Hi Sarah and others; Just letting you all know that we had a proper live edit marathon in Bangalore, India in November 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore21
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]>wrote: > We've been discussing it on meta, where I'd prefer to maintain the > conversation, but, I should have stated: > > "The first edit-a-thon or event that involved people in a room together > editing Wikipedia in some type of "organized" fashion" > > -Sarah > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Steven Walling <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > On Wednesday, October 16, 2013, Sarah Stierch wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I've asked a question on the new Program Evaluation & Design portal > about > > > when people think the first edit-a-thons took place. (Or the very > first, > > if > > > we know!) > > > > > > It would be great to have your input on meta: > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Parlor/Questions > > > > > > Thank you and please spread the word! > > > > > > Sarah > > > > > > Sarah, > > > > Do you mean the first Wikimedia editathon, or the first editathon period? > > > > Editathons predate Wikipedia by years, and are about as old as the wiki > > itself. The old school name for them is "barn raisings". > > > > http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/BarnRaising > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > *Sarah Stierch* > > > *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* > > > *www.sarahstierch.com* > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> > > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* > *www.sarahstierch.com* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer, Wikimedia Chapter [India] Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter today<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donations> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
