Yeah! There's so much we could be doing (both on-wiki and in meatspace) for the "10th anniversary" next January. I would suggest that not only should we be investigating activities such as that you describe to improve the content, but also that we undertake fundraising and general outreach activities across the world around. For example, the "spread Firefox<http://www.spreadfirefox.com/>" project has been a success and I'd love to see this kind of thing for Wikipedia projected on monuments around the world on the 10th anniversary day: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nois3lab/4088072729/in/set-72157622640597827/:-) (video of same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8Dyhz_qbs ) And yes, as you say, it is also a very good opportunity to really utilise the value of the geo-targeted notices if all the chapters and geographically defined wikiprojects coordinate undertake activities simultaneously. -Liam [[witty lama]] wittylama.com/blog Peace, love & metadata On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Stuart West &lt;stuwest(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Stuart West &lt;stuwest(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: yes, what a fantastic event to do some concentrated outreach around! I really like the edit drive, welcoming back editors, and usability launch ideas. Some more ideas: * Worldwide meetups -- next year, January 15 is a Saturday :) which makes planning convenient. We should encourage every chapter and meetup group, large and small, to have some sort of meetup or event on Wikipedia Day. How many wikipedians can we have partying at once around the world?! Or larger groups might put on bigger "wikipedia day" events where the public is invited, talks are given, etc. Some sharing of best practices from groups who have already done this to groups who haven't would probably be helpful. * make it a "month of Wikipedia" and provide materials, kits and ideas to outside groups and newbie editors who want to participate. Other groups do this, e.g. with the International Year of Astronomy. Ideas: ** outreach to teachers for classroom projects -- not just classroom editing but also learning about wikipedia, using wikimedia materials in lessons, etc. ** article referencing drive :) something I've wanted to do for a long time -- outreach to librarians (and others) to help add references to articles ** editing drives -- especially editing drives on smaller projects? Maybe Google and others would considering partnering again, as they just did for the Swahili contest. ** photography drives ("the world <3 wikipedia") * Along with outreach to the world, this should also be a chance to remember and celebrate the community internally, as Ziko mentions. Maybe creating a Wikipedia timeline... bringing back old-timers to speak... exchanging greetings from group to group... finally tracking down willy on wheels.... (Every time I do the "this week in history" section for the Signpost I get nostalgic -- this week, in 2005, we protected the main page of the english wikipedia!) We should try and collectively celebrate our amazing past as a community, too. Does this need a planning page on meta? :) -- phoebe