Two things about the name:
1) in Swedish we don't call them editathons, but "skrivstuga/skrivstugor"
(editing cottage/editing cottages).
2) the suffix "athon" comes from Marathon, a long-distance run. Considering that
this event is even longer than any normal editathon, it's arguably even more
appropriate ;-) But I see your point.
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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 11:30:29 -0800
From: christinewmeyer(a)gmail.com
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Regular editathons in Sweden about women and literature
I'm very interested in this kind of thing, so much so that I'd like to follow a
similar model locally. I'm not sure that I live in a large enough area to make it
feasible, though. However, I think that it's a good model to recruit and retain
editors, especially women, who tend to like editing in community. Wikimedia should pursue
this.
As far as a name for regular editing sessions like this, it reminds me a club--a group of
people who meet regularly to accomplish some kind of task, like a book club or
Toastmasters. How about something like, "Wikipedians Club". I'm sure
there's a more creative name than that. And then we could have individual chapters
with more creative names, based on topic or geography.
ChristineUser:Figureskatingfan
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raymond(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The key comment is this: “We are also considering ways to
get the people most interested in going to those editathons to also run them
(empowering them, in effect).”
If edit-a-thons are to achieve scale, it’s
necessary that once established, the group will continue under its own
momentum. This frees up the original organisers (or new members who have “graduated”
to become new organisers) to move on and establish similar groups.
Just an aside, I think we need a different
term for this kind of regular edit session. Perhaps it’s just my own
cultural baggage, but I associate the “-a-thon” as a big once-off
event e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/2014-08-14-Wikibomb
rather than something smaller but more
regular and ongoing. Maybe we should call it an editfika J
Kerry
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