Public outreach/Academy/RfC/Ways of contributing

IRC meetings – Goals – Survey (pre-Academy) – Schedule – Questions for the host – Pre-Academy communications with scientists – Useraccounts – S.F. Kick-off – On-site logistics – Presentations – Workshops – Post-Academy evaluation survey – Sustainability

Applications of Wikipedia

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Low-investment contributions to Wikipedia

Reviewing articles
Small corrections to articles
Adding references to a single section
Uploading media
Commenting on article talk pages

Medium-investment contributions

Structuring articles
Writing the lead of an article
Writing and referencing a single section

Major contributions to Wikipedia

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