On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I think this is a key component of a celebration, FT2.
I'd like to see all venues or locations (planning centers) consider how to ensure
it's possible to have volunteers teaching others how to edit well - show them the
ropes and encourage brave edits on the spot. We've seen that here in the bay area
with events like maker faire [1]. It's not a showstopper thing to do, but it really
goes a long way in showing how things really do happen online.
We did workshops as part of Wikipedia Day NYC last January, and we're
surely going to do them again for the big 10th anniversary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2010
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
For a major celebration I'd like to ensure
there's an engagement space around, before, or in parallel to a more traditional
party. A series of ten public engagements in any given city or region? I'm also
interested in the idea of having these sorts of things happening in places of learning or
knowledge - museums, discovery centers, libraries (or similar settings) - the GLAM set
sure, but also unexpected locations where learning takes place. In many of those areas
we'll already be looking at pre-existing, great articles written about high level
topics (the article about sharks, or any sub-species is probably pretty good) but it's
a great way to show people the depth of content in the project.
On Aug 14, 2010, at 7:30 AM, FT2 wrote:
... have the place staffed by volunteers too, ask
visitors their hobbies or subjects they know about, help them find topics they are
interested in and help them to dip a toe in the water.
Invite them to watch skilled editors at work who are open to questions...
Invite people to take good quality photos and bring them in to be touched up and show
them how to upload them to a holding area with the best going into Commons (saves issues
for the many pics that just won't make it, they can still learn!)
Engagement, in other words
FT2
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