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American Sociological Association launches Wikipedia Initiative

The American Sociological Association (ASA) has started a “Wikipedia Initiative”, inviting its members to enhance Wikipedia articles, and to incorporate Wikipedia editing into their classroom teaching, in collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation's higher education program. In a feature article for the scholarly society's monthly newsletter, ASA president Erik Olin Wright described the initative as a "call to duty".

Watch how Wikipedia newbies feel about editing

Since a few months, the “MoodBar” function has invited new users on the English Wikipedia to indicate how they feel about their first editing experiences, and why. Today, the Feedback Dashboard was launched, an experimental live stream displaying these comments. Take a look to find out what makes new editors Happy, Sad, or Confused!

Setswana Wikipedia Challenge kicks off

The first article has been submitted in Google's challenge to translate articles for the Setswana Wikipedia:

http://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nko ("Nose")

Around 130 participants have been trained to attend the competition in Botswana. The grand prize, sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation, is an all-expenses paid trip to attend Wikimania 2012 in Washington D.C.!

Asaf Bartov, Head of Global South Relationships

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