Wikipedia talk:Meetup
European meetings 2004
There are some European meetings that will happen in June/July 2004 together with Jimbo in Berlin, Genoa, Munich, Paris... if you want to set up one for the UK please do so and let us know :-) Fantasy 12:05, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- The centre of English-speaking Wikipedian mass is probably London, I would guess. Are the locations being determined by Jimbo's movements? Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 12:32, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Should somebody draw attention to this on the Village pump? I think more regular users will spot it there than on the front page (I spotted the summary in my watchlist rather than the link itself). Also, Pete seems to have conveniently forgotten that the USA, Australia and (parts of) Canada are also English-speaking - but London is certainly a centre of mass, and the one that would be relevant to me. - IMSoP 14:04, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- OK, I have put it to the village pump. And: Jimbo is simply following invitations, it is not he who imposes this. If you don't organise, then there will be no meeting. And: Pete has not forgotten. London IS the english center in EUROPE (see above)
- Thanks for help :-) Fantasy 19:18, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Sorry, I was thinking in terms of a Jimbo european tour but wasn't explicit about it, and simply meant that London would be the best place for a meetup involving English-speaking (i.e. British and Irish) European Wikipedians with Jimbo. Anyhow Jimbo has just written on the mailing list that he doesn't plan to be in the UK this summer, but does plan to be there in Summer 2005. Pete/Pcb21
- Oh, I had not seen the 2005 in his email... I thought, he was staying the rest of the time in the UK. That makes it more clear. Thanks for correcting me :-) Fantasy 19:39, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- PS: Jimbo wrote "so I do need to not over-schedule.", just if someone wants to organise another meeting, don't take it for granted that Jimbo will come. But a meeting is alway nice, why not oranising one nevertheless! :-)
- IMSoP checks the Pump carefully in some confusion, as this is still not mentioned, and finally discovers it in the edit history. So, are we going to try and organise a meeting (Jimbo or no) or not? If we are, there's no point the 3 of us talking to ourselves on here, we need to tell people that something's going on. So either it should stay on the pump, with an amendment that Jimbo will most likely not be involved, or, erm, see you all next year? - IMSoP 21:02, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Just some examples:
- In Munich we are meeting every one or two months.
- In Berlin also some Wikipedians started to meet (i think once a month)
- I was wondering, why there is nothing like this happening in english speaking countries.
- BUT: I am not living in a english speaking country, so I can/will not be the one to organise it.
- Someone living in London can organise a "London-meeting" whenever he wants (next week, next month, in the Summer... whenever)
- So, if you are living in an interresting place: SET A DATE AND START ADVERTISING (village pump, mailinglist, main page, ...), you will get to know a lot of interresting people!
- Just do it, its absolutely worth it :-) Fantasy 09:59, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Call me unforgivably lazy but I would prefer to go to something someone else has organised rather than have that responsibility thrust upon me! Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 18:42, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)
If anyone is interested in doing one in Seattle, I'd be glad to be involved. I know we have at least a few very active Wikipedians here: myself, Lukobe, DanKeshet, probably ohters where geography never came up... On the other hand nothing is going to drag me onto a Wikipedia mailing list. -- Jmabel 22:44, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)
More out of curiosity than anything else---what's going on at these meetings? It seems planning is probably better done over email where everyone can participate, so are these presentations, or just social gatherings, or something else? --Delirium 22:58, Feb 27, 2004 (UTC)
USA meet up
Feel free to discuss the subject. Sam Spade 05:26, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Don't feel like organising it yourself, Sam? -- Tim Starling 05:30, Mar 8, 2004 (UTC)
- I thought you were paranoid about people knowing your real name and where you live? Anyway - I'm stuck on the west coast on that day. --mav 05:36, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Jimbo gave me the idea (see the top of the page). I had a change of mind on that subject, and it can be discussed elsewhere, but in short I think being a real person is a better way to go. And yeah, I didn't expect a big turn out, but thanks for the thought. Sam Spade 05:43, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Is midnight on a Sunday night the most appropiate time? Some of us have work to go to :-)! Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 08:54, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- I have mondays off, and work 2nd and 3rd shift. I work Sunday, but I get off in time to go there. I'll be there anyways, my co-workers and I go there sundays. I don't expect a huge turn out, but it will be cool to meet wiki's. If you would like to schedule additional meet ups (at times and places convenient to you), that would rock too ;) Sam Spade 09:45, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
London meet up
- 7pm on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday evening in Central London would suit me just fine, thanks! Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 10:21, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)