On 19 March 2015 at 14:55, Oliver Keyes ironholds@gmail.com wrote:
We have a vested interest, as a community, in having as diverse a group of people behind our content as possible, because we have a diverse group of readers. "People who can't afford a lunch out whenever they want" is a demographic: a big one, depending on the country in question. Coming up with statements that editathons go great when the editor or newcomer in question covers all their personal costs ignores the massive number of people who cannot afford to do that and so will not attend. If your reaction to that is discussions about studies or politically contentious plane tickets then you've, at best, completely missed the point I was trying to make.
As the point you have made here is now factually different to:
... editathons work well when attendees pay their own way - but they work /best/ when they don't.
then yes, it is hard to guess which point you want to make. Funding cases of people who cannot pay for a sandwich (or bring their own) or would like to have a bus ticket covered, is entirely different from stating that editathons work best all attendees are offered funding. I was asking what evidence there was to support the first claim. I conclude there is none and it is likely that nobody believes this is true.
Fae