Monthly skill share in London - Wikimediauk-l

15 Oct 2018

Dear John,

I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking
of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some
sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming
straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the
evening.

You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working
nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with
something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people
to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work
or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.

Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as
you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we
discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a
good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would
happily hear again.

Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the
existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks
give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the
1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.

Jonathan

Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100
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 Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday,
 I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at
 the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme
 with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article
 status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography
 perhaps.

 Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have
 a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to
 the community and chapter members.

 I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the
 month. How does that sound to everyone?

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 Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you
 learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".

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 Tito Dutta
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 On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt;
 wrote:

  Hi all, after talking to community members at the
London meetup  yesterday,
  I want to suggest that we start running a monthly
skillshare after work  at
  the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to
organise a 12 month  programme
  with skillshares on things like 'getting an
article to featured article
 status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography
 perhaps.

 Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to  have
  a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would
have some broad appeal to
 the community and chapter members.

 I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the
 month. How does that sound to everyone?
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 I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe
 the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the
 ground.
 Cheers,
 Peter

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 Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday,
 I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at
 the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme
 with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article
 status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography
 perhaps.

 Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have
 a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to
 the community and chapter members.

 I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the
 month. How does that sound to everyone?
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