[Wikimedia-l] When was the first edit-a-thon(s)?

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Hi Sarah and others;
Just letting you all know that we had a proper live edit marathon in
Bangalore, India in November 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore21


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>wrote:

> We've been discussing it on meta, where I'd prefer to maintain the
> conversation, but, I should have stated:
>
> "The first edit-a-thon or event that involved people in a room together
> editing Wikipedia in some type of "organized" fashion"
>
> -Sarah
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, October 16, 2013, Sarah Stierch wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I've asked a question on the new Program Evaluation & Design portal
> about
> > > when people think the first edit-a-thons took place. (Or the very
> first,
> > if
> > > we know!)
> > >
> > > It would be great to have your input on meta:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Parlor/Questions
> > >
> > > Thank you and please spread the word!
> > >
> > > Sarah
> >
> >
> > Sarah,
> >
> > Do you mean the first Wikimedia editathon, or the first editathon period?
> >
> > Editathons predate Wikipedia by years, and are about as old as the wiki
> > itself. The old school name for them is "barn raisings".
> >
> >  http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/BarnRaising
> >
> >
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