Hm, if you're going to advertize it on the centralnotice, maybe I will reconsider my availability for a live stream (perhaps depending on specifics).
Seriously, while we have great speakers, I'm not sure all of us are confident enough for that kind of an outreach, nor would I feel that the average Wikimania speaker gives enough of a good impression to the average website visitor. Lodewijk 2014-04-15 14:10 GMT+02:00 Edward Saperia <[email protected]>: > Well, almost everything we do leads to *someone* being very vocally upset > :) > > I haven't drafted what it would say yet, but I guess something along the > lines of: > "Wikipedia is having its annual conference, Wikimania, where the community > convene to discuss the future of the project - click here to watch a > livestream." > > *Edward Saperia* > Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> > email <[email protected]> • facebook<http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> > • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 > 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG > > > On 15 April 2014 13:02, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Among other issues, pretty much anything in a CentralNotice leads to >> someone being very vocally upset with what they see as spam. It's hard to >> predict quite how large or vocal that number will be in this case, as we >> haven't done it before :-) >> >> (Are you thinking of some kind of specific message - "watch XYZ speaking >> about the future of Wikipedia" - or a generic "Wikimania is now on; watch >> here"?) >> >> A. >> >> >> On 15 April 2014 10:49, Edward Saperia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It isn't TED, but from the get go I've had outreach as a primary goal >>> with this event, and I've been planning and programming with that in mind. >>> This doesn't have to set a precedent for future Wikimanias. Technical >>> concerns aside, what negative outcomes are you imagining? >>> >>> *Edward Saperia* >>> Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> >>> email <[email protected]> • >>> facebook<http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> >>> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 >>> 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG >>> >>> >>> On 15 April 2014 10:28, James Alexander <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> To be honest I'm not completely sure I'm comfortable with that level of >>>> advertising (in fact it makes me very very uncomfortable) even if it works >>>> technically. This isn't TED....and I would hate to see it turn into that >>>> especially given the wide variety in organizers each year. >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>> James Alexander >>>> Legal and Community Advocacy >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Philippe Beaudette < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Edward Saperia < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The livestreams will be promoted via a centralnotice >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My understanding is that this is far from a decided thing. There are >>>>> still some massive concerns about your servers rolling over and dying with >>>>> the traffic we send from this - particularly for streaming video which is >>>>> already a bandwidth hog. I'd want to see some testing first. >>>>> >>>>> pb >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia >>>>> Foundation, Inc. >>>>> T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | [email protected] | : >>>>> @Philippewiki <https://twitter.com/Philippewiki> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> - Andrew Gray >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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