Hi Quiddity, The checklist on cascadia.wiki is customized for the formats that we are using for our events, and it's convenient to have a checklist on our wiki.
People can copy the content elsewhere with appropriate attribution. I might do that eventually, but it's not an interest of mine at the moment. Cheers, Pine On Apr 25, 2015 9:27 PM, "quiddity" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 * information-fragmentation (with some or all pages getting out of date), 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/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *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.* > > > > *--Catherine Munro* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
