... 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 _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l

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. 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: or subjects they know about, help them find topics they are interested in and help them to dip a toe in the water. 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!) -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l

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.

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: -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l