Great idea Nitika! Cheers and best wishes,
Pratik Lahoti User:BPositive On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Nitika <ntan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few > folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia. > > I'm organising something where we can try and solve that - all while you > are sitting in your cozy home corners and sipping on a hot cup of chai. > Simply put, it's a virtual outreach session. > > Here's how it will work. It will run for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon. > It will be conducted as a Google+ Hangout. (If you are not familiar, this > is a feature that allows for free video conferencing.) It will be a > combination of a presentation, hands-on editing session and an open house > to get queries solved. > > Agenda of the event > 1. Introduction to Wikipedia > 2. Overview of Core Wikipedia Policies, etc. (Neutral Point of View, > Referencing, Notability, Writing Style, Avoiding CopyVio, Courtesy, > Controlling Vandalism, etc.) > 3. Basic Editing (creating user accounts & user pages, understanding talk > pages, adding content & references, inserting links, using Wiki markups, > etc.) > 4. Community Citizenship (Understanding how we communicate with each other > on Wikipedia and the protocols for this.) > 5. Q&A & Next Steps (Discuss what your first edits after the session might > be: what kind of article? what kind of edit?) > > Medium of the event: Google+ Hangout. > It is free and there's nothing to install. Do make sure you check your > mic and speakers beforehand (and the screen also asks you to check your > hair!) It allows everyone to see each other's video - making it a more > human experience. Also, we'll be able to view each other's screens which > will make it simpler to conduct this session. We can have a max of 10 > people doing a hangout at any point in time. In case we have more than 10 > interested participants, we will organize multiple sessions. > > Proposed date and time: 11th March, 3pm to 6pm. > > Participants/Volunteers/Facilitators: Do drop me an email at > nit...@wikimedia.org. Also, if you are an experienced editor and > interested in conducting the event, drop me an email. I'll then send you > details of how this event wil be conducted. > > Do share this with anyone you know who might not be on this list but might > be interested (friends, family, whoever!) > > Thanks > Nitika > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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