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At present there is no easy way to let other know and verify the contribution and participation in Wikimedia projects. The problem increases if someone is active in multiple projects. Endorcement and recolonization the skills or accomplishments of individual Wikipedians should be more standard. Online badges (Open Badges) will be provided upon the completion/participation in different ares of Wikimedia Movements. It will be similar as the 'Barnstars' but it will be more automated and will be build upon standard tools. A standalone tool will check and maintain the progress to get a new badge. It will also list all the badges of a wikipedian and s/he will be able to share them. === Background === - [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Badges | Discussions on meta ]] - [[ Grants:IdeaLab/Open Badges for off-wiki credentials | IdeaLab page ]] - [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OpenBadges | page on mediawiki.org ]] - [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenBadges | Extension for issuing OpenBadges in MediaWiki ]]

At present there is no easy way to let other know and verify the contribution and participation in Wikimedia projects. The problem increases if someone is active in multiple projects. Endorcement and recolonization the skills or accomplishments of individual Wikipedians should be more standard. Online badges (Open Badges) will be provided upon the completion/participation in different ares of Wikimedia Movements. It will be similar as the 'Barnstars' but it will be more automated and will be build upon standard tools. A standalone tool will check and maintain the progress to get a new badge. It will also list all the badges of a wikipedian and s/he will be able to share them. === Background === - [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Badges | Discussions on meta ]] - [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Open_Badges_for_off-wiki_credentials | IdeaLab page ]] - [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OpenBadges | page on mediawiki.org ]] - [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenBadges | Extension for issuing OpenBadges in MediaWiki ]]

At present there is no easy way to let other know and verify the contribution and participation in Wikimedia projects. The problem increases if someone is active in multiple projects. Endorcement and recolonization the skills or accomplishments of individual Wikipedians should be more standard. Online badges (Open Badges) will be provided upon the completion/participation in different ares of Wikimedia Movements. It will be similar as the 'Barnstars' but it will be more automated and will be build upon standard tools. A standalone tool will check and maintain the progress to get a new badge. It will also list all the badges of a wikipedian and s/he will be able to share them. === Background === - [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Badges | Discussions on meta ]] - [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Open _Badges for _for_off-wiki _credentials | IdeaLab page ]] - [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OpenBadges | page on mediawiki.org ]] - [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenBadges | Extension for issuing OpenBadges in MediaWiki ]]