[Wikimania-l] [Internal-l] Developer's Q/A - meet that hackers at Wikimania

[Daniel Kinzler]

Hello again

I have now submitted a panel session for the Developer's Q/A:

http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Ask_the_Developers

If you like, you can sign on that page in support of the session.

-- daniel

On 20.01.2011 13:38, Daniel Kinzler wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> As you probably know, this year's Wikimania will again feature hacking days
> (which I help to organize), just before Wikimania proper. However, the current
> setup is missing an opportunity for developers and chapter people to get
> together and talk about what the community wants and needs.
> 
> So, I would like to propose to have a Q/A session where the community can ask
> questions to developers. I'd like to do this during Wikimania proper, so
> everyone has a chance to attend.
> 
> The question is: are people interested? Or is it just my silly idea?
> 
> I feel that people often have "small" questions that developers could answer
> quickly, or there are long standing issues and it's unclear why they don't get
> fixed. But often people don't know who to ask, or when or how. At the Wikimedia
> Conference in Berlin last year, some people used the opportunity to grab a
> techie, which was good, but it was while standing up, over coffee. I'd like to
> give this a bit more time, space and especially attention.
> 
> So, would you be interested in such a session? Or do you know people who would be?
> 
> Please let me know.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Daniel
> 
> PS: Danese suggested a "fishbowl" type session for this. I think that's a good
> idea. Look it up on Wikipedia if you don't know what it is - I didn't :)
>