Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia Outreach (2008)

Welcome to WikiProject Outreach. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to reaching out to new editors. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Goals

 * Reach out to new editor constituencies; go off-wiki to recruit new editors, especially experts and older people who have more time, experience, and less likely to be interested in the minutiae of popular culture and more interested in obscure/niche subjects;


 * Coordinate & serve as parent/sister to related projects such as WP:SUP and WP:WPCC; coordinate & work with local chapters, WikiMania, Welcoming Committee, etc.;


 * With the above, conduct classes and training sessions (probably online, but could be expanded to live depending on location) for 'recruited' editors to give a crash course in how WP operates on a peer-to-peer level and basics of article writing, WP:5, MOS, etc. This is especially important for recruiting academics, as their mode of writing and discourse is a different paradigm;


 * Also conduct training sessions for incoming school projects, and set some policy/guidelines around how we handle them, assigning experienced mentors to keep an eye on their contribs, etc.


 * Work with meatspace orgs to get the word out. Talks in libraries would be great, and maybe even something like The Learning Annex;


 * Coordinate all of the above with whoever at WMF handles PR; they can provide materials, legitimacy, point of contact for any off-wiki groups we speak to.

Participants
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.


 * 1)  (I am interested in working on anything that you want me to.)  Irunongames  •  play  20:52, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2)  (I am interested in welcoming new users and familiarizing them with the way things work around here, especially at WP:CM) 01:55, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3)  (I am interesting in organizing resources for teachers who wish to use Wikipedia for school projects)  l'aquatique  ||  talk  22:38, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 4)  - I'd be interested in handling things for school projects, if possible. Other things I could do as well, of course. 23:56, 19 December 2008 (UTC).
 * 5)  - mostly interested in recruiting copyeditor, but I'll help with other projects. 04:08, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 6)  (I am interested in helping out users in any way I can, policy or editing. Will be glad to help with anything else there is to do) 11:52, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 7)  -  not really a "hands-on" type (though I can/will do a little of that), but will always help if given directives (i.e. "I did this. Is it right?")
 * 8)  Dcoll ins52 Give me a yell  18:42, 22 December 2008 (UTC) I have no idea wat this is, but I want to try it lol
 * 9)  Welcoming new users, recruiting new editors, anything else that is needed. 05:40, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 10)  Interested in developing newbie tutorials and helpful scripts.  14:07, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 1)  Interested in developing newbie tutorials and helpful scripts.  14:07, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Templates

 * WikiProject Wikipedia Outreach - talkpage banner, produces:


 * User outreach - userbox, adds user to the category of participants, produces:

Categories

 * Category:WikiProject Outreach
 * Category:Projects mentored by WikiProject Wikipedia Outreach

Related projects

 * School and University Projects
 * Wikiproject Classroom Coordination
 * Wikipedia Adoption