Among other issues, pretty much anything in a CentralNotice leads to someone being very vocally upset with what they see as spam. It's hard to predict quite how large or vocal that number will be in this case, as we haven't done it before :-)
(Are you thinking of some kind of specific message - "watch XYZ speaking about the future of Wikipedia" - or a generic "Wikimania is now on; watch here"?) A. On 15 April 2014 10:49, Edward Saperia <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- - Andrew Gray [email protected]
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