From: Nikola Smolenski smolensk@eunet.rs On 22/09/11 10:12, Andrea Zanni wrote:
when Sue presented us the Strategic Plan and Wikipedia was all over the pages, but none of the sister projects.
I have to say, whenever I make a presentation of Wikimedia and mention sister projects, all I get is blank stares. It really makes sense to focus on Wikipedia in outreach activities.
Um… no. That means it really makes sense to talk about the sister projects more than just mentioning them, as they are clearly in more need of outreach than Wikipedia with that audience…
I often briefly describe the sister projects when I'm doing Wikipedia outreach - and quite often see people making comments on twitter etc. as a result about how they didn't know about a particular project, and were going to take a look at it (and hopefully go on to contribute to it…)
Mike
On 22/09/11 14:53, Michael Peel wrote:
From: Nikola Smolenskismolensk@eunet.rs On 22/09/11 10:12, Andrea Zanni wrote:
when Sue presented us the Strategic Plan and Wikipedia was all over the pages, but none of the sister projects.
I have to say, whenever I make a presentation of Wikimedia and mention sister projects, all I get is blank stares. It really makes sense to focus on Wikipedia in outreach activities.
Um… no. That means it really makes sense to talk about the sister projects more than just mentioning them, as they are clearly in more need of outreach than Wikipedia with that audience…
Of course I haven't meant that I just list them; I say a couple of sentences about every one of them.
I often briefly describe the sister projects when I'm doing Wikipedia outreach - and quite often see people making comments on twitter etc. as a result about how they didn't know about a particular project, and were going to take a look at it (and hopefully go on to contribute to it…)
Apparently we had different audiences.
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