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'''Content internships''' with [[Appropedia:About|Appropedia]] involve working directly on the site itself, improving the quality and breadth of the information, as well as its presentation and organization.
'''Content internships''' with [[Appropedia:About|Appropedia]] involve working directly on the site itself, improving the quality and breadth of the information, as well as its presentation and organization.



Revision as of 15:54, 4 April 2012

Content internships with Appropedia involve working directly on the site itself, improving the quality and breadth of the information, as well as its presentation and organization.

The work

Like a building, Appropedia is under construction, and takes coordination and team effort.

There is a large degree of flexibility in the work. Each intern can choose an area of focus, working on one or more of the following:

  • Porting
  • Expanding or improving a specific topic area
  • Structure, including categorization. Using a tool such as AutoWikiBrowser is useful here. (Alternatively, Pywikipediabot has been used on Appropedia, and is very powerful, if you have some degree of tech skill - easier than coding but harder than using Excel.)

Opportunity

This team of interns will work independently and as a group to address specific issues with Appropedia.org and determine potential improvements.

involve Appropedia and general wiki tasks. This page's discussion page will serve as the primary method of communication.


Requirements

The only fixed requirements are a desire to learn and a willingness to try.

Knowledge of a relevant programming language (PHP, Python) is desirable, as is experience with installing software on a server, and experience with the open source platforms that we'll be working with. However, you can also gain this experience during the internship.

Mentors and helpers

Interns and mentors will work together and help each other as challenges are encountered. You may already be assigned a "wiki mentor." Besides that, there are many others in the Appropedia community who are happy to help Teratornis

Our way of working is open - others outside the official team may join the work here, by commenting, sharing an answer or suggestion or taking on a task.

Wiki mentors: Mentoring is shared. Chriswaterguy takes responsibility for managing the program, but several experienced Appropedians will be watching this page and offering their help.

If you want to help, just "watch" the page.

Watch this page and get alerts

For interns and supporters, a good way to watch this page effectively is to:

  • Click the watch tab above to add the page to your watchlist. That watches this page and the talk page.
  • Under Special:Preferences > (you'll need to have a registered email address - ensure that the mails reach your inbox).
  • Note that if you receive an alert, you won't receive any more updates until after the next time you view the page while logged in.

Discussion takes place on the talk page for this page. It is strongly recommended that you "watch" the page (log in and click the watch tab at the top of the page). Set up your preferences to receive email alerts, and you'll be alerted of any change on this page or the talk page.

Where and when

Appropedia is a global online project, and you can work from anywhere with internet access.

Start date is flexible.

Join up!

Benefits: Being an intern with Appropedia, whether or not it's a requirement for a course you're enrolled in, offers you a chance to learn as part of a team, while making a difference, making solutions to the world's challenges accessible and usable. It can boost your CV, your knowledge and your confidence.

Apply: If you are interested in joining the team, please leave a note for Chriswaterguy, or email to: chriswaterguy

Current content interns and area of focus:

First steps

Once you've signed up, take the Tour for new content interns.

Useful links

See also

  • Appropedia:Content internships/Mini - a 2-3 week internship, which also becomes the first task for the Content Internship program, if you continue in the program.
  • Appropedia:Documentation internships - similar to content internships, but focused on documenting projects and knowledge from one or more organizations.
  • Appropedia:Travel internships - as for documentation internships, but involving a program of travel in a particular region, visiting organizations within a particular region and documenting their projects.
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