On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:32 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > James Forrester wrote: >> On 2 June 2011 03:25, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: >>> Samuel Klein wrote: >>>> I'd like to see this for more than just the Foundation - any event >>>> where wikimedians have a presence - but this is a great place to >>>> start. >>> >>> I started a (very bad) page at Meta-Wiki for future events: >>> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_in_meatspace>. >>> >>> If anyone else could give it some love, that would be appreciated. :-) >> >> No reason that you couldn't scrape and push into an iCal format (or >> whatever) from that. Worth doing? > > Absolutely worth doing, in my opinion. I'd first like to get the page/system > a bit more established (and fill in some of the past years), but supporting > iCal/gCal/etc. through a MediaWiki extension or a Toolserver tool would be > awesome. > > Casey Brown wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:25 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: >>> I started a (very bad) page at Meta-Wiki for future events: >>> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_in_meatspace>. >> >> What's the difference between that page and >> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events>? We should clarify what the >> difference is, if any. Then again, maybe it's okay if the two >> overlap. :-) > > Err, didn't really know about the "Events" page. :-) It seems to list only > current information, but the page history is probably ripe with good > information that can be pulled out and stored in the subpages of the new > system.
Actually, "Events" is not particularly focused on current stuff, the great majority of items are actually for past events over the last several years. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events Definitely there should be some kind of merge, and we'll figure out whatever the best format is and go with that. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) > I know I did look at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup> before creating > "Wikimedia in meatspace," but the "Meetup" page had a note about being > outdated and unmaintained at the top. At some point it probably makes sense > to re-evaluate and/or merge some of these pages (the "beyond the web" > series), though my intention is for "Wikimedia in meatspace" to be purely > informational while subpages of "Meetup", etc. are more for active > collaboration and coordination. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
