Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets - best place to organise them online?

2011-07-04 Thread Charles Matthews
On 03/07/2011 16:10, Deryck Chan wrote: Wherever we host it, the most important thing seems to be geo-targeted notices. Where we host it doesn't actually matter, as long as we publicise the link well. That is obviously not the whole answer, if we want to appeal more broadly than people

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets - best place to organise them online?

2011-07-04 Thread WereSpielChequers
I think that multichannel marketing is the answer here. Watchlisting and Geonotices may be our most effective way of communictaing these events, but its important to use other channels as well such as the UK mailing list. Also I sometimes drop a note on the talkpage of UK or London based editors

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets - best place to organise them online?

2011-07-04 Thread Michael Peel
On 3 Jul 2011, at 09:00, WereSpielChequers wrote: I'd say that meta is the right place for meetup pages, but with pubilicity from other projects that might be relevant. Holding it on Wikipedia might be seen as limiting it to Wikipedians. Thanks to everyone for the feedback. I've moved the