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Wikimania
Hi. It's nice to get a question about participating in Wikimania and not just organising a Wikimania!
The idea for Hong Kong to host a Wikimania has been suggested since we hosted the Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006, and the intention for Hong Kong to bid for Wikimania 2013 was conceived at Wikimania 2011. Preparations for the bid began in late 2011 and the formal bidding process was in early 2012. Hong Kong was announced as the winning bid in May 2012, which gave us 15 months to organise the conference.
In terms of participation, it is not necessary at all to be "known to communities" before you attend Wikimania. Actually, attending Wikimania is the best way to make yourself known to the wider Wikimedia community. However, Wikimania is a very intense conference. In order to make the best out of Wikimania, I generally recommend new participants to have been editing a Wikimedia project for a year before attending Wikimania. If there's a local meetup nearby, it will be a good idea to attend it to get a general feel of offline Wikimedia events.
Don't let anything dissuade you though. Wikimania is an awesome conference, so the above are just some advice on how to prepare yourself so you can get the best out of Wikimania. If you want to go and have the time and money to travel there, just do it! Deryck C. 19:50, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
- (Carrying on from email) I'm not sure what are your concerns. I agree that there is a significant threshold of entry for Wikimania organisers (and rightly so), but there is no barrier for anyone to become a participant. I was only trying to give some advice to help people enjoy Wikimania as much as they can. In fact, at every Wikimania there has been local people who had never edited Wikipedia and simply joined Wikimania because they were interested. Deryck C. 16:18, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
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- I'd prefer to have this conversation on-wiki so that other Wikimedians may benefit from it. Attending Wikimania is as simple as "apply, buy the flight tickets and go". Every year, there are CentralNotices (banners on every Wikimedia site) to encourage people to register for Wikimania. There's also a central page, m:Wikimania, where you can find information about Wikimanias in general. For local Wikimedia gatherings, see m:Meetup. Deryck C. 19:22, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
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- As you have decided to post on my talk page which is the talk page for discussing encyclopedic stuff, I would assume you are fine to receive a reply on your talk page on English Wikipedia. First of all, although getting a reply about past wikimania's from an attendee is good, you mistook my question(s), that were the time managements of a prospective attendee or organizer. As you are frank on answering questions overtly about wikimania, I just notice a bit of grammatical wording - 'I'm not sure what are your concerns' - that may be typical of a writer from an Asian background, therefore I assume you may not understand fully my questions. How early is the CentralNotice available online so prospective attendees can arrange their time ? Would attending local meetup provide quicker information about organizing and/or attending wikimania ? -- Ktsquare (talk) 19:46, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
- @Ktsquare: Typically, the CentralNotice will be on for a few weeks as Wikimania registration opens. I think the Wikimania 2015 CentralNotice was up and is now taken down, but registration is still open. The quickest way to get information about Wikimania is to subscribe to mail:wikimania-l. Attending local meetups will give you a good idea of what offline Wikimedia events are like, because Wikimania is basically a very big meetup. Deryck C. 22:11, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
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Chan (2015) wrote, "The idea for Hong Kong to host a Wikimania has been suggested since we hosted the Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006, and the intention for Hong Kong to bid for Wikimania 2013 was conceived at Wikimania 2011. Preparations for the bid began in late 2011 and the formal bidding process was in early 2012. Hong Kong was announced as the winning bid in May 2012, which gave us 15 months to organise the conference." and, "Attending local meetups will give you a good idea of what offline Wikimedia events are like, because Wikimania is basically a very big meetup." If I had known this perspective ahead of time in early 2005 which had already been three years after my registration at Wikipediae, I would not have waited until today to ask you about Wikimania. In retrospect, do you think "[being] known to communities" (Ktsquare, 2015) is currently crucial to get up-to-date information about activities, projects and whatnots of wikimania and the Wikimedia Foundation ? -- Ktsquare (talk) 16:21, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
- @Ktsquare: No, it's not crucial. However, I agree that it helps to have connections. The more meetups you go to and the more people you know, the more likely you'll be informed of future meetups... Deryck C. 10:43, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
- @Deryck Chan: Given all you have mentioned above, one important aspect that I want to know for sure is do I need consent from senior community member from a wikimedia project, say the Chinese Wikipedia project or even a representative of wikimedia project in the wikimedia foundation or at wikimania to participate in any wikipedia project ? I have not received any idea of this aspect from at Chinese Wikipedia from their zh:Wikipedia:Bureaucrats -- Ktsquare (talk) 14:42, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
(Carrying on from email) I'm not sure what are your concerns. I agree that there is a significant threshold of entry for Wikimania organisers (and rightly so), but there is no barrier for anyone to become a participant. I was only trying to give some advice to help people enjoy Wikimania as much as they can. In fact, at every Wikimania there has been local people who had never edited Wikipedia and simply joined Wikimania because they were interested.
— Deryck C., User talk:Deryck Chan, 16:18, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
What can prospective organisers do if they want to help organise a Wikimania at their localities ? Say Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Mainland Chinese could do or have done to organise one from scratch ? A brief history will suffice. -- Ktsquare (talk) 02:47, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Ktsquare: See meta:Wikimania Handbook and wm2013:User:Deryck Chan. Deryck C. 11:52, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
St John's Blackheath
Hi. Having reviewed various sources I'm undecided on this one: independent sources seem to be split about 50/50 for either name. I wouldn't object to a rename to the shorter name, or to an alteration to the lead such as St John the Evangelist's Church (commonly known as St John's Blackheath) or St John's Blackheath (formally known as St John the Evangelist's Church). Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 13:02, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Hassocks5489: The church calls itself by the short name "St John's Blackheath" in most of its publications. So if independent sources are split for either name, I think we should move the article back to the short name and adopt the second proposed lead text you've given above. (COI declaration: I used to live in that area and attended that church regularly.) Deryck C. 13:40, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
You've been reverted.
Your 2011 edit [1] to the Hamilton C shell article, removing a COI tag, has been reverted [2]. There is some related discussion on the article talk page. Msnicki (talk) 20:33, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
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A cup of coffee for you!
Thanks for your work on RfD! sst✈(discuss) 15:13, 6 December 2015 (UTC) |
benn jordan
how did you possibly keep this page when it was a blatent puff piece and the only voters for keep were himself and his friends? wiki guidelines call for considering arguments and facts not majority. its a horribly sourced article and i disagee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.194.149.117 (talk) 21:33, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
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