[WikiX-l] Contacting local wikipedians?

[aude]

We can use the watchlist geonotice. They have worked well for the DC  
and NYC groups. I really don't think we cache watchlists since users  
need them up-to-date

Also, we can do user talk page invites to people in that category.   
Just draft an invite message and someone with a bot can deliver.

Katie (@aude)

PS - Sorry for top post

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On Jan 4, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Neal McBurnett <neal at mcburnett.org> wrote:

> I posted this at http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump
> but haven't gotten any replies there, so thought I'd try here.
>
> Contacting local wikipedians
>
> What are good and appropriate ways to contact local wikipedians? I
> guess the watchlist notice
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Watchlist-details#10th_anniversary 
> )
> may be the best (that's how I learned about this). But I wonder what
> other options there are. A geographical watchlist seems possible:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Geonotice.js though caching may
> make that slow to take effect.
>
> Is there a way to automatically process user ids in relevant
> categories
> (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Colorado)
> to find prolific active contributors so we can invite them on their
> user page? Are there bots suitable for this?
>
> Also, are there any good templates on en.wikipedia to use for
> advertising local events, or advice for making them?
>
> Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/
>
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