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Last week, about a dozen of us - with backgrounds ranging from Wikipedia
editing to education, philanthropy, and software development - met up
online for our first planning meeting for WikiProject Open.[1] I'm
especially pleased that some WikiProject Open Access members were able to
join us, so we could address areas of intersection, overlap, and synergy. I
think it was a great call; I'm looking forward to having some more, so we
can really think through how to design a space that is inviting and
productive for those looking to develop strong content on Wikipedia around
the topic of openness.
You can see notes from our call,[2] some already-implemented outcomes of
the discussion, on our WikiProject pages. Of particular interest to this
list are the ways we imagine WikiProject Open and WikiProject Open Access
coexisting, and also that we intend to steer people to this list even if
their interests are not strictly "open access," but maybe more centered on
OER or other related areas. Please look through the notes, and leave any
feedback on this on the project's talk page.[3]
We'll be meeting up again, and we invite you to join us with your ideas,
questions, etc! We'll meet on the 15/16 October (Tuesday evening in the
Americas and Wednesday daytime in Asia/Australia) and also Thursday (late
day in the Americas and evening in Europe/Africa). (corrected from previous
announcement!) See the planning page[2] for more info, to sign up, and to
add topics for discussion.
Two things we'd especially like to discuss:
* How can we make the pages visually appealing, so they feel like a proper
"home"?
* Can we implement the findings from research about online collaboration?
For instance, research has proven that "Collaboration of the Week" programs
are effective. Should we start one? What articles should we collaborate on?
I hope you can join us for one of the webinar sessions next week, and/or on
the WikiProject pages!
Pete
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Pete Forsyth
Project Lead, Communicate OER
http://enwp.org/WP:COMMOER
== Links ==
[1]
http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open
[2]
http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_planning
[3]
http://enwp.org/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Open