On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 23:41, Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > By the way, since I know you and I are not the only ones who feel, to be > charitable to both sides, that WMUK's focus on large projects and residencies > has squeezed out the smaller projects, why don't we set something else up?
Because its another structure that needs supporting. >Not a chapter but a society of Wikimedians focusing on small projects that >have a smaller but more immediate impact on editors and projects (for example >editathons, field trips, events with small local history groups etc, >experience-sharing events for experienced editors). There's no reason such a >society couldn't dovetail with WMUK; it could even perhaps apply for some >modest funding (low four figures at the very most) from WMUK or the WMF. I think you ultimately run into the issue that most wikipedians are quite happy editing on their own and have a fairly limited desire to get involved with other wikimedians through meatspace. -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
