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In terms of bots, may I suggest <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MessageDeliveryBot">MessageDeliveryBot</A> for the english Wikipedia, or for deliveries on more than one project <A href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery">Global message delivery</A> (hosted on Meta)?<BR>
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> From: aude.wiki@gmail.com<BR>> To: wikix-l@lists.wikimedia.org<BR>> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:51:02 -0500<BR>> CC: wikix-l@lists.wikimedia.org<BR>> Subject: Re: [WikiX-l] Contacting local wikipedians?<BR>> <BR>> We can use the watchlist geonotice. They have worked well for the DC <BR>> and NYC groups. I really don't think we cache watchlists since users <BR>> need them up-to-date<BR>> <BR>> Also, we can do user talk page invites to people in that category. <BR>> Just draft an invite message and someone with a bot can deliver.<BR>> <BR>> Katie (@aude)<BR>> <BR>> PS - Sorry for top post<BR>> <BR>> Sent from my iPhone<BR>> <BR>> On Jan 4, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Neal McBurnett <neal@mcburnett.org> wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > I posted this at http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump<BR>> > but haven't gotten any replies there, so thought I'd try here.<BR>> ><BR>> > Contacting local wikipedians<BR>> ><BR>> > What are good and appropriate ways to contact local wikipedians? I<BR>> > guess the watchlist notice<BR>> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Watchlist-details#10th_anniversary <BR>> > )<BR>> > may be the best (that's how I learned about this). But I wonder what<BR>> > other options there are. A geographical watchlist seems possible:<BR>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Geonotice.js though caching may<BR>> > make that slow to take effect.<BR>> ><BR>> > Is there a way to automatically process user ids in relevant<BR>> > categories<BR>> > (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Colorado)<BR>> > to find prolific active contributors so we can invite them on their<BR>> > user page? Are there bots suitable for this?<BR>> ><BR>> > Also, are there any good templates on en.wikipedia to use for<BR>> > advertising local events, or advice for making them?<BR>> ><BR>> > Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > WikiX-l mailing list<BR>> > WikiX-l@lists.wikimedia.org<BR>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> WikiX-l mailing list<BR>> WikiX-l@lists.wikimedia.org<BR>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l<BR> </body>
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