Derric,
Per Jane, unfortunately that is about the scale of editathons that we tend
to see in the U.S. unless you have a developed community in a metropolitan
area. Sometimes it helps to thematize events around a topic of interest to
a particular community already. That being said good job! We need more
people being bold and innovative!
Alex
On Jun 16, 2014 1:33 PM, "Jane Darnell" <jane023(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Derric,
That's great, and I think 9 is a good number for the states. Time will
tell whether the newbies stick around...
Jane
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Derric Atzrott <
datzrott(a)alizeepathology.com> wrote:
Good day all,
I just wanted to let you know that our edit-a-thon at the C. Burr Artz
Library’s Maryland Room (archives) was a success. We had 9 people show up,
3 new editors, and 2 new people make accounts (one already had one that
just had never been used). We also had one person who just came to see the
presentation, but didn’t actually create an account.
We created 2 new articles, actually photographed a few local buildings
that had articles, but no photos, and made modifications to four other
articles. The edit-a-thon was not quite as productive as I would have
liked, but everyone still had a good time and some folks new to Wikimedia
learned who we are and what we are about.
I’ll have a full write-up, with what I learned and advise for future
organisers along with detailed results, on-wiki a bit later, but I wanted
to give a brief summary here now. I’ll email again once I’ve done the full
write-up.
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
Computer Specialist
Alizee Pathology
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