Thanks Jonathan.
Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in
November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth
week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st?
We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of
the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January?
I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they
would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered.
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers <
werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events.
Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks
and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will
be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end
of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be
working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off
with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more
people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill
after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge
as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we
discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a
good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would
happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the
existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks
give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the
1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100
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> Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
> yesterday,
> I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after
> work at
> the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
> programme
> with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article
> status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography
> perhaps.
>
> Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to
> have
> a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal
> to
> the community and chapter members.
>
> I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the
> month. How does that sound to everyone?
>
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> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530
> From: Tito Dutta <trulytito(a)gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea
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> Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what
> have you
> learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course
> Wiki-related)".
>
> Thanks
> Tito Dutta
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> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock <
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> wrote:
>
> > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
> yesterday,
> > I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after
> work at
> > the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
> programme
> > with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured
> article
> > status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography
> > perhaps.
> >
> > Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good
> to have
> > a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad
> appeal to
> > the community and chapter members.
> >
> > I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of
> the
> > month. How does that sound to everyone?
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> I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently,
> maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on
> the ground.
> Cheers,
> Peter
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> I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after
> work at
> the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
> programme
> with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article
> status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography
> perhaps.
>
> Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to
> have
> a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal
> to
> the community and chapter members.
>
> I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the
> month. How does that sound to everyone?
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