If the talk is being exposed actively to a much larger audience, then that would definitely become a consideration yes. Being online for those looking for it, feels very different than being pushed on top of one of the top websites to me. But maybe that is a personal thing.
Lodewijk 2014-04-15 22:33 GMT+02:00 Jan Ainali <[email protected]>: > On April 15, 2014, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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). > > I am confused. Are you saying you are okay with being recorded only if you > have a guesstimate of viewers that are very low? > > > 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. > > I sort of agree, but rather from an interest aspect. The average website > visitor are certainly not interested in the inner workings of our > community. If central notice is used, it should be for specific sessions > targeted on outreach to people unaware of how the Wikimedia universe works. > > /Jan > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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