Wikipedia:Meetup/Adelaide
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Adelaide Meetup Next: TBA Last: 20 Apr 2008 |
Adelaide Meetup is a periodic gathering of Wikipedians and other Wikimedians from Adelaide and surrounding areas to discuss their experiences with the project and foster collegiality between local editors. It is organised by participants of WikiProject Adelaide. The inaugural meeting was held on 21 August 2006.
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[edit] Meetup 1
The inaugural Adelaide Meetup was held at the Brougham Place Uniting Church in North Adelaide on the 21 August 2006. The attendees were Alex Sims, Paul Foord, Peripitus, Auswide.
Topics discussed:
- Our first edit of Wikipedia
- Edit Counts
- Our disappointment at not having any administrators present
- Our areas of interest (ie images, vandals, ...)
- Watchlists
- Using Mediawiki as a content management system
- Controversial articles
- No decision taken on next meeting
[edit] Meetup 2
The second Adelaide Meetup was held at Zuma Caffe in the Adelaide Central Market on 23 April 2007. The attendees included Wikipedia-founder Jimmy Wales and Adelaidean editors Adrian J. Hunter, Alex Sims, Auswide, Blnguyen, CJ, Daniel, Derek Munneke, Janet Hawtin, Michael, Paul Foord, Peripitus, Riana, James Williams, Pru Mitchell, Michael Patkin ...(list incomplete).
Topics discussed:
- WikiCensus
- Religious factions
- Biographies of living persons
- Bureaucracy
- Watchlist envy (or pity)
[edit] Meetup 3
The third Adelaide Meetup was held at Billy Baxter's in Citi Cross Arcade in Rundle Mall on 16 February 2008. The users that attended the meeting were James, Janet, Mark, Peripitus, Riana, Scott, and {Placeholder}.
Things discussed: (in no particular order)
- areas we like to edit in
- featured items - how standards have risen for FAs, FPs
- whether you can shoot an FP using a 300 dollar camera
- Wikidrama, love of bureaucracy, "exciting" editors
- watchlists and self-control
- How the end out from this meeting compared to other meetings
- Different operating systems, Windows vs open source, Mark's idea for one OS to rule them all...
- Scratching our heads at User:Blnguyen/WikiGDP, turning it upside down and inside out, and wishing Blnguyen was there to help us out
- WP:OWN
- WP:NPOV
- Silly vandalism
- Notability policy - too much of a good thing?
- Ideas for next meetup other than the usual meeting. (Wikipedia Paintball Meetup or gokarts :-)
- Portal:South Australia
[edit] In planning
There are currently none in planning.
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