Hi Russavia -
Since the conference was funded through the PEG program, with the exception of any WMF staff whose travel was funded by WMF (I don't know how many that may include,) you can figure out the answer to "how much did it cost to the movement" pretty ridiculously simply =p Given the number of connections that were made and future events that were generated, I suspect that, yes, the conference was absolutely worth the money spent on it, although we won't know that with surety until some of the planted collaborations have an opportunity to actually be carried out.
Best, Kevin Gorman
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 6:17 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Russavia wrote:
As GerardM mentioned in the thread relating to the Berlin conference, wikiconferences are an opportunity for wikimedians to come together to share in knowledge.
I attended WikiConference USA this year. It was a wonderful event and I was particularly impressed with the organizers' work. Congrats to all of them for a job well done!
New York Magazine published an article on the conference which gives us great insight into everything that is wrong with the wiki culture.[1]
I know for certain that there quite a few people who feel that you, Russavia, are actively damaging and degrading the wiki culture with your actions... perhaps the same would be said of me and others, though I hope not.
Out of curiosity, what was the total cost to "the movement" for this knowledge sharing opportunity, and do people consider it money well spent given the golden sound bytes the conference generated in the media?
In the medium, you mean? You've only linked to one story, a story that happens to conveniently link to a press release about a certain banned editor. Interesting. :-)
This article also seems to make some strange claims; e.g., the article claims that there are only 22,000 registered Wikipedians. Given where it links to, what it discusses, and the seeming inaccuracy of facts it includes, I'm not sure how much this piece should be trusted.
MZMcBride
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