On 29 March 2014 23:52, Steven Walling <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm drafting a couple of submissions for sessions at Wikimania, and >> (having successfully made submissions for Wikimania 2012, for >> Wikimedia UK AGMs, and for other conferences) have come to the >> conclusion that 300 words is too much text to require. > > > To be honest I always ignore this requirement. It's silly. A well-written > proposal should be concise.
I note that on 23 March, James Forrester wrote to Wikimania-l and Wikimedia-l: "Note that a complete submission is required, including an abstract of 300 words or more that explains to the Programme Committee why you think your proposal should be accepted over others." -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
