On Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 16:18, Joseph Fox wrote:
To be honest, I think I spent the majority of the time just sitting with a laptop in the big rooms and I felt that the conference's structure was well done (i.e. it allowed for this laziness rather than tutting at me for it).
I think what you're really looking for is one giant unconference - and, given that Sunday was clearly the least productive day of the whole weekend, I don't think Wikimania 2013 would really benefit from a complete overhaul of the "seminar" structure.
We need to somehow find a way to make Wikimania the best of both worlds - being able to meet and sit with others while also learning something from the experience.
I think Wikimania could do with having a small group tutorial track. There's lots we can teach each other in a small group structure. Article writing, writing for Wikinews, handling difficult OTRS responses (obviously, that's only for OTRSers), bot hacking, dispute resolution techniques, handling image copyrights, restoring images, reviewing Good Articles, whatever. There's lots of things we can teach each other, and having a slightly more formalised way of doing so in small groups seems like a really useful thing we could do at Wikimania.