In 1843, an African American pioneer, James D. Saules, gained ownership of a farm in Oregon. The previous owner had employed a Wasco man named Cockstock, to whom he promised a horse as payment. When Saules refused to honor the previous owner’s agreement, Cockstock took the horse and threatened the farmers. Saules complained to local … Continued
User:M2545 recently wrapped up a year as Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at Rollins College. From the time we announced the collaboration in June 2016 through June 2017, she used the rich resources available through the Rollins College library to improve Wikipedia articles related to “urbanization in Florida and the southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th … Continued
Highlights We announced the placement of a new Visiting Scholar, Eryk Salvaggio, at the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University. Eryk will be using the university’s resources to improve topics on an important academic subject that’s underdeveloped on Wikipedia, ethnic studies. Wiki Education staff presented about our programs … Continued
We’re pleased to announce two new resources for students contributing to Wikipedia articles about books or films! One of the ways we support classes working on Wikipedia for a class assignment is through printed handouts and brochures. Wikipedia can be an intimidating place for a new user, and it’s easy to get lost in the … Continued
Highlights Product Manager Sage Ross announced a new Dashboard feature, Authorship Highlighting, which makes it easy for instructors to see each student’s contributions to an article. Community Engagement Manager Ryan McGrady announced a new Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University, Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, 2016 co-Wikipedian of the Year and co-founder of WikiProject Women in Red. She will … Continued
One of the wonders of Wikipedia is that it’s written almost entirely by volunteers. Together, hundreds of thousands of people have contributed to more than 5.3 million articles on the English language version alone. There is a challenge for Wikipedia inherent in its volunteer model, however: subjects that many people know about, that many people … Continued
As we move into the last weeks of the Spring term, Fall 2016 may seem a distant memory, but for Wiki Education it was a critical term as we learn how to support a rapidly growing number of courses. It also marked the conclusion of the Wikipedia Year of Science, which we launched in January … Continued
Highlights Director of Programs LiAnna Davis traveled Brazil to meet with the Wikimedia Brasil User Group and present at the University of São Paulo about teaching with Wikipedia and the Year of Science. Executive Director Frank Schulenburg and LiAnna went to Germany for the annual Wikimedia Conference, where they participated in the movement’s strategic planning … Continued
Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass and a key component of all known life; it fuels most of our energy, and as carbon dioxide it is the primary cause of climate change on Earth. But most research of the element has focused on carbon near Earth’s surface, and we … Continued
