Content about businesses is potentially useful to people who need jobs. Television shows *are* cultural topics.
I am uneasy about well intentioned attempts to define "worthy" and "unworthy" content. On 14 April 2015 at 02:28, Leigh Thelmadatter <osama...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I agree that any community service type editing would have to be planned > and done carefully as the type of work being done is everything. Obviously > adding content about businesses and television shows would have no > community impact, but documenting cultural topics, marginalized peoples, > and the like very well could. Not to mention academic topics to the same > communities as Wikipedia Zero serves. No sense students having free access > if they information they need does not exist. > Servicio social for Mexican universities also has an academic component, > relating the service to their majors. María José has written a blog post, > which is in the draft queue, about her experience which I hope gets > published eventually. > Leigh > > > > > Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:03:50 -0400 > > From: aleksey.bilo...@gmail.com > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > CC: wikimedia-casca...@lists.wikimedia.org; > wikimediau...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editing Wikipedia for school community > service hours > > > > If editing Wikipedia counted as community service my school ought to > start > > handing me plaques. > > > > Alas, it does not, for a host of legitimate reasons as I see it, ranging > > from academic uncertainty about the usefulness of doing so when it comes > to > > community impact, to the sheer difficulty of actually measuring. More > > meaningful (and, in the spirit of things, selfless) to volunteer at a > local > > Wikipedia editing event then to sit back in an armchair and do the whole > > first-world-netizen-at-a-computer thing. > > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Many schools in the United States encourage or require students to > perform > > > community service hours, such as by cleaning up parks, caring for the > > > disabled, or tutoring younger students. Sometimes more specialized > > > requirements apply, such as university schools of education or health > which > > > may require experience that is applicable to a student's desired > > > coursework. Contributing to Wikimedia is one form of accepted community > > > service in a multi-campus Mexican university, and the practice seems > to be > > > gaining momentum (see > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/13/wiki-learning-edit-a-thon-mexico/). > > > > > > These community service programs are different from in-class > assignments > > > that require Wikipedia editing. Wikipedia can benefit from both kinds > of > > > activities. > > > > > > I am wondering, have other Wikimedia affiliates had success with > > > encouraging students to complete community service requirements by > > > contributing to Wikimedia? I am thinking that here in Cascadia, we > might > > > encourage schools to allow this option, and other affiliates also might > > > want to explore this possibility. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Pine > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Landline (UK) 01780 757 250 Mobile (UK) 0798 1995 792 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
