[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia for Diplomats (June 21)

2013-06-18 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
Hi all, a friend of mine is moderating a debate about Wikipedia for diplomat, professor Marília Maciel, and I think it is of interested of some wikimedians. Please, see more infomation bellow http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-wikipedia-diplomats Diplo Foundation has cood courses on Inter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia for Diplomats (June 21)

2013-06-18 Thread Tomasz W. Kozlowski
Everton Zanella Alvarenga wrote: http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-wikipedia-diplomats Is it just me who was surprised to see that Bence will be representing the Affiliations Committee during that webinar? I know for a fact that AffCom involves a lot of behind–the–scenes talks et al.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia for Diplomats (June 21)

2013-06-18 Thread Bence Damokos
I will be representing myself as a Wikimedia volunteer, who happens to hold a title related to AffCom and has a somewhat theoretical education of what diplomacy is supposed to be. I hope I am not totally unqualified to speak about the Wikipedia topics. The webinar will be broadcast using Google Ha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia for Diplomats (June 21)

2013-06-18 Thread Bence Damokos
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: > Bence Damokos wrote: > > I hope I am not totally unqualified to speak about the Wikipedia topics. >> > > Quite the contrary, I think you're very knowledgeable about the > subject—but what does AffCom have to do with it? If you're goin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia for Diplomats (June 21)

2013-06-18 Thread Tomasz W. Kozlowski
Bence Damokos wrote: I hope I am not totally unqualified to speak about the Wikipedia topics. Quite the contrary, I think you're very knowledgeable about the subject—but what does AffCom have to do with it? If you're going to talk about Wikipedia's role in disseminating information about dip

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia for Diplomats (June 21)

2013-06-18 Thread Alex Peek
Thanks Everton, I will be sure to join the Webinar. "How can diplomats contribute to improve Wikipedia articles to increase their public diplomacy value?" I am doing a Wikipedia project that is highly related to this issue that attempts to standardize economic data on Wikipedia for every country