Appropedia:Lists of volunteers: Difference between revisions

This page is intended to help connect volunteers with other members who may need specific help.

If you are looking for help in a particular area, find a member below, follow the link to their "user talk page" and leave a note; they will receive an email. It's perfectly acceptable to leave notes on the pages of more than one volunteer at a time.

If you are looking for help, but you don't find a section that matches your needs, feel free to add an appropriate section.

If you are willing to provide a particular kind of help, please add a link to your User talk page ([[User talk:YourUserName]]) in the appropriate categories below. When anyone leaves note on your talk page, you should be notified by email (if you have enabled this and confirmed your email address). Note: It's a good idea to login and check your user page now and then. Checking your user page when you are not logged in can cause the system not to notify you the next time you get a message (because in the system's "mind", you have already been notified).

Course-based translation support

There is a need for wiki savvy volunteers to provide simple support to language educators and their students who are helping to translate Appropedia articles. These educators and students are multilingual, but not necessarily knowledgeable in practical wiki things, such as table formatting, categorization or moving pages. Based on history, this work is not burdensome, and yet the support and availability of a volunteer significantly reduces the anxiety of new educators and students for whom the wiki is unfamiliar territory.

Prospective volunteers in this area would be expected to do the following:

1. Respond to a request from an educator who is planning a course-based translation project.
2. Coordinate with the educator on whether their respective schedules allow for a "match"
3. Arrange a pre-course "prep session" to familiarize the educator with the wiki
   • Note: How-to write-ups (Note: add link!) are available to educators and students. Volunteers should look them over (and potentially improve them)
4. Arrange an in-class "wiki launch" event where students are introduced to the wiki.
   • For the launch, volunteers should be available in real time, either in person (if practical) or via conference call, Skype or "webex" type connection.
   • Volunteers must provide classes with an email address that can be used for support questions.
   • Volunteers should consider how the write-ups could be improved, and either make or suggest improvements on the appropriate talk pages

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