Yes, I know and initially, we were considering having a chat with Dimi and Nicole about it. I just thought we could grab a chance to draw a larger crowd.
Raul On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Tobias Lutzi <[email protected]> wrote: > I can confirm that he is here. He's even giving a talk about the EU > project at sunday afternoon :-) > > -- TL > > > -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- > Von: David Cuenca <[email protected]> > Datum: > An: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < > [email protected]> > Betreff: Re: [Wikimania-l] WMEU > > > Hi Raul, > > I'm interested in talking about this topic. Do you know about the EU > policy project? > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/16/our-man-in-brussels-dimitar-dimitrov/ > > I think Dimi is in Wikimania, but unfortunately I haven't meet him yet. > > Micru > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Raul Veede <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A short clarification: >> >> I did NOT mean to set up an organization of European chapters. >> >> It's just that on a recent trip to European Commission I noticed that the >> coverage of EU on wikiprojects is surprisingly lousy, yet it influences >> millions of people and could be really important. A usual article on a >> multimillion dollar program of EU is only present on English and French >> Wikipedias, has no sources, doesn't mention implementation, media coverage >> or influence, and dates from 2007 or 2009. Fairly, it sucks. But it doesn't >> have to be like that. >> >> EU institutions aren't any good in spreading neutral and objective >> information directly to the people whose lives they influence, so >> everything goes through the filters of local politicians and media which >> all too often have their own agenda. (That's why there's a monthly panic >> about "EU forbidding this or that".) To be honest, we're much better at >> communication than the EU professionals are. So, maybe we could cooperate. >> >> I'm not a missionary for this, I won't try to convince anyone. I'm >> already exhausted by my current work. But I'd like to hear if anyone else >> thinks we could (or should) do something about it. >> >> Raul >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Raul Veede <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Is anyone interested in discussing a quite raw idea: a possible thorg >>> for covering European Union in different Wikiprojects and languages? I'm >>> not even absolutely sure it would be a good idea, or how it should be >>> working, but I think it would be worth discussing. >>> >>> I've already talked to some of us, so I hope they chime in and help us >>> find a time slot - maybe sometime tonight, before people start to leave. >>> >>> Raul >>> WMEE >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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