Dear Sue, Better yet, check this out:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vapmachado#Block Warmest regards, Virgilio At 06:31 11-11-2010, you wrote: >Hi folks, Megan Hernandez on the staff is >looking out for me, for stories of readers whose >lives have been impacted by Wikipedia or the >other projects. (Donors often send us stories >like that, and I am often looking for stories to >tell people about the projects. So I've asked >her to send good ones to me.) I was writing her >a set of criteria for the kinds of stories I >want, and it occurred to me that you might >yourselves have some good stories of exactly >this kind. So I am sending along the criteria >here too :-) If you have stories that fit >many/all of these criteria, please send them to >me, onlist or off. And please forgive my >cross-posting to several lists at once. Thanks, >Sue * Ideally, they'd be along the theme of "how >Wikipedia made my life better." This might be an >anecdote, or bigger-picture (ie, 'how Wikipedia >makes my life better every day'). * Ideally, >they would be stories of people who >pre-exposure-to-Wikipedia would have had >circumscribed access to information. Because >they grew up in a small town with no library, >because their school didn't stock certain kinds >of books, because materials in their language >are of limited availability, because their >government limits access to certain types of >information -- in general, because their >economic/political/socio-cultural circumstances >somehow impede(d) easy access to information. * >Ideally, the information that Wikipedia gives >them is important, and directly, immediately >useful. Like, it helped them better understand a >health issue they were having, or it equipped >them to do some important task better; it helped >them understand a new situation or some aspect >of themselves, or enabled them to solve an >important problem. Maybe it helped them get a >job they otherwise couldn't have gotten, or >enabled them to avoid some specific danger or >risk. * And/or, the information fed a general >curiosity and desire to understand the world >better. It got them interested in going to >college which nobody in their family had done >before, it helped them develop a more thoughtful >position on a public policy issue, it stimulated >them to travel or read more widely, or to >question assumptions they had been making. * >Ideally, their lives are better today because of >the information they are exposed to via >Wikipedia. Maybe this would be better in some >really specific way -- like, "Three months later >I persuaded my doctor to let me try the new >treatment, and it worked." Or, it might be much >more general. * It is fine if the information >they found on Wikipedia might otherwise have >been kept from them, either deliberately or >through lack of easy opportunity. It is fine if >the information is considered risky or >controversial in some way. -- Sue Gardner >Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 >6885 office 415 816 9967 cell Imagine a world in >which every single human being can freely share >in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a >reality! >http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >_______________________________________________ >foundation-l mailing list >[email protected] Unsubscribe: >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
