Brian, I'm not as interested in the logistics of streaming every session, but the idea of having a daily dispatch from Wikimania with Wikinewsies, following on the tradition of Wikipedia Weekly podcasting from the conference and Signpost write-ups could be really interesting. A daily video roundup perhaps, with team coverage.
To your second point -- how to use this as an outreach opportunity to raise Wikipedia awareness not just in London but elsewhere. We came up with an idea of a "Wikipedia Traveling Exhibit" at the Wikimania session on museum exhibits, and encourage more thinking along these lines. What if we could have a portable 10 ft x 10 ft display that tells Wikipedia's story, with an adjoining area where people could learn to edit Wikipedia, alongside volunteer editors. Here is a link to the Wikimania session and the Etherpad notes from the session. Also, below are the two Wikipedia Weekly podcasts episodes from Wikimania 2013: * https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Edit_this_Museum_Exhibit_about_Wikipedia * http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/pad/p/Wikipedia_exhibition * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly#Wikimania_2013 -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism, American University Email: [email protected] WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:22 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > We're looking a year ahead, so we should have plenty of time to sort > things out. But, the UK has some particularly-talented Wikinewsies (I'm > looking at Iain Macdonald, Tom Morris and Paul Williams in particular). > > It would be short-sighted, in the extreme, not to ask the UK-resident > Wikinewsies to get involved. Given the direction I've seen Paul heading off > in (to Wikinews' great loss) I suspect he would make a great 'Head of > Broadcasting' for next year's Wikimania; and, with Wikimedia UK's support, > could help make sure Wikimania 2014 is the 'most-online' annual conference > to-date. [All sessions webcast live, all recordings thereof online faster > than the BBC does with iPlayer.] > > The major snag for me, a Wikinewsie in Edinburgh, is it looks-like > Wikimania 2014 clashes with the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe. (I already > have interest from a local community Radio station, which might lead to > free use of high-end gear, and a few other things in-the-works). > > But, anyone who is planning to travel to the UK for Wikimania should bear > that in-mind! > > If you want to come up to The Athens of The North, post-conference, start > looking at those accommodation bookings right now. Otherwise, you'll be > camping somewhere in the vicinity of Arthur's Seat. > > Regardless, and no-matter how hard Wikimedia UK tries to promote their > London Wikimania, I can promise you "us lot up in Scotland" will keep > knocking you off the front page when it comes to headlines in the press. > Does anyone else have some 'creative ideas' about Wikimania 2014 having a > 'token presence' in Edinburgh? (The Fringe venue I want to 'hijack' is > close-enough to the Edinburgh Uni CS facilities I was hacking - 25 years > ago - that, we could run an armoured fibre straight into JANET). > > It's simply too-good an opportunity to miss. And, where I strongly agree > with the broad-criticisms Jimmy made of mainstream media in his HK keynote, > I know that "the news division of the WMF" (i.e. Wikinews) could wipe the > floor with the Mainstream on the independence debate. > > > Brian. > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> >
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