Steven Walling, 25/01/2012 19:33:
We want this to be very different than past staff
meetups or interviews
that have happened in Brazil. We are not interested in the university
program, the chapter, the Brazil office, or the fundraiser. That is not
what Maryana and I do in the movement.
We only care about hearing from the authors of Portuguese Wikipedia about
what their community is like. To lump together all the projects in that
discussion would be unfair, because it assumes that Wikipedia, Commons,
Wikibooks, and Wikiversity are all the same. I don't have to tell you they
are very different, and I think it would be impossible to talk about all of
them in just a few hours at a meetup. That is why we suggested that we most
want to hear about Portuguese Wikipedia and why we posted our meetup
information on Portuguese Wikipedia, not any other project.
If you feel it's a waste of time to get together with us and other
Wikipedians just to talk about Portuguese Wikipedia, then that's okay. I
don't feel that way, and I think people will be glad to have a meetup where
we can focus on the encyclopedia, instead of anything else.
For people who didn't follow every single piece of the Brazilian WMF
activities, could you please explain how these meetups are «very
different than past staff meetups or interviews that have happened in
Brazil»?
Nemo