Hi Cascadians,
I've started a page on our wiki about what I think we've learned about editathon best practices, both from our own experience and from other reports that I've read: http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Editathon_planning_checklist
I've been busy with work so tomorrow's event will happen with less prep done than I would have liked, and I am still a ways from having my hoped-for VisualEditor tutorial complete, but at least with this checklist on our wiki, this will make preparation easier going forward. Please contribute your ideas and feedback. You can adapt this general guide for a specific focus or editathon by copying it to a new page and adapting there.
Thanks!
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* https://www.wikipedia.org/
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
Hi Pine, There are some good notes in the page at http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Editathon_planning_checklist I'm wondering what factors you consider when creating a page at cascadia.wiki vs editing an existing page on the wikimedia wikis?
I'm a moderate mergist at heart, especially regarding backstage/help pages, because I believe that can solve the issues with * information-fragmentation (with some or all pages getting out of date), * user-search (a centralized hub will contain more keywords, and be more widely linked-to), * and watchlisting (more eyeballs means more chances of one person's update inspiring someone else to add or tweak some details) ** More watchlisting also means more people to potentially join discussions or ask/answer questions on the talkpage. I see these as potential locations for merging your notes to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit-a-thon and possibly some new learning patterns for https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup#How_to_manage_a_Wikimedia_meetup I'd be interested in your perspective on all this. Thanks, Quiddity / Nick
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Cascadians,
I've started a page on our wiki about what I think we've learned about editathon best practices, both from our own experience and from other reports that I've read: http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Editathon_planning_checklist
I've been busy with work so tomorrow's event will happen with less prep done than I would have liked, and I am still a ways from having my hoped-for VisualEditor tutorial complete, but at least with this checklist on our wiki, this will make preparation easier going forward. Please contribute your ideas and feedback. You can adapt this general guide for a specific focus or editathon by copying it to a new page and adapting there.
Thanks!
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* https://www.wikipedia.org/
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.*
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Hi Quiddity,
The checklist on cascadia.wiki is customized for the formats that we are using for our events, and it's convenient to have a checklist on our wiki.
People can copy the content elsewhere with appropriate attribution. I might do that eventually, but it's not an interest of mine at the moment.
Cheers, Pine On Apr 25, 2015 9:27 PM, "quiddity" pandiculation@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Pine, There are some good notes in the page at http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Editathon_planning_checklist I'm wondering what factors you consider when creating a page at cascadia.wiki vs editing an existing page on the wikimedia wikis?
I'm a moderate mergist at heart, especially regarding backstage/help pages, because I believe that can solve the issues with
- information-fragmentation (with some or all pages getting out of date),
- user-search (a centralized hub will contain more keywords, and be
more widely linked-to),
- and watchlisting (more eyeballs means more chances of one person's
update inspiring someone else to add or tweak some details) ** More watchlisting also means more people to potentially join discussions or ask/answer questions on the talkpage. I see these as potential locations for merging your notes to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit-a-thon and possibly some new learning patterns for https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup#How_to_manage_a_Wikimedia_meetup I'd be interested in your perspective on all this. Thanks, Quiddity / Nick
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Cascadians,
I've started a page on our wiki about what I think we've learned about editathon best practices, both from our own experience and from other reports that I've read: http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Editathon_planning_checklist
I've been busy with work so tomorrow's event will happen with less prep done than I would have liked, and I am still a ways from having my hoped-for VisualEditor tutorial complete, but at least with this
checklist
on our wiki, this will make preparation easier going forward. Please contribute your ideas and feedback. You can adapt this general guide for
a
specific focus or editathon by copying it to a new page and adapting
there.
Thanks!
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* https://www.wikipedia.org/
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water
we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do
not
know.*
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