Edit-a-thons are handy for those who want to share resources like physical
books, want someone to help them with research or translation, enjoy
editing collaboratively, or want to teach people how to edit. What I have
heard is that they are most effective when targeted at a specific theme
like arts, feminism, or cultural heritage.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Wjhonson wjhon...@aol.com wrote:
I am suggesting that those people who want to promote these sorts of
in-person Editathons, might consider finding ways to encourage people to
come who wouldn't without encouragement.
Otherwise, just like the vast majority of user groups have died out over
the past twenty years, these look like the same fate.
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From: Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net
To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Mon, Jun 23, 2014 11:17 am
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Anybody out there
Some people like to sit in cafes while they work alone, others prefer
to be alone at home. Same with editing. Some people like to do it in
company, others not.
Speaking of editing in company, I would love to find an informal but
pleasing venue where people can stop in, have a beer, and join others
who are editing, without having to organize something more formal.
Although I find value in holding editing sessions in the local
libraries, it can be hard to book the rooms, and once there the
environment is a bit sterile. I'm in Berkeley and there are some cafes
that have wifi, coffee, beer, and food. Is anyone else interested in a
kind of Wednesday nights at xx or something like that?
kc
(obviously someone who likes to edit in company)
On 6/23/14, 8:18 AM, Wjhonson wrote:
I don't really understand the point of going to Editathons
I can sit at home and edit.
Maybe someone needs to post pictures and reviews and so on to encourage
how fun it is, or whatever it is
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From: Saehrimnir saehrim...@gmx.net
To: wikimedia-sf wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Sun, Jun 22, 2014 8:25 pm
Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] Anybody out there
Hello,
this is the lamest mailing list I ever subscribed to and probably the
wikimedian meetup group with the highest moment of inertia compared to
its size (I know physics is not on my side here, but thats OK it never
really is) I have been part of.
Don't get me wrong I know that anyone I met so far in this Community
does some amazing and impressive projects inside and outside of the
wikimedia universe. And I realize that the fourth dimension is the most
limited and that hanging out with other people at Edithatons has to be
weighted against this other projects. But there is also statistics if it
would take the amount of Editors from more than 7 million Inhabitants to
make a event every other month nothing would ever take place in Germany.
For instance Stephen LaPorte proposed a meetup next saturday a
Edithathon at the Foundation (Stephen is that dead already?) and no one
even looked at the Page. The Wicnik is 2 weeks away and there is some
interest but neither place nor food wich are at least in my opinion some
important part of an Picknick.
OK enough Rant back to you Silence.
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