What's wrong with using the same name, teahouse? - Sent from my mobile device On Aug 21, 2012 11:53 PM, "Lodewijk" <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote:
> I am totally open for the concept (although I wouldn't like to be the one > answering everything!). Just a minor suggestion: lets pick something that > is easier to spell ;) We Dutchies might be used to complicated French > spelling, but I'm afraid not everyone is as lucky to have been tortured > with that language in high school :) (no offence!) Also a castle gives me > mostly the feeling of something you're trying to defend from outsiders. But > the name is not the important issue of course, and I'm happy to let us give > the concept a shot. > > Best, > Lodewijk > > 2012/8/21 Platonides <platoni...@gmail.com> > >> On 21/08/12 22:21, Maarten Dammers wrote: >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > Wiki Loves Monuments will (hopefully/probably) attract a lot of new >> > users to Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons is a very nice project, >> > but it can be very scary and hostile for new users. On the English >> > Wikipedia they have a new project called the Teahouse >> > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse). This is a friendly >> > place to (peer) support new users created because the English Wikipedia >> > deals we the challenge as we do. >> > >> > What do you guys think of setting up a similar place as the Teahouse at >> > Commons for the months September and October to help welcome and keep >> > our new community members? I made up the name "Château" because that >> > sounds friendlier that "castle" and makes me think of a historic >> > building. This is all open for discussion, but I'm especially interested >> > if people like the concept and would be willing to help out on this. >> > >> > Maarten >> >> That looks like a nice concept! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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