Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne 18

For details of previous meetups please see Meetup/Melbourne.


 * When: Meeting at 11am, Sunday 26th February 2012
 * Where: Errol's Cafe, at 69–71 Errol Street, North Melbourne. Opposite the Town Hall. Just look for the guy in a grey Wikipedia T-shirt.
 * It's a short walk from the corner of Victoria and Errol Street, North Melbourne past a few shops.
 * It's a few blocks from North Melbourne train station, including a decent hill.
 * Melbourne tram route 57 goes right past the Cafe.
 * Theme 'Wikis and Workshops' We're going to discuss various things, including future planned workshops in order to help the Wikimedia Australia community get involved with Wikipedia.


 * Why: Always good to catch up and discuss how we contribute to Wikimedia Australia content on the Wikimedia projects - whether as a seasoned editor or a beginner wanting to learn.
 * How: Conversation, while dining on hot pizzas which will be provided. Participants are asked to buy their own coffee or tea.
 * Our Wikimedia Australia Melbourne Meetup is coordinated by Steve Zhang.

Planning on attending

 * Steven  Zhang  Join the DR army! 05:31, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Flaviusvulso (talk) 01:06, 15 February 2012 (UTC) (David)
 * Simon Rashleigh 02:39, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Nick carson (talk) 02:09, 17 February 2012 (UTC) Can assist with facilitation and provide knowledge on workshop functionality. Keen to learn about how to create a wiki.
 * ELEKHHT 05:02, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Anne Frazer, WMAU
 * (Tentative) 06:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC) Plans have changed. Dagnabbit!
 * Peter Campbell 12:52, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * --Peterdownunder (talk) 04:38, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * (Apology) Lyle Allan
 * Ian Fieggen (talk) 03:35, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Josh Parris 10:08, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Melbourne Meetup, held on 26 February, 2012
The following report on the February meetup is to encourage attendees at that meeting to begin discussing and honing their thoughts, here on the wiki. To this end we encourage discussionon the wiki by all comers who can offer help and advice; and also encourage participants at the February workshop to edit this wiki in order to elaborate on any discussion points, appearing hereunder, raised at the meeting.

The February meetup had a good turn up at Errol's Cafe in North Melbourne, outnumbering January's attendance. The theme for the day was 'Wikis and Workshops' which generated a good deal of discussion from attendees including talk about how the meetups might become a catalyst for developing workshops and events in order to help the Wikimedia Australia community share their knowledge with attendees who are interested in increasing their knowledge and skill in various areas including editing Wikipedia.

Handouts were provided with links to WikiProjects Australia, Victoria and Melbourne for contributing to Australian content.

Here are some of the discussion points just as they were raised by participants, which indicate areas of interest and perceptions:


 * need for briefings on Wikimedia projects;
 * not much activity on some projects; but that the Military History seems to be the most active;
 * wanting to know how to engage with projects;
 * interest in 'wiki loves towns';
 * a perception that a lot of Wikipedia articles need images, which are a great contribution;
 * a better understanding on 'notability';
 * what is a related source;
 * an interest from one participant who spoke about recruiting people in the family to Wikipedia and therefore the need for forums to teach people how to edit;
 * an interest in the 'tabs' used on Wikipedia which are links to other pages and a perception that it is not always easy to understand what they lead to, whereas a 'button' might be better suited to do that; link to discussion page; and editors self-nominating to help others;
 * how to forums;
 * resources better announced in a prominent area - i.e. WikiProjects - Australia, Victoria, Melbourne;
 * introduction to Wikipedia editing - run workshops in the Library opposite Errol's
 * what projects - perhaps one on Errol's Cafe;
 * ascertain the level of 'learning to edit' that is required; and target workshops accordingly;
 * how to edit - on Youtube; and workshops into videos;
 * access the university community for workshops - contributed by one of WMAU's newest members;
 * talk on how to put ideas into meaningful projects via WMAU's Proposal Policy;

You are invited to edit in helpful comments, or extrapolate on the discussion points, or add new points of discussion.