We have pubs in Oxford, Coventry, Cambridge, Manchester and now Liverpool
that are usually relatively quiet and uncrowded, so conversation is much
easier. Dan Haigh and I have done informal initial training a couple of
times in the pub - it's easy enough one-to-one and you can get a new editor
started in 20-30 mins.
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On 22 September 2014 12:58, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
I'd also say that a noisy pub isn't the most
welcoming of venues for
people new to the movement as well.
On 22 September 2014 12:55, Charles Matthews <
charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
On 22 September 2014 12:52, Jonathan Cardy <
jonathan.cardy(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
But while a meetup is a great place for a five minute lesson on a tool
like hotcat, or a 5 minute chat about a specific
problem, a noisy pub isn't
a suitable venue for an hour long training session for a new editor.
Indeed. Another point worth thinking about.
Charles
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