Nice. Thanks for the reminder Fabrice! I signed up to attend both and put in a proposal as well: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Diversity_in_the_wikiHow_Community
Krystle On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello friends of community engagement ... and greetings from Bali! > > I'm on vacation here through the end of the week, but just took a break > from my yoga retreat to submit these session proposals for Wikimania 2014, > since the deadline is today: > > * Growing a Culture of Kindness > Presentation - 30 mins. > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/A_Culture_of_Kindness > > * How Can We Make Wikipedia Better? > Presentation - 30 mins. > > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/How_can_we_make_Wikipedia_better > > If you plan to go to Wikimania this year and you are interested in either > of these sessions, please sign up at the bottom of the submission pages to > let the organizers know of your interest. > > The first proposal was inspired by my time here in Bali, where kindness is > deeply engrained into the culture and everyone goes out of their way to > help each other out. It got me thinking of what it would take to grow the > same type of widespread gentleness into our own Wikipedia culture, which > still suffers from a pervasive lack of civility from some of its members. I > don't claim to have the right answers on how to make this cultural shift > happen, but I would like to engage community and foundation members to > think more together about what can be done to grow a kinder culture, over > time. > > The second proposal is based on my 2-year photo project to collect ideas > on how to improve Wikipedia from community and team members for one. You > can see the full gallery and a video here: > > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)#How_can_we_make_Wikipedia_better.3F > > Namaste, > > > Fabrice > > > P.S.: I will not respond to emails on this account until I return to work > next Monday. But if you see any serious issues, feel free to make any > tweaks to the submissions, as needed. > > > _______________________________ > > Fabrice Florin > Product Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee >
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