All Indic Wikimedia communities (and indeed all small
communities across the world) need to invite, welcome,
introduce, support and encourage new editors. Students –
including school children – are wonderful additions to our
communities. They have energy and talent and the right attitude.
They are the ones to take forward Wikimedia projects. The
Malayalam Wikipedia community has a long tradition of working
with school children and with the education system through its
partnership with the Kerala Government’s IT@School Project. On
3rd July 2012, this relationship was further strengthened with
the inauguration of the Malayalam Wikipedia Education Programme.
The objective is to promote Wikipedia editing with school
children and teachers at the Government Higher Secondary School
at Anchal West, Kollam. This has only just started, but there
are some pointers even at this early stage which are useful to
small communities exploring similar initiatives and partnerships
– within and beyond education. Partnerships need