It isn't TED, but from the get go I've had outreach as a primary goal with this event, and I've been planning and programming with that in mind. This doesn't have to set a precedent for future Wikimanias. Technical concerns aside, what negative outcomes are you imagining?
*Edward Saperia* Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email <[email protected]> • facebook<http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 15 April 2014 10:28, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > To be honest I'm not completely sure I'm comfortable with that level of > advertising (in fact it makes me very very uncomfortable) even if it works > technically. This isn't TED....and I would hate to see it turn into that > especially given the wide variety in organizers each year. > > James > > James Alexander > Legal and Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Philippe Beaudette < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Edward Saperia >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The livestreams will be promoted via a centralnotice >> >> >> My understanding is that this is far from a decided thing. There are >> still some massive concerns about your servers rolling over and dying with >> the traffic we send from this - particularly for streaming video which is >> already a bandwidth hog. I'd want to see some testing first. >> >> pb >> >> >> *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia >> Foundation, Inc. >> T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | [email protected] | : >> @Philippewiki<https://twitter.com/Philippewiki> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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