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Wikimedia
is a shorthand term for the
Wikimedia Foundation
, an aggregation of sisterprojects comprising what can be called a
Metacommunity
The links below lead to the main
community pages
of the projects.
All of these projects are
multilingual
and
open-content
Meta-Wiki
Coordination of all Wikimedia projects.
Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia.
Wiktionary
A collaborative multilingual dictionary.
Wikinews
News stories written by readers.
Wikibooks
A collection of collaborative textbooks.
Wikiquote
A compendium of referenced quotations.
Wikisource
A repository for free source texts.
Wikispecies
A directory of species.
Commons
Repository for free images and other media files.
The
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
is the parent organization of the
Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Wikiquote
Wikibooks
(including
Wikijunior
),
Wikisource
Wikimedia Commons
Wikispecies
Wikinews
Wikiversity
, and
Meta
collaborative projects. It is a
not-for-profit corporation
based in
San Francisco
USA
, and organized under the laws of the state of
California
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See
Template:Cite
for more information.
. Its existence was officially announced by
Jimmy Wales
, who was hitherto running Wikipedia within his company
Bomis
, on
June 20
2003
. Its approval by the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service
, by letter in April 2005, as an educational foundation in the category "Adult, Continuing Education" means all contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation are
tax deductible
for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
see
w:Wikimedia Foundation
for more information
NOTE: links in
bold text
are to local Wikiversity pages
Wikiversity and Wikimedia
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This article is about the
development of
Wikiversity
Please help Wikiversity by adding your ideas about what Wikiversity should become, or what it should do.
Wikiversity has a definite
role
within the Wikimedia
Metacommunity
. This learning project focuses on how to define and extend that role within a universal or university context, applying the traditional paradigm of how universities collect learning resourses and apply them to real-world needs. Because
Wikipedia
focuses on the encyclopedic context, it must maintain a neutral point of view, prohibit and discourage
original research
, prohibit and discourage
self references
and other aspects of creating content that
constrain
it to the encyclopedic realm. Wikiversity, conversely, can enter these prohibitive spaces from the universal or university context. Let's give it a whirl...
Lab: Establishing Wikiversity's role and context
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Wikiversity
has a
role
to perform within the
Wikimedia
context and within a much larger
Internet
context. This
learning project
lab will focus on creating a
relationship diagram
that shows what Wikimedia looks like. We begin by working with
templates
, starting with {{
Wikiversitysister-list
}} and {{
WikiversityUsers
}}.
Challenge:
Create local articles for each of the
Wikimedia collaborative projects:
Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Wikiquote
Wikibooks
(including
Wikijunior
Wikisource
Wikimedia Commons
Wikispecies
Wikinews
Wikiversity
Meta-Wiki
Include in these articles an opening statement based on the Wikipedia article of the same name. Include also a section
Wikiversity and ...
like this one.
Discussion:
Get in touch with folks like Jimbo, Angela, and other Wikimedia heavyweights. Let them know that we are interested in studying Wikimedia from the university perspective. Contact mediawiki developers, stewards, admins and other folks that help form policies and guidelines for Wikimedia collaborative efforts.
Lab: Strengthening Wikiversity
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The
Learning to learn a wiki way
article focuses on a "learn-by-doing" model. This model defines Wikiversity as a
learning community
. We can develop visualization tools through
templates
diagrams
Portals
navigational aids
learning objects
and a number of other instruments.
Example: {{
daughters
}}
Challenge:
Create a lab series based on this one for each sister project linking to appropriate
Schools
Portals
and other local learning resources and groups:
Wikiversity and Wikipedia
Wikiversity and Wiktionary
Wikiversity and Wikiquote
Wikiversity and Wikibooks
Wikiversity and Wikisource
Wikiversity and the Wikimedia Commons
Wikiversity and Wikispecies
Wikiversity and Wikinews
Wikiversity and Meta-Wiki
Edit the
Wikiversity
article to include links to the new local articles. Update {{
Wikiversitysister-list
}} and {{
WikiversityUsers
}} to link to them.
The idea is to establish within Wikiversity a means to strengthen its effectiveness as an online university and Wikimedia's role as a
Virtual community of practice
See also
Metacommunity
Discussion:
Get in touch with the folks that help form policies and guidelines for each of the sisterprojects. Participate in our own
colloquium
to make other Wikiversitans aware of
this
learning project. Use the
talk page
to present problems and ideas concerning
Wikiversity
's relationship to its parent organization,
Wikimedia
Examples:
One important discussion is taking place at
Talk:Wikibooks
about
Wikiversity and Wikibooks services
that help determine how the two projects can interface with each other more effectively.
Another exemplary development is the relationship between
School of Journalism
with
Wikinews
Another open project called
strategy
has been put in place by the
Mediawiki Foundation
for coming up with long-term strategic planning for all of the Wikimedia projects and languages. See
Wikiversity:Strategy
and
Strategy:Wikiversity
add others here!
See also
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Wikiversity:Sister projects
Wikimedia fund raising
Wikiversity:Service community
- services that Wikiversity can provide to the larger Wikimedia community
External links
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Wikimedia pegs future on education, not profit
(San Francisco Chronicle, 24 August, 2008)
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