[WikiEN-l] Did you like Wikipedia:Spotlight? Try "Editing Friday"!

[Thor Malmjursson]

Late friday to early saturday UTC?  Very unlikely to happen.  Most people I know on a Friday night want to be out winding down from a week at work, not sitting in front of their PC's editing Wikipedia.  Friday night to saturday morning is prime "relaxation" time, and I'd imagine the kind of time most people would prefer to be putting their feet up, clubbing or down the pub.

Thor

> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:23:12 -0400
> From: ragesoss+wikipedia at gmail.com
> To: wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Did you like Wikipedia:Spotlight? Try "Editing Friday"!
> 
> Wikipedia:Spotlight [1] is an inactive project that many of you are
> probably familiar with. The concept is, real-time collaboration on
> building a specific article.
> 
> When it worked well, Spotlight was a great project; it gave
> participants a taste of the best of Wikipedia and the feeling of
> community and common purpose.  Relative newcomers could learn from old
> hands, and with many people pitching in, major articles could see huge
> improvements in a short time.  The downside is that it was hard to
> keep momentum up, and most of the time there was simply nothing
> happening.
> 
> Some of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program participants are trying to
> revive the best parts of Spotlight with Editing Fridays [2].  Instead
> of one collaboration after another, we set a specific time to
> collaborate: late Friday to early Saturday UTC.  Please join us this
> Friday!
> 
> -Sage
> 
> [1] = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spotlight
> [2] = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Editing_Fridays
> 
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