[Foundation-l] University project on Wikipedia

Sun Oct 16 15:21:31 UTC 2011

Hi Maria,

On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:21:42 +0200
Maria Fanucchi <marialadouce at gmail.com> wrote:

> [Cross-posting this to Translators-l, WikiEN-l and Foundation-l, because
> there is a considerable amount of overlap, as you'll see. Volunteers from
> several Wikipedias may be needed, and the Foundation could eventually be
> involved if the project becomes an annual one. I apologize in advance to
> those subscribed all three lists.]
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> (Note: For those who don't know me, I am [[User:Arria Belli]]. Former admin
> and arbitrator over at fr:wp, and member of the LangCom. I met some of you
> at Wikimania 2008 Alexandria, where I did a presentation called "Translation
> in Wikimedia Projects" ex-aequo with [[User:Britty]].)
> 
> I've just started a master's degree at the ESIT (Ecole supérieure
> d'interprètes et de traducteurs) in Paris, in English/French/Spanish
> translation. It's quite a good school; a large percentage of the
> interpreters and translators working in international organizations are
> graduates of the ESIT.
> 
> My French-to-English translation professor has asked me to set up a project
> for all the students in her class, translating Wikipedia articles. We're a
> small group: there are only about 5 or 6 of us. What we'd be doing is taking
> articles from fr: and translating them to en:. Students are free to choose
> the articles they'll translate.
> 

Sounds great.

> Since I'm mostly active over at fr:wp, I will need some help from people on
> en:. Most notably, I think it would be wise to set up a small group of en:wp
> volunteers who could guide the students on a one-on-one basis in case they
> have trouble understanding wiki markup, references, etc. I would be
> coordinating the project, but I don't think I could field all the students'
> questions at once! Any volunteers?

Count me in. My username is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shlomif and I'm
reachable by many means here: http://www.shlomifish.org/me/contact-me/ . I
hope other editors volunteer as well.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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