But also: why not just do those small projects with the chapter? There's
nothing stopping anybody from organising an editathon and asking for help
and expenses for it by way of a small grant. I'd love to help people do
field trips for WLM, for example. I'm here to help, so please use me as a
resource within the chapter. The programmes team can also help you. Please
ask us.
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 09:23, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 23:41, Harry Mitchell
<hjmwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
By the way, since I know you and I are not the only ones who feel, to be
charitable to both sides, that WMUK's focus on large projects and
residencies has squeezed out the smaller projects, why don't we set
something else up?
Because its another structure that needs supporting.
Not a chapter but a society of Wikimedians
focusing on small projects
that have a smaller but more immediate impact on editors
and projects (for
example editathons, field trips, events with small local history groups
etc, experience-sharing events for experienced editors). There's no reason
such a society couldn't dovetail with WMUK; it could even perhaps apply for
some modest funding (low four figures at the very most) from WMUK or the
WMF.
I think you ultimately run into the issue that most wikipedians are
quite happy editing on their own and have a fairly limited desire to
get involved with other wikimedians through meatspace.
--
geni
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