Public outreach/Academy/RfC/Ways of contributing
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Applications of Wikipedia
[edit]- Using Wikipedia for teaching
- Using Wikipedia for public outreach
- Using Wikipedia for teacher training
- Note: I think this page should focus on ways that those attending the academy can contribute to Wikipedia. Listed above are ways that Wikipedia contributes to a better world. We can touch on these in a presentation, of course, but if this page is to consist of practical advice that we're offering Academy participants, I don't think that this section of the page should be here. John Broughton 21:28, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
- I expect that a good fraction of the participants (perhaps even the majority) won't be scientists, but rather people working to advance public understanding of science/health and their teaching to children and young adults. Such participants may not want to contribute/improve Wikimedia materials or even to vet them, but rather to find good ways to use them. I would consider it also a contribution to the WMF to develop new/better ways to ensure that Wikimedia materials are used effectively. Even the best materials aren't helpful if few people learn from them, for whatever reason. Proteins 14:26, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Low-investment contributions to Wikipedia
[edit]- Reviewing articles
- Small corrections to articles
- Adding references to a single section
- Uploading media
- Commenting on article talk pages
Medium-investment contributions
[edit]- Structuring articles
- Writing the lead of an article
- Writing and referencing a single section
Major contributions to Wikipedia
[edit]- Writing and referencing several sections of articles
- Designing media (diagrams, animations, etc.)
- Focused contributions to a single article
- In-depth research on a single topic