Wikipedia Meetup, Sunday, 11/21, 6:30 pm, Harvard Square
A Wikipedia meetup happens tonight (11/21) at 6:30 pm in the entrance to the Coop in Harvard Square.
sj recommends bringing good humour (spelling his) and a pencil. Does that mean those Wikipedians aren’t high tech enough to use computers yet? (Yes, that’s supposed to be a joke.)
Addendum 11/22: It was an informal meeting without much talk about Wikipedia. Some of the relevant points are:
- getting programmers involved in Wikipedia is a problem
- intrinsic motivation: giving people recognition for their contributions would encourage more and better work
- watchlists and keeping track of vandalism is a challenge:
a better way to track changes would make managing watch lists easier
Unbelievably, Shimon had to be goaded into talking about Frassle.
Oh yeah, we ate at Penang. We didn’t stand in the Coop’s doorway the entire time.
November 21st, 2004 at 11:19 pm
I was there, I was there, fiddle dee dee, dee dum.
It was nice meeting you. Though I brought no pencil.
November 22nd, 2004 at 6:56 pm
Welcome to the scratchpad, Jason!