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Type of advantage
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Specifics
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Quantifiable?
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Comments and examples
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| 1
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Training
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Increased editing of the projects by trainees
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Y
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The assumption is that trainees continue editing with the same account, and accounts are logged at the workshop
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| 2
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Training
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Spread of know-how through an institution by a trainee
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Y
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Survey prior to session, survey again one month later
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| 3
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Training
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More appropriate editing by a trainee
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N
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For example, if a trainee who is on the comms staff of an institution simply refrains from editing with a conflict of interest, in the Wikipedia sense, who is to know? But the outcome is positive for Wikipedia.
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| 4
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Training
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Workshop is accepted as a contribution to their professional development.
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Y
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Work with suitable agencies to get courses recognised as part of CPD programme. This would be quite a substantial piece of work
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| 5
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Outreach
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Wikimedia awareness
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Y
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People generally have no idea of the various different meanings of "Wikimedia" (there being at least three) Survey prior to session, survey again one month later
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| 6
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Outreach
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Referrals
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More a question of logging than counting
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For example: trainers are invited back by an institution. A trainer is invited to speak at a non-WMUK conference. A workshop results in a student project. (These are recent real-life examples.) Word-of-mouth from one institution to another.
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| 7
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Outreach
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Returning customers
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Hit and miss
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Someone coming to a workshop goes to another, a conference, a meetup ...
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