Hi James,

Concerning the p --> m thing:
I think outside the Wiki(p/m)edia movement, the "Wikipedia" brand is way better 
known and more popular than the m-brand.
Therefore, it probably makes sense in most cases to use this brand to approach 
"new" people when doing outreach. Even when talking about WPs sister projects 
you'll probably find yourself referring to WP first and then going on to 
explain the particularities of the sister project.

This in mind, I think it shouldn't be too hard to adapt the texts in a way that 
it becomes clear to the "insiders" that Wikipedia isn't meant exclusively...

I've just read one of the manuals of the WP Education Programme today - they 
recommend as a starter task to have students take a photo and upload it to 
Commons.. here you go!

Best,
Beat




From: education-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org 
[mailto:education-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James Neill
Sent: Mittwoch, 20. März 2013 14:01
To: Wikimedia Education
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Wikimedia Education Program

Thanks, already, Tom and Beat - I'll work with the Educational Portal (new for 
me) and try not to change too many p -> m ! ;) I look forward to hearing more 
about Brazil's education work with sister projects.

I find it is also a problem/opportunity with other WMF initiatives being too 
WP-focused e.g., Wikipedia Town - why not Wikimedia Town with QRcodes that can 
go to any sister project page?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Estermann Beat 
<beat.esterm...@bfh.ch<mailto:beat.esterm...@bfh.ch>> wrote:
Hi James,

The Wiki(m/p) Education Portal on Outreach is open for initiatives aiming at 
Wikipedia's sister projects as well:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal

Why don't you just include any case studies, tips and resources concerning the 
sister projects on the existing portal? - And don't forget to contribute 
reports about cool projects in the "This Month in Education" Newsletter!

Best regards,
Beat



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Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Wikimedia Education Program

Hi,

I wanted to reach out and say hello. I'm James Neill (jtneill).

I've sketched out the beginnings of an outreach project:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Education_Program

which is simply to expand the Wikipedia Education Program to focus on all 
sister projects rather than just Wikipedia.

Perhaps you already have something like this in mind, hence I'm touching base 
to see what you think.

Sincerely,
James

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