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-----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Steve Virgin Sent: 09 January 2010 11:43 AM To: charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com; wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia"- Telegraph Another thought Is the WMFoundation putting out a press release saying 'thanks' to the thousands of donors who have helped it to hit its global fund raising targets? If it isn't, shouldn't we be doing it? -------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Matthews" <charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 11:09 AM To: <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia"-Telegraph> Thomas Dalton wrote: >> Check this out: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6032750 >> >> It's about social media and education, which is an interesting topic >> in itself, but most importantly it contains this line: >> >> "Wikis are web pages that can be easily edited, the most famous of >> which is Wikipedia, the world's largest encyclopedia." >> >> A journalist knows the difference between "wiki" and "Wikipedia" - joy >> of joys! (The downside is that it suggests schools improve/create an >> article about their school as an example, which is something of a >> COI...) >> > The next para is pretty interesting: > > "When Tom Rae took over as the head of Tynecastle High School in > Edinburgh, he noticed the school's Wikipedia entry was outdated and > short on hard facts. As he was not sure how to update it, he set his > senior students the task of doing it. In just under a week, a group of > more than 10 students had researched and rewritten it. They became the > first Tynecastle students to be published in Wikipedia. How empowering > is that?" > > The point (for the guide that Brian and I are apparently writing) is > that "empowerment" is a good buzzword, but there is a small, treacherous > area to explore from a teachers' point of view: accounts for minors > should not give personal details, so a "role account" for say, > Tynecastle High School, looks more appropriate. But there are > administrative reefs also, namely the deprecation of role accounts and > shared passwords in general. Something can be done in practical terms by > stating that the project has a fixed term, will be retired, and will > have its password changed by a school staff member. > > Charles > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
