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

[fridaesdoom at gmail.com]

Then it seems the Public Policy Initiative and some others will be having  
all the fun ;)

James

On , Thor Malmjursson <lightningstrike35 at live.nl> wrote:



> 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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