Christine, I love the idea of having names based on the topic at hand! I also agree that the "a-thon" suffix implies a huge thing. I personally use "workshop" to describe smaller events, if that helps.
-Emily On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Christine Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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