Then it seems the Public Policy Initiative and some others will be having all the fun ;)
James On , Thor Malmjursson <[email protected]> wrote: > Late friday to early saturday UTC? Very unlikely to happen. Most people I > know on a Friday night want to be out winding down from a week at work, > not sitting in front of their PC's editing Wikipedia. Friday night to > saturday morning is prime "relaxation" time, and I'd imagine the kind of > time most people would prefer to be putting their feet up, clubbing or > down the pub. > Thor > > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:23:12 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [WikiEN-l] Did you like Wikipedia:Spotlight? Try "Editing > Friday"! > > > > Wikipedia:Spotlight [1] is an inactive project that many of you are > > probably familiar with. The concept is, real-time collaboration on > > building a specific article. > > > > When it worked well, Spotlight was a great project; it gave > > participants a taste of the best of Wikipedia and the feeling of > > community and common purpose. Relative newcomers could learn from old > > hands, and with many people pitching in, major articles could see huge > > improvements in a short time. The downside is that it was hard to > > keep momentum up, and most of the time there was simply nothing > > happening. > > > > Some of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program participants are trying to > > revive the best parts of Spotlight with Editing Fridays [2]. Instead > > of one collaboration after another, we set a specific time to > > collaborate: late Friday to early Saturday UTC. Please join us this > > Friday! > > > > -Sage > > > > [1] = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spotlight > > [2] = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Editing_Fridays > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
