On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:

I would prefer more of Wikimania to be interactive and
discussion-oriented; perhaps you would prefer more to be
presentation-oriented. That's a good tradeoff for a program team to
discuss. But presenters could then think consciously about which of
these modes they intend to participate in.

As a simple change, the default language for submissions could be shifted from "presentations" (currently used repeatedly as the 'default' term to describe what is going on) to "discussions and presentations" or something along those lines. Simply that reminder that presentations aren't the only way to have a session at the conference might go a long way towards opening things up.

Luis

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