I share your melancholy, Phoebe. While I’ve attended 2 WikiCons (2018 & 2019) this would have been my first Wikimania, and I was sooo looking forward to it. 😢 I try to keep up with things via the mailing lists and online meetings but life keeps getting in the way. I’d like to carve out a little niche for myself as a useful volunteer at the events so add me to whatever list you think I’ll fit. I’m a retired tv producer/documentary filmmaker/photog/video photog but I can also pull weeds, plant seeds, wash dishes and cook. 😊
Best wishes! Betty Wills (Atsme on Wikipedia) https://www.bettywills.com <https://www.bettywills.com/> > On Aug 1, 2020, at 8:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. This Sunday, 19UTC: Wikimania 2005 Wikipedia Weekly episode > (phoebe ayers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:47:05 -0400 > From: phoebe ayers <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimania-l] This Sunday, 19UTC: Wikimania 2005 Wikipedia > Weekly episode > Message-ID: > <CACXHzD4YbMad-3=vfdebrncvjkalu8p3xyehfpq7se3furu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dearest Wikimaniacs, > > I've found myself this week catching myself at various times feeling > melancholy. Yes, there's a lot (a lot) of stuff going on the world and it's > been a very, very hard year. But there's one particular thing that I've > been thinking about this week, which is - this was supposed to be Wikimania > week, starting in a few days. > > If the pandemic hadn't happened, I (and perhaps you) would be on our way to > Bangkok soon, to celebrate the 16th Wikimania. We'd be connecting in person > about all the things our movement does, online and off. We'd be making new > friends and renewing old friendships and getting rejuvenated once again for > the work we do. > > I miss you all terribly, and I also want to celebrate that we've had 15 -- > and counting -- amazing, life-changing movement-wide conferences, held all > around the world. > > Andrew, Richard and I are starting a new podcast series to celebrate > Wikimania and our history, called "Wikipedia: year by year". We'll be > chatting with invited guests to discuss the world of Wikimedia each year, > seen through the lens of Wikimania. We're starting with Wikimania 2005, of > course -- the very first Wikimania, held this week (well, August 4th) in > 2005 in Frankfurt, Germany. > > Tune in this Sunday, 19:00 UTC (3PM EST) to listen to us and some special > guests talk about that Wikimania, why it was so cool, and what the world of > Wikimedia was like in 2005. Send us questions and comments on social media, > add your own experiences to the etherpad, and watch live (or watch the > stream afterwards). > Info on tuning in: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Weekly_Network/Year_by_Year > etherpad for comments & story-telling, before or during the episode: > https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikipedia_Year_by_Year__2005 > > And regardless of whether this year would have been your 16th Wikimania, > your first Wikimania, or you weren't going to attend in person: let's > remember and celebrate the strength and the joy of our movement in any way > we can. Let's celebrate the late nights and the dance parties and the > multilingualism and the hacking and... staying up to make just one more > edit. > > I miss you! > Phoebe > > p.s. our hope is to not stop with 2005, but go through all of the years, > building towards the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia on Jan 15, 2021. Help us > build out the series and ideas for episodes (and guest suggestions) on > meta! > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/attachments/20200731/c81daf04/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 166, Issue 1 > *******************************************
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