Wikipedia Academy

Abstract: Abstracts about the Wikipedia Academy 2006 are available in German and French

Wikipedia Academies are public outreach events, usually lasting one or two days, designed to coach academics and other subject ­matter experts in how to contribute to Wikipedia, as well as to encourage them to view Wikipedia as friendly.

See Wikipedia:Academy.

Wikipedia Academy Göttingen 2006

• Photos on Commons
• Video-Recordings
• Press coverage, see w:de:Wikipedia:Academy 2006

Wikipedia Academy Mainz 2007

• Photos on Commons
• Press coverage, see w:de:Wikipedia:Academy 2007
• TV interview ARD Tagesschau: Wikipedianer und Geisteswissenschaftler beraten über Qualitätsverbesserung (Mainz, August 2007)
• TV interview ARD Nachtmagazin: Das Internet-Lexikon und die Wissenschaft (Mainz, August 2007)
• Official website
• Press release by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. (July, 18th)
• Announcement on foundation-l (July, 25th)

Wikipedia Academy Johannesburg 2007

Organised with iCommons.

• foundation:Press releases/Wikipedia Academies
• iCommons report by Heather Ford
• Video by Frank Schulenberg
• Report by Ian Gilfillan, Wikipedia contributor

Wikipedia Academy Berlin 2008

• Photos on Commons
• Teaser on YouTube
• Official website

Wikipedia Academy Argentina 2008

• http://wikimedia.org.ar/wiki/Academia_de_Wikipedia (es)
• Photos
• Report by Beatrice Murch, Wikipedia contributor

Wikipedia Academy Lund, Sweden 2008

• Website
• User:LA2/Exercises - translations of "exercises"/instructions for first-time editors

Wikipedia Academy Israel, Tel Aviv 2009

• Website
• Photos (on the Commons)

Wikipedia Academy Bethesda (NIH headquarters), United States 2009

• Information on the English Wikipedia
• WMF Press release
• Wikimedia Blog: Live from the NIH Wikipedia Academy

Wikipedia Academy Stockholm, Sweden 2009

• Project site

Wikipedia Academy Bergen, Norway 2009

• Project site
• Website