Hi Carissa et al, This is the pan-wiki meetup in Portland, you may well already be familiar with this one:
http://pdx.wiki.org/Welcome_to_Portland_WikiWednesday! For Mexico City, I suggest you get in touch with the group working to form the Wikimedia Mexico chapter: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_México Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the ideas. > > About wikimeetups: everybody else is waiting for you to announce one. Once > you do, they will come. > > About the culture: I think Steven Walling's presentation is one of the most > succinct: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEkF5o6KPNI > > Good luck with the editing. > > Best wishes, > > Lennart > > Lennart Guldbrandsson, > Fellow of the Wikimedia Foundation / Wikimedia Foudation-stipendiat > Chair of Wikimedia Sverige / ordförande för Wikimedia Sverige > http://wikimedia.se > Tfn: 031 - 12 50 48 Mobil: 070 - 207 80 05 Epost: > [email protected] Användarsida: > http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anv%C3%A4ndare:Hannibal Blogg: > http://mrchapel.wordpress.com/ > > > > ________________________________ > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:04:15 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] How to use Wiki videos > > Hi, > Yep I do find both of those videos too basic > (http://www.howcast.com/videos/317521-How-To-Edit-a-Wikipedia-Article and > http://www.commoncraft.com/wikipedia-video). I get the nuts and bolts of how > to click around, I know basic html when I see it, and I remember neutral > tone and proper citations from college and time in publishing (but gotta > love a video on the internet that explains that you need an internet > connection). The Howcast referenced the Wiki:Cite page, which I then find > confusing because I don't get when to use each citation method. > > A Strunk & White version of the rules is what I need! There's so many women > in publishing, that could be a good group to target for women on Wiki > involvement, as someone said before. I just need to know how wiki editing is > similar and different from AP Style, for example. > > I would also be interested in a video that explains the community, which is > both one of the primary barriers and primary motivations I have for > participating. I didn't know about barnstars and awards, for example. Then I > eventually found this Editor Assistance page > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_assistance) which looks like > something handy-- I didn't know there was a place to ask for help. Then, > what are user talk, user boxes, who gives awards, who are some key figures > (Jimbo, etc), what is the user/editor/moderator relationship, and what are > some things that can happen once I start editing and interacting. That's > what a video would be handy for. It all feels like trying to get into Lost > in the last season-- all these time tunnels and smoke monsters that I > couldn't trace to their original form if I tried. > > Sadly, I see no meet ups in Portland or Mexico City, yet... > > > > Thanks, > Carissa > > > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
