to get in touch >> with us. Do note that the Foundation itself won't be investing in >> translation before it determines whether the approach is sufficiently >> effective. >> >> >> Q: Will there be additional modules covering other topics, such as >> Conflict of Interest, paid editing, Dispute resolution, tools, etc.? >> >> A: Conceivably. These are topics we only mentioned in passing in these >> core modules, to keep this already-comprehensive course manageable. But if >> the approach proves effective, we do expect to develop and offer additional >> modules. >> >> >> Q: Why is the Foundation doing this at all? Isn't outreach and training >> materials something the community normally does? >> >> A: Certainly, outreach is generally practiced by the communities. This is >> an experiment with a particular hypothesis described here >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Africa_Growth_Pilot_phase_two_Self-paced_core_content_policies_course_Wikimania_2024.pdf>. >> It is the result of both repeated requests from our African communities and >> the Foundation's own observations about obstacles to mission progress in >> Africa. If communities show up to take this and run with it, we would be >> delighted. >> >> >> Again, your feedback is very welcome at [email protected] or at >> the talk page >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Africa_Growth_Pilot/Online_self-paced_course> >> . >> >> >> A. >> >> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) >> >> Lead Program Officer, Emerging Communities >> >> Community Development >> >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the >> sum of all knowledge. 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