On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:06 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
There used to be Wiki Wednesdays in London - not just MediaWiki or Wikipedia - but all sorts of wikis. Mostly corporate users. These petered out from lack of general interest, though. It surprises me, as I'd expect a lot of people using MW in London.
Thank you for mentioning Wiki Wednesday. Wiki Wednesday is a
long-standing institution that seems to have lost popularity over the past several years.
Socialtext used to promote Wiki Wednesday pretty heavily in the Bay Area and elsewhere: https://www.socialtext.net/wikiwed/ . Socialtext today is radically different than it was then, and Wiki Wednesday became much less a priority for them.
Wiki Wednesday was the first of many such ideas: http://ashub.blogspot.com/2005/06/tag-tuesday.html
Ward Cunningham is still doing Wiki Wednesday activities today: http://twitter.com/WardCunningham/status/238315318345347074
On one hand, I think aligning "Mediawiki Groups" with the venerable tradition of Wiki Wednesday might be worthwhile. Wiki Wednesday is a concept that already exists, and I think people like Ward would be happy to see it promoted more than it has been. On the other hand, interest in Wiki Wednesday has died down in recent years, and that might reflect badly on a new but similar project.
-Chris