My immediate thought (probably misplaced or a misunderstanding, so please don't bite my head off if that is so) is that such editathons should be more directed at a wider topic (such as free culture in general) rather than Mozilla in particular. It feels like "here's some meeting space and here is some free food, now write/improve the articles about us". Which is a subtle and important distinction from the editathons I've been to where the hosting institutions provide help and resources, but don't insist on or set the topic which is being edited (though for obvious reasons of convenience and proximity some of the editathons resulted in articles about objects housed in the musuem/library hosting the event).
Maybe it should be made clear that WM-UK suggested the topic, not Mozilla? Re-reading the e-mail, I see that this is very likely the case, but the distinction is an important one. Having said that, the British Library food is good, so I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to compare that to the Mozilla food... :-) But sadly I'll not be around in London that weekend. Carcharoth PS. I thought there was talk at some point of WM-UK providing space directly for editathons, did that idea not work out? PPS. It strikes me that what I said here is better said on the wikimediauk-l mailing list. Is it possible to subscribe to that without having joined WM-UK? On 7/30/12, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Daria Cybulska <[email protected]> > Date: 30 July 2012 09:45 > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Mozilla teams up with Wikimedia UK for an > Editathon - 18 August, London > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > > > Dear All, > > Mozilla UK has been supportive to Wikimedia UK and since they opened > their Mozilla Spaces venue, they were keen that we use it needed for > events. What we realised is that some of the articles relating to > Mozilla, Firefox etc. in Wikipedia are not quite of the high standard > they could be. And so we thought it would be a neighbourly thing to do > to have a "Mozilla-related Editahton" - the aim would be to turn a > list of about 15 Mozilla-related articles into content perhaps worthy > of being a Good Article. > > The sprint will be on Saturday 18 August, starting at 12PM at the > Mozilla offices (London WC2N 4AZ). Lunch and snacks will be provided, > as will Mozilla people who can be consulted regarding good sources for > information. Do come along and help our our free culture colleagues > :-) > > For more info and to sign up please visit > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Editathon > You can also email me with any questions. > > Many thanks, > Daria > > -- > Daria Cybulska - Events Organiser, Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 207 065 0994 > +44 7803 505 170 > -- > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal > control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Company > Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. > 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, > Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United > Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation > (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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
