Wikimedia-california January 2011

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Wikimania Bidding 2012
by Andrew Lih 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hi all, New to the list, but a veteran of almost everything else in Wikipedia, including being on the Wikimania selection jury for several years, and helping logistics, programming, et al. Happy to give any advice and help as needed. I think an SF bid would be great. With no disrespect to Stanford's proposed bid, the city-based location in SF itself would be much more conducive to outings and the vibe of other Wikimanias which have been within walking or short public transport distance to cultural institutions and funky attractions. On the other hand, Stanford being in proximity of other dot-coms and startups might provide an opportunity for outreach to other tech firms/groups that we've never had before. It might also concentrate Wikipedians together in a way to help promote more editor-editor interaction. Each one has its benefits. I was at the WC WikiConference, and it might indeed be an interesting evolution for Wikimania. The kickoff WM in Frankfurt '05 was more casual, and really focused on Wikipedians talking with each other for the first time. '06 and '07 professionalized it quite a bit more, as it was Wikipedia's heyday and public rise. Correspondingly, the programs at those events were more formal, as it also allowed for academics/students to get funded to go to a conference that was professionally run and where submissions were peer-reviewed. In some sense, Wikisym now being concurrent with Wikimania has removed the need for the latter, and Wikimania can perhaps return to its more informal, community roots. The WC WikiConf was all open space -- that is, no agenda, all sessions proposed in a circle by attendees, and sifted and sorted in wiki style. Registration was by EventBrite, and Phoebe and Eugene were able to pull it off with much less pain than for Wikimanias. There might be something to learn from that. Interested in other thoughts. -Andrew -- -Andrew Lih USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http:/www.wikipediarevolution.com PROJECT: WikiFactcheck: http://wikifactcheck.org/wiki

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Wikimania Bidding 2012
by Joseph Seddon 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Dear Wikimedia California mailing list, Earlier this month the bidding for Wikimania 2012 opened and I wanted to encourage your community to consider submitting a bid. Failing to win shouldn't stop you since so much can be learnt by bidding anyway nor should the rotation of Wikimania be an issue since there hasn't been a North American wikimania since 2006. Wikimania provides an excellent opportunity for the local community to come together to work on something big and it may well lead on to other things so please think about it. Creation of bids closes on February 6th so there is plenty of time to create a page and start the work on a bid. California has such a vibrant community and a conference here would be veyr successful. There is the Stanford bid currently but it might be worth looking at it and seeing whether there are better options and if not, go with it and try and make it happen. If you need any advice please feel free to ask on this list. Many Thanks Joseph Seddon Wikimania 2012 Jury Moderator

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Jan. 15, 10am-5+: West Coast WikiConference, San Francisco Chronicle building, 5th and Mission
by James Salsman 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Please celebrate the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia with an open space unconference Saturday January 15 from 10:00 a.m. at the San Francisco Chronicle building, 5th St. & Mission; 901 Mission St, Suite 105, San Francisco, CA 94103. If you would like to attend please register ($25) at http://wcwc2011.eventbrite.com Please see http://2011.westcoastwikicon.org/wiki/Program for the current program. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_meeting for further information about open space unconferences. More information about the venue is at http://bayarea.the-hub.net/public/space__Hub%20SoMa.html My critique talk outline is at http://2011.westcoastwikicon.org/wiki/Talk:Program -- I am hoping we can get a vigorous debate on some of those topics going. Please let me know if you want to participate in, or if you know anyone who might want to participate in such a debate. I've offered to give a preview talk a week or two in advance so that debate participants will have the opportunity to respond to all the points I'll be raising, so I'd like to know who is interested. If there are people from out of town who are interested or too many people to conveniently schedule, I'll just continue to edit the outline with further detail. Thank you! Regards, James Salsman bccs

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