GN,
While I understand where you are coming from (ie. Wikipedia as the more
recognizable name to the public) it would seem to be a poor time to portray
the gathering as just Wikipedia-centric, especially with the rise of
Wikidata as a major force in more things we are doing, such as Wikimedia
Commons.
The best solution may be somewhere in the middle, where conference adopts a
subtitle that includes “Wikipedia” prominently, in order to make it more
SEO friendly.
-Andrew
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On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
To quote C. Scott Ananian
I have no idea how to concisely include all the
"Wikimedia projects" and
still mention "Wikipedia" in the title... which suggests perhaps that Ed's
version ("Wikimania: the global wikipedia summit") or whatever
subtitle Lodewijk used isn't too far off.
maybe we are missing the target altogether, Wikipedia is our most
identifiable brand, its what started the whole game and every other project
in someway supports it. The bulk of all talks at Wikimanias are focused on
Wikipedia activity. It could it be that when talk about reducing the size
of Wikimania we could look in an alternative direction and focus on
individual projects, the hack-a-thon has become a separate identity
already, wikisource has held it own. This isnt saying that the conference
wouldnt cover or cater for other projects as it already does but it would
give us something broader to sell to the sponsors, venues etc by calling it
the Wikipedia Conference it could then focus on the 300 languages, the work
in the incubator, it would also create a greater immediate impact
externally and encourage more people to come learn more and get involved,
it'd be sellable to GLAM and media alike... Every one would have the
ability to focus on the local language as a key platform
The Wikimedia Conference could then remain maybe even be expanded to
enable more attendees focused as it already is on the movement
A Commons conference would be media based looking more at copyright,
personality rights even equipment which would open us to whole new world of
sponsors Imagine the people who could be a Key note speaker at a Commons
conference that would otherwise bore the pants off every other attendee at
a Wikimania.
each and every conference would run at its own rate annually, bi-annually,
even one in four years choose locations that suit its own aims with
scholarships for those that the community would really benefit from
attending
Every conference would have cross over streams as no one project is
isolated from any other, it would expand the focus and diverisfy the
funding/sponsorship opportunities while addressing some of the key issues
about the size of Wikimania, the way some sections of the community are
lost and allow greater return on the brand identities of each project.
On 8 November 2016 at 07:04, C. Scott Ananian <cananian(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Again, "Wiki" means
"wikileaks" to many folks these days.
"Wikiconference" isn't enough to distinguish wikipedia from wikileaks.
And there are plenty of examples of wiki software other than mediawiki...
If we're going to change the name (or add an official subtitle), IMNSHO
"Wikipedia" needs to be somewhere in there, spelled out in full. That's
what we're most known for.
--scott
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM, olatunde olalekan isaac <
reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Perhaps something like "WikiConference
2017".
Best,
Isaac
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <
nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Olatunde Isaac, 07/11/2016 21:47:
> Thus, it would be more appropriate to use a title known to the general
> public.
>
Like... a title that contains "wiki" plus some other catchy suffix? ;-)
Nemo
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