CEE/Newsletter/Newsroom/University Students' Internships at Wikimedia Armenia
- By: Beko
From February 8, Wikimedia Armenia started an internship of the senior students from three Armenian universities. Students from two faculties of the Brusov State University, faculty of English Language, German Language and Communication of Yerevan State University, as well as students from three departments of the Faculty of Humanities of YSU Ijevan Branch began their internship under the guidance and help of Wikimedia Armenia employees.
146 students registered on Wikipedia, learned to create articles on Armenian Wikipedia, and afterwards began creating new articles by translating from different foreign languages or using sources. Internships will end in March, and the results will be summarized that month.
Brusov State University
The internship with this university started on February 12. In total, 86 students from Translation and Intercultural Communication, as well as seniors of the faculties of Russian and Foreign Languages visited the office of Wikimedia Armenia twice a week and participated in the course (each session lasted 2 hours). During the first two meetings, the staff introduced them to Wikipedia's basics, editing tools, and from the third meeting, the students started writing articles on the Armenian Wikipedia. They did translations from English, Chinese and Korean Wikipedias, vital articles are translated from English. The internship lasted for more than a month and ended on March 19.
Faculty of English Language, German Language and Communication, Yerevan State University
The internship of students from this university also started on February 12. Five students in their senior year attended the course with the same frequency and workload as the students of the Brusov State University. They did translations from English Wikipedia translating from the list of vital articles.
Yerevan State University Ijevan Branch
The internship with this university was launched on February 8 in Ijevan, Tavush region. The employees of Wikimedia Armenia NGO had a two-day visit in Ijevan, where they held 4 classes with students, introducing them to the basics, editing tools and guidelines of Wikipedia. In the following weeks, online meetings were held, during which students presented their work, and changes were made to published sandboxes and articles. A total of 55 students of the Departments of Armenian History and Social Sciences, Armenian Language and Literature, and Foreign Languages of the Faculty of Humanities are participating in the internship. They do their translations from English, Russian and French Wikipedias, as well as create and improve articles using Armenian printed sources. The internship will end on March 21.
