Lennart, I love the name 'Editing cottage', that is very homey! :) I may steal that for relaxing events in the US!
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson < [email protected]> wrote: > Two things about the name: > > 1) in Swedish we don't call them editathons, but "skrivstuga/skrivstugor" > (editing cottage/editing cottages). > > 2) the suffix "athon" comes from Marathon, a long-distance run. > Considering that this event is even longer than any normal editathon, it's > arguably even more appropriate ;-) But I see your point. > > Best wishes, > > Lennart Guldbrandsson > > 070 - 207 80 05 > http://www.elementx.se - arbete > Skriv som ett proffs <http://www.elementx.se/skriv-som-ett-proffs/> - min > senaste bok > http://www.mrchapel.wordpress.com - personlig blogg > Presentation <http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anv%c3%83%c2%a4ndare:Hannibal> > @aliasHannibal <http://twitter.com/AliasHannibal> - på Twitter > > "*Tänk dig en värld där varje människa på den här planeten får fri > tillgång till **världens samlade kunskap* > <http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Huvudsida>*. Det är vårt mål.*" > Jimmy Wales > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 11:30:29 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Regular editathons in Sweden about women and > literature > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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