Hi all, It's worth remembering that editathons weren't originally intended to recruit new editors - they were aimed at bringing together experienced editors with knowledgable people (e.g. museum creators) to improve Wikipedia articles using the knowledge of both groups. The change to focus on new editors came along later (although I'm not sure exactly when!).
Rather than running our own events for new internet users, how about providing leaflets to 'Get Online' events that walk people through how to find information and multimedia on Wikipedia and its sister projects, and how to determine whether to trust it? If, of course, that's something that event attendees and organisers would find useful. This is something that could easily be done in cooperation with other charities/groups that have more experience than WMUK/Wikimedians at onlining people, to make sure they contain the most relevant information in the most accessible way possible. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
