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Intensive course on research state of the art and Wikipedia for PhD students/Mendrisio history

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History of how the project and the pilot course in Mendrisio were organised, with all the necessary steps and an evaluation of the experience.

Date Activity
October 28, 2024 Launch Proposal to Matthew Vetter to collaborate in the project "Intensive course on research state of the art and Wikipedia for PhD students".
November 6, 2024 Launch Meeting with Matthew Vetter.
November 13, 20234 WikiLearn Meeting with Melissa Guadalupe Huertas to understand how to contribute to WikiLearn with the documentation of this course.
November 21, 2024 Launch Creation of the project page on Meta-Wiki.
November 23, 2024 WikiLearn Melissa Guadalupe Huertas creates on WikiLearn a space for the course "Wikipedia course for PhD students".
December 2, 2024 Model Matthew Vetter prepares the questions for the interview. And later will add the new questions for the organisers.
December 13, 2024 Model Interview with the Wikimedia trainers of the Intensive course on Science, technology, society and Wikipedia for PhD students: Andy Mabbett, Niccolò Caranti and Marco Chemello; moderators Iolanda Pensa and Matthew Vetter. Recording under CC BY-SA 4.0 unedited.
January 7, 2025 Partners Application for a microgrant to Wikimedia Italia.
January 11, 2025 Partners Presentation of the project to Wikimedia CH community manager for Ticino. Proposal to endorse the project and eventually to support some of the expenses related to catering. Request to apply for a grant.
January 23, 2025 Model Interview with the organisers at Politecnico di Milano of the Intensive course on Science, technology, society and Wikipedia for PhD students: Fabio Parmeggiani and Guido Raos (with the contribution of Chiara Castiglioni); moderators Iolanda Pensa and Matthew Vetter. Recording under CC BY-SA 4.0 unedited.
January 23, 2025 Partners Application for a grant to Wikimedia CH.
February 3, 2025 Preliminary Matthew Vetter works on the preparatory materials.
February 11, 2025 Preliminary Meeting Iolanda Pensa, Marco Chemello, Matthew Vetter.
February 13, 2025 Preliminary Creation of the project pages on Wikipedia in English and Wikipedia in Italian
February 17, 2025 Participants Email to the participants (to be sent at least 1 week before the event)
February 24-28, 2025 Course Course in Mendrisio. Asking the authorisation to record, document and take photos