Forwarding an interesting blog post in which the author shares thoughts about the Wikimedia communities, including the editor engagement roles and attributes of offline meetups for Wikimedians. Some of this blog post might also be relevant for those who are involved in thinking about creating a project-wide "friendly space" policy.

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Sherman asherman@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:18 PM Subject: [Social-media] Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures To: lionel@scheepmans.be, Social media discussion list for Wikimedia projects social-media@lists.wikimedia.org

Hello Everyone,

We just published "Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures" to the blog. URL:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/12/wikimania-online-and-offline/

Thanks to Lionel for writing and helping us edit this post.

Below are some proposed social media messages. Tweak as needed.

*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*

• .@Wikimania, @Wikipedia and the differences between online and offline culture (link)

• A French anthropologist observes the differences between online and offline participation at @Wikimania (link)

*Facebook/Google+*

• A French anthropologist observes the differences between online and offline participation in the Wikimedia movement, based on a visit to the Wikimania 2014 conference in London. (link)

Thanks,