I see that core editing related matters are included only in point 5 and 6. I was recently examining some statistics related to BSNL dynamic IP addresses since I quite frequently see a new message for me when I log in in the morning on the en.wiki and the message turns out to be in almost all cases warnings against poor editing, vandalism and so on. On some IP ranges, about 1-6% of all IP talk pages have warnings and an analysis shows that the most common problem is poor sourcing, self-promotion and other forms of advertising.
In my (limited) experience working with advanced students (MS + levels) on Wikipedia editing, I have found it very useful to cover Information Literacy and research techniques. Information Literacy skills are taught in very few higher learning centres in India (I may be wrong though since such courses were available to me both at undergrad and postgrad levels) I would suggest that it is vital that people know about what research is and how sources are evaluated. I also think there needs to be coverage of technical writing (which includes reviewing literature, structuring, brevity, balance, avoiding closed paraphrasing and plagiarism, inline citation with templates, citation styles - Harvard, MLA, APA, use of bibliographic tools like Zotero ) best wishes Shyamal PS: will check if i can find the slides that i use, only able to find my internet research slides at the moment http://www.slideshare.net/muscicapa/information-literacy-and-internet-use-for-entomologists 1) Public Speaking and Engaging the audience > 2) Presentation Skill and Body language > 3) Basic Video editing skills > 4) Leveraging mainstream and social media > 5) Basics of Copyright and Creative Commons for Content Donation and > Digitization > 6) Technical session on complexities of Indian Languages on Computers (or > based on majority participants need) > 7) Wikimedia India Chapter - History and Present > > >
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