In Berlin, I was chatting with Tim Pritlove about the annual Choas Communication Congress which is held in Berlin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Communication_Congress
This event attracts 2,500 and 3,500 participants (according to Wikipedia) and a central feature is the "hack center" which gives access to around 600 people for whatever.
Not described in the Wikipedia article, but attested to by Tim Pritlove, it's a rocking good time.
So, I had this idea for something we could do as a part of a drive towards 1.0. We could get permission from a library or libraries in some densely populated centers around the world to gain admission during a holiday or weekend that they would normally be closed. We'd set up a wireless broadband network and bring together as many people as possible to work together day and night in a fun atmosphere to fact check articles and process them for final publication in a CD-ROM, with an eye towards print as well of course.
Since we'd be talking about en for this first round, logical cities for this would be New York and London, with L.A. and Chicago and Sydney also possible, if there are enough people interested to make that happen.
We'd strive to have as many people as possible in one location, and to attract maximum media attention to what we're doing. So the selection of a location would involve deliberations about keeping the cost low, both travel costs and hotel costs for participants travelling some distance.
For example, although this is too soon, the New York Public Library will be closed September 4 through September 6, for "Labor Day Weekend". There are many other holidays like that one which would provide a similar opportunity.
Imagine (go with me on this fantasy here) 1000 people working around the clock with timeouts just to sleep and eat, for 3 full days, to fact check, copyedit, and approve as many articles as possible.
--Jimbo