This sounds great; I hope it all goes really really well! I think, from the perspective of those of us who won't be able to make it (but who dearly love Wikisource nonetheless) that the Manifesto is of great importance. Not that I don't love getting my brain tied in knots thinking about Wikidata and how it should model books and whatnot; I think that problem is going to be solved somehow, one day. The question of "what we're trying to do" is harder (well... easier too?) and will, I hope, benefit from face-to-face conversations. So good luck! :)
I shall be following along at home. - sam On Thu, October 22, 2015 7:01 am, Andrea Zanni wrote: > Hi everyone, > as you know in a month there'll be the Wikisource Conference in Wien, > I hope many of you will participate. > > The organizing team discussed with the WMF about the program and we came > up > with a very simple schedule. We wanted to have *very few goals*, so it's > easier to achieve them. > > * Friday for GLAMs/workshops/hackathon: Friday, as the first day, will be > the warming up. Several people signed for making a presentation [1], or > for > hosting a workshop. We think it would be a good day for talking, learning, > coding, whatever you feel like. Presentations are good for beginners, as > are workshops. We feel that as a small community we can auto-organize and > not be facilitated that day. > There is the possibility of visiting an archive in Wien, but that would be > just after lunch and would break the sessions. > We can think of making the trip a fringe event on Thursday afternoon for > those who arrive early... What do you think? We would really like to know > your opinion on this. > > * Saturday is the main day, for the discussion on "Wikisource identity and > future". It's a very important moment, possibly crucial as a international > community. We would be most likely facilitated by a professional, as we'd > have the goal of writing a Wikisource "manifesto". The goal of this is > simple: gain a clean picture of what Wikisource is and what we want it to > be, with a roadmap. This document would be then the start for a > conversation with the WMF about the future of Wikisource. > > Many people could be "intimidated" by a discussion like this :-), and so > there would be the possibility of having a parallel session on the > relationship between Wikisource and Wikidata, that is the important issue > to tackle. > > Both these sessions would be wrapped up on Sunday morning. > > Again, we would like your feedback on this: as you see, the conference is > pretty simple, having few (but big!) topics, and we have few goals but we > must succeed in achieving them. The very conference is a pilot, and if we > fail we may not be given another chance. > > Please tell us what you think. > > Aubrey > > > > > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Community_User_Group/Wikisource_Conference_2015/Program > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > _______________________________________________ Wikisource-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
