Hi Wynand A Wikipedia event at Rhodes would be fantastic!
I think two kinds of events would be really useful: 1. A session for academics and postdocs on how to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool for undergrads & postgrads 2. A session for students on how to become Wiki editors I'm pretty sure I could drum up a fair amount of interest in using Wikipedia as a teaching tool (for example, at the Centre for Postgraduate Studies). Which is to say, how can I help to make this happen? :) Also, in the spirit of wishlists, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could get a small community of Wikipedia editors to facilitate the creation of excellent Wikipedia content a la the methodology of the Murder, Madness and Mayhem <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Murder_Madness_and_Mayhem&oldid=679170429> project? They had the help of the Features Article team, which is now a defunct Wikipedia project, but maybe we could put together a similar small project for Rhodes students? There are some really important local topics that Rhodes grad students are working on, such as ancestral veneration and the history of jazz in the Eastern Cape. They could write these articles in isiXhosa, Afrikaans, English etc. Warmly, Nimi On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 3:55 PM Wynand van der Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nimi and Colleagues, > > I have submitted a request to WikimediaZA to become the Wikipedia in > residence at Rhodes. Please let me know if there is anything I can assist > with to get more community members involved in this area. I have been > talking (though initial stages) to Douglas Scott from WikimediaZA to look > at the possibility of hosting a Wikipedia event at Rhodes. Would that be > something that you would be interested in? > > Regards, > > *Wynand van der Walt* > > *Acting Director: RU Library Services * > > *Head Librarian: Technical Services* > > Rhodes University - P O Box 184 – Grahamstown - 6140*|**TEL:* +27(0)46 603 > 8281*|* > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 12:12 PM Nimi Hoffmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > One last quick question: does anyone know if there are any Wikipedia > campus > > ambassadors in the Eastern Cape? Can't find anything online (they all > seem > > to be located in WC and Gauteng). > > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 12:07 PM Nimi Hoffmann <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Ah, this is excellent. Thanks David! > > > > > > Warmly, > > > Nimi > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 11:32 AM David Richfield < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Nimi, > > >> > > >> You could take a look at the Wikipedia Education Program: > > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_program > > >> There you will find people who have run similar activities. > > >> > > >> There's also a Facebook group: > > >> https://m.facebook.com/groups/1052002851481030?refid=27 > > >> > > >> Best of luck!! > > >> > > >> David > > >> > > >> Am So., 10. Feb. 2019, 10:08 hat Nimi Hoffmann < > [email protected] > > > > > >> geschrieben: > > >> > > >> > Hi everyone > > >> > > > >> > I teach a postgraduate course in African social policy at Rhodes > > >> > University. This year, I'm considering getting my students to > create a > > >> > wikipedia entry on an under-covered topic as part of their > assessment. > > >> > > > >> > Has anyone had any experience with this? I'd love to hear stories > > about > > >> how > > >> > you've done this. Have so much to learn! > > >> > > > >> > Warmly, > > >> > Nimi > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Social and Economic Research > > >> > <https://www.ru.ac.za/iser/> > > >> > Research fellow at the Centre for International Teacher Education > > >> > < > > https://www.cput.ac.za/research-technology-and-innovation/centres/cite > > >> > > > >> > Website: nimihoffmann.com <https://www.nimihoffmann.com/> > > >> > Twitter: @journeywomxn <https://twitter.com/journeywomxn> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > WikimediaZA mailing list > > >> > [email protected] > > >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > >> > To unsubscribe, send an email to > > >> > [email protected] > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> WikimediaZA mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > >> To unsubscribe, send an email to > > >> [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Social and Economic Research > > > <https://www.ru.ac.za/iser/> > > > Research fellow at the Centre for International Teacher Education > > > < > https://www.cput.ac.za/research-technology-and-innovation/centres/cite> > > > Website: nimihoffmann.com <https://www.nimihoffmann.com/> > > > Twitter: @journeywomxn <https://twitter.com/journeywomxn> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Social and Economic Research > > <https://www.ru.ac.za/iser/> > > Research fellow at the Centre for International Teacher Education > > <https://www.cput.ac.za/research-technology-and-innovation/centres/cite> > > Website: nimihoffmann.com <https://www.nimihoffmann.com/> > > Twitter: @journeywomxn <https://twitter.com/journeywomxn> > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > To unsubscribe, send an email to > > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] -- Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Social and Economic Research <https://www.ru.ac.za/iser/> Research fellow at the Centre for International Teacher Education <https://www.cput.ac.za/research-technology-and-innovation/centres/cite> Website: nimihoffmann.com <https://www.nimihoffmann.com/> Twitter: @journeywomxn <https://twitter.com/journeywomxn> _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
