On 01/23/2013 10:46 PM, Gregory Varnum wrote:
Greetings,
Wikimania is six months away - and in terms of planning - that means it is right around the corner.
As such, folks involved with programme and Hackathon organizing are very interested in any ideas that WM developers may have for this year's Hackathon.
Please contribute them on-wiki - https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Brainstorming
Or if that is just too much wiki for today - feel free to email me and I'll make sure it gets posted. :)
Thank you! -greg aka varnent Wikimania 2013 Programme Committee / geek helping with Hackathon
Thank you!
Before jumping to the Wikimania website, could you share your own thoughts and lessons learned from last Wikimania Hackathon? Feedback from any other participants is welcome as well.
URLs with feedback are welcome too! There are the valuable
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-July/062065.html http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-July/062066.html
As an outsider (not for long) the main concerns I see are:
* No local tech contact specifically interested in the Hackathon found so far. Who is the varnent of Hong Kong 2013? And what is your role this year, by the way? Good to see you involved!
* Personally no idea about the Hong Kong Wikimedia tech / MediaWiki community.
* Far from US & Europe, unclear how many usual suspects of this community will make it.
* Unclear (to me, still) actual purpose, goal and fit with the rest of Wikimania.
Before having this framework more clear, it is difficult to jump to specific ideas at the Wikimania website, other than wlan should work well, we need plugs in each table and so on. :)