Greetings! I have also added my 2 cents to the Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AFuture_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference&diff=9881528&oldid=9861306
Regards, Nicole On 12 September 2014 15:31, Leigh Thelmadatter <[email protected]> wrote: > For what its worth, I just added another 2 cents over at > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference > > > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:58:00 +0100 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015 >> >> The name of a conference is typically a descriptor of the contents of the >> programme rather than of the attendees :) >> >> *Edward Saperia* >> Conference Director 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 12 September 2014 13:49, Ilario Valdelli <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > It's not the word Conference, is the word Wikimedia that address people to >> > consider it as an event for the Wikimedia movement. >> > >> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Chris Keating <[email protected] >> > > >> > wrote: >> > >> > > The word "Conference" doesn't in itself imply that an event is open or >> > > closed. >> > > >> > > C >> > > On 12 Sep 2014 13:06, "Ilario Valdelli" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > > But Wikimania is not only a Wikimedia Conference. >> > > > >> > > > It's a conference open to all people outside the Wikimedia movement. >> > > > >> > > > If the name should be as much as possible "explicative", the switch >> > from >> > > > Wikimania to Wikimedia Conference is inappropriate. >> > > > >> > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Wil Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > We can be both more sensible and sensitive by calling this conference >> > > > > something else. As has been suggested, Wikimedia Conference (maybe >> > > > > WikiCon for short) would be more appropriate. >> > > > > >> > > > > ,Wil >> > > > > >> > > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Ilario Valdelli <[email protected] >> > > >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > I would really appreciate if the discussion can move in other >> > > questions >> > > > > > concerning for instance the cost saving and the participation >> > instead >> > > > of >> > > > > > speaking of a name. >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Ilario Valdelli >> > > > Wikimedia CH >> > > > Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens >> > > > Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre >> > > > Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera >> > > > Switzerland - 8008 Zürich >> > > > Wikipedia: Ilario <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ilario> >> > > > Skype: valdelli >> > > > Facebook: Ilario Valdelli <https://www.facebook.com/ivaldelli> >> > > > Twitter: Ilario Valdelli <https://twitter.com/ilariovaldelli> >> > > > Linkedin: Ilario Valdelli < >> > > http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6724469 >> > > > > >> > > > Tel: +41764821371 >> > > > http://www.wikimedia.ch >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > > > [email protected] >> > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > > [email protected] >> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ilario Valdelli >> > Wikimedia CH >> > Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens >> > Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre >> > Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera >> > Switzerland - 8008 Zürich >> > Wikipedia: Ilario <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ilario> >> > Skype: valdelli >> > Facebook: Ilario Valdelli <https://www.facebook.com/ivaldelli> >> > Twitter: Ilario Valdelli <https://twitter.com/ilariovaldelli> >> > Linkedin: Ilario Valdelli <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6724469 >> > > >> > Tel: +41764821371 >> > http://www.wikimedia.ch >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- Nicole Ebber Leiterin Internationales Head of International Affairs Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. 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