[Foundation-l] Wikimedia at events

[Pharos]

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:32 PM, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> James Forrester wrote:
>> On 2 June 2011 03:25, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
>>> Samuel Klein wrote:
>>>> I'd like to see this for more than just the Foundation - any event
>>>> where wikimedians have a presence - but this is a great place to
>>>> start.
>>>
>>> I started a (very bad) page at Meta-Wiki for future events:
>>> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_in_meatspace>.
>>>
>>> If anyone else could give it some love, that would be appreciated. :-)
>>
>> No reason that you couldn't scrape and push into an iCal format (or
>> whatever) from that. Worth doing?
>
> Absolutely worth doing, in my opinion. I'd first like to get the page/system
> a bit more established (and fill in some of the past years), but supporting
> iCal/gCal/etc. through a MediaWiki extension or a Toolserver tool would be
> awesome.
>
> Casey Brown wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:25 PM, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
>>> I started a (very bad) page at Meta-Wiki for future events:
>>> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_in_meatspace>.
>>
>> What's the difference between that page and
>> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events>?  We should clarify what the
>> difference is, if any.  Then again, maybe it's okay if the two
>> overlap. :-)
>
> Err, didn't really know about the "Events" page. :-)  It seems to list only
> current information, but the page history is probably ripe with good
> information that can be pulled out and stored in the subpages of the new
> system.

Actually, "Events" is not particularly focused on current stuff, the
great majority of items are actually for past events over the last
several years.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events

Definitely there should be some kind of merge, and we'll figure out
whatever the best format is and go with that.

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)

> I know I did look at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup> before creating
> "Wikimedia in meatspace," but the "Meetup" page had a note about being
> outdated and unmaintained at the top. At some point it probably makes sense
> to re-evaluate and/or merge some of these pages (the "beyond the web"
> series), though my intention is for "Wikimedia in meatspace" to be purely
> informational while subpages of "Meetup", etc. are more for active
> collaboration and coordination.
>
> MZMcBride
>
>
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