It seems to me that as the movement grows and matures, it is natural for
its core discussion to evolve to more 'meta' topics. Likewise, as the
project becomes a more significant player on the world stage, it must
carefully reflect on how it relates to its peers; the media, the academy,
the education system, and those who also seek to index the world's
information.
If you're keen to help shape the programme for next year, perhaps consider
joining the programme committee?
*Edward Saperia*
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On 13 August 2014 18:18, Matthias Süßen <info(a)pixelfehler.de> wrote:
Dear Wikimaniacs.
Please excuse the provocative title. As you might know Wikimania2014 is
over right now. And it was a great event and a big success. The program was
very comprehensive and had something for almost every taste. But meta
themes, technical and abstract topics imho played a dominant role.
I think the most important part is still missing: program offers of (and
for) contributors. There were some, but very few. The reason is undoubtedly
not that there is a lack of submissions. There were a lot, but most of them
were rejected. This is exactly what I do not want, and I believe it to be a
development in the wrong direction. A welcome exception to this was Diego
Delsos lecture "How Commons made a quality photographer out of me".
Hopefully there are more such events in Mexico. In London we had a lot of
sections, such as Education, GLAM, Technology, Open Data and Free Culture.
Maybe we should add a fixed "Contributors Area" if only to ensure that
events of (and for) contributors become an integral part of a Wikimania and
have a guaranteed place at future events.
Let's go back to the roots. I would be delighted if it were possible for
Diego to hold his lecture again next year. It would imho also be an
excellent idea if there were events like
-how to take cheap images with a quality camera erm - I mean, how to take
quality images with a cheap camera.
-How to adopt a foreign country
-Creating a bot for dummies
-my first edit in Wikipedia ever. How people come to Wikipedia and why
they stay.
Workshops for Wikipedia editors, photographers, cartographers,
illustrators and so on to mention only a few.
Many people I spoke with demonstrated great enthusiasm, but they had the
same questions as I. What do you think?
Yours,
Matthias Süßen
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