I'm very interested in this kind of thing, so much so that I'd like to follow a similar model locally. I'm not sure that I live in a large enough area to make it feasible, though. However, I think that it's a good model to recruit and retain editors, especially women, who tend to like editing in community. Wikimedia should pursue this.
As far as a name for regular editing sessions like this, it reminds me a club--a group of people who meet regularly to accomplish some kind of task, like a book club or Toastmasters. How about something like, "Wikipedians Club". I'm sure there's a more creative name than that. And then we could have individual chapters with more creative names, based on topic or geography. Christine User:Figureskatingfan On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > The key comment is this: “We are also considering ways to get the > people most interested in going to those editathons to also run them > (empowering them, in effect).” > > If edit-a-thons are to achieve scale, it’s necessary that once > established, the group will continue under its own momentum. This frees up > the original organisers (or new members who have “graduated” to become new > organisers) to move on and establish similar groups. > > > > Just an aside, I think we need a different term for this kind of regular > edit session. Perhaps it’s just my own cultural baggage, but I associate > the “-a-thon” as a big once-off event e.g. > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/2014-08-14-Wikibomb > > > > rather than something smaller but more regular and ongoing. Maybe we > should call it an editfika J > > > > Kerry > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- Christine ____________________ Christine W. Meyer [email protected] 208/310-1549
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