This is an amazing idea of community development for emerging communities. I will give a keen lo and provide my feedback. Thank you Veronica.
On Mon, 26 Jun 2023, 3:17 pm Mohammed Awal Alhassan, < [email protected]> wrote: > Fantastic Project! > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 2:10 PM Tochi Precious <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you Veronica >> This is welcomed development. I'll look through and give my feedback. >> >> >> Tochi >> >> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 12:47 PM Veronica Thamaini <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Wikimedians, >>> >>> In response to expressed needs of the communities in sub-Saharan Africa >>> to help achieve growth of the editing communities in the region, the >>> Wikimedia Foundation is working on an experiment-based project dubbed the >>> Africa Growth Project. The project seeks to enhance already existing >>> community efforts by creating a more effective online learning component, >>> which would allow in-person efforts to focus on already-engaged newbies who >>> have obtained a solid foundation in Wikipedia policies and collaboration >>> norms, maximizing the return on investment of human volunteer effort. The >>> hypothesis guiding this experiment is that providing high-quality training >>> to new and existing Wikimedians covering the basics of contribution to >>> Wikimedia (including introducing the many ways to contribute beyond article >>> writing) can double the retention rates of active editors in the >>> region. >>> >>> For the pilot, we will be developing four modules, and we are inviting >>> you to share feedback on outlines for these training modules, which are: >>> >>> - >>> >>> Module 1: Preparing to participate in Wikimedia projects >>> >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module1> >>> - >>> >>> Module 2: 101 Ways to Contribute to Wikimedia >>> >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module2> >>> - >>> >>> Module 3: The Voice of Wikipedia: Neutral Point of View >>> >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module3> >>> - >>> >>> Module 4: Sourcing knowledge: Verifiability on Wikipedia >>> >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module4> >>> >>> We hope to benefit from your experience as a Wikimedian in sharing your >>> input on these module outlines, to ensure that they capture what is needed >>> to support community understanding of those policies. >>> >>> We are interested to hear your thoughts on what's missing, what's good, >>> what could be improved, and any suggestions on the modules' and sections' >>> order and pace, great illustrative examples and helpful exercises that >>> would be useful to incorporate. >>> >>> We await this input and will take it all into consideration as we >>> develop the full modules based on these outlines (including whatever change >>> suggestions we accept). We will also be publishing the complete modules on >>> the WikiLearn platform when they are ready. >>> >>> See the details of each module here: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies >>> >>> And share your comments here; >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies >>> >>> For your input to be useful in our module development, please share your >>> feedback by July 21st, 2023. >>> Thank you, >>> From the Africa Growth Pilot team (Dumisani Ndubane, Veronica Thamaini, >>> Asaf Bartov) >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Veronica Thamaini | Manager of Regional Programs, Community Resources >>> >>> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list -- >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list -- > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] >
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