Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Greece/Outreach

Welcoming form
I though of this form in order to welcome new members. What do you think? (section also in the project's main talk page)--Yannismarou 13:56, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to modify the form here: WikiProject History of Greece/Outreach/Welcome.--Yannismarou 14:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

collaboration with the APA (vel sim.)?
Hey. I had an idea that I passed up to the high mucky-mucks (I think), but it occurred to me that I should post it here, as well. Please read the following and let me know what you think. Thanks!Ifnkovhg 03:17, 19 September 2007 (UTC) I have no idea why the text refuses to cooperate with me. Sorry

I am writing to your organizations with a proposal that I believe would be to the mutual benefit of all.

Wikipedia is, I think, clearly on its way to becoming a force to be reckoned with as an online encyclopedia.

The genius of Wikipedia, however, is also its greatest flaw: it is a communal enterprise undertaken by

writers/editors with a wide range of education and ability. Quality, therefore, is often a long, drawn out

product of attrition. Obviously, it is to the benefit of Wikipedia that its content be as thorough as possible

and as accurate as possible, as quickly as possible. I know that various topics have garnered

Wikiprojects -- and their members do an admirable job, especially considering the part-time, labor-of-love

nature of the work. But I think more efficient quality control might be possible.

Without wishing to destroy the cooperative nature of Wikipedia, I'm wondering if some sort

of symbiotic partnership could not be arranged between various classica organizations on the one hand

and Wikipedia on the other to improve, monitor and maintain the quality of the encyclopedia's

classics-related content. Wikipedia is quickly becoming a more popular resource for those just being introduced

to any number of topics, including the classics. Outreach to such people just learning about Classical Greece and

Rome, I know, is a major concern to the health of the profession. It would behoove the profession, then, to

embrace Wikipedia and use it as a resource. Wikipedia in turn could use organizations such as the APA

to produce the best possible content.

Again, I am not suggesting an arrangement that would supplant the Wikiproject mechanism. Anyone,

from tenured PhDs to armchair historians would still be free to contribute. By no means so I think that every

single classics article should be under the stewardship of a single authority. Nor do I propose that the classics

content of Wikipedia become the virtual property of the APA. But I do think some sort of collaborative effort

might be worth exploring.