Andrew Lih, 04/02/2016 16:57:
One thing that would help make sense of where we are now: remind us how the overall structure of the conference is going to include not just the 42 “critical issues” sessions picked out of EasyChair, but also ones via other processes. Make it clear, repeat it constantly, and give links to people to understand it.
+1 For the rest, huge +1 on Shani's "wiki way" paragraph.
- “User digest presentations" - When the page says “Contact the Thematic
Liaison,” the user is almost always at least two clicks away from finding a way to contact that person. Even worse, for many users, clicking on their name sends you to a confusing page: “https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Username%E2%80%... What is the average user supposed to do with that?
The page can be edited. :-) Information on most people listed there is public here or there, only needs some editing help to be presented at best.
I added the user accounts link for the case where no link is provided, thinking that the "average user" of a Wikimania wiki knows how to use talk pages. How does your "average user" look like?
- “Discussions” page is a red link. There is not even a simple
description of what this is. Same thing with “Community Village”
These are repeat models, so any former Wikimania attendee can help fill in. :-)
- Even a brief paragraph or a diagram showing the 10,000 foot/3048 meter
view of the overall plan would be welcome on the submissions page. Right now there is no prose, only six big categories. This requires a lot of haphazard clicking and piecing together of the conference narrative.
The "general narrative" is https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Pillars , AFAIK.
Nemo