Re: [Foundation-l] Why do you contribute to Wikipedia?

[Bod Notbod]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson
 wrote:

> Right now we in the Bookshelf Project are preparing a number of booklets and
> brochures and you are welcome to participate in the work. We look forward to
> any comments you may have to any of our deliverables:

> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf_Project#Deliverables

[Also cross-posting from Foundation to English Wikipedia list]

I'll just add my voice to this.

At the moment participation on this project is low. The materials that
are developed in Bookshelf will likely be the first time students and
professionals see something from us in print form.

Now, there is a wonderful person taking a lead role in this project. I
am certainly not going to question their wonderfulness. Their
wonderfulness is not in doubt, as evidenced by their patient treatment
of some of my more snotty moments.

However, bless them, I draw the conclusion that their first language
is not English. I hope I need hardly press the point that this
presents something of a problem when generating readable, professional
literature for an English audience (albeit that the intention is to
translate the materials later).

I will try to mitigate issues arising from this. But there's more
material than I can handle. And, in any case, some of the literature
is aimed at audiences I know little about (such as marketing
professionals).

So please do come and investigate the Bookshelf project.

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[Foundation-l] Why do you contribute to Wikipedia?

[Lennart Guldbrandsson]

Hello,

Right now we in the Bookshelf Project are preparing a number of booklets and
brochures and you are welcome to participate in the work. We look forward to
any comments you may have to any of our deliverables:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf_Project#Deliverables

One of the easiest pages to begin with is the one called Ten reasons to
contribute to Wikipedia (
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ten_reasons_to_contribute_to_Wikipedia_%28Bookshelf%29).
The people who are producing these materials have their reasons, but we
would like a broader sample of reasons. We would, in short, like to hear
your reason. So think for a minute about why you contribute to Wikipedia and
add your reasons to the Outreach wiki. Don't feel you have to stop when and
if we should hit ten. We can always sort out those reasons later.

The deadline for the Bookshelf deliverables is pretty short, since the
entire project ends (?) at the end of September, so please be quick.

Best wishes,

Lennart

-- 
Lennart Guldbrandsson, chair of Wikimedia Sverige and press contact for
Swedish Wikipedia // ordförande för Wikimedia Sverige och presskontakt för
svenskspråkiga Wikipedia
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