Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Greece/Outreach

Welcoming form

I though of this form in order to welcome new members. What do you think? (section also in the project's main talk page)--Yannismarou 13:56, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome to the WikiProject Greece! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to Greece.

A few features that you might find helpful:

• Our sidebar points to most of the useful pages within the project.
• The Announcements and Open tasks section is updated quite regularly. You can watchlist it if you're interested; or, you can add it directly to your user page by including {{WPGreeceOpenTasks}} there.
• Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is recommended that you watchlist it.
• The project has a monthly newsletter; it will normally be delivered as a link, but several other formats are available.

There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:

• Interested in working on a more complete article? The peer review department of the project would welcome your help!
• Interested in a particular area of Greek history, geography, culture etc. ? There are already two task forces, and you could initiate the creation of more focusing on specific topics or periods.
• Want to know how good our articles are? The assessment department is working on rating the quality of every Greece related article in Wikipedia.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to any experienced member of the project, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around!

Feel free to modify the form here: Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Greece/Outreach/Welcome.--Yannismarou 14:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

collaboration with the APA (vel sim.)?

Hey. I had an idea that I passed up to the high mucky-mucks (I think), but it occurred to me that I should post it here, as well. Please read the following and let me know what you think. Thanks!Ifnkovhg 03:17, 19 September 2007 (UTC) I have no idea why the text refuses to cooperate with me. Sorry

    I am writing to your organizations with a proposal that I believe would be to the mutual benefit of all.
 

Wikipedia is, I think, clearly on its way to becoming a force to be reckoned with as an online encyclopedia.
The genius of Wikipedia, however, is also its greatest flaw: it is a communal enterprise undertaken by
writers/editors with a wide range of education and ability. Quality, therefore, is often a long, drawn out
product of attrition. Obviously, it is to the benefit of Wikipedia that its content be as thorough as possible
and as accurate as possible, as quickly as possible. I know that various topics have garnered
Wikiprojects -- and their members do an admirable job, especially considering the part-time, labor-of-love
nature of the work. But I think more efficient quality control might be possible.

    Without wishing to destroy the cooperative nature of Wikipedia, I'm wondering if some sort
 

of symbiotic partnership could not be arranged between various classica organizations on the one hand
and Wikipedia on the other to improve, monitor and maintain the quality of the encyclopedia's
classics-related content. Wikipedia is quickly becoming a more popular resource for those just being introduced
to any number of topics, including the classics. Outreach to such people just learning about Classical Greece and
Rome, I know, is a major concern to the health of the profession. It would behoove the profession, then, to
embrace Wikipedia and use it as a resource. Wikipedia in turn could use organizations such as the APA
to produce the best possible content.

    Again, I am not suggesting an arrangement that would supplant the Wikiproject mechanism. Anyone,
 

from tenured PhDs to armchair historians would still be free to contribute. By no means so I think that every
single classics article should be under the stewardship of a single authority. Nor do I propose that the classics
content of Wikipedia become the virtual property of the APA. But I do think some sort of collaborative effort
might be worth exploring.