On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 20:52, Jon Davis
<wiki@konsoletek.com> wrote:
Well the proposal actually turned out to be very simple. If you are curious you can read exactly what they wanted on the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire&oldid=278433661
The only real item that needed answering was the Exhibit Description, here's what I wrote:
This year, the Wikimedia Foundation is showing off all of our projects,
and attempting to highlight as many of their features as possible.
Everyone has heard of Wikipedia, the world’s largest free encyclopedia,
but did you know that anyone can edit it? In fact, we encourage
everyone to give editing a try! Our volunteers will be there to help
you along as you make your edits, should you wish to try it out.
Additionally, we'll be showing off such projects as: Wikimedia Commons
- a repository of over 4 million completely free images; Wikinews - the
free news source you can write; Wikibooks - a free library of
educational textbooks; and Wikiversity - the project dedicated to
learning resources at every level of education. Never heard of some of
these? All the more reason to come visit and learn more!
I think the important things to do currently are as follows:
#1 - Get the word out for more volunteers (Scheduling can be figured out later). I think the absolute minimum for any given time is 2 people. Last year I remember there being in excess of 4 people out "front" and more in back on the computers, at some points.
#2 - Figure out how we want to show off and who's got the goods. Obviously we're going to have computers, Brion's noted on the wiki that he's got ~4 spare machines (which is probably enough). On the wiki the showing off of Recent Changes was suggested, what format should that be in? We might not have the space/ability to do a projector. LED Signs are also suggested (Which I think is cool) but who's got the signs and how are they going to be powered (I mean what computer is it going to be plugged into, and how is it going to get the data it needs)?
#3 - Handouts. Business Cards? Moo Cards? Flyers? What do we actually want to have on them. Last year we gave out the book samplers, which I thought was an extremely easy way to talk people into the idea editing. The entire "Do you use Wikipedia? Yes, well have you ever edited? No, well here's a book that will help you get started" spiel. Handouts/Flyers are extremely cheap and to put out. Maybe we should have a few. One on how to edit, one on other wikimedia projects, or even one per project for some of the more popular projects.
We (the wikicomunity) are really good at getting things done when we need to, we just tend not to think about what we should do until too late. See also: the donation jar last year.
-Jon
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Ok, so spill the beans... what's going to be done, what was in the proposal, what do you need help with? 8-)
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