[Bibliotecari] Fwd: [cultural-partners] edit-a-thon/workshop 'getting started' handout?

-- Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2 Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-TALK ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions - On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Jonathan Cardy < jonathan.cardy@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > I wonder also if anyone has tested changing the sequence. My own instinct > is to get people to click on edit and make a change before getting them to > create an account, let alone a userpage. > > One exercise I experimented with last year was image adding - we ran a > couple of sessions for donors in London, and by the time we got things to > this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/image_addingI found we had a start that very quickly got people to the point where they > were very confidently changing articles by adding a picture. My experience > is that however nervous people are of changing text, they become very > confident when asked to choose which of twenty pictures should be used to > illustrate a Wikipedia article. Because Commons is so heavily skewed to > the UK it was easy to get a list of articles with UK geocodes but without > pictures, and half of them had suitable pictures already on Commons (more > than half once we learned to avoid nature reserves). > > Unfortunately the editor who created the list for me has been blocked for > a year so the list is slightly stale, and more seriously with the UK no > longer being a payment processor I can't invite a new crop of London donors > and need to find a new source of complete newbies. > > > > > > Jonathan Cardy > GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, > Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0990 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. 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. > > > Press Enter to send your message. > > > On 16 October 2013 00:54, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hi Phoebe, >> >> There are some resources here: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/For_educators/Resources >> >> I generally hand out some of the education program brochures (how to edit >> Wikipedia, which is soon to be updated, and now the Commons booklet, too) >> at events, which we have at the office or can probably be sent to you by >> LiAnna Davis from the education program. >> >> Hope that helps some. So far the education program has developed the best >> and simplest tools, and modules, however, many are also online. >> >> Sarah >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:38 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.comwrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Does anyone have an example of a "here's how to get started" handout for >>> brand-new editors at an editing workshop? >>> >>> I'm thinking along the lines of a 1 page document... step 1, create an >>> account; step 2, add a userpage, step 3, try a copyediting task... etc. >>> >>> I've found this guide... >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BeginnersGuide >>> >>> But am wondering if there are any other examples, or anyone's made a >>> printable/shorter version. I'm sure I've seen something like this, but >>> can't find it! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -- Phoebe >>> >> _______________________________________________ Cultural-Partners mailing list Cultural-Partners@wikimedia.ch https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners Please treat emails sent to this list as confidential.Ask senders for permission before forwarding emails off-list.