I support the chapter joining, and have already joined in my personal capacity
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Fwd: Fw: Invitation to join Wikimedia Science Hub > (Herschal Jackson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 08:44:18 +0200 > From: Herschal Jackson <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Fwd: Fw: Invitation to join Wikimedia Science > Hub > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <CAGVP03HvMd+Widm2fqOr_SRdKvbu6r6x2+eUWL= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Good Morning Chapter members > > Please find information below on joining the Science Hub. > > Best Regards > > > > Herschal Jackson > > Executive Director > > +2760 440 1664 > > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Matthew Vetter <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, 12 May 2025 17:59 > *To:* Research into Wikimedia content and communities < > [email protected]>; Wikimedia Mailing List < > [email protected]>; Mailing list for anyone interested in > Wikimedia + education! <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Brett Buttliere <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Wikimedia Education] Invitation to join Wikimedia Science Hub > > > CAUTION: This email originated outside the UCT network. Do not click any > links or open attachments unless you know and trust the source. > > With apologies for cross-posting, please keep reading for an invitation to > join an emergent Wikimedia Science Hub. > > A group of us working at the intersection of science and Wikimedia are in > the initial stages of proposing a Science Hub for Wikimedia. We are looking > for individuals and affiliates to join the initiative. Please express your > interest in this project here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Science_Hub/join > > About the Science Hub > The Wikimedia Science Hub seeks to facilitate Wikimedia activities relating > to scientific and other scholarly content from all disciplines of > systematic inquiries. In terms of knowledge domains, this includes the > natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, mathematics, > medicine and so on. On the wiki side, it includes all content, communities > and infrastructure of Wikimedia wikis as well as supporting activities > We are especially interested in the activities related to the following > three areas: > > > 1. > Wiki about scientific matters: This includes on-wiki content relating to > any knowledge domain, on any Wikimedia wiki, in any language. It also > includes supporting infrastructure and activities. > 2. > Scientific matters about wiki: This includes scientific research and > knowledge — from any field of knowledge domain — about Wikimedia contents, > workflows, infrastructure or communities regarding any Wikimedia wiki, in > any language. > 3. > Tightly interwoven wiki and scientific matters: This is about activities, > materials or processes in which the wiki aspects and the scientific aspects > are closely intertwined, e.g. because the research is both based on and > contributing to wiki matters. > > We welcome updates, discussion, and questions on the meta page. Thank you > for your interest, > > Matt > > Matt Vetter, PhD (he/him) > Professor of English > Dept. of Language, Literature, and Writing > Indiana University of Pennsylvania > http://mattvetter.net<http://mattvetter.net/> > > Connect with me on Zoom, > https://iupvideo.zoom.us/my/dr.vetterzooms > > Managing co-editor, Writing Spaces<http://www.writingspaces.org/> > Co-chair, CCCC Wikipedia Initiative< > https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/wikipedia-initiative/> > > Available as open access ebook, Wikipedia and the Representation of > Reality< > > https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003094081/wikipedia-representation-reality-zachary-mcdowell-matthew-vetter?_ga=189031735.1692740009&_gl=1*lff2jh*_ga*MTg5MDMxNzM1LjE2OTI3NDAwMDk.*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTY5Mjc0MDAxMC4xLjAuMTY5Mjc0MDAxMi4wLjAuMA > ..> > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Disclaimer - University of Cape Town This email is subject to UCT policies > and email disclaimer published on our website at > https://www.uct.ac.za/main/email-disclaimer or obtainable from +27 21 650 > 9111. 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