Thanks for the update Craig. I'll join you in thanking them. When I saw the huge list of libraries who wanted our help, I was worried that we would be no match for the demand, but it's great to see these getting off the ground. Toby
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Craig Franklin <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi All, > > Just a quick note to highlight that Wikimedia Australia recently organised > a workshop in the New South Wales town of Wagga Wagga, in conjunction with > the Wagga Wagga Library and the State Library of New South Wales. > Attendees were guided in their first steps on Wikipedia by [[User:Bidgee]] > and [[User:Peterdownunder]]. I hope you'll all join me in thanking Bidgee > and Peterdownunder for so kindly donating their time and expertise to make > sure that this session happened. > > A brief report, including a summary of the article drafts created and > content uploaded to Commons is here: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales/Wagga_Wagga > > The next step from here will be to polish the content already created, > wikify the articles, categorise the Commons images, and assist the trainees > with getting their first articles into the mainspace. > > Just as a reminder, we have two more workshops coming up in New South > Wales this month, in Broken Hill and Canterbury, and a further workshop on > the Gold Coast in June. We're hoping to schedule additional workshops in > the second half of this year, and if you're interested in helping out, or > if you think your local library or community centre has the equipment > (internet access, computers, and a projector) and would be interested in > hosting their own workshop, we'd love to hear from you! > > Cheers, > Craig Franklin > Wikimedia Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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