Love the ideas Rexx! I think the "Openness <https://mozillafestival.org/spaces#Openness>" space would be rather well suited as well, for rather obvious reasons :)
Piggybacking off of this, Freenode.Live <https://freenode.live/> is back this year (November, Bristol) and is also calling for proposals <https://freenode.live/cfp.html>. The Wikimedia community heavily uses Freenode IRC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC> so we'd be well placed to have a presence there too! I'm aiming to be at Mozfest (tickets permitting!) and Freenode.Live. On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 5:01 PM Rex X <r...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > A couple of obvious topics could be: > > (1) Web Literacy - the ability to contribute to Wikimedia projects is a > high-level transferable skill worth promoting. Remember that the skills > required to contribute to Wikipedia, for example, include researching and > collating sources, summarising, writing, and collaboration. > > (2) Digital Inclusion - we have many people in the UK for whom English is > not their first language. With so much of the internet delivered in > English, there is a cultural bias toward English. Wikimedia projects have > the capacity to allow people of varied backgrounds to contribute from their > own cultural perspective and to help preserve their heritage. WMUK has > experience working with both the traditional groups of Welsh and Scots, and > also modern groups like the Asian, Polish, and Balkan communities. I'm sure > you're aware of others. > > In either case, a session could be made with a brief introduction to WMUK > and the work we do, followed by a hands-on editing session to give > participants a taste of what is possible. Round it out with an invitation > to keep in touch with WMUK and join the Wikimedia editing community. > > Obviously, those are just first thoughts, but I think we have such a good > track record that it would be a shame if we couldn't put something together > for MozFest. > > -- > Rexx > > On 29 June 2018 at 16:09 John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > wrote: > > Hello UK Wikimedians, Mozilla have issued a call for proposals for > sessions at this year's Mozfest. I'd like Wikimedia UK to have a presence > there, so if anybody has any ideas for sessions, why not let us know and we > will see if we can support it? > > https://mozillafestival.org/proposals > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility > for its contents.* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Sam
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