GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Article Nursery Garden

Submission no. 8
Title of the submission
Article Nursery Garden
Etherpad

Author(s) of the submission

Aphrodite Kamara

E-mail address

aphroditekamara08(_AT_)gmail.com

Country of origin

Greece

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)

Wikipedia Community Schools Association Greece


Type of session
  • talk
Length of session

30 Minutes

Ideal number of attendees

25


Abstract

Make the act of volunteering to organize editathons an easier task, through the use of wiki software toolkit that makes the new editor feel safe in contributing, assist him/her in started pages organization, make him/her feel confident about the article content / structure they choose, move from sandbox space to article space without making mistakes, feel confident to publish their final work, keep their edit count and own the first edits of the articles.

Reduce time invested in mentorship with this global support tool. Increase Wikipedia article production. Increase Wikipedia article retention from newbies. Increase editor retention as their confidence is built over time.

Tthe tool is already functional in Arabic, English, Esperanto, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Italian, Nepali, Spanish and is being prepared for more languages.

What will attendees take away from this session?
  1. plan and prepare editathons for new editors that are by far more successful than without using the toolkit
Slides or further information
Special requests

Participants have to bring their personal computers and be able to work on a desk.

Interested attendees

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