It may be obvious but it bears pointing out: There is no ONE right universal model for edit-a-thons.
Think of all the variables -- Wikipedia topic, location, local culture, language, target constituency, medium/form factor, et al. It's all about us coherently sharing our best practices and supporting each other in any way we can. On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:49 AM, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wikimedia UK certainly doesn't have a veto power on editathon's in the UK, > we do try to coordinate in order to minimise clashes, but all we can do > there is to request that people not have multiple editathons in the same > city on the same day. There are things that we have that make editathon's > easier to do or more inclusive - trained trainers, spare laptops, mobile > Wifi and a hearing loop for starters, though the price for that support is > that we do need to collect data for metrics. When someone independently > organises an event in the UK we are likely to get in touch and offer spare > laptops and other support. > > Spare laptops in particular are very frequently used at UK editathons, and > I believe "bring a laptop or book one of ours" is a much more inclusive way > to run an event. Than "bring a laptop", and when someone discovers that > they don't have a power lead or they weren't given the password for the > laptop they brought it is really nice to be able to just hand them a > laptop. So I always try to have one more than was ordered. > > Regards > > Jonathan Cardy > > GLAM Organiser Wikimedia UK > > >> after that it started to become impossible to organize an editathon > >> without first having an employee agreeing it > > >That seems... wrong. > > >For one, that experience may be WMUK's but it's certainly far from > >universal. WMCA organizes monthly editathons in Montréal, at the very > >least, at zero cost. (They are organized/moderated by volunteers and > >the venue is provided at no cost by the Bibilothèque et Archive > >Nationale du Québec). I've never attended, but I'm told that they are > >fairly popular and well-liked. > > >If WMUK /chose/ do have a more structured (and more expensive) framework > >to organize similar events themselves, it in no way prevents volunteers > >or other organisms to do so without a penny of Foundation (or chapter) > >funding. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
