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
>>>
>>
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