saintonge at telus
Feb 2, 2004, 12:41 AM
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This sounds interesting. I know nothing about the technical side either
and would not consider competing for podium space; I don't even know
whether the conference itself would interest me.
If enough people are interested this could serve as the excuse for a
get-together of Wikipedians, particularly the ones on the West coast.
For me it's a leisurely 6-hour drive from Vancouver. There was talk
about such things last year that never materialized.
Ec
Geoff Burling wrote:
>This year, O'Reilly will be presenting the Open Source Convention here
>is Portland, Oregon. Since travelling to it is a negligible task
>(it's in downtown, & I usually commute further to work than there), I've
>been considering making a presentation about Wikipedia at this year's
>convention.
>
>However, I can think of about a dozen people who know far more about
>the goings-on at Wikipedia than me (e.g., Brion, Magnus, Mav, Ed Poor --
>practically everyone on this mailling list), & I wanted to make sure that
>
>1. No one is planning on making a similar presentation;
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>2. No one minds that I attempt to give what O'Reilly calls a "Session
>Presentation" (it's a 90 minute talk) on Wikipedia.
>
>Obviously, I'm not very familiar with the technical side of Wikipedia --
>although the challenge of keeping one of the largest Wikiwiki sites up
>& running is something that any talk needs to address. My intended emphasis
>for this talk would be more on the social side -- as well as addressing
>the perennial question, ``Can a distributed group of people write a
>useable encyclopedia?" (FWIW, my honest answer to that question is yes.)
>
>More information about making presentations at OSCON is available at
>http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/
>
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