This is the working page for the next edition of The Appropedia Update.
You can either edit the page or leave ideas on the talk page.
For the Update of approx April 10, 2011:
- A warm welcome to our new interns & volunteers, including:
- William Dineen and Maccabee "Macc" Shelley from Humboldt State University.
- James.Gourlay and Teratornis are helping William and Maccabee (in spite of being in different parts of the world).
- Camilla Baker, who has had a variety of experiences including teaching in Tanzania and helping the Eden Project in England. Camilla is currently in Sydney and starting a documentation internship.
- Content, & open license evangelism
- Agreement with Shareable
Any news or interns that I've missed - please let me know, for the next edition.
Announce later:
Just a heads-up - there's a copyediting class working on Appropedia at the moment, led by User:Prstn, going through Category:Articles in need of copyediting (i.e. pages marked with {{copyedit}}).
If you know of pages that need copyediting - tag 'em now!
Joshua, Lonny's classes.
These aren't ready yet, or there's already enough material for the Update edition being worked on above:
- Tahnok, starts a tech internship over the summer. (That's the northern hemisphere summer.)
- Partnerships
- We're connected with 350.org through COTW & WiserEarth
- WiserEarth content partnership
- -> Forum, regular chats (monthly?)
Guidelines/suggestions - regular items:
- Highlighted page or two
- New interns & volunteers starting work
- Openings & initiatives
- New admins
- Highlighted users (e.g. a student, or recently active)
- Classes using Appropedia
- Partnerships or content-sharing
- New site features
- Milestones (pageviews)
- Mentions in media or journals
- Fundraising
- How to donate
- Funding (say, anything $500 or more?)
- Tip or "Did You Know?" about using the wiki. E.g. "Related changes".
- Upcoming events
- Recent events.
Optional (esp if other content is lacking):
- Past news topics that haven't been mentioned in the Update yet
- Site features or related programs that aren't widely known or used.
- Programs for participation - a line about different internships available
- Ideas for participation - e.g. make a page about your green business, or a green business you know
- People who could use Appropedia (pass on the idea)
- Social media - occasionally mention our various accounts & pages.
- Related projects & sites - e.g. AIDG, Enviu, OSE, COTW, E4C, Bloodandmilk - link their work on Appropedia if it exists.