I was there at the WMCON as well, representing Wikimedia Italia. It was a wonderful experience, and I second Micru's comments that there much going on, and more and more need of concentrating our efforts.
The Wikisource Community user Group can provide a framework to speak at an international and institutional level as a community, and we could receive funds and plan projects and events. Me and Micru spoke with people from Nepal for a brand new Nepalese Wikisource (see mail in this list), and Esperanto speakers for an Esperanto one. If we could help them reaching their goals we could demonstrate how active our community is, and pave the way for future developments. I really hope we will discuss these exiting topics in Wikimania this summer :-D Aubrey On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM, David Cuenca <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was invited to participate on the Wikimedia Conference 2014 [1] on > behalf of the Wikisource Community User Group. I was in Hamburg the week > before, so I just booked a bus ticket and went to Berlin this past weekend. > > The WMCON is primarily oriented towards chapters, but there were also user > group representatives, and members of the FDC, GAC, and WMF panel. > > By talking with members of the several chapters I got informed about the > Wikisource-oriented efforts that are happening on each community. I found a > pity that this kind of information is not shared at international level, > since there are always lessons to be learn and new ideas that can help any > Wikisource language community (for instance the DIY-scanners from WM > Argentina). Some effort will be neded to collect more stories, probably > during Wikimania. > > I also seeked advice about how to further promote the WsCUG, so it can > benefit all Wikisource members with projects funded at international level. > Discussing this matters with GAC and FDC members was useful, since they > informed me about how to shape proposals in a sustainable way. I also > approached WMDE and they were willing to provide help, as they did to the > German Wikisource by helping to organize their meet-up last year > > All in all, it was a positive experience that can help the WsCUG to move > forward. I will talk about concrete actions in a different email. > > Cheers, > Micru > > > [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014 > [2] http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Treffen_2013 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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