Tag Archives: Greek Wikipedia

An interview with User:Markellos, prolific editor and administrator on the Greek-language Wikipedia.

Ilektra Pavlaki | 23 July 2011, 12:37 pm | tags: ,

This is an interview with Markellos Stevis, an administrator of the Greek-language Wikipedia and one of its most prolific editors. Markellos participates actively in the “I participate in Wikipedia” initiative, a campaign that aims at the development and enrichment of the Greek – language Wikipedia. Here, he shares some of his observations about the experiential workshops that were held as…

The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign. PART II.

Ilektra Pavlaki | 07 July 2011, 9:04 am | 1 comment | tags: , , , ,

You can read part I of the interview here.

The existing community & the new users

Usually, the users are the ones who approach Wikipedia. With this campaign, however, it is the Wikipedia community that approaches the public. What is the difference between the experience offered to the user by an organized effort and…

The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign.

Ilektra Pavlaki | 05 July 2011, 11:03 am | 2 comments | tags: , , , ,

Yiannis Giannarakis is the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign, which aims at the development and enrichment of the Greek – language Wikipedia. The initiative, launched in January 2011, is supported by the Greek-language Wikipedia community, the Greek Ministry of Education, the Greek Free/Open-Source Software Society (GFoss) and the Greek Research and Technology Network (GrNet).

Here,…

The lessons that “teaching” taught me: Following the campaign for the development of the Greek-language Wikipedia, Part II

Ilektra Pavlaki | 19 May 2011, 5:31 pm | tags: , , , , ,

The truth is that one needs all the support that can get when is called to present an online encyclopedia in front of the so – called Net Gen or Generation Y. I wouldn’t dare to count myself a member of this Generation. I grew up with the TV. They grew up with the Internet. I search in Google. They are Googling. I am learning the language of technology. For them, it’s their native.

So, here are the valuable lessons I was taught while “teaching”.