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?

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On 13 August 2014 18:18, Matthias Süßen <info@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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