Hi all, I'm trying to figure out where the best place to do the online organisation of wikimeets is. I can think of four different places, each with pros and cons, which I'd appreciate others' views on.
1) English Wikipedia Pros: visibility, 'standard place', likely to be a wiki that most wikimeet attendees will use to some degree, can add to list of upcoming meetups and be encouraged by meetup plans in other countries. Cons: English Wikipedia-specific, whereas wikimeets are much more general. Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_8 2) Meta Pros: Neutral ground for all different Wikimedia projects. Not associated with a specific real-life organisation. Cons: Few other meetups are organised here. No connections to other activities. May be a new wiki for some people when signing up Example: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/47 3) Wikimedia UK wiki Pros: Encourages involvement in different types of activities happening in the UK. Wikimeets would be listed amongst other UK-events more easily. Cons: Makes it more difficult to find out about other wikimeets. May make it harder for UK people to find wikimeets in other countries when abroad. May make it seem like WMUK 'owns' the wikimeets, which may discourage people to organise them. Example (not yet used): http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Wikimeets 4) External website, e.g. Facebook, meetup.com Pros: May bring in a different crowd of people. Easy to use for newcomers. Cons: Will not be as visible as a wiki to most Wikimedians Example: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148137338550494 I'm leaning towards using the WMUK wiki for organising the Manchester wikimeets (and in a bit of a different format from the standard - keeping a single wiki page rather than creating a new one each time), but I'm less sure about how this would be received. Input/comments would be very welcome. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
