Hi Loic!
That is of course unfortunate that it didn't work as planned. Maybe if we
can get more people signed up for Wikiprojects it would make it easier to
get more specialised sessions organised. Or even plan separate events.
Especially for free software it might also make sense to have a workshop
and booth at open source conferences. The data from Wikidata could be very
useful for example to the freedesktop initiative, so there would be a lot
of synergies.
-tobias
Am 21.08.2016 7:07 nachm. schrieb "Loic Dachary" <loic(a)dachary.org>rg>:
Hi,
A short mail to report a bug in the organization of the wikidata workshop
held today during the wikiconvention in Paris[1]. Weeks in advance I
convinced a few people to attend so that we can work on our topic of
interest: Software and Free Software in particular[2]. There is no better
context than being surrounded by seasoned wikidata contributors to improve
and contribute at the same time. The description was appealing:
"After a one hour training, we will create groups according to the desire
of the participants: contribute, discover and install useful gadgets..."
When the audience was asked for their preferences, I raised my hand and
happily declared "Contributing to the Software and FLOSS projects !". Much
to my surprise this was quickly dismissed: "we're only going to learn about
tools, we create groups to use and learn about tools, not to work on a
specific project". My interest for the Software project is known to both
Harmonia Amanda and Ash_Crow, to the extent that I discussed with them my
intent to recruit people to participate in the workshop for that particular
topic[3], well in advance. The focus of our interest was also made clear in
the participant list[4].
Of course the rebuttal was not enough to discourage us from contributing
to wikidata :-) We found another room and did useful work together, just
without the pleasure of being part of the group.
When facing such a minor disappointment, I suppose there is not much cause
for concern. But I thought it would be useful to report what appears to be
a glitch in the organization so that it can be fixed. This is not a
pleasant thing to write or read, but what would be life without a few
mistakes ?
In conclusion I would like to thank everyone for a wonderful first
experience, specially Harmonia Amanda and Ash_Crow who do a tremendous work
with wikidata.
Cheers
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_
francophone/2016/Programme/Atelier_de_formation_%C3%A0_Wikidata
[2]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_
Informatics/Software
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_
Informatics/FLOSS
[3] 15 july 2016 <dachary> Ash_Crow: pour
https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2016/Programme/
Atelier_de_formation_%C3%A0_Wikidata nous serons au moins trois avec pour
centre d'intérêt
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_
Informatics/FLOSS et
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_
Informatics/Software . J'espère convaincre deux autres personnes mais
c'est pas gagné ... l'attrait des vacances...
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_
francophone/2016/Programme/Atelier_de_formation_%C3%A0_
Wikidata#Participants_int.C3.A9ress.C3.A9s_.28inscrivez-
vous_ci-dessous_et_posez_d.C3.A8s_.C3.A0_pr.C3.A9sent_vos_
questions_.C3.A0_l.27organisateur_de_la_session.29
--
Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre
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