The Discussion Room is a space for open and facilitated discussions at Wikimania that are actually about the content projects.

Round table discussions involve the audience!
Discussion topics
  • Session 3a, 14.30 - 15.10: "What topics are relevant/notable?"
  • Session 3b, 15:15 - 16.00: "Exchange of deletion/review processes and best practices."
Author of the submission
Lodewijk Gelauff & Iolanda Pensa (facilitators)
Track
  • WikiCulture & Community
Length of session
90 minutes.

Discussion Program Session 3

Abstract
This is one of the discussion sessions in the overarching Discussion Room concept. It will focus on the following two discussions:
  • Session 3a, 14.30 - 15.10: "What topics are relevant/notable?"
  • Session 3b, 15:15 - 16.00: "Exchange of deletion/review processes and best practices."
General approach

Each discussion targets specifically online Wikimedia projects, it lasts 40 minutes and it starts with a short 5 minutes introduction.
To set the tone of our discussions, we have three rules:

  1. Focus on YOU. We are interested in discussing and triggering individual action, things people can personally do and change to improve our Wikimedia projects. We trust the discussion can be much more interesting if we do not focus on what others should do ("the others", Wikimedia chapters and Wikimedia Foundation).
  2. Be constructive and polite. Disagreements animate discussions and they can allow us to unfold all issues related to a topic. Let's avoid personal attacks, let's consider that we have different backgrounds and let's aim at making everybody comfortable in sharing their legitimate point of view.
  3. Be short and on topic. Let's create space for everyone to express his/her opinion.

3a: What topics are relevant/notable

Objective
Describe a number of processes from different projects, and how they differ from each other. Highlight best practices from around the world.
Approach
Ask people from different communities to explain their processes, and compare it with the English Wikipedia. We will discuss what is similar and what is different. What is unexpected? Distill the most interesting ideas that could be carried to different projects.

3b: Exchange of deletion/review processes and best practices

Objective
Describe a number of processes from different projects, and how they differ from each other. Highlight best practices from around the world.
Approach
Ask people from different communities to explain their processes, and compare it with the English Wikipedia. We will discuss what is similar and what is different. What is unexpected? Distill the most interesting ideas that could be carried to different projects.

Saturday discussions

All sessions are on Saturday (day 2).

  • Session 1a, 09.30 - 10.10: "Welcoming and retaining new users."
  • Session 1b, 10.15 - 11.00: "What do new users need to be successful?"

Morning break

  • Session 2a, 11.30 - 12.10: "Wikimedia Commons - Needs and wishes for the perfect Wikimedia media database."
  • Session 2b, 12.15 - 13.00: "Will we still need categories in times of Wikidata?"

Lunch break

  • Session 3a, 14.30 - 15.10: "What topics are relevant/notable?"
  • Session 3b, 15:15 - 16.00: "Exchange of deletion/review processes and best practices."

Afternoon break

  • Session 4a, 16.30 - 17.10: "Admins: editors with extra buttons or community leaders."
  • Session 4b, 17:15 - 18.00: "Mass article creation - who should write Wikipedia?"

Interested attendees

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