Hello! @Noe thank you! Take your time :) Ideally, I think I would like each student to spend 5 hours on the project. This could change in group projects scheme.
@Dennis Thank you! I have been an editor on Wikipedia since 2012 but never really edited Wikitionary, as far as I remember. So, the info you provided is really useful in designing a project task. The students native language is Arabic and they are majoring in translation between Arabic and English. I asked the students before about Wikitionary, and they seem to have come across it before but they don't know much about it. @Valerio Thank you! Glad you find the discussion useful. Best, Reem On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 at 17:06, Valerio Barbaking <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I personally find this discussion pretty interesting, and I think that > you can continue on-list, if you want... I don’t think I’m the only one who > can find some useful points in what you are saying :) > > Also, thanks to Noé for the slides, I will use them if I ever need > something similar for courses/presentations. > > Have a nice day, > > Valerio Barbaking (from the italian wiktionary) > > Il giorno sab 9 mar 2019 alle 14:34 Dennis During <[email protected]> ha > scritto: > > > The desirability of new entries varies according to which language > > Wiktionar(y/ies) will host the efforts, which language the entries will > > be in and which language is the native language of the students. > > > > Specifically, for English language words on English Wiktionary, coverage > > is high. There are still many new words to be added, but to reward > > students for new entries may create pressure to add obscure words with > > marginal attestation. On the other hand, entry quality is very uneven. > > Comparing to the OED or the "unabridged" print dictionaries, some > > entries seem to be too many definitions, some too few. Definitions may > > use words that themselves are dated, archaic, obsolete, or in an > > inappropriate registers. The layout of entries is fairly consistent, > > but is regularly criticized. At English Wiktionary, we have almost no > > knowledge about who our actual users are and how they use Wiktionary. > > The initial impressions of articulate users would be valuable to regular > > contributors to Wiktionary. > > > > I would be happy to discuss this further. Off-list would probably be > > more appropriate than on-list. > > > > On 3/9/2019 6:23 AM, Reem Al-Kashif wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > Hope this finds you well. I am teaching Lexicography to junior > university > > > students this semester. What are ways I can incorporate Wikitionary in > > the > > > syllabus? > > > > > > The idea I have now is to make them complete a project on Wikitionary > by > > > adding entries to it. I think it would be awesome for them to see their > > > project alive and not buried in heaps of paper in my drawers. > > > > > > Your input is highly appreciated. > > > > > > Best, > > > Reem > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiktionary-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiktionary-l > > > -- > Valerio Barbaking Iannucci > Coordinatore area didattica - Lazio > Mob: +39 340 3459046 | Skype: Valerio.iannucci84 > Wikimedia Italia > _______________________________________________ > Wiktionary-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiktionary-l > -- *Kind regards,Reem Al-Kashif* _______________________________________________ Wiktionary-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiktionary-l
