Comments on: From the Projects: 2,000th Featured English Wikipedia Article http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/04/14/from-the-projects-2000th-featured-english-wikipedia-article/ News from inside the Wikimedia Foundation.org Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brian McNeil http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/04/14/from-the-projects-2000th-featured-english-wikipedia-article/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Brian McNeil Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:07:06 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=19#comment-52 When approached about doing the Wikinews interview, professor Beasley-Murray was most receptive to the idea. The good news hidden in a quite lengthy article is that he'll be doing this again. He admits that the undertaking took more of his time than other, more conventional, teaching/assessment methods but the standard of work was higher. The class was divided into teams for the project and 40% of the mark was on this, with the end of term paper dropped so students could focus on Wikipedia. There are rumours that getting your pet article to Featured was an automatic A+ on the class, sounds to me like any students reading this should point their teaching staff at the Wikipedia article and the Wikinews interview. El Señor Presidente is due to be featured on the Wikipedia front page on May 5th. When approached about doing the Wikinews interview, professor Beasley-Murray was most receptive to the idea. The good news hidden in a quite lengthy article is that he’ll be doing this again. He admits that the undertaking took more of his time than other, more conventional, teaching/assessment methods but the standard of work was higher. The class was divided into teams for the project and 40% of the mark was on this, with the end of term paper dropped so students could focus on Wikipedia. There are rumours that getting your pet article to Featured was an automatic A+ on the class, sounds to me like any students reading this should point their teaching staff at the Wikipedia article and the Wikinews interview.

El Señor Presidente is due to be featured on the Wikipedia front page on May 5th.

]]> By: Cbrown1023 http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/04/14/from-the-projects-2000th-featured-english-wikipedia-article/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Cbrown1023 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:23:15 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=19#comment-50 You are completely right, Dan. Schools and universities are often untapped resources that we and many other organizations should really look into working with more often. This reminds me of another untapped potential: senior citizens. :-) However, that's for another discussion. :-P You are completely right, Dan. Schools and universities are often untapped resources that we and many other organizations should really look into working with more often. This reminds me of another untapped potential: senior citizens. :-) However, that’s for another discussion. :-P

]]> By: Wrad http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/04/14/from-the-projects-2000th-featured-english-wikipedia-article/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Wrad Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:09:51 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=19#comment-49 Lots of schools are trying to do this, but they just don't know how. It's pretty hard to get an FA after only a few months of Wikipedia experience unless you have someone helping. Lots of schools are trying to do this, but they just don’t know how. It’s pretty hard to get an FA after only a few months of Wikipedia experience unless you have someone helping.

]]> By: NonvocalScream http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/04/14/from-the-projects-2000th-featured-english-wikipedia-article/comment-page-1/#comment-48 NonvocalScream Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:02:23 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=19#comment-48 Dan, that would be more fun than the final paper I think. :)_ Dan, that would be more fun than the final paper I think. :)_

]]> By: Dan Rosenthal http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/04/14/from-the-projects-2000th-featured-english-wikipedia-article/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Dan Rosenthal Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:14:00 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=19#comment-47 A good example of how universities can integrate Wikipedia into their classes. Think, if every law school, med school, undergraduate college, and high school in the US (let alone the world) were to work on just 1 featured article per semester (so 2-3 per year). We'd have thousands of new FA's coming every year on topics all over the spectrum. A good example of how universities can integrate Wikipedia into their classes. Think, if every law school, med school, undergraduate college, and high school in the US (let alone the world) were to work on just 1 featured article per semester (so 2-3 per year). We’d have thousands of new FA’s coming every year on topics all over the spectrum.

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