Thank you very much for the report, Romaine! A little note: The WikiCon is showing for a number of years how naturally the German speaking Wikimedians work together. On the other hand, I would like to see in future also some contributions in English to attract more other visitors.
Kind regards Ziko -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Ziko van Dijk voorzitter / president Wikimedia Nederland Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht http://wikimedia.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013/11/25 Romaine Wiki <[email protected]>: > The past three days (22-24 Nov) there was in the south German city of > Karlsruhe near the French border a conference organised by Wikimedia Germany > and a whole group of volunteers. The conference, WikiCon, was held for the > fourth time as German language conference, with many users from Germany, > Switzerland, and Austria, but also users from Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, > and the Netherlands. I was there too and was asked to give a presentation and > tell about about bots and about Wiki Loves Monuments. The conference was held > in the buildings of the complex of the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie > (KIT), with there the rooms for presentations and talks, a university > cafeteria and a hall. > > The conference took three days to enable the users to travel here from longer > distances to come here. Friday was the day of arrival. In the afternoon > almost everyone arrived. Those who were early could join the excursion to the > Bundesverfassungsgericht [1], an important court in Germany. At the beginning > of the evening everyone was welcomed and a buffet was arranged. After that a > Entzücklopädischer Abend (entzücken = delight), in what humor and music where > used to have a look at the going ons in Wikipedia. After a long night > everyone went to their hotel. > > On the second day there were seven tracks - seven simultaneous series of > presentations - about a wide range of subjects with attention to all kinds of > aspects of Wikipedia and the things that accompany it. See for the program in > German on https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_2013/Programm > At noon a lunch was arranged for the attendees in the cafeteria. At the > beginning of the evening followed the ceremony of Wiki Loves Monuments in > Germany. Then there was a buffet arranged for the attendees, after which > people lingered long and talked until midnight. > > On the third day, there was a barcamp [2], the visitors had indicated the day > before what topics they wanted to talk about and/or give a presentation and > who was interested. There was also room for discussion on some issues. Around > noon we moved to the main hall for closure. There the motivation awards were > handed out: which projects over the past year contributed most to the > development of (mainly) the German Wikipedia. Also everyone was thanked who > helped to make this conference a success. > > I personally I liked the most talking to users to exchange our experiences on > Wikipedia and learn from each other, what subjects people are working on and > what they encounter working on the various projects. There is a huge > overlapping with what users encounter on the German Wikipedia compared to > other wikis, but we actually know so little about each other. > > Other ingredients were big Wikipediabeanbags, Wikipedia seating cubes, > wikichocolate, wikipuzzles, free internet, nice users on an interesting > conference. > > Also I should mention that the KIT is active with open access as publication > model. > > See for images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiCon_2013 > > Greetings, > > Romaine > > > From a poster there: > Many Wikipedia article on meals have no photo yet. > What could be more natural than the court to prepare myself to photograph, > and involve them in the Wikipedia? > -- http://wikifeedme.openthesaurus.de/ > > > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Constitutional_Court_of_Germany > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
