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Wikipedia contributions and promotion

I have contributed to Wikipedia  in several ways since 2006. I believe it is a very useful resource, form of collaboration on knowledge building, and tool for teaching and learning. [NB- This page is being developed]

Contributions

I've mainly contributed to the English-language Wikipedia  but also to several others, with the username "A12n ."

In total my edits to the English Wikipedia number well over 2000. Many are minor, some are more substantive and a few quite extensive. I've also created a few articles, as listed below (this may not be 100% complete):

• Economics of language , 14:41, 6 April 2008
• Bureau of Ghana Languages‎ , 02:00, 28 February 2008
• Amlamé , 17:18, 20 February 2008
• Category:Linguapax Prize winners‎ , 03:38, 6 January 2008
• Category:Language-related awards , 03:26, 6 January 2008
• Linguapax Prize , 02:55, 6 January 2008
• Linguapax Institute , 01:50, 6 January 2008
• International Year of Languages , 02:13, 31 December 2007
• Category:Fula history , 17:29, 2 December 2007
• Fula jihads , 16:43, 2 December 2007
• Fula orthographies , 22:21, 25 November 2007
• Bété alphabet‎ , 02:59, 28 October 2007
• Stanwood Cobb , 16:34, 11 October 2007
• Sault Ste. Marie Evening News , 02:06, 2 September 2007
• Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa , 19:01, 20 August 2007
• Category:Fula language , 13:37, 16 August 2007
• Leland Initiative , 00:27, 10 July 2007
• Maasina Fulfulde‎ , 18:40, 5 July 2007
• Christian C. Sanderson , 02:05, 7 June 2007
• Open Knowledge Network , 21:45, 7 May 2007
• Yh (digraph)‎ , 17:06, 5 April 2007
• Orthography for languages of Guinea (pre-1985) , 16:29, 5 April 2007
• Category:Multilingual orthographies , 16:06, 5 April 2007
• Languages of Niger , 01:41, 8 March 2007
• Borassus akeassii , 02:58, 18 January 2007
• Daniel O'Connell Jr. , 19:17, 10 January 2007
• Christian C. Sanderson Museum , 22:25, 2 January 2007
• Kevin O'Donnell , 01:22, 31 December 2006
• Woodlynde School‎ , 23:52, 30 December 2006
• Hill Top Preparatory School , 23:47, 30 December 2006
• Booth School‎ , 23:29, 30 December 2006
• Wolofal , 22:55, 25 December 2006
• Category:Writing systems of Africa , 22:17, 25 December 2006
• Writing systems of Africa , 19:14, 25 December 2006
• ISO 6438 , 16:27, 25 December 2006
• ISO/IEC 9995 , 16:29, 17 December 2006
• Sévaré , 02:13, 15 December 2006
• Borassus aethiopium , 16:19, 10 December 2006
• Djenné-Jeno‎ , 23:22, 8 December 2006
• Oshiwambo language , 18:11, 5 December 2006
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Fula‎ , 01:04, 5 December 2006
• Ajami script , 18:33, 3 December 2006
• Meta-ethnicity , 21:00, 7 November 2006
• Francis C. Osborn, Sr. , 03:54, 7 November 2006
• Laura Freele Osborn , 01:06, 7 November 2006
• Category:Manding languages , 14:24, 20 October 2006
• Runyakitara language , 12:51, 20 October 2006
• Maurice O'Connell (MP) , 16:13, 14 August 2006

Discussions about use of Wikipedia in education

I have discussed ways of using Wikipedia in focused ways in education, especially in regard to African studies. See for instance these messages on the H-Africa list:

• Wikipedia Contributions: Reply , Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:26:45 -0000
• Wikipedia Contributions: Reply , Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:24:23 -0000

Promotion of Wikipedias in African languages

Together with Martin Benjamin, I founded the AfrophoneWikis list for discussion of African language editions of Wikipedia.