GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Article Nursery Garden
 | This is an Open submission for GLAM TLV Conference 2018 that has not yet been reviewed by the members of the Program Committee. |
- Submission no. 8
- Title of the submission
- Article Nursery Garden
- Author(s) of the submission
Aphrodite Kamara
- E-mail address
aphroditekamara08
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?
- 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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