I was talking to Gordon Joly and Philafrenzy about this at the Wikimeet and I think the collective feeling was that contact before and after an editing session is important as well as the event itself.<br><div><br></div><div>
I can certainly think of events where lots of people have turned up, but none of the new wannabe Wikipedians has gone on to contribute after the event - perhaps this could be improved by some friendly emails afterwards offering to continue the help offered on the day.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think we&#39;re definitely learning more about how we do these things, and hopefully these events - whatever form they end up taking - will continue that. </div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div>