Hi Pine,
There are some good notes in the page at
http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Editathon_planning_checklist
I'm wondering what factors you consider when creating a page at
cascadia.wiki vs editing an existing page on the wikimedia wikis?

I'm a moderate mergist at heart, especially regarding backstage/help
pages, because I believe that can solve the issues with
* information-fragmentation (with some or all pages getting out of date),
* user-search (a centralized hub will contain more keywords, and be
more widely linked-to),
* and watchlisting (more eyeballs means more chances of one person's
update inspiring someone else to add or tweak some details)
** More watchlisting also means more people to potentially join
discussions or ask/answer questions on the talkpage.
I see these as potential locations for merging your notes to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit-a-thon
and possibly some new learning patterns for
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup#How_to_manage_a_Wikimedia_meetup
I'd be interested in your perspective on all this.
Thanks,
Quiddity / Nick



On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Cascadians,
>
> I've started a page on our wiki about what I think we've learned about
> editathon best practices, both from our own experience and from other
> reports that I've read:
> http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Editathon_planning_checklist
>
> I've been busy with work so tomorrow's event will happen with less prep
> done than I would have liked, and I am still a ways from having my
> hoped-for VisualEditor tutorial complete, but at least with this checklist
> on our wiki, this will make preparation easier going forward. Please
> contribute your ideas and feedback. You can adapt this general guide for a
> specific focus or editathon by copying it to a new page and adapting there.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pine
>
> *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
>
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> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
> our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
> must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
> which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
> fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
> know.*
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> *--Catherine Munro*
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