GN, While I understand where you are coming from (ie. Wikipedia as the more recognizable name to the public) it would seem to be a poor time to portray the gathering as just Wikipedia-centric, especially with the rise of Wikidata as a major force in more things we are doing, such as Wikimedia Commons.
The best solution may be somewhere in the middle, where conference adopts a subtitle that includes “Wikipedia” prominently, in order to make it more SEO friendly. -Andrew -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism, American University Email: [email protected] WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Gnangarra <[email protected]> wrote: > To quote C. Scott Ananian > >> I have no idea how to concisely include all the "Wikimedia projects" and >> still mention "Wikipedia" in the title... which suggests perhaps that Ed's >> version ("Wikimania: the global wikipedia summit") or whatever >> subtitle Lodewijk used isn't too far off. > > > maybe we are missing the target altogether, Wikipedia is our most > identifiable brand, its what started the whole game and every other project > in someway supports it. The bulk of all talks at Wikimanias are focused on > Wikipedia activity. It could it be that when talk about reducing the size > of Wikimania we could look in an alternative direction and focus on > individual projects, the hack-a-thon has become a separate identity > already, wikisource has held it own. This isnt saying that the conference > wouldnt cover or cater for other projects as it already does but it would > give us something broader to sell to the sponsors, venues etc by calling it > the Wikipedia Conference it could then focus on the 300 languages, the work > in the incubator, it would also create a greater immediate impact > externally and encourage more people to come learn more and get involved, > it'd be sellable to GLAM and media alike... Every one would have the > ability to focus on the local language as a key platform > > The Wikimedia Conference could then remain maybe even be expanded to > enable more attendees focused as it already is on the movement > > A Commons conference would be media based looking more at copyright, > personality rights even equipment which would open us to whole new world of > sponsors Imagine the people who could be a Key note speaker at a Commons > conference that would otherwise bore the pants off every other attendee at > a Wikimania. > > each and every conference would run at its own rate annually, bi-annually, > even one in four years choose locations that suit its own aims with > scholarships for those that the community would really benefit from > attending > > Every conference would have cross over streams as no one project is > isolated from any other, it would expand the focus and diverisfy the > funding/sponsorship opportunities while addressing some of the key issues > about the size of Wikimania, the way some sections of the community are > lost and allow greater return on the brand identities of each project. > > On 8 November 2016 at 07:04, C. Scott Ananian <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Again, "Wiki" means "wikileaks" to many folks these days. >> "Wikiconference" isn't enough to distinguish wikipedia from wikileaks. >> And there are plenty of examples of wiki software other than mediawiki... >> >> If we're going to change the name (or add an official subtitle), IMNSHO >> "Wikipedia" needs to be somewhere in there, spelled out in full. That's >> what we're most known for. >> --scott >> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM, olatunde olalekan isaac < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Perhaps something like "WikiConference 2017". >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Isaac >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Olatunde Isaac, 07/11/2016 21:47: >>>> >>>>> Thus, it would be more appropriate to use a title known to the general >>>>> public. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Like... a title that contains "wiki" plus some other catchy suffix? ;-) >>>> >>>> Nemo >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> (http://cscott.net) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > > -- > GN. > President Wikimedia Australia > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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