Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mozfest session proposal

2018-06-30 Thread Samuel Tarling 
Love the ideas Rexx!

I think the "Openness " space
would be rather well suited as well, for rather obvious reasons :)

Piggybacking off of this, Freenode.Live  is back
this year (November, Bristol) and is also calling for proposals
. The Wikimedia community heavily uses
Freenode IRC  so we'd be well placed
to have a presence there too!

I'm aiming to be at Mozfest (tickets permitting!) and Freenode.Live.



On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 5:01 PM Rex X  wrote:

> A couple of obvious topics could be:
>
> (1) Web Literacy - the ability to contribute to Wikimedia projects is a
> high-level transferable skill worth promoting. Remember that the skills
> required to contribute to Wikipedia, for example, include researching and
> collating sources, summarising, writing, and collaboration.
>
> (2) Digital Inclusion - we have many people in the UK for whom English is
> not their first language. With so much of the internet delivered in
> English, there is a cultural bias toward English. Wikimedia projects have
> the capacity to allow people of varied backgrounds to contribute from their
> own cultural perspective and to help preserve their heritage. WMUK has
> experience working with both the traditional groups of Welsh and Scots, and
> also modern groups like the Asian, Polish, and Balkan communities. I'm sure
> you're aware of others.
>
> In either case, a session could be made with a brief introduction to WMUK
> and the work we do, followed by a hands-on editing session to give
> participants a taste of what is possible. Round it out with an invitation
> to keep in touch with WMUK and join the Wikimedia editing community.
>
> Obviously, those are just first thoughts, but I think we have such a good
> track record that it would be a shame if we couldn't put something together
> for MozFest.
>
> --
> Rexx
>
> On 29 June 2018 at 16:09 John Lubbock 
> wrote:
>
> Hello UK Wikimedians, Mozilla have issued a call for proposals for
> sessions at this year's Mozfest. I'd like Wikimedia UK to have a presence
> there, so if anybody has any ideas for sessions, why not let us know and we
> will see if we can support it?
>
> https://mozillafestival.org/proposals
>
> John Lubbock
>
> Communications Coordinator
>
> Wikimedia UK
>
> +44 (0) 203 372 0767
>
>
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1,
> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
>
> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open
> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our
> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting
> Wikimedia UK? Donate here .
>
> The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent
> non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility
> for its contents.*
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>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mozfest session proposal

2018-06-30 Thread Rex X 
A couple of obvious topics could be:

(1) Web Literacy - the ability to contribute to Wikimedia projects is a 
high-level transferable skill worth promoting. Remember that the skills 
required to contribute to Wikipedia, for example, include researching and 
collating sources, summarising, writing, and collaboration.

(2) Digital Inclusion - we have many people in the UK for whom English is not 
their first language. With so much of the internet delivered in English, there 
is a cultural bias toward English. Wikimedia projects have the capacity to 
allow people of varied backgrounds to contribute from their own cultural 
perspective and to help preserve their heritage. WMUK has experience working 
with both the traditional groups of Welsh and Scots, and also modern groups 
like the Asian, Polish, and Balkan communities. I'm sure you're aware of others.

In either case, a session could be made with a brief introduction to WMUK and 
the work we do, followed by a hands-on editing session to give participants a 
taste of what is possible. Round it out with an invitation to keep in touch 
with WMUK and join the Wikimedia editing community.

Obviously, those are just first thoughts, but I think we have such a good track 
record that it would be a shame if we couldn't put something together for 
MozFest.

--
Rexx


> On 29 June 2018 at 16:09 John Lubbock  wrote:
> 
> Hello UK Wikimedians, Mozilla have issued a call for proposals for 
> sessions at this year's Mozfest. I'd like Wikimedia UK to have a presence 
> there, so if anybody has any ideas for sessions, why not let us know and we 
> will see if we can support it?
> 
> https://mozillafestival.org/proposals
> 
> John Lubbock
> 
> Communications Coordinator
> 
> Wikimedia UK
> 
> +44 (0) 203 372 0767
> 
>  
> 
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and 
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, 
> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 
> 
> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open 
> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work 
> to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? 
> Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk .
> 
> The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate 
> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit 
> charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its 
> contents.
> 
> ___
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
> 
 
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